Betts keys Dodgers' 9-run rally in win over Nationals

WASHINGTON (AP) – Mookie Betts hit a go-ahead single during a nine-run rally in the seventh inning after Washington ace Max Scherzer departed, and the Los Angeles Dodgers surged past the Nationals 10-5 Friday night for their seventh straight win. The Nationals lost slugger Kyle Schwarber in the second inning when he grabbed at his hamstring after a single. He hit a franchise-record 16 home runs in June. Julio Urías (10-3) allowed one earned run in six innings. Scherzer also allowed one earned run in six innings and struck out eight. Left-handed reliever Sam Clay (0-1) found trouble when he replaced Scherzer. Chris Taylor hit a leadoff double, a dribbler by pinch-hitter Albert Pujols scored him, and Austin Barnes was hit by a pitch. ANGELS 8, ORIOLES 7 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Shohei Ohtani went deep twice to reach 30 homers this season and then scored the winning run on Jared Walsh’s two-out single in the ninth inning that lifted Los Angeles over Baltimore. Ohtani drew a walk from Paul Fry (2-3) with one out and swiped second for his 12th stolen base of the year. The two-way sensation is the first player in AL history to reach 30 homers and 10 steals in his team’s first 81 games of a season, according to STATS. The only NL players to do it are Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa (1998) and St. Louis star Albert Pujols (2009). Ohtani, elected to the All-Star Game for the first time Thursday and selected AL Player of the Month for June earlier Friday, leads the majors in home runs. He has 13 in the past 15 games. Ohtani also set an Angels record for most homers by the All-Star break and surpassed Babe Ruth’s 1919 mark of most round trippers by a player with at least 10 games pitched in a season. Anthony Rendon had three hits and José Iglesias homered and drove in two runs for the Angels, who have won four of five. Raisel Iglesias (5-3) pitched 1 2/3 innings and helped anchor a Los Angeles bullpen that allowed only one run in 6 1/3 innings after starter Griffin Canning struggled. Trey Mancini and Domingo Leyba homered for the Orioles, who had won three in a row. Anthony Santander drove in three runs. BRAVES 1, MARLINS 0 ATLANTA (AP) – Miami starter Pablo López was ejected after plunking Ronald Acuña Jr. with his first pitch, leading to the only run in Atlanta’s victory. The Braves got just two hits and still won their third in a row. The Marlins have a history of hitting Acuña. Miami pitcher José Ureña was tossed after nailing the star slugger with his first pitch in 2018, and López didn’t last any longer. López (4-5) was ejected for hitting Acuña in the back of the left arm and manager Don Mattingly soon was ejected, too, for arguing on his pitcher’s behalf. They stayed on the field for a couple of minutes after they were tossed to plead their case with umpires. Acuña advanced to third on Freddie Freeman’s single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ozzie Albies, the NL leader with 59 RBIs. Miami pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. was tossed by crew chief Dan Iassogna for arguing about López’s ejection after Freeman’s hit. Drew Smyly (6-3) won his career-best fourth straight start. Will Smith converted a shaky 17th save in 19 chances. The bases were loaded when Jon Berti popped up and pinch-hitter Sandy León flied out to end it. RED SOX 3, ATHLETICS 2, 10 INNINGS OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Kiké Hernández drove in the go-ahead run with a broken-bat single in the 10th inning and then made a tremendous defensive play to throw out a runner at home plate from center field as Boston held off Oakland for its eighth straight win.