BALTIMORE (AP) — Aroldis Chapman notched his 400th career save, Eli White hit a three-run homer following an error by Gunnar Henderson and the Boston Red Sox capped a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 3-1 victory Sunday.
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Sox → notch → victory
Chapman gave up a one-out single in the ninth before striking out Coby Mayo and Christian Encarnacion-Strand to become the ninth player in major league history to record 400 saves.
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Chapman → give → saves
The 38-year-old Chapman earned his first save in 2011 with Cincinnati went on to have 10 seasons with 30 or more, including 33 this season.
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Cincinnati → earn → 33
Over his lengthy career, Chapman has totaled 24 saves against Baltimore.
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Chapman → total → Baltimore
The lefty got one Friday night that started Boston on its sweep of the sinking Orioles.
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that → get → Orioles
Coming off two straight shutout losses, the Orioles used successive two-out doubles by Mayo and Encarnacion-Strand to take a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
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Orioles → come → inning
In the second, with two outs and a runner on, Henderson failed to make a backhand stab of a grounder to shortstop.
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Henderson → fail → shortstop
White followed with a drive off Kyle Bradish (7-13) that cleared the left-field wall.
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that → follow → wall
Payton Tolle (9-6) struck out 12 over six innings for Boston, allowing four hits and walking none.
REDS 12, BREWERS 8
CINCINNATI (AP) —
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Tolle → strike → none
De La Cruz hit a two-run homer and bases-loaded double and finished with four RBIs as Cincinnati beat NL Central-leading Milwaukee.
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Cincinnati → hit → Milwaukee
The Reds took a series from the Brewers at Great American Ball Park for the first time since 2022, ending Milwaukee’s nine-series streak.
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Reds → take → streak
Cincinnati built a 4-0 lead through three innings.
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Cincinnati → build → innings
In the second, Sal Stewart picked up his MLB-leading 107th RBI with a sacrifice fly.
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Stewart → pick → fly
The Reds jumped ahead to a 4-0 lead.
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Reds → jump → lead
Sal Stewart recorded his 107th RBI with a sacrifice fly.
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Stewart → record → fly
Christian Yelich drew a walk to open the fourth before Jake Bauers hit his team-leading 24th homer, the first hit of the game for the Brewers.
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Bauers → draw → Brewers
Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored on a throwing error.
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Mitchell → triple → error
De La Cruz, the Reds’ DH, hit his 22nd homer in the fourth, giving the Reds a 6-3 lead.
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Cruz → hit → lead
PIRATES 1, ANGELS 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings for his first win since July 19 and Henry Davis hit a home run to lead Pittsburgh over Los Angeles.
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Davis → pitch → Angeles
Skenes (10-11) gave up four hits, struck out two and walked one.
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Skenes → give → one
The 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner had gone seven consecutive outings without a win since beating Cleveland in his first start after the All-Star break.
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winner → go → break
Gregory Soto, Carmen Mlodzinski, Camilo Doval and Mason Montgomery finished the five-hitter.
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Soto → finish → hitter
Montgomery earned his 10th save.
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Montgomery → earn → save
It marked the first time Skenes faced the Angels, the team he grew up rooting for in Orange County.
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he → mark → County
Davis pulled a home run down the left-field line in the third inning, his ninth of the season, off Walbert Urena (9-10), who was a tough-luck loser while pitching his first career complete game and the Angels’ first of the season.
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who → pull → season
METS 4, GIANTS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Bichette launched a go-ahead three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning after an intentional walk to Juan Soto, and New York rallied for a victory over San Francisco.
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York → launch → Francisco
Brett Baty opened the inning by hitting his second career pinch-hit homer when his drive off Carson Seymour (0-2) cleared the left-field fence by a few feet.
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drive → open → feet
A.J. Ewing followed with a single and was sacrificed to second by Luis Torrens.
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Ewing → follow → Torrens
After right fielder Jung Hoo Lee made a sliding catch on Francisco Lindor’s sinking liner, the Giants intentionally walked Soto after Seymour threw two pitches out of the strike zone.
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Seymour → make → zone
Bichette then hammered an 0-1 slider into the left-field seats for his 16th homer.
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Bichette → hammer → homer
Tobias Myers (1-2) stranded a runner in the eighth for his first win with the Mets after being promoted from Triple-A Syracuse before the game.
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Myers → strand → game
Kodai Senga pitched a perfect ninth for his sixth save in six chances.
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Senga → pitch → chances
New York starter Christian Scott lasted 4 2/3 innings.
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Scott → last → innings
The right-hander permitted three of his four hits in the fourth, when the Giants went ahead on Lee’s bloop single that scored two runs.
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that → permit → runs
CLEVELAND (AP) — Daniel Schneemann singled home rookie Angel Genao from third base in the 10th inning to send Cleveland to a win over DetroiT, the Guardians’ third walk-off victory in the four-game series.
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Schneemann → single → series
With a runner at second, Patrick Bailey opened the 10th with a single off Kyle Finnegan (3-1).
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Bailey → open → Finnegan
Schneemann then ripped a 1-0 pitch into right, triggering another celebration by the Guardians, who are chasing Chicago in the AL Central.
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who → rip → Central
The Guardians didn’t lead at any point in the series until their final swing.
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Guardians → lead → swing
Cleveland swept a doubleheader on Friday before being shut out Saturday.
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Cleveland → sweep → Friday
Cade Smith (5-1) pitched two perfect innings, striking out the side in the 10th with an automatic runner at second.
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Smith → pitch → second
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