DeGrom exits with elbow injury in Mets' 3-2 win over Padres

NEW YORK (AP) – Jacob deGrom was pulled from a do-it-all gem with right flexor tendinitis, a troubling diagnosis for the New York Mets that clouded a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. DeGrom (6-2) faced the minimum over six innings and ripped a two-run single, giving him five RBIs this season – compared to four earned runs allowed. He struck out 10 in the abbreviated outing. DeGrom left after 80 pitches and extending his scoreless streak to 22 innings. He had a no-hit bid until Wil Myers beat the shift with a weak grounder in the fifth. Billy McKinney drove in a run with the first of his two doubles in the fifth, and deGrom followed with his two-run hit. San Diego dropped its third straight. Blake Snell (2-3) allowed three runs in four-plus innings, and the Padres couldn’t do enough damage against New York’s bullpen. CUBS 8, CARDINALS 5 CHICAGO (AP) – Anthony Rizzo hit a tying home run in the sixth inning on the 14th pitch of his at-bat against Daniel Ponce de Leon. and Joc Pederson and Willson Contreras also went deep to lead Chicago over St. Louis. With Wrigley Field allowed 100% capacity for the first time since 2019, the Cubs rallied from a 5-1 deficit before a crowd of 35,112. Pederson drove in three runs and gave the Cubs a 7-5 lead in the seventh with a two-run double against Génesis Cabrera (1-2). Tommy Nance (1-0) threw two innings to win his first major league decision. and Craig Kimbrel retired three batters for his 16th save. GIANTS 1, NATIONALS 0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington ace Max Scherzer left after just 12 pitches because of groin inflammation, Buster Posey homered and San Francisco beat the Nationals on Anthony DeSclafani’s career-best two-hitter. A crowd of 18,029 attended the first game at Nationals Park without capacity limits since the 2019 World Series. Scherzer retired leadoff batter LaMonte Wade Jr. on a fly ball to left and had a 3-2 count on Brandon Belt when he stretched his body. He took a warmup toss before exiting. DeSclafani (6-2) struck out eight and walked on his his third career shutout and complete game. DODGERS 12, RANGERS 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Clayton Kershaw bounced back from two bad outings with six sharp innings, Gavin Lux drove in four runs and hit one of five Dodgers homers as Los Angeles routed Texas. Max Muncy, Justin Turner and Lux homered in the first inning. Albert Pujols and Will Smith also went deep as Los Angeles won its fourth in a row and sent Texas to its 16th straight road loss. Kershaw (8-5) gave up only one unearned and three hits. He struck out nine and walked none. Mike Foltynewicz (1-7) fell behind 6-0 in the first. ATHLETICS 4, ROYALS 3 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Elvis Andrus hit a winning single in the ninth inning after making pair of fielding gaffes, and Oakland beat Kansas City. Seth Brown homered to snap a long funk for the A’s. Matt Chapman had three hits including an RBI double. Salvador Pérez hit solo homers in the seventh against Cole Irvin and the eighth against former teammate Jake Diekman. Kansas City has lost six of seven. Lou Trivino (3-2) retired four batters. Scott Barlow (2-2) took the loss. INDIANS 7, MARINERS 0 CLEVELAND (AP) – Aaron Civale gave up a single to start the game before dominating Seattle’s light-hitting lineup for eight innings, leading the Cleveland to the win in front of the largest crowd at Progressive Field since 2019. Civale (9-2) allowed J.P. Crawford’s leadoff hit and nothing else to become the first AL pitcher with nine wins. He struck out a career-high 11 and retired 22 in a row after loading the bases in the first. Blake Parker worked the ninth to complete the two-hitter.