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Sat May 26 201821:24Benintendi powers Red Sox past Braves 8-6
BOSTON (AP) — Andrew Benintendi homered and drove in three runs, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 8-6 on Saturday.The AL East-leading Red Sox celebrated the return of Dustin Pedroia with their sixth win in seven games. Mitch Moreland had a key two-run double, Steven Wright (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings, and Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his 16th save.The 34-year-old Pedroia went 0 for 4 with a walk and scored in his first game after offseason knee surgery.Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer for Atlanta, and Ronald Acuna Jr. connected for a solo shot. Sean Newcomb, a Massachusetts native, struggled with his control in his first career game at Fenway Park, giving up three runs and walking four in three innings. Sam Freeman (1-2) got the loss.PHILLIES 2, BLUE JAYS 1PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Nick Williams hit his third pinch-hit homer in the eighth and the Phillies moved into first in the NL East.Nola did not allow a hit until Russell Martin's tying RBI single with two out in the seventh. He struck out 10 and walked three while throwing 113 pitches, matching a career high.Seranthony Dominguez (1-0) allowed one hit in 1 1/3 innings for his first major league win. Luis Garcia worked the ninth for his first save.Williams led off the eighth with a drive to center off Joe Biagini (0-4). Williams leads the majors in pinch-hit RBIs (eight) and total bases (19).Toronto's Jaime Garcia allowed five hits in seven innings and gave up his only run on Maikel Franco's homer leading off the fifth.ATHLETICS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 0OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Daniel Mengden pitched a two-hitter for his second career shutout, leading Oakland to the victory.Mengden (5-4) struck out five and walked none. Socrates Brito singled in the second and David Peralta singled in the sixth for Arizona's only hits.Matt Olson, Matt Joyce and Chad Pinder connected for the Athletics, who began the day ranked last in the majors with 15 home runs at home and tops in baseball with 47 on the road.The Diamondbacks wasted a solid outing for Clay Buchholz in their 15th loss in 17 games. Buchholz (0-1) permitted one run and two hits in six innings.RANGERS 4, ROYALS 3, 10 INNINGSARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Shin-Soo Choo became the top major league home run hitter born in Asia, connecting for a leadoff drive in the 10th inning that lifted Texas to the victory.Choo's 176th career homer moved him past Hideki Matsui for the most by an Asian player.Choo hit a 3-1 pitch from Kevin McCarthy (3-2) for his eighth homer this year. It was his third career game-ending homer and first in five seasons with the Rangers.Alex Claudio (3-2) got the win by working the 10th.BREWERS 17, METS 6MILWAUKEE (AP) — Erik Kratz homered in his Brewers debut, and Jesus Aguilar also connected.Christian Yelich had three hits, drove in three runs and scored three times for the NL Central-leading Brewers, who have won eight of their last 10.Dan Jennings (3-1) worked 1 1/3 innings for the win.Kratz, acquired Friday from the Yankees, homered with two outs in the fifth against A.J. Ramos, who came unraveled during what had been a close game.Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto homered for the Mets. Jacob Rhame (0-1) pitched one inning and took the loss.NATIONALS 4, MARLINS 1MIAMI (AP) — Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning, and the Nationals rallied to beat the Marlins for the 10th consecutive time.Miami's Wei-Yin Chen took a two-hit shutout into the eighth but gave up a one-out homer to Wilmer Difo, who pulled a pitch off the foul pole to make the score 1-all.Reynolds connected against Brad Ziegler (0-4) for his fifth homer in 27 at-bats since being called up from the minors. Pinch-hitter Matt Adams and Trea Turner each added an RBI single.Justin Miller (1-0) got one out for the win in his first major league appearance since 2016. Sean Doolittle pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save.CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jack Flaherty pitched six crisp innings and Matt Carpenter homered, leading St. Louis to the road win.Flaherty (2-1) gave up Starling Marte's long home run in the first but settled down quickly. The rookie allowed four hits, struck out four and walked two.Bud Norris worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save.Carpenter finished 2 for 5, including a blast off Trevor Williams (5-3) leading off the game that cleared the right-field seats.Williams lasted just four innings and 65 pitches, his shortest start of the season. The right-hander gave up four runs and seven hits with three walks.RAYS 5, ORIOLES 1ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryne Stanek, Anthony Banda and Chaz Roe combined on a three-hitter on a bullpen day for Tampa Bay.With the Rays thin in the rotation, Banda (1-0) entered with two outs in the second. He wound up allowing one run and three hits while striking out seven over 6 1/3 innings. Roe worked a perfect ninth.Sergio Romo will make his second start in three days in Sunday's series finale when the Rays complete a stretch of three consecutive days of having relievers starting games.Baltimore's Andrew Cashner (2-6) was tagged for five runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.WHITE SOX 8, TIGERS 4DETROIT (AP) — Tim Anderson homered twice on his way to a career-high four RBIs, leading Hector Santiago and the White Sox to the victory.Anderson and Jose Abreu each hit a solo drive in the fifth, tying it at 3. Daniel Palka led off the sixth with a tiebreaking shot off Francisco Liriano (3-2), and Anderson's three-run homer against Louis Coleman made it 7-3 White Sox.Santiago (1-2) allowed three runs, two earned, and seven hits in five innings in his first win since May 9, 2017, for Minnesota against the White Sox.Jeimer Candelario homered twice for Detroit and drove in three runs. Liriano struck out eight in five-plus innings, but was charged with five runs and six hits.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball