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Phillies beat Rays for 11th straight road win, Reds rookie De La Cruz has big game after Nationals check bat

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Clock IconJul 6, 2023Baseball

Trea Turner and Nick Castellanos homered to back Taijuan Walker’s sixth straight win and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-4 for their 11th consecutive road win on Wednesday.

The road streak is the second-longest in franchise history, trailing a 13-game run in 1976.

The Phillies are 21-7 since losing five in a row from May 28-June 2 and have moved a season-high seven games over .500.

Walker allowed all four of his runs in the first three innings but kept the Rays scoreless over the final four frames to become the fourth 10-game winner in the National League. He walked five and struck out eight.

The Phillies took the lead for good in the fifth inning on Turner’s tying home run and Bryson’s Stott’s RBI single for one of his four hits.

Castellanos connected for a 437-foot homer in the sixth inning and Brandon Marsh’s two-run single in the seventh closed the scoring.

Kyle Schwarber went 0 for 6 and was the only Philadelphia position player without a hit.

Tampa Bay has lost a season-high four straight and 10 of 16 but still owns the AL’s best record.

 

 

 

De La Cruz has big game after bat check

Rookie Elly De Le Cruz homered and added two doubles after a bat mix-up to lead the surging Cincinnati Reds to a 9-2 win over the Washington Nationals.

Nationals manager Dave Martinez questioned the use of an empty sensor cover on the knob of De La Cruz’s bat in the second inning. After umpires reviewed the legality of the knob cover with the league office, De La Cruz was allowed to put it back on his bat for his second at-bat an inning later.

The Reds’ star hit a 455-foot shot for his fourth home run in the fifth inning, doubled, stole third and scored on Jake Fraley’s single in the eighth and doubled again in the ninth.

Cincinnati has won seven of eight and homered in 19 straight games for the second-longest streak in franchise history.

 

Mets stun Diamondbacks with rally in 9th inning

Rookie Francisco Alvarez homered with two outs in the ninth inning and Mark Canha had an RBI triple to lift the New York Mets to an improbable 2-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Trailing 1-0 and down to their last strike, Alvarez homered off Andrew Chafin to tie it. After Brett Baty singled, Canha followed with a drive to the 413-foot sign in centre to put New York on top.

Kodai Senga was in line for the tough-luck loss before the rally after he allowed Christian Walker’s home run over eight innings with 12 strikeouts.