Mets take Subway Series on Taylor’s 9th-inning homer, Benge’s 10th-inning bouncer

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrone Taylor tied the score with a three-run homer off All-Star closer David Bednar with two outs in the ninth inning, rookie Carson Benge hit a game-ending bouncer in the 10th and the New York Mets stunned the Yankees 7-6 on Sunday to take two of three from their crosstown rival in their Subway Series at Citi Field.

The Mets had lost 91 consecutive games when trailing after eight innings since Pete Alonso’s home run off Devin Williams led them to victory at Milwaukee in the 2024 NL Wild Card Series.

Williams (3-1), now with the Mets, got Austin Wells to ground into an inning-inning double play in the 10th.

A.J. Ewing sacrificed automatic runner Marcus Semien to third against Tim Hill (0-1) starting the bottom half. The Yankees brought in left fielder Max Schuemann to form a five-man infield, and Luis Torrens was hit by a pitch.

Benge hit a two-hopper over the mound that Schuemann gloved on the infield grass as shortstop Anthony Volpe collided with him, and Semien slid across the plate without a throw on what was ruled a fielder’s choice.

While the Mets (20-26) improved to 10-5 in May, the Yankees (28-19) completed a 2-7 trip.

RAYS 6, MARLINS 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz homered and Tampa Bay earned its 18th win in its past 22 games with a victory over Miami.

Caminero hit his 12th home run of the season in the first inning, a solo shot to left field. Díaz’s solo home run came in the fifth inning for the Rays, who won two of three in the series.

Drew Rasmussen (4-1) gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Rays. Bryan Baker earned his 12th save of the season.

Trailing 2-1, the Rays loaded the bases in the fourth inning against Marlins starter Eury Pérez (2-6). Díaz led off with a walk, Jonny DeLuca doubled with out and Cedric Mullins walked. After Nick Fortes grounded into a fielder’s choice, Taylor Walls hit a bases-clearing RBI triple to make it 4-2.

Caminero drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth, scoring Mullins to make it 6-2.

ORIOLES 7, NATIONALS 3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit his 10th homer and was 4 for 5 with two RBIs to help Baltimore avoid a series sweep with a victory over Washington.

Henderson homered into the third deck in right field off opener Richard Lovelady (2-2) for a 1-0 lead two batters into the game. The 24-year-old shortstop hit his ninth double to drive in an insurance run in the ninth, capping his fifth career four-hit game.

Coby Mayo greeted Miles Mikolas with his fifth homer — a two-run shot in the second for a 3-0 lead, and Pete Alonso’s sacrifice fly made it 4-1 in the third.

Colton Cowser homered for the first time in 111 plate appearances dating to Sept. 23 against the Rays — a two-run shot in the fourth for a 6-1 advantage. It was the first hit for Cowser off a breaking ball this season.

Anthony Nunez (2-0) relieved Orioles starter Brandon Young with two outs and the bases loaded in the fourth inning. He struck out Luis García Jr. to keep it 6-2, then struck out two more in the fifth to get the win. Young allowed two runs on five hits, walking three in 3 2/3 innings.

PHILLIES 6, PIRATES 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zack Wheeler pitched seven sparkling innings, and Bryce Harper hit a home run off ace Paul Skenes on Sunday to lead Philadelphia to a win over Pittsburgh and a sweep of the three-game series.

Wheeler (3-0) gave up four hits while striking out eight and walking one. His ERA is 1.99 in six starts since beginning the season on the injured list while recovering from surgery to have a blood clot removed from his upper right arm.

Jonathan Bowlan and Tanner Banks pitched one inning each to finish the five-hitter.

Harper led off the sixth inning with his 12th home run to push the Phillies’ lead to 3-0. Later in the inning, Bryson Stott added a two-run double off reliever Isaac Mattson with the runs being charged to Skenes (6-3), who was lifted after Alec Bohm singled and Brandon Marsh doubled.

The Phillies (24-23) have won seven of eight games to get above .500 for the first time since April 7. They were 8-18 on April 25 when they activated Wheeler. They are 16-5 since his return.

BRAVES 8, RED SOX 1

ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley hit a three-run homer, Grant Holmes pitched six scoreless innings and Atlanta routed Boston to win another series.

The first-place Braves took two of three from Boston for their 13th win in 15 series this season. They have only one series loss, along with the split of a four-game set.

Mike Yastrzemski also homered for Atlanta, which jumped ahead 5-0 through two innings against Brayan Bello (2-5) on his 27th birthday.

Riley got the Braves rolling with his seventh homer of the season, a 431-foot shot with two outs in the first. Michael Harris II kept the inning alive by hustling to first to beat the relay throw on a potential inning-ending double play.

Yastrzemski kept up his hot hitting with a leadoff homer in the fourth. Riley doubled in the fifth and came home on Dominic Smith’s single to make it 7-0.

Holmes (3-1) allowed five hits and walked one in an 87-pitch effort. Reynaldo López added two scoreless innings before Tyler Kinley gave up Boston’s lone run with two outs in the ninth.

GUARDIANS 10, REDS 3

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyle Manzardo homered twice, rookie Chase DeLauter, Angel Martinez and José Ramírez each belted a two-run shot, and Cleveland connected a season-high six times in a blowout of Cincinnati.

Manzardo had a two-run homer in the third inning and a solo shot in the fifth. Brayan Rocchio also homered as the Guardians were free swinging on the warmest day at Progressive Field this season.

It’s the first time they’ve hit six homers at home since April 30, 2013. The Guardians did it at Yankee Stadium in 2019.

Cleveland is the third team to hit six homers in a game this season, joining Boston and Washington.

Touted rookie Travis Bazzana had three hits for Cleveland, which won two of three in the first series between Ohio’s teams in 2026.

Cleveland’s power surge backed Gavin Williams (6-3), who struck out seven in six innings.

Elly De La Cruz homered for Cincinnati. The Reds have lost nine of 10 on the road.

BLUE JAYS 4, TIGERS 1

DETROIT (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and scored twice, Kevin Gausman pitched six shutout innings and Toronto beat slumping Detroit.

Guerrero’s homer was just his third this season and 10th extra-base hit in 46 games.

Gausman (3-3) limited the Tigers to four hits without a walk and struck out five. He gave up a season-high seven runs, six earned, and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings against Tampa Bay on Monday.

Tyler Rogers got three outs for his first save since 2024.

Daulton Varsho had a pair of extra-base hits while scoring twice and driving in a run. That capped a productive four-game stretch for Varsho. He hit a walk-off grand slam against the Rays on Wednesday and knocked in the winning run with a 10th-inning single on Saturday.

The Blue Jays took two of three games over the weekend, just their second series victory on the road this season. The Tigers have lost 10 of their last 12 games.

RANGERS 8, ASTROS 0

HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Burger homered and tied a career high with four RBIs and Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings to lead Texas to a win over Houston.

Kyle Higashioka hit a solo homer in the ninth inning and drove in a season-high three runs as the Rangers got their offense going after managing just one run while losing the first two games of the series.

Eovaldi (5-4) allowed five hits and struck out eight in his return after being scratched from a start on Monday because of left side tightness. Gavin Collyer took over and threw two hitless innings as the Astros were blanked for the third time this season.

The Rangers led by 2 after Burger’s home run in the fifth inning before breaking the game open with a five-run seventh inning that made it 7-0.

Houston starter Peter Lambert (2-4) didn’t allow a hit until Alejandro Osuna legged out an infield single with one out in the fifth inning. Burger followed with his shot to right field that gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead.

WHITE SOX 9, CUBS 8, 10 INNINGS

CHICAGO (AP) — Edgar Quero hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs in the rubber game of their first crosstown series this season.

Batting with Chase Meidroth on third and one out, Quero drove a 95.5 mph fastball from Ryan Rolison (3-1) to center field for his first homer of the year. Quero finished with three hits and three RBIs after going 4 for 37 in his previous 15 games.

Andrew Benintendi went 3 for 3 and Miguel Vargas drove in two runs as the White Sox closed out an impressive 7-2 homestand. Tyler Davis (2-1) got three outs for the win in front of a sellout crowd of 38,608.

The White Sox grabbed a 7-4 lead on Tristan Peters’ first career homer, a three-run shot off Phil Maton in the eighth. But the Cubs tied it on Michael Conforto’s three-run drive off Seranthony Domínguez in the ninth.

Michael Busch also went deep for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who lost for the sixth time in eight games. Alex Bregman had two hits and two RBIs.

TWINS 5, BREWERS 4

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Jeffers hit a tiebreaking homer and Kody Clemens had two doubles and two RBIs on as Minnesota defeated Milwaukee to avoid a three-game sweep.

Bailey Ober (5-2) allowed three runs on six hits over five innings. Five relievers worked the final four innings, with Luis García getting the last three outs for his second save.

Garrett Mitchell and Christian Yelich homered for the Brewers, who won each of the first two games of the series by one run.

Milwaukee’s Robert Gasser, recalled from Triple-A Nashville to make the start, gave up three runs — two earned — on three hits in four innings.

Jeffers broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth with a solo homer to left off reliever Grant Anderson (1-2).

The Twins added a run in the eighth when Luke Keaschall tripled and scored on Victor Caratini’s sacrifice fly.

Jake Bauers’ RBI single with two outs in the ninth cut Minnesota’s lead to 5-4, but García got Sal Frelick to pop out to the catcher for the final out.

ROYALS 2, CARDINALS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Salvador Perez homered and drove in two runs, Stephen Kolek allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings and Kansas City beat St. Louis to snap a six-game losing streak.

Kolek (2-0) struck out three and walked one in his third start of the season after returning from a strained left oblique on May 5.

Daniel Lynch IV pitched 1 2/3 innings, and Lucas Erceg worked the ninth for his 11th save of the season.

Perez launched the first pitch he saw in the fourth inning 392 feet into the left-field stands for his seventh homer of the season to expand Kansas City’s lead to 2-0.

Andre Pallante (4-4) allowed two runs (one earned) on eight hits and struck out seven in 6 2/3 innings as the Cardinals had their three-game winning streak snapped.

DIAMONDBACKS 8, ROCKIES 6

DENVER (AP) — Corbin Carroll homered twice and drove in three runs and Arizona beat Colorado in the rubber game of the three-game series.

Nolan Arenado and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit RBI singles for a 2-0 lead in the third after Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo got things started — after rain delay of one hour and 45 minutes — with back-to-back walks off Michael Lorenzen with two outs.

Carroll hit his sixth home run following a two-out RBI single by Ildemaro Vargas for a 5-0 lead in the fourth. Carroll then hit a solo shot in the sixth to make it 8-2.

Michael Soroka (6-2) struck out eight and gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. Paul Sewald issued a two-out walk in the ninth before finishing off his 10th save in 11 opportunities

DODGERS 10, ANGELS 1

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Roki Sasaki yielded one run and struck out eight over seven sharp innings, Kyle Tucker had three hits and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the weekend Freeway Series with a victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Sasaki (2-3) made the best start of his two-year major league career at Angel Stadium, allowing four hits while setting career highs in innings and strikeouts without issuing a walk in 91 pitches. After a wild rookie season with a rocky beginning, a lengthy injury absence and an improbable transformation into an effective playoff closer in October, Sasaki is making progress on settling into the rotation.

Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages delivered two-run singles in the fourth inning of the fifth straight victory for the Dodgers, who outscored the Halos by a combined 31-3 in the first series of the season between the two-time World Series champions and the team with the majors’ worst record.

GIANTS 10, ATHLETICS 1

WEST SACARAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Bader hit a grand slam that capped an eight-run eighth inning and San Francisco beat sloppy Athletics in 25-35 mph winds.

Luis Arraez also homered and finished with three hits for the Giants, who took two of three games in the first series this season between the Northern California rivals.

Adrian Houser (2-4) allowed one run in six innings, pitching around five walks.

Athletics reliever Luis Medina loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth and the Giants leading 2-1. Bader started the rally when he was safe on an error by Zack Gelof at third base — his second of the game.

Rafael Devers hit an RBI single, and another run scored on the play when center fielder Lawrence Butler committed a fielding error. Daniel Susac had an RBI groundout and Jung Hoo Lee singled in a run before Bader’s wind-aided slam to right.

PADRES 8, MARINERS 3

SEATTLE (AP) — Gavin Sheets homered twice and drove in four runs, Lucas Giolito won his San Diego debut and the Padres beat Seattle to sweep their six-game season series.

Giolito, who signed a one-year contract with San Diego in April, was called up from Double-A San Antonio before the game to make his first start of the year. The veteran right-hander allowed only one hit, but was lifted after issuing three consecutive walks to begin Seattle’s three-run sixth inning.

Giolito (1-0) was otherwise strong, aside from hitting Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford in the right triceps with a fastball in the third. Crawford exited in the fifth and was replaced by Leo Rivas.

Sheets gave the Padres a 1-0 advantage with a homer to right field off George Kirby (5-3) in the first. The outfielder then pounced on a hanging changeup from Kirby in the sixth, smacking it into the right-field bleachers for a two-run shot. Sheets added an RBI double in the seventh and finished 3 for 3 with two walks.

San Diego scored five runs against Kirby in the sixth to break open the game. Jackson Merrill had an RBI double and Ty France plated a pair with a two-out single that made it 7-0.