Ryan McMahon, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt hit eighth inning homers and the New York Yankees rallied late for the second straight game, beating the Nationals 4-2 Saturday in Washington.

After staging a three-run ninth-inning rally in a 5-3 win Friday night, the Yankees struck an inning earlier on Saturday.

With New York trailing 2-0, McMahon homered off Orlando Ribalta with one out. After Ben Rice walked, Clayton Beeter (3-2) came in to face Grisham, who hit a two-run shot to give the Yankees the lead. Goldschmidt followed with his 15th homer of the season, a shot into the Yankee bullpen in left-center.

Brent Headrick (5-1) got the win and David Bednar pitched the ninth for his 18th save as New York won its third straight.

James Wood had three hits including a homer, and Curtis Mead had a homer and a single for Washington, which suffered its 27th blown save of the season.

Yankee ace Cam Schlittler allowed the two runs on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six and tied his season high with four walks.

After Washington opener PJ Poulin worked 1 1/2 innings, Miles Mikolas tossed four scoreless frames.

The first two Yankees reached base to start the game, but Poulin struck out Grisham and Goldschmidt, and got Cody Bellinger to ground out.

Wood gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead when he hit Schlittler’s first-pitch fastball out to right center for his ninth leadoff homer of the season and 27th overall. Two batters later Mead homered to left center to make it 2-0.

A pair of two-out walks loaded the bases for Washington in the fourth, but Schlittler retired Nasim Nunez.

Rice and Grisham singled leading off the New York sixth, but Goldschmidt hit into a double play and Bellinger flied out.

Washington loaded the bases again in the seventh. Wood and Luis Garcia Jr. both reached on infield singles with two outs against Headrick. Mead walked to load the bases, but Headrick got CJ Abrams swinging on a pitch out of the strike zone.

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Nine-hole hitter Steven Kwan lined a two-out, two-strike, two-run double and also produced a run-saving defensive gem, leading the Guardians to a 4-1 win over the host Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon.

Cleveland also got a two-out, two-strike, two-run double from eight-hole hitter Patrick Bailey in the eighth to add some insurance.

Tanner Bibee, who started this season 0-7 with six no-decisions, earned the win. Bibee (3-9) turned in a quality start, allowing five hits, four walks and one run in 6 2/3 innings.

Eury Perez, who pitched seven perfect innings in his previous start, took the loss. Perez (5-7) allowed eight hits, two walks and two runs in six innings. He struck out six.

Cleveland loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning, but Perez struck out Kyle Manzardo and got Kahlil Watson to bounce into a double play.

Miami threatened in the third on two-out walks to Otto Lopez and Kyle Stowers. Xavier Edwards then followed with a single that nearly scored Lopez. However, before Lopez could step on home plate, Stowers was thrown out by Kwan, a four-time Gold Glove winner in left field. On the play, Stowers made too wide a turn from second base.

Cleveland opened the scoring in the fourth on a rally that started with singles from Gabriel Arias and Petey Halpin. The Guardians then executed a double steal before Kwan gave them a 2-0 lead with his opposite-field double down the left-field line.

Miami got on the board in the seventh as rookie Joe Mack doubled, took third on a groundout and scored on Liam Hicks’ bloop single.

Cleveland came right back and extended its lead to 4-1 in the eighth. Manzardo was hit by a pitch, Watson doubled and Bailey nearly hit one out, settling for a two-run double off the wall in left.

In the bottom of the eighth, Kwan made another stellar play, sliding to grab a foul fly off the bat of Stowers.

With All-Star Cade Smith having pitched in each of the past three games, the Guardians turned to Colin Holderman, who pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his fourth career save and first this year.

–Field Level Media

Bryan Reynolds went 2-for-3 and drove in the go-ahead run for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who defeated the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 to sweep a doubleheader on Saturday.

Starting pitcher Bubba Chandler struck out six while limiting Milwaukee to two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Pirates, who won the first game 7-6.

Shane Drohan (4-3) allowed three runs on five hits and fanned six in 6 1/3 innings for the Brewers, who have lost three of their past four games after going 8-2 in their previous 10.

Pittsburgh went ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth.

Brandon Lowe connected for a one-out double, knocking a fly ball to center field. He then scored when Reynolds followed with a single to right.

Milwaukee threatened to take the lead in the top half of the frame against reliever Johan Ramirez (6-2). Joey Ortiz doubled and Christian Yelich was hit by a pitch, but a pop-out ended the inning.

Held to one baserunner on just one hit through the first three innings, the Pirates finally connected for more in the fourth. With one out, Reynolds lined a double down the right field line. Esmerlyn Valdez then followed with a home run to left field to give the hosts a 2-0 lead.

It was Valdez’s 10th homer of the season and third straight game sending one out of the park. The 22-year-old rookie also had two in the opener of the doubleheader, including the go-ahead grand slam that gave Pittsburgh the win.

The Brewers tied it in the top of the fifth inning.

Joey Ortiz and Christian Yelich connected for back-to-back one-out ground-ball singles before Jackson Chourio grounded into a forceout that took out Yelich. Brice Turang then knocked a double off the wall in left field that drove in Ortiz and Chourio.

That ended Chandler’s outing, with reliever Brandon Eisert stepping in for his Pittsburgh debut. The Pirates acquired the left-hander, along with infielder Jacob Gonzalez, in a trade with the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

–Field Level Media