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Big plays give D-backs momentum entering clash vs. Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks batter Ketel Marte (4) high-fives teammate Tommy Troy (9) after his 2-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field in Phoenix on June 1, 2026. The Diamondbacks went deep late three times in a 4-1 victory over the Dodgers on Monday, reversing a trend after Los Angeles came back all three times in its season-opening series sweep of Arizona.
Home runs by Tommy Troy, Nolan Arenado and Ketel Marte accounted for all four Arizona runs on Monday, but manager Torey Lovullo was especially taken by Troy’s second hit — a two-out, 45-foot bunt single that set up Marte’s game-breaking, two-run shot in the eighth.
“The thing that stood out to me was that Tommy had some situational awareness,” Lovullo said. “Gets on and hands it off to Marte.
“That’s high baseball IQ. It’s things we believe in here. It’s things we talk about here. It helps you win games and helps you win the margins. That’s where we spend most of our space. That was a pretty special moment for this ballclub.”
Arizona right-hander Michael Soroka (7-2, 3.25 ERA) will face Dodgers left-hander Eric Lauer (2-5, 5.95) on Tuesday night in the second contest of the four-game series in Phoenix.
Of his key bunt on Monday, Troy said: “I saw (third baseman Max) Muncy go back. I’m like, here’s a good opportunity. It’s either going to be a foul ball or a hit. Glad it worked out. It was a great time to get Ketel up, because he’s hot against lefties.”
Marte’s homer, his 10th of the season, came off left-hander Jack Dreyer. Marte has five homers in his last 13 games; he was 24-for-47 before going 0-for-11 when the Diamondbacks were swept in Seattle over the weekend.
Arizona also received margin-winning defensive plays Monday from center fielder Jorge Barrosa, who made diving catches to take away hits from Will Smith in the fourth inning and Andy Pages in the fifth. Barrosa caught Pages’ drive in right-center field with one out and a runner on first base.
“The couple plays in center field were kind of big plays right there,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “then you get Marte hitting a two-run homer with two outs. Obviously a big play, too.”
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani extended his on-base streak to 17 games with three hits Monday. He is batting .415 with six doubles and four homers during the stretch.
Entering this series, the Dodgers had won seven of their past eight games and 14 of 17.
Soroka was 3-1 with a 1.78 ERA in five May outings and has given up more than two earned runs in only two of his 11 starts this season.
He has received a no-decision in all three career appearances against the Dodgers, most recently when he gave up three runs and struck out 10 while with Washington in the Nationals’ 13-7 loss on June 22.
Lauer will make his second start for Los Angeles since being acquired from Toronto on May 17, a move that helped the Dodgers maintain their favored six-man rotation. That allows rest for Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki because Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow are on the injured list.
Lauer, designated for assignment by the Blue Jays before joining the Dodgers, gave up one run on four hits in six innings in a 15-6 thrashing of Colorado last Tuesday. He struck out four, and the only Rockies’ run off him came on Hunter Goodman’s homer.
“They kept it pretty simple for me,” Lauer said after working with pitching coach Mark Prior, who was San Diego’s minor league pitching coordinator when Lauer came up in that organization.
“There were a couple of slight adjustments I wanted to make. It wasn’t like, ‘Let’s work on too many things.’ We’re going to see what you’re like as a normal guy and kind of tinker after that.”
Lauer made a strong impression on the Dodgers in the 2025 World Series, when he held them scoreless over 5 2/3 innings in two appearances. He threw 4 2/3 shutout innings for Toronto in Los Angeles’ 6-5 win in 18 innings in Game 3.
Lauer was 9-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 28 appearances with the Jays in the regular season a year ago but was designated for assignment after his ERA jumped to 6.69 ERA in eight appearances this year.
He is 4-5 with a 2.63 ERA in 11 career appearances against Arizona.
–Field Level Media
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Jose Ramirez hits 3 doubles to guide Guardians over Yankees
May 31, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) celebrates after scoring during the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking double with one out in the fifth inning and the visiting Cleveland Guardians earned a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Ramirez had three doubles for the fifth time in his storied career, and the first since Aug. 26, 2024 against Kansas City.
He doubled in three straight at-bats in the fourth, fifth and seventh, producing his third three-hit game this season.
Ramirez’s second double snapped a 4-4 tie. After the Guardians loaded the bases when Brayan Rocchio was plunked by New York’s Cam Schlittler (7-3), rookie Travis Bazzana lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
Ramirez followed by ripping a 2-2 curveball over first baseman Ben Rice and to the right field corner as Patrick Bailey easily scored. Ramirez added an insurance run with a double to left field in the seventh off Tim Hill to put Cleveland ahead 6-4.
Bazzana padded the lead with a bases-clearing double in the eighth off Camilo Doval as the Guardians collected 12 hits, marking the fourth time in five games they totaled double-digit hits.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in all four runs for the Yankees, who lost for the second time in eight games. Goldschmidt gave New York a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer off Joey Cantillo in the third and added a two-run single in the fourth for a 4-3 advantage.
Schlittler endured his shortest outing this season and allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked none.
Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer off Schlittler’s first-pitch cutter that landed in the right-center field seats to give Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the fourth.
Cantillo allowed four runs on six hits in four innings. The left-hander struck out four and walked three.
Five relievers followed Cantillo and allowed two hits the rest of the way. Colin Holderman (4-1) stranded a runner in the fifth and Matt Festa finished with a 1-2-3 ninth.
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Reds rally late, walk off with 10-inning win over Royals
inning of the MLB Interleague game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The Reds won 4-3 on a walkoff hit by Blake Dunn, scoring Spencer Steer from second base in the 10th inning. Blake Dunn’s RBI single in the 10th inning completed a comeback and gave the host Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 walk-off win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Spencer Steer hit two home runs and scored the winning run as the automatic runner for the Reds, who won for the second time in the last six games.
Will Benson’s pinch-hit home run to right field off Royals closer Lucas Erceg leading off the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 3-all.
Dunn’s game-winning hit, off John Schreiber (0-3), was the only Reds’ hit that was not a home run.
Brock Burke (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless 10th.
The loss spoiled a gem by Royals starter Noah Cameron, who retired 20 of the 21 batters he faced. Kansas City has lost seven of its last eight.
Cameron only allowed Steer’s first homer, did not walk a batter and struck out eight.
Steer’s second home run of the game, a drive to right-center leading off the eighth, pulled Cincinnati to within 3-2. His ninth homer was an opposite field drive into the stands in right-center.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott gave up three runs on five hits in six innings with four walks and five strikeouts.
Steer’s first home run of the game, a shot to left-center, came with one out in the fifth after Cameron had retired the first 13 Cincinnati batters.
The Royals took a 3-0 lead in the fourth on a fielder’s choice groundout with the bases loaded by Jac Caglianone and a bases-loaded, two-run, two-out single by Michael Massey.
Cameron made an outstanding defensive play for the first out of the third on Dunn’s attempt for a bunt single. Dunn bunted the ball between the mound and first, and Cameron, in one motion, picked up the ball with a backhand swipe and flipped it out of his glove first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
Reds center fielder Dane Myers made a leaping catch at the wall on Starling Marte’s long drive for the second out of the fifth.
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Twins prevail over White Sox; halt Davis Martin's 6-game win streak
Jun 2, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Twins third baseman Brooks Lee (22) hits a single during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Johnson-Imagn Images Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Chicago at the plate. The White Sox have dropped back-to-back games after winning their previous five in a row.
Twins left-hander Connor Prielipp (2-3) allowed four runs on six hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out seven.
White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (8-2) endured his shortest outing of the season. Martin gave up six runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak and he suffered his first setback since April 10.
Twins right-hander Yoendrys Gomez got the final four outs to record his fourth save.
The White Sox opened the scoring with three runs in the top of the third.
Luisangel Acuna started the action when he drew a leadoff walk, stole second base and scored on a throwing error by Jackson. The White Sox had runners on second and third with one out later in the inning, and Vargas delivered with a two-run single to left to make it 3-0.
The hit gave Vargas six RBIs in the first two games of the series.
The Twins got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Brooks Lee hit a sacrifice fly to left, plating Gray.
Minnesota added four runs in the fourth to seize a 5-3 lead.
Keaschall started the scoring with an RBI single to left. Gray followed with a two-run single to left, and Jackson capped the outburst with an RBI single to right.
Gray, who hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in the series opener, has 11 RBIs in his past five games.
The Twins increased their lead to 6-3 on another RBI single by Keaschall in the fifth.
Chase Meidroth notched an RBI infield single in the seventh to cut Chicago’s deficit to 6-4. But he fanned to end the eighth with two runners on base.
–Field Level Media
Jose Ramirez hits 3 doubles to guide Guardians over Yankees
Reds rally late, walk off with 10-inning win over Royals
