MLB roundup: Twins get second straight walk-off win over Royals

Reuters

25-05-2025

May 25 - Brooks Lee gave Minnesota its second walk-off win in as many days as his ninth-inning RBI single lifted the Twins to a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Lee's second three-hit game of the season ended with a two-out, slow-roller up the middle off Steven Cruz and allowed Carlos Correa to score from third.
Harrison Bader hit his fifth home run of the season and Kody Clemens got his fourth to lead Minnesota's comeback. The Twins had lost their previous 39 games when trailing by four or more runs.
Vinnie Pasquantino had his third three-hit game of the season for the Royals, going 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 and drove in a run while Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single and two RBIs.
Braves 7, Padres 1
Ronald Acuna Jr. smashed his second 400-foot-plus homer in as many days to lead host Atlanta to the win over San Diego.
Grant Holmes (3-3) allowed one run and six hits over seven innings. Danny Baldwin posted three hits while Alex Verdugo contributed two hits and two runs and Ozzie Albies (2-for-4) stretched his hitting streak to 10 games.
Scheduled starter Michael King was scratched due to shoulder soreness, so reliever Sean Reynolds (0-1) made his first MLB start and allowed six hits and three runs in 2 2/3 innings. Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill notched two hits apiece and Machado drove in the lone run to make it 1-1 in the third.
Pirates 2, Brewers 1
Oneil Cruz recorded two hits, including a go-ahead RBI triple, to propel Pittsburgh to a one-run victory over visiting Milwaukee.
One day after hitting two home runs to help the Pirates defeat the Brewers, Cruz roped a line drive off reliever Tyler Alexander (2-5) in the seventh that reached the right-center wall to drive in Isiah Kiner-Falefa with the eventual winning run. Mitch Keller allowed one run over six innings.
The Brewers mounted a rally in the ninth, but Pirates reliever David Bednar induced a game-ending 6-3 double play from Brice Turang to pick up his fifth save of the season. Milwaukee's Quinn Priester, who made his first career start against the team that drafted him in the first round in 2019, gave up one run on six hits over six innings.
Nationals 3, Giants 0
Jake Irvin pitched eight scoreless innings and James Wood hit a two-run home run to lead Washington to a victory over visiting San Francisco.
Irvin (4-1) allowed three hits while striking out seven and walking two on 96 pitches. Keibert Ruiz added two hits for Washington, which has won six of seven.
Kyle Harrison (0-1), making his first start this season in place of the injured Justin Verlander, gave up two runs on five hits over four innings. Tyler Fitzgerald had two of the three hits for the Giants.
Reds 6, Cubs 4
Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-3 with a home run, a stolen base and four RBIs to lead Cincinnati to a victory over visiting Chicago.
TJ Friedl also had two hits and Santiago Espinal scored twice for Cincinnati, which snapped a three-game skid. Andrew Abbott (4-0) allowed one run on six hits over 5 2/3 innings. Despite allowing a homer to Carson Kelly to begin the ninth, Emilio Pagan bounced back to notch his 13th save.
Justin Turner added a solo homer and Matt Shaw had three hits for Chicago, which had its three-game winning streak ended. Cubs starter Colin Rea (3-1) surrendered six runs on seven hits over five innings.
White Sox 10, Rangers 5
Lenyn Sosa delivered a bases-clearing double and Joshua Palacios cracked a two-run homer as Chicago rallied for the victory over visiting Texas.
Andrew Benintendi slashed a go-ahead two-run double as part of a six-run sixth, Luis Robert Jr. recorded his first three-hit game of the season and Mike Tauchman hit his first homer for the White Sox, who can pull off their first series sweep of the year on Sunday. Starter Bryse Wilson went four innings and allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits.
Jack Leiter threw five innings of six-hit, two-run ball for the Rangers before giving way to four relievers who combined to allow eight runs across three innings. Adolis Garcia poked a solo homer in the eighth.
Yankees 13, Rockies 1
Austin Wells had two hits in a 10-run fifth inning, Aaron Judge homered for the second straight game and New York routed Colorado in Denver.
Paul Goldschmidt, DJ LeMahieu, Cody Bellinger and Anthony Volpe had three hits and Jasson Dominguez contributed two hits for New York to back another strong outing by Max Fried. Fried (7-0) allowed a run on six hits and struck out seven in 7 1/3 innings.
Michael Toglia had an RBI triple for Colorado, which missed a chance for two straight wins. Kyle Freeland (0-7) allowed eight runs -- four earned -- on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Astros 2, Mariners 1
Framber Valdez recorded his fourth consecutive quality start to claim a riveting pitchers' duel and lead Houston Astros to a victory over visiting Seattle.
Valdez (4-4) allowed one run on four hits and four walks over six innings. He has surrendered six total runs over his last four starts and 28 innings. Houston won all four contests.
Seattle right-hander Bryan Woo (5-2) allowed a season-high nine hits over six innings. He surrendered two unearned runs.
Guardians 7, Tigers 5 (10 innings)
Kyle Manzardo and Angel Martinez each hit RBI doubles in the top of the 10th inning to lift visiting Cleveland to a win over Detroit.
Bo Naylor had a sacrifice fly and pinch-hitter Nolan Jones added an RBI single in the four-run 10th for Cleveland. Ramirez and Manzardo each had two hits for the Guardians, and starter Luis Ortiz allowed three earned runs on four hits in his five innings of work.
Detroit responded in its half of the 10th, cutting the Cleveland lead to 7-5 on a two-run double to left-center field by Gleyber Torres off Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase. But Clase stifled the Detroit rally by inducing a foulout from Colt Keith and a groundout by Riley Greene to end the game.
Red Sox 6, Orioles 5 (Game 1, 10 innings)
Rafael Devers hit a game-ending single with one out in the 10th inning and host Boston outlasted the Baltimore Orioles for a victory in the first game of a doubleheader.
Devers gave the Red Sox their fifth win in seven games. After Gregory Soto (0-2) retired Jarren Duran, Devers chopped a fastball to center field to easily score automatic runner Cedanne Rafaela. The Red Sox used six relievers, including Greg Weissert (2-1), who pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 10th.
Baltimore starter Zach Eflin allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits in five-plus innings. The Orioles scored three in the fifth off Hunter Dobbins and Sean Newcomb. Heston Kjerstad scored on a groundout by Jackson Holiday before Gunnar Henderson blasted a double. Adley Rutschman then scored on a wild pitch.
Orioles 2, Red Sox 1 (Game 2)
Ryan O'Hearn and Dylan Carlson recorded RBI hits in the final two innings to lift visiting Baltimore to a win over Boston in the back end of a split doubleheader.
A duel between Baltimore starter Trevor Rogers and Boston counterpart Lucas Giolito remained scoreless after both bullpens took over, with the visitors -- who recorded eight of the 13 total hits in the game -- taking advantage of multiple walks in both of their run-scoring innings.
Abraham Toro had the lone Red Sox RBI on a ninth-inning home run, while Kristian Campbell was 2-for-4. Brennan Bernardino (2-2) took the loss.
Cardinals 6, Diamondbacks 5
Jordan Walker went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs as St. Louis edged visiting Arizona with a wild back-and-forth finish.
Walker snapped a 5-5 tie in the eighth with a two-out single off reliever Justin Martinez (1-2) that drove in Alec Burleson with what proved to be the winning run. Ryan Helsley (2-0) stranded two runners in scoring position in the ninth to close out the victory.
Josh Naylor and Randal Grichuk drove in two runs each for the Diamondbacks, who lost their fourth straight game. Arizona starter Merrill Kelly allowed four runs on six hits in six-plus innings.
Rays 3, Blue Jays 1
Junior Caminero belted a three-run homer and Shane Baz tossed 5 2/3 solid innings to fuel host Tampa Bay to a victory over Toronto.
Caminero's homer in the first inning was his ninth of the season, pulling him into a tie with Brandon Lowe for the team lead. The early power surge proved to be enough for Baz (4-3), who allowed one run on four hits.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered to lead off the sixth for the Blue Jays. Jose Berrios (1-2) saw his winless stretch extended to eight starts despite permitting just three runs on three hits in six innings.
Mets 5, Dodgers 2
Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the fourth inning as host New York beat Los Angeles in the middle game of a three-game series.
David Peterson (3-2) earned the victory while tossing a career-high-tying 7 2/3 innings for the Mets, who won for just the third time in nine games. The Dodgers had their three-game winning streak halted.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the second on an RBI single by Enrique Hernandez and a run-scoring groundout by Dalton Rushing. But the Mets mounted two-out rallies in the second and fourth innings against Los Angeles starter Tony Gonsolin (2-1). Brett Baty went 3-for-3 and drove in a pair.
Marlins 6, Angels 2
Connor Norby hit a three-run homer and visiting Miami snapped Los Angeles' eight-game winning streak with a victory.
The Angels' Taylor Ward doubled in the ninth to secure his franchise-record 10th consecutive game with an extra-base hit. Ward has nine home runs and 27 RBIs in his last 18 games. The Marlins had lost three consecutive games. Ronny Henriquez (2-1) got the win with two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief.
Los Angeles starter Jose Soriano (3-5) gave up three runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Phillies 9, Athletics 6 (11 innings)
Kyle Schwarber hit his 18th homer of the season and later lined a two-run tiebreaking double in the 11th inning to lead Philadelphia to a victory over the Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif.
Nick Castellanos drove in two runs, one on a sacrifice fly to score Schwarber in the 11th as the Phillies extended their season-best winning streak to nine games. Max Lazar worked out of an 11th-inning jam by striking out Davidson to record his first career save for the Phillies, who have won 13 of their past 14 road games.
The Athletics saw their season-worst losing streak reach 11 games. They were two outs away from a victory before Max Kepler delivered a ninth-inning homer to right off closer Mason Miller to tie the score at 6. Brent Rooker hit a homer in the eighth inning to give the Athletics a 6-5 lead. Jacob Wilson and Miguel Andujar each had three hits and an RBI for the A's.
--Field Level Media