PITTSBURGH (AP) – Paul Skenes slowly sauntered back to the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout at the end of the top of the eighth inning on Tuesday night, his loping and deliberate strides giving the PNC Park crowd plenty of time to rise for the kind of standing ovation that’s becoming commonplace at the end of his starts.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – MacKenzie Gore allowed three hits in a career-high eight innings, Joc Pederson and Ezequiel Duran homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Tuesday night.
BOSTON (AP) – Kyle Schwarber tied a Phillies record by homering for the fifth consecutive game, hitting his major league-high 17th to lead Philadelphia over the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Tuesday night and give Don Mattingly his 900th managerial win.
ATLANTA (AP) – Grant Holmes combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game set between the National League’s top teams.
CINCINNATI (AP) – James Wood hit his 12th home run of the season, and Luis Garcia Jr. and Daylen Lile each went deep twice as part of a six-homer night by the Washington Nationals in a 10-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.
HOUSTON (AP) – Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh snapped a 0-for-38 slump with a single Tuesday night against the Houston Astros.
HOUSTON (AP) – Dominic Canzone hit his first career grand slam and Randy Arozarena went 4 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 10-2 rout of the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) – A.J. Ewing gave the Mets just the offensive jolt they were looking for throughout his impressive major league debut, and Freddy Peralta pitched six effective innings Tuesday night in New York’s 10-2 victory over the sloppy Detroit Tigers.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Texas Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo left Tuesday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning with an apparent left ankle injury.