Jason Hammel threw seven innings of two-hit ball, Anthony Rizzo jumped onto a wall to make a remarkable catch of a foul ball, and the host Chicago Cubs beat the banged-up Brewers, 4-1, on Tuesday night to sweep a day-night doubleheader.
Javier Baez hit a two-run homer while Hammel (13-5) struck out seven to extend his scoreless streak to 22 innings.
Rizzo wowed the fans when the first baseman jumped on the wall with both feet, leaned into the crowd, and made a grab of Keon Broxton’s pop.
In the opener, Trevor Cahill came off the disabled list to throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start in nearly 16 months in Chicago’s 4-0 win.
It was a nightmare day for the Brewers, who lost second-game starter Chase Anderson to a bruised left quadriceps after two batters and slugger Ryan Braun to a left knee injury in the fourth inning.
Hernan Perez’s two-out solo homer in the ninth off Travis Wood ended Milwaukee’s 17-inning scoreless streak. After another single, Aroldis Chapman entered and gave up a walk and infield single before striking out Martin Maldonado for his second save of the day and sixth with the Cubs.
David Ross walked and scored on Kris Bryant’s single to left in the third off Jhan Marinez (0-1), who relieved Anderson.
Hammel had two hits and the Cubs took control on Baez’s two-run shot to left-center in Chicago’s three-run sixth off lefty Rob Scahill to secure its 13th win in 15 games.
In the opener, Chapman got two outs to complete the three-hitter.
The Brewers mustered six hits in 18 innings and were left with seven losses in 10 games amid plenty of bad news.
Anderson was struck by Bryant’s comebacker. Anderson fielded and threw to first for the second out, but then limped off.
Braun limped off in the fourth after he crumpled into the side wall trying to catch a fly ball down the left field line.
Mike Montgomery followed Cahill in the first game and pitched two innings, Hector Rondon worked the eighth and Joe Smith walked two in the ninth before Chapman hit 103 miles per hour and struck out one.
Cahill (2-3) also drove in a run with a safety squeeze, and the Cubs added runs on a wild pitch and Addison Russell’s sacrifice fly off Matt Garza (4-5).
With righthander John Lackey’s right shoulder still sore after he left Sunday’s start, Cahill provides an option if the Cubs need a replacement.
Dodgers 15, Phillies 5 — Chase Utley got curtain calls after each of his two home runs — including a grand slam — in his first game in Philadelphia since last season’s trade to Los Angeles. Those cheers came after fans greeted him with a 1½-minute ovation before he struck out leading off the Dodgers’ rout.
Utley was a six-time All-Star in 13 seasons as Philadelphia’s second baseman, helping the team win five straight NL East titles and the 2008 World Series.
Fans showed their appreciation with a long cheer before he struck out in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park.
In the fifth, Utley hit a two-out solo homer off Vince Velasquez (8-5) and raced around the bases in customary fashion.
Fans clamored for a rare curtain call by a visiting player, and Utley obliged to another standing ovation.
In the seventh, Utley hit a grand slam off Michael Mariot, and fans again cheered him back out of the dugout.
It was Utley’s seventh career grand slam. His first career hit was a grand slam at Veterans Stadium.
‘‘We had a lot of great times here at this stadium,’’ Utley said prior to the game. ‘‘I spent so much time here, so many great memories. I can’t really say enough about the support I received. Obviously we had some great players and great coaches, but the fans kind of took us to the next level.’’
Utley’s presence put a buzz in Philadelphia’s ballpark during what’s been a lackluster season. Fans applauded when he jogged to the outfield for warmups, and he twice stopped to sign autographs between conversations with former teammate Ryan Howard in center field. There were signs throughout the ballpark welcoming Utley back.
As Utley hit leadoff wearing his familiar No. 26, public address announcer Dan Baker introduced him to shouts and applause, including from players on both teams. Utley doffed his helmet and waved to the crowd, and when he tried to step to the plate, fans continued their ovation. Plate umpire Ron Kulpa moved to clean home plate while Utley stepped out again, touching his heart and raising his fist in appreciation.
‘‘I truly believe without their support and without them pushing us to be better, we would not have had the team that we had,’’ Utley said of the fans.
Utley was traded last Aug. 19 and never got a chance to acknowledge the fans because the trade wasn’t finalized until after the game that night.
‘‘I didn’t really have an opportunity to say goodbye,’’ Utley said. ‘‘If I were to write up a script [last year], it would have gone a bit differently.’’
He departed the Phillies after playing 1,551 games, compiling 1,623 hits, 142 homers and 916 RBIs. Utley remains one of the most beloved Philadelphia athletes ever for his talent, hustle and grit.
Kenta Maeda (12-7) allowed two runs and three hits in six innings with nine strikeouts and one walk for the Dodgers, who began Tuesday a half-game back of the Giants in the NL West and leading the NL wild-card race by 3 ½ games.
Howie Kendrick had four hits, including a home run and a triple, and drove in three runs and Yasmani Grandal homered and had three hits for Los Angeles.
Blue Jays 12, Yankees 6 — Russell Martin homered twice, including a go-ahead shot in an eight-run eighth inning, and Troy Tulowitzki had four hits as Toronto erased a six-run deficit to win in Yankee Stadium.
Edwin Encarnacion hit a tying homer and drove home three runs in the eighth as Toronto took advantage of a complete meltdown by New York’s bullpen.
Tulowitzki also went deep to help the Blue Jays pull off their biggest comeback of the season and move back atop the AL East, just ahead of Baltimore and Boston.
Impressive rookie Gary Sanchez homered twice for New York, including a titanic, three-run drive deep into the rarely reached second deck in left field.
It was the first time both starting catchers had multiple home runs in an American League game since at least 1913, the Yankees said.
Didi Gregorius also homered and had two RBIs for the Yankees (61-58), who squandered a chance to move within 4½ games of first place. They lost for the second time in seven games and failed again to move five games over .500 for the first time this season.
Scott Feldman (6-4) replaced ineffective starter Marco Estrada after a rain delay and struck out five in three innings of one-run relief. It was Feldman’s first win with the Blue Jays since they acquired him from Houston at the Aug. 1 trade deadline.
Indians 3, White Sox 1 — Corey Kluber allowed one run in six innings to win his fourth consecutive start as host Cleveland defeated Chicago for the seventh straight time.
Kluber (13-8) struck out seven and walked two, allowing his only run on Justin Morenau’s one-out homer in the sixth. Kluber is 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in seven starts since a July 3 loss at Toronto.
Andrew Miller retired six straight batters, and Cody Allen pitched a perfect ninth for his 23d save in 25 chances to complete a seven-hitter.
Francisco Lindor hit an RBI double in the first, and the Indians stretched their lead on run-scoring singles by Mike Napoli in the third and Jason Kipnis in the seventh. Napoli has a career-high 16-game hitting streak.
Jose Quintana (9-9) lost for the first time since June 28, giving up two runs and seven hits in six innings. He had been 4-0 in his previous seven starts.
Rangers 5, Athletics 4 — Rougned Odor was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning, bringing home the winning run for host Texas.
Carlos Beltran had tied the game with his fourth hit, a two-run single, after John Axford (4-4) had walked the bases loaded. Marc Rzepczynski then came on and the A’s opted to intentionally walk Adrian Beltre, reloading the bases. Odor was hit in the shoulder on the next pitch.
Oakland had tied the game in the ninth off closer Sam Dyson, then took a 4-2 lead in the 10th when five of its first six batters reached against Keone Kela (4-1). Yonder Alonso had an RBI double and scored on Ryon Healy’s single for the A's.
Cardinals 8, Astros 5 — Tommy Pham and Jedd Gyorko homered to help St. Louis win in Houston.
The Cardinals roughed up ace Dallas Keuchel (7-12) to overcome a rocky outing from starter Jaime Garcia (10-8). Garcia gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings, including three home runs.
The Astros dropped their third in a row, and the Cardinals won their third straight on the day they learned outfielder Matt Holliday and reliever Seth Maness are headed for the disabled list. Holliday will have surgery on his right thumb and could miss the remainder of the regular season, while Maness will have Tommy John surgery, likely sidelining him until 2018.
Seung Hwan Oh pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out three, for his 12th save.
Keuchel had his second rough start in the last two weeks. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner allowed six runs and six hits in five innings Tuesday after allowing seven runs in five innings in Detroit on July 31, matching his season high for runs allowed.
Houston’s Alex Bregman hit his first major league home run in the first in his 78th career at-bat. Houston erased a 2-0 first-inning deficit with Bregman’s homer, a solo homer from Marwin Gonzalez and an RBI single from Jose Altuve.
Royals 6, Tigers 1 — Danny Duffy (10-1) allowed one run in 7⅔ innings and Kansas City hit four homers for the win in Detroit.
Raul Mondesi, Alex Gordon, and Eric Hosmer all homered off Justin Verlander (12-7), while Kendrys Morales went deep off Mark Lowe.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered for Detroit’s only run. The Tigers have lost seven of nine.
Duffy allowed three hits and two walks, striking out five.
Verlander gave up five runs — three earned — four hits and a walk in seven-plus innings. He struck out six.
Rays 15, Padres 1 — Brad Miller hit two of host Tampa Bay’s five homers.
Evan Longoria had three hits and his 27th homer while tying Carl Crawford atop the Rays’ career list with his 1,235th game played.
Nick Franklin and Corey Dickerson also homered, and the Rays won their third straight.
Franklin and catcher Luke Maile each had three of Tampa Bay’s 16 hits, and Maile drove in four runs.
Miller’s first home run came in the fourth inning, driving in the eighth run off starter Edwin Jackson. Miller’s two-run homer in the fifth was his 24th and his 10th since the All-Star break.
Rookie Blake Snell (4-5) struck out eight in five innings, giving up one run, five hits and four walks. Alexei Ramirez, who had two hits for the Padres, drove in their only run with a bases-loaded walk.
Rays shortstop Matt Duffy left the game in the fourth inning with a sore left Achilles’ tendon. It was his fifth game since being activated from the disabled list with an injury to the same tendon.
Reds 6, Marlins 3 — Tucker Barnhart’s first grand slam capped host Cincinnati’s five-run first, giving Anthony DeSclafani all the support he needed to beat his former team.
Scott Schebler had three hits and Joey Votto added a sacrifice fly as the Reds beat Miami for the first time in five tries this season.
Twins 4, Braves 2 — Ervin Santana scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings and Joe Mauer homered for visiting Minnesota.
In a matchup of the two worst teams in the major leagues, Minnesota improved to 48-71, four games better than the Braves.
Santana (6-9) walked two and struck out six, throwing 64 of his 107 pitches for strikes to win his third straight start.
Brandon Kintzler earned his 12th save in 13 chances after facing four batters in the ninth.
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Welington Castillo took a week off to be with his wife and newborn son after there were complications with the boy’s birth.
Everything is fine now, he said, and he celebrated his return with a big night at the plate in the Diamondbacks’ 10-6 victory over the visiting Mets on Monday.
Castillo matched his career high with four hits. He doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored twice for the last-place Diamondbacks, who swept three games from the Mets last week in New York.
‘‘It felt good. My mind was free,’’ Castillo said. ‘‘Everything went fine. I have the baby at home, my wife, too. They’re both really healthy so I'm just here to do what I love to do.’’
Bartolo Colon drew the first walk of his 19-year major league career but he lasted just four innings against Arizona. Colon said his left (non-pitching) wrist was sore when he was at bat and walked on a 3-and-2 pitch.
‘‘That surprised me as well,’’ Colon said through a translator. ‘‘I don’t know why that pitcher didn’t strike me out. He could have. I really couldn’t do much more at that point.’’
Lefthander Robbie Ray (5-11), who threw seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Mets last Wednesday, allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings for his first victory in five starts. He struck out five and walked two.
One of the walks went to the 43-year-old Colon in the fourth. It came in Colon’s 282d career plate appearance.
‘‘That’s really just unacceptable, to walk him like that,’’ Ray said. ‘‘There were two outs and, yeah, I walked him. But it won’t happen again.’’
According to ESPN Stats & Info, no other player in major league history had that many plate appearances without walking.
It was the second first at the plate for Colon this season. On May 7, he became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first home run.
Colon (10-7) allowed five runs, two earned, and nine hits.
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Once he got rolling, Felix Hernandez had little trouble with the reeling Los Angeles Angels — except Mike Trout.
Nelson Cruz hit his 30th home run to lead Hernandez and the visiting Mariners past Los Angeles, 3-2, on Monday night as the Angels matched a franchise record with their 11th consecutive defeat.
Hernandez (7-4) struck out eight and pitched into the seventh inning to earn his 150th win and help the Mariners remain two games behind Boston for the second AL wild card.
King Felix has 328 career strikeouts against Los Angeles, surpassing Roger Clemens for the most of any pitcher vs. the Angels.
Hernandez gave up two runs in 6⅔ innings. Feeling as though he had little command after giving up early walks and a run in the second inning, Hernandez found his grove. He struck out six straight before yielding a home run to Trout.
Trout’s seven home runs off Hernandez are the most by any player in baseball.
‘‘I was trying to strike out Trout, too, but I left that pitch up,’’ Hernandez said. ‘‘He’s my nightmare. He’s got my number.’’
The Angels had lost 11 straight on three other occasions, but never under manager Mike Scioscia. Last in the AL West, Los Angeles (49-69) is a season-high 20 games under .500.
The last time the team dropped 11 in a row was during the 1999 season.
Trout also stole his 20th base, marking the third time he’s reached 20 home runs and 20 steals in a season. He became the seventh player in major league history with three 20-20 seasons and is the only one still active, now that Alex Rodriguez was released by the Yankees.
Trout belted his 23d homer in the fifth, making the score 3-2.
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From the rousing standing ovation he received in the first inning to the one he got after giving up a pair of home runs in the sixth, Pirates righthander Ryan Vogelsong had a tough time staying focused in his return to AT&T Park.
After spending parts of seven seasons in San Francisco and helping the Giants win two World Series titles, the normally stoic Vogelsong couldn’t help but get caught up in the emotions of the moment.
His Pittsburgh teammates helped make the night even more memorable.
Gregory Polanco had a homer and four RBIs, and Vogelsong and the Pirates beat the Giants, 8-5, on Monday night.
‘‘I'm really tired mentally,’’ Vogelsong said. ‘‘I wouldn’t expect anything less from these fans. They’re first class and they always have been.’’
Andrew McCutchen added two hits, two RBIs, and made a spectacular diving, backhanded catch in the eighth to help Pittsburgh move within one game of idle St. Louis for the second NL wild card.
That was enough for Vogelsong (2-2) to win despite an up-and-down outing.
Vogelsong allowed four runs over 5⅔ innings, walking three and striking out one before leaving to his second standing ovation of the night.
Fans stood and cheered when Vogelsong, an All-Star with San Francisco in 2011, took the mound in the first, and a video montage of his time with the Giants played on the scoreboard while he warmed.
When he left after allowing Denard Span’s home run in the sixth, Vogelsong paused en route to the dugout and tipped his cap to the crowd.
‘‘There are moments in these games that you want to hold on to and remember for the rest of your life. Tonight was one of those for me,’’ Vogelsong said. ‘‘It was amazing.’’
Span had three hits, including a home run, and Eduardo Nunez also homered for the Giants.
Polanco hit a two-run double off starter Matt Moore (0-2) in the fourth, then drove in two more runs with his 17th home run of the season in the sixth.
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