Overview
- Gleyber Torres drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the 10th to lift Detroit over Houston 1-0, as Tarik Skubal fanned 10 to become MLB’s first pitcher to 200 strikeouts in 2025 and the Astros were shut out for a third straight game.
- Max Scherzer logged six strong innings for career win No. 220 in Toronto’s 7-3 victory at Pittsburgh, with Alejandro Kirk homering and collecting three hits while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sat with left hamstring stiffness after a clean MRI.
- J.T. Realmuto crushed a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth and finished with three RBIs in Philadelphia’s 6-4 win over Seattle, as Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading 44th homer and Jhoan Durán secured his 22nd save.
- Kansas City beat Texas 5-2 behind Vinnie Pasquantino’s early homer and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch for the lead, with Bobby Witt Jr. belting his 100th career homer to cap the Royals’ fifth straight win.
- Elsewhere, San Diego snapped a four-game slide by beating San Francisco 5-1 behind Nick Pivetta’s 10 strikeouts, Cincinnati topped the Angels 6-4 with Hunter Greene striking out 12 and Noelvi Marte homering, and Arizona edged Cleveland 6-5 as Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove in three.