Nola tosses gem as Phillies blank Nats
Philadelphia
Aaron Nola tossed two-hit ball over eight innings, Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and Alec Bohm also went deep to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Washington Nationals 6-0 on Tuesday night.
Nola (4-2) threw 113 pitches in his latest dominant outing before he yielded to Hector Neris for the ninth. Nola has yet to pitch a complete game in 134 career starts dating to his debut in 2015. He struck out nine and allowed two or fewer runs for the fifth time this season.
The Phillies are trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and are now in the stretch when their hopes traditionally begin to fade. The Phillies went a combined 93-123 in September from 2012-19 and their .431 winning percentage during the month ranked 27th out of 30 major league teams.
Cardinals 16, Reds 2: Brad Miller homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, and St. Louis pounded Sonny Gray and Cincinnati.
Marlins 3, Blue Jays 2: Starling Marte celebrated his Miami debut with a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning. Marte, who was acquired in a trade with Arizona on Monday, drove a 1-0 pitch from Shun Yamaguchi (1-3) deep to left-center for his third homer. He also reached on an error in the sixth and scored from first on Garrett Cooper's double.
Tigers 12, Brewers 1: Victor Reyers went 4-for-6 with five RBIs and two runs scored for Detroit. Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones fractured his left hand when he was hit by a pitch in the eighth from Phil Bickford in the reliever's major league debut.
Indians 10, Royals 1: Roberto Perez had two hits and three RBIs, and Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez drove in two each.
Twins 3, White Sox 2: Michael Pineda, who finished serving a 60-game suspension for violating...