"Cubs Secure Exciting 13-11 Victory Against D-backs in MLB Recap"
Carson Kelly hit two homers, Kyle Tucker, Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki also went deep, and the host Chicago Cubs blew a six-run lead against the Arizona Diamondbacks before recovering for a 13-11 victory on Friday.
Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a three-run homer in a 10-run eighth inning to give the Diamondbacks an 11-7 lead, but the Cubs responded with six runs in their half of the eighth.
Arizona right-hander Bryce Jarvis hit Nico Hoerner and walked Pete Crow-Armstrong to open the Cubs\' eighth before Kelly\'s three-run homer, his second blast of the game, closed the deficit to 11-10. Happ singled off Joe Mantiply (0-1), before Tucker hit a go-ahead two-run homer and Suzuki made it back-to-back blasts.
The Diamondbacks sent 13 men to the plate in the eighth and the Cubs had 12 in the bottom half. The combined 16 runs were the most in the eighth inning in Wrigley Field history. The Cubs lead the majors with 137 runs. Ryan Pressly (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth and was credited with the victory.
Phillies 7, Marlins 2
Zack Wheeler struck out 13 over seven strong innings as Philadelphia topped visiting Miami.
Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber homered in support of Wheeler (2-1), who permitted two runs on five hits while finishing with the second-highest strikeout total of his career.
Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (2-1) yielded six runs on four hits in two innings. Eric Wagaman hit a two-run homer for Miami, which struck out 16 times while losing its fourth straight game.
Mets 5, Cardinals 4
Francisco Lindor led off the bottom of the ninth with a long home run for New York, which came back to beat St. Louis.
The Mets have won the first two games of the four-game series and four of six overall. The Cardinals have lost three of four. St. Louis\' Brendan Donovan tied the game by homering to lead off the ninth against Huascar Brazoban (1-0) before Lindor hit the third pitch he saw from Ryan Fernandez (0-2) into the second deck in right field.
Mets starter David Peterson gave up three runs on seven hits while striking out nine over 5 1/3 innings. Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings.
Dodgers 3, Rangers 0
Tommy Edman led off the game with a home run and Yoshinobu Yamamoto won a pitching duel with Jacob deGrom as Los Angeles beat Texas in the opener of a three-game interleague series at Arlington, Texas.
Yamamoto and deGrom delivered brilliant seven-inning outings as the Dodgers won their fourth game in a row. The Rangers had a three-game overall winning streak and a nine-game home winning streak end. Yamamoto (3-1) allowed five hits and no runs while striking out 10 without issuing a walk.
deGrom (0-1) surrendered just three hits and one run. He walked one, fanned seven and was all but unhittable after making a mistake to the game\'s first batter.
Brewers 5, Athletics 3
Freddy Peralta battled through five scoreless innings, Christian Yelich drove in three runs, and Milwaukee held on for a victory over the visiting Athletics.
Peralta (2-1) had runners aboard in each inning before exiting with a 3-0 lead. In the seventh, the Brewers got an RBI groundout from Yelich and a run-scoring single from William Contreras, who extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
The A\'s scored two runs in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate in the ninth. Starter J.T. Ginn (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Red Sox 10, White Sox 3
Trevor Story collected three hits, including a pair of three-run home runs, to help Boston beat visiting Chicago and extend its winning streak to three games.
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