Jared Hughes entered the game to relieve Watson, but at the top of nine, St. Louis now held a three run advantage. He allowed three runs on nine hits and struck out three.
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Nationals 9, Braves 7: Pinch-runner Michael Taylor scored the go-ahead run on catcher Tyler Flowers’ throwing error as part of a three-run eighth inning.
New York Mets at Cincinnati, 11:35 a.m.
He played 126 games in 2015.
Atlanta at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
Manny Machado hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, leading Baltimore over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.
He allowed one unearned run and struck out three.St. Louis trailed 3-2 after four innings but forged a 3-3 tie in the sixth when Yadier Molina reached on right fielder Adam Frazier’s error and scored on Randal Grichuk’s single.That’s the way it stayed until the eighth, Kang – in his second start since coming off of the disabled list after a shoulder injury – led off for Pittsburgh with a homer into the visiting bullpen in center for a 4-3 lead.Cardinals Mike Leake, who was activated from the DL after a bout with shingles, started for the first time since August 21.
Jose Reyes, Curtis Granderson, and Alejandro De Aza also went deep for NY.
Kang had two homers for Pittsburgh in his second game back from a stay on the disabled list but Watson’s stumble extended the team’s longest funk since a 10-game losing streak in 2011. In his 14 games and 3-4 record this year, Taillon has put up a 3.25 ERA with a 1.07 WHIP in 83 innings. Houston did all of its scoring in the second and third innings, but Kluber was otherwise very effective.
The team’s slugging percentage is.433 at home, .466 on the road, and the club has scored nearly 90 runs fewer at home – 295 in St. Louis compared to 384 in the road grays. They moved to within 4 1/2 games of the Cardinals (73-65) in the chase for a National League wild-card spot.
The Pirates won 4-3. Against Oh, Kang went 4-for-13, batting.308 with one home run and three RBIs while the two played in Korea. It was the first pinch-hit homer of a Suzuki career that includes more than 3,000 hits.
Corey Knebel (1-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief to get the win.
The Royals loaded the bases with nobody out against Twins closer Brandon Kintzler before Drew Butera’s one-out single through the hole between first and second scored the eventual winning run.
GIANTS 3, ROCKIES 2 Kelby Tomlinson hit a one-out, tiebreaking single in the ninth and San Francisco rallied to beat host Colorado.
Joey Wendle grounded a two-run single through a drawn-in infield to give Oakland the lead in a three-run eighth inning.
Read: Strong defense and superior starting pitching. Coming off a four-hit shutout of the Reds on August 31, Nolasco retired the first 16 A’s in order, and he took a shutout into the eighth inning.
Kang hit a drive deep into the bullpens in left-center off rookie Alex Reyes (1-1) for his 17th homer and third in two games.
Williams, called up Tuesday from Class AAA Indianapolis, probably dreamed his major league debut would begin differently.
Cardinals: LHP Jaime Garcia (10-11, 4.41 ERA), who has lost his last three starts, faces Milwaukee RHP Junior Guerra (7-3, 2.85) on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game home series.
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Five Los Angeles players drove in a run apiece in a win vs. Arizona at Dodger Stadium. Josh Harrison has logged 131 hits with 53 runs and 55 RBI.
