The Nationals drew six walks against former Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber in a four-run first inning as Washington beat the Toronto. Kazuma Okamoto hit his 24th homer to tie a franchise rookie record for the Blue Jays, who have lost 10 of 14 and slipped 10 games under .500, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left in the fourth inning due to right hamstring tightness.
After another loss, Philadelphia's Bryce Harper says that the Phillies need to make some moves ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
With the Twins trailing 2-1 and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Royce Lewis slapped a baseball high off the wall in right-center, scoring a pair to give Minnesota the comeback victory.
JJ Bleday hit a solo home run in the first inning and five Cincinnati pitchers combined for the shutout as the Reds defeated the Guardians and split a day-night doubleheader.
Kyle Manzardo hit a grand slam, and Chase DeLauter scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning as the Guardians snapped a five-game losing streak, rallying for a victory over the Reds on in the first game of a doubleheader.
Eduardo Valencia homered twice and drove in four runs, while Gleyber Torres had a home run and five RBI, as the Tigers scored in every inning they went to the plate in a rout over the Orioles.
Sandy Alcantara pitched four-hit ball over seven sharp innings, and Kyle Stowers homered as the Marlins beat the Phillies.
Evan Carter led the way offensively for Texas with a pair of base hits, an RBI and run scored, Austin Wynns homered, and Cal Quantrill struck out seven as the Rangers beat the Rays.
The Blue Jays and the Nationals take the field tonight in Washington looking to keep a potential wild card spot within their respective sights. Washington sits just one game out of the final NL wild card spot, while Toronto is five back of that final wild card spot in the AL. SportsCentre checks out the key storylines.
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Max Scherzer receives a standing ovation from Nationals fans.
Brandon Lowe rips a walk-off single for the Pirates.
Griffin Conine hits a game-winning, walk-off RBI single to give the Marlins an 8-7 victory over the Phillies, snapping a franchise-record 12-game losing streak.
Francisco Lindor homered twice and tripled off the top of the fence, driving in six runs as the New York Mets pulled away for a 14-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. Marcus Semien hit a two-run homer that snapped a 3-all tie in the sixth inning and Tyrone Taylor extended his tear at the plate with a three-run drive in the seventh.
Griffin Conine hit a walkoff run-scoring single to lift the Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Monday and end Miami's franchise record 12-game losing streak. Phillies closer Jhoan Duran loaded the bases with no outs and allowed a tying two-run single by Heriberto Hernandez, who also scored the winning run.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. Nico Hoerner also had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth as the Cubs banged out 14 hits in the win.
Ceddanne Rafaela hit his first career grand slam in the sixth inning to propel the Red Sox past the Athletics on Monday night. That was all the offence Boston would need as solo homeruns by Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim would not be enough for the A's to complete the comeback.
Jackson Holliday had four hits and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in an 8-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The Orioles had gone nine straight games without a multi-homer game but went deep twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and scored in five of the first six innings.
Luis Urías homered, Myles Straw had a double and a run-scoring single, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Max Scherzer's return to Washington with a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday night. After Scherzer was pulled in the third inning, six relievers hit the bump for the Jays to hold the Nationals to a single run.
Ali Sanchez hit a three-run shot for his first career homer and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders. Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and New York put away the game with four more runs in the eighth.
Joc Pederson homered twice to drive in four runs and Ezequiel Duran and Jake Burger also went deep for the Texas Rangers in a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday.
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