Cardinals, Cubs Lose, White Sox Edge Yankees

By ESPN

Comebacks are nothing new for the 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks. Neither are extra-inning wins.

Chris Herrmann hit a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Diamondbacks rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Tuesday night.

The surging Diamondbacks scored two in the eighth and one in the ninth to force extra innings. They have won four in a row and 13 of 15.

Rey Fuentes opened the Arizona 10th with a single and advanced on a sacrifice by pinch-hitting pitcher Zack Godley. Herrmann singled off Matt Bowman (1-3).

The Diamondbacks improved to 7-1 in extra innings this season. It was their 28th come-from-behind win.

"As a team we don't ever really give up," Herrmann said. "That has been our motto. Whatever it takes and give everything we got. It has been a lot of fun this year."

Diamondbacks closer Fernando Rodney (2-2) pitched a 1-2-3 10th inning for the win.

"Sometimes I just leave the dugout shaking my head because these guys believe, and that is a pretty powerful thing," manager Torey Lovullo said.

St. Louis' bullpen struggled again. Closer Seung Hwan Oh suffered his third blown save of the season and Trevor Rosenthal gave up two runs in the eighth inning.

"It's kind of indicative of what we've seen this year," manager Mike Matheny said. "We handed it to the back end, those guys didn't get it done today. It was one of those days."

Carlos Martinez struck out 10 while pitching six sharp innings, and the Cardinals used throwing errors by catcher Chris Iannetta, pitcher Taijuan Walker and shortstop Nick Ahmed to open a 5-2 lead in the seventh.

With no outs and the bases loaded, Stephen Piscotty singled sharply off the leg of Walker to break a 2-2 tie. Jedd Gyorko added a sacrifice fly, and Ahmed bobbled the relay on Yadier Molina's long single to allow Tommy Pham to score the inning's third run.

"That wasn't our finest moment," Lovullo said.

Arizona responded with two in the eighth. Daniel Descalso singled in Jake Lamb and came around to score on Herrman's sacrifice fly.

David Peralta then led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run off Oh, tying it at 5.

"I need to get those out pitches right, especially in these one-run differences," Oh said through a translator.

Martinez allowed two runs on Iannetta's two-run double with two out in the sixth. He surrendered four hits and walked three.

Walker was charged with five runs, three earned, and six hits in 6 1 /3 innings. He had no strikeouts and walked five.

Nationals 6, Cubs 1

Neither of the past two NL Cy Young Award winners had his best stuff, though Max Scherzer handled things much better than Jake Arrieta.

Scherzer allowed one run and two hits as the Washington Nationals knocked Arrieta out in the fifth inning on the way to a 6-1 victory Tuesday night. While Arrieta was slow to the plate and allowed seven stolen bases, Scherzer (9-5) threw a strong six innings, striking out six with no walks and retiring 16 of the final 17 batters he faced.

"I didn't really have great fastball command tonight, but I was able to use my offspeed to kind of collect outs when I needed to and I didn't walk anybody," said Scherzer, who allowed an earned run in the first inning for the first time since April but was in command the rest of the night. "When we needed shutdown innings we got them."

Arrieta (7-6), on the other hand, struggled with his control as he issued a season-high six walks and allowed five earned runs, getting the hook two batters into the fifth inning. The 2015 Cy Young winner hadn't walked more than three batters in a game this season.

Manager Joe Maddon quipped that the Cubs "let the wrong guys on base," but catcher Miguel Montero blamed Arrieta for all the steals.

"The reason why they were running left and right today because they know he was slow to the plate," a visibly frustrated Montero said. "It really sucked because the stolen bases go to me, and when you really look at it, the pitcher doesn't give me any time."

Four of the Montreal Expos/Nationals franchise record seven steals came from speedy shortstop Trea Turner, who Arrieta called a "factor" any time he's on.

"I don't care who is behind the plate," Arrieta said. "He's a threat."

Washington manager Dusty Baker said the team knew Arrieta was a pitcher to run on, and the result was a lot of small ball for a team accustomed to driving in runs with power. Washington center fielder Michael Taylor went 2 for 4 with two RBI, and Scherzer washed out the RBI triple he allowed to Kris Bryant in the first by driving in a run with an infield single off Arrieta's glove in the fourth.

When Scherzer was lifted after 93 pitches through six with a comfortable 6-1 lead, the Nationals' beleaguered bullpen got three clean innings of relief from Enny Romero, Blake Treinen, Oliver Perez and Matt Albers.

White Sox 4, Yankees 3

 Jose Abreu got another chance in a key spot for the Chicago White Sox. This time, he delivered.

Abreu hit a game-ending, two-run single off Dellin Betances, and the White Sox stopped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Abreu also had an RBI double in the third. The big first baseman batted with the bases loaded in the eighth inning and struck out.

"After that at-bat when I struck out, I was thinking, `God, give me one more opportunity, one more opportunity to do my job," Abreu said through a translator. "I'm glad that I got that opportunity because I was able to help my team win the game."

Kevan Smith sparked the winning rally with a one-out walk. Betances (3-2) then walked Alen Hanson and hit Yolmer Sanchez, loading the bases.

After Melky Cabrera fouled out, Abreu hit a grounder into left field. Brett Gardner's throw to the plate was high, and Hanson scored easily.

Dan Jennings (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

New York wasted an outstanding start by Luis Severino, who struck out a career-high 12 while pitching seven innings of one-run ball. It has dropped three of four and 11 of 14 overall.

"They all sting," Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "I mean, we put ourselves in a position to win. We just gave too many free baserunners in the last two innings."

The Yankees trailed 1-0 before Aaron Judge hit an RBI single in the eighth. Gary Sanchez then hit a two-run double, making it 3-1 New York.

But the Yankees' bullpen faltered again after nearly losing a five-run lead in the ninth inning of Monday night's 6-5 win. Domingo German walked the only two batters he faced in the eighth, and Tyler Clippard walked Todd Frazier with two out and the bases loaded to force home a run.

Clippard then struck out Matt Davidson to end the inning, sending New York to the ninth with a 3-2 lead.

"Borderline calls, man, it was kind of a tight zone," Clippard said. "Not to say that (plate umpire Joe West) missed a bunch, but they were calls that could have gone either way, and we didn't really get any of `em."

Chicago manager Rick Renteria credited his players for being selective.

"That was an interesting two innings," he said. "The guys ended up working at-bats."

Jose Quintana pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings for the White Sox, allowing two hits. He struck out six and walked four.

In five June starts, Quintana is 2-1 with a 1.78 ERA.

Tuesday, June 26 Scoreboard

Washington 6, Chicago Cubs 1

Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 (F/10)

Baltimore 3, Toronto 1

Boston 9, Minnesota 2

Texas 2, Cleveland 1

Detroit 5, Kansas City 3

Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 6

Miami 6, New York Mets 3

Chicago White sox 4, New York Yankees 3

Oakland 6, Houston 4

Arizona 6, St. Louis 5 (F/10)

Philadelphia 8, Seattle 2

Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Los Angeles Angels 0

Atlanta 3, San Diego 0

San Francisco 4, Colorado 3 (F/14)

Wednesday, June 28 Schedule (All Times Central)

Philadelphia at Seattle, 2:40 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at PIttsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 6;10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

New York Mets at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels, 9:07 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.