Daniel Schneemann's first career grand slam lifts Guardians over Blue Jays 5-3

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04-05-2025

Cleveland Guardians' Carlos Santana, left, jokes with Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
TORONTO (AP) — Daniel Schneemann hit his first career grand slam and added a solo shot, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 5-3, come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
With Toronto leading 3-1 and two outs in the ninth inning, Schneemann pulled an 0-1 pitch from Yimi García into the stands in right field for his first multi-homer game and fourth long ball of the season.
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Schneemann gave Cleveland its first run with a solo homer off Chad Green in the eighth.
Kolby Allard (2-0) allowed one run in four innings for the win, and Emmanuel Clase finished for his sixth save in eight chances.
Bo Bichette hit his first home run of the season for Toronto. However, the Blue Jays wasted six shutout innings from right-hander Kevin Gausman and lost for the first time in four games.
Gausman allowed one hit, walked none and struck out nine in six innings. García (0-1) blew his second save in four chances.
Toronto's leadoff hitter, Bichette connected on the first pitch he saw from Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams in the first.
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Williams gave up a first-pitch home run for the second straight start. Minnesota's Edouard Julien connected off him in an April 28 loss to the Twins. Williams allowed two runs and seven hits in four innings. He walked five and struck out nine, both season highs.
RAYS 3, YANKEES 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Mead and José Caballero had RBIs in a two-run eighth inning, and Tampa Bay overcame Aaron Judge's 11th home run to beat New York and stop a four-game losing streak.
Judge homered in the first against Zack Littell (2-5), who retired his next 11 batters before Austin Wells started the fifth with his sixth homer for a 2-1 lead.
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Judge has four homers in his last six games. The two-time AL MVP is hitting a major league-leading .432 and has a 29-game on-base streak. He is 26 for 52 during a 13-game hitting streak.
Taylor Walls hit a second-inning sacrifice fly against emergency starter Ryan Yarbrough, facing his former team because Clarke Schmidt was scratched with soreness in his left side.
ASTROS 8, WHITE SOX 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Meyers homered twice and set a career high with seven RBIs, helping Houston beat Chicago.
Batting ninth, Meyers had four hits in his third career multihomer game.
Hunter Brown (5-1) struck out nine in six innings, winning his fifth straight decision. The right-hander allowed three runs — all in the first inning — and four hits.
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Houston had lost two in a row, including the opener of the three-game series on Friday.
Andrew Vaughn had two hits and two RBIs for last-place Chicago. Fraser Ellard (0-2) got the loss.
White Sox right-hander Davis Martin permitted three runs and eight hits in five innings.
Meyers hit his first homer of the season on Martin's first pitch of the third. He tied it at 3 with a two-run triple with two out in the fourth, capping a 10-pitch at bat.
Meyers connected for a tiebreaking three-run shot in the sixth against Penn Murfee, and he also doubled home Zach Dezenzo in a two-run eighth.
GIANTS 6, ROCKIES 3
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman hit a grand slam to help San Francisco beat lowly Colorado.
Chapman connected against Jake Bird (0-1) with one out in the sixth, capping a five-run inning after the Rockies scored three times in the top of the frame. It was Chapman's third career grand slam, and the first for the Giants this season.
Colorado dropped to a major league-worst 6-27.
Luis Matos hit a solo homer for San Francisco. Randy Rodríguez got three outs for the win, and Ryan Walker handled the ninth for his sixth save.
The Giants had a 1-0 lead before the Rockies rallied in the sixth. Ryan McMahon chased Jordan Hicks with a tying RBI single. Hunter Goodman singled home Jordan Beck, and Kyle Farmer added a two-out RBI single.
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Hicks struck out seven in five-plus innings.
Rockies starter Bradley Blalock gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings. He was recalled Friday to take the rotation spot of Ryan Feltner, who went on the injured list with back spasms.
MARLINS 9, ATHLETICS 6
MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers hit a game-ending grand slam for his second homer of the day, sending Miami to a victory over Mason Miller and the Athletics.
The Marlins were down to their last out when Stowers drove a 101.7 mph fastball from Miller deep to left-center for his sixth homer of the season. He also hit a tying two-run shot in the third against Osvaldo Bido.
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It was Stowers' second multihomer performance in the last three games. He also went deep twice in a 12-7 loss at the Dodgers on Wednesday.
Javier Sanoja had two hits and scored two runs for Miami, which had lost six in a row. Lake Bachar (2-0) pitched two innings for the win.
Brent Rooker, JJ Bleday and Luis Urías homered for the A's, who had won five of six. Jacob Wilson had two hits and scored twice.
The A's grabbed a 5-4 lead on Nick Kurtz's sacrifice fly in the sixth. Gio Urshela added an RBI double in the eighth.
Miller (0-1) came in to pitch the ninth and hit leadoff batter Matt Mervis. Connor Norby and Dane Myers struck out before Mervis advanced to third on Sanoja's double.
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PADRES 2, PIRATES 1
PITTSBURGH (AP) — San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. sprinted home on a wild pitch by Pittsburgh closer David Bednar in the top of the ninth inning to lift the Padres past the Pirates at rainy PNC Park.
Tatis, who exited Friday night's win in the third inning after taking a 93 mph pitch off his left forearm, led off the ninth with a double. He stole third and took off when a pitch from Bednar (0-3) to Xander Bogaerts skipped in front of catcher Joey Bart. The ball squirted to Bart's right and Tatis' slide just beat Bart's lunging tag to give the Padres their fourth straight victory.
Manny Machado hit his third homer of the season for San Diego, which won despite managing just three hits. Jason Adam (3-0) worked a perfect eighth. Robert Suarez walked Oneil Cruz with one out in the ninth, but Bryan Reynolds lined out to Bogaerts at short and Bogaerts doubled off Cruz at first to end it as Robert picked up his 13th save.
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Pirates starter Bailey Falter dominated the Padres for seven innings. The left-hander limited San Diego to two hits and at one point retired 11 straight before Machado's blast over the left field wall with one out in the seventh tied the game.
Cruz singled home Alexander Canario for Pittsburgh's only run. Cruz also walked four times.
TWINS 4, RED SOX 3
BOSTON (AP) — Kody Clemens hit a two-run homer in his first game at Fenway Park — with his famous father in attendance — and Minnesota beat Boston.
With former Red Sox ace Roger Clemens watching from a luxury box along the first-base line, his son drove an 0-1 slider from Hunter Dobbins (2-1) over the short wall in the right-field corner to push Minnesota ahead 3-1 in the sixth inning.
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Jarren Duran had an RBI triple and a double for Boston, which has lost three of four. Romy Gonzalez, expected to get the bulk of the playing time at first base after Triston Casas ruptured a tendon in his left knee, had three singles.
Clemens' homer came during a three-run sixth that gave the Twins a 4-1 edge.
Bailey Ober (4-1) pitched six innings, holding the Red Sox to a run and seven hits. Jhoan Duran got three outs for his third save.
Jarren Duran hit his RBI triple in the seventh before scoring on Rafael Devers' single that sliced it to 4-3.
PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola pitched six shutout innings in his first win of the season, and Philadelphia beat Arizona.
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J.T. Realmuto and Max Kepler homered for Philadelphia in its sixth win in seven games. The Phillies will try for a sweep of the weekend series on Sunday.
Nola (1-5) struck out eight in his first start since he pitched seven sparkling innings in a no-decision against the Cubs last weekend. The veteran right-hander went 0-5 with a 6.43 ERA in his first five starts of the year.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks in the seventh.
The Phillies went ahead 3-0 in the second on Kepler's two-run shot and Brandon Marsh's RBI double.
Realmuto hit a three-run drive to deep left in the third, and the Phillies opened a 7-0 lead when Trea Turner scored from third on a throwing error by third baseman Eugenio Suárez in the fourth.
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Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt (5-2) was charged with six earned runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
CUBS 6, BREWERS 2
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson hit back-to-back homers off Jose Quintana in the fourth inning as Chicago defeated Milwaukee.
Kyle Tucker also went deep to help the NL Central-leading Cubs beat the two-time defending division champions for a second straight night. Chicago's Jameson Taillon (2-1), Julian Merryweather and Brad Keller combined on a four-hitter.
Quintana (4-1) had allowed a total of three runs and one homer over 23 2/3 innings in his first four starts with the Brewers, but he gave up six runs and three homers in five innings Saturday.
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Crow-Armstrong's three-run shot to right-center broke a 1-all tie in the fourth inning and gave him nine homers this season. Crow-Armstrong homered twice in the Cubs' 10-0 victory over the Brewers on Friday.
Swanson followed by swinging at a 3-0 sinker and producing a 391-foot drive to left-center.
MARINERS 2, RANGERS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rowdy Tellez hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, and Seattle beat Texas for their sixth consecutive victory.
Jorge Polanco led off the ninth with a pinch-hit double off Chris Martin (0-4). Polanco advanced to third on Ben Williamson's grounder before scoring on Tellez's pinch-hit liner into center.
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Andrés Muñoz — the AL reliever of the month for April — got three outs for his 12th save. The right-hander has not allowed a run in 16 consecutive appearances to begin the season, tying the franchise record.
Muñoz struck out Adolis García with Marcus Semien on second for the final out.
JP Crawford homered for Seattle on Patrick Corbin's first pitch of the game. Crawford extended his hitting streak to 11 games.
NATIONALS 11, REDS 6
CINCINNATI (AP) — Amed Rosario homered and drove in four runs to propel Washington to a victory over Cincinnati.
Rosario, who hit a two-out RBI double in the fourth inning off Reds starter Nick Lodolo (3-3) to tie it at 3, connected on a three-run shot for his second homer this season to put the Nationals up 6-3 in the sixth.
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James Wood followed with his fourth hit, stole second and scored on Nathaniel Lowe's single, which ended Lodolo's outing. Jacob Young added a sacrifice fly to make it 8-3, and Riley Adams had a two-run single in the eighth off Brent Suter.
Alex Call's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Luis García Jr. put the Nationals up 2-0 in the first.
Spencer Steer's two-run double off Trevor Williams tied it after one.
Tyler Callihan — who went 0 for 3 in his debut on Wednesday — had an RBI single in the second to put Cincinnati up 3-2.
Williams (2-3) allowed nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, leaving with a 7-4 lead after Jake Fraley hit a solo homer. Andrew Chafin came in to get the final two outs of the sixth before Jose A. Ferrer, Jackson Rutledge and Eduardo Salazar closed it out.
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Lodolo gave up seven runs — six earned — and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
ROYALS 4, ORIOLES 0
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kris Bubic made it through five innings despite an early rain delay, and Kansas City hit three solo homers in a victory over Baltimore.
Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino went deep for Kansas City, which has won 10 of its last 12. The Royals have pitched four shutouts in their last eight games.
The game was delayed 57 minutes because of a thunderstorm after the first inning. Both starters stayed in the game anyway. Bubic (3-2) allowed four hits before three Royals relievers closed out the game.
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Tomoyuki Sugano (3-2) permitted two runs and four hits in six innings.
Jonathan India led off the fourth with a double and eventually came home on Maikel Garcia's two-out single. Biggio's drive — his first homer of the year — made it 2-0 the following inning. Isbel and Pasquantino went deep in the eighth off Seranthony Domínguez.
Garcia had three hits, as did Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson.