Mancini grand slam among 2 HRs as Astros top Guardians 9-3

CLEVELAND (AP) – Trey Mancini hit two home runs, including his first career grand slam, to lead the Houston Astros past the Cleveland Indians 9-3 on Friday night. Mancini, acquired from Baltimore on Monday, hit a solo homer in the second and capped the Astros’ five-run third against Hunter Gaddis (0-1) with a blast that cleared the 19-foot wall in left field. He has homered three times in four games with Houston. Framber Valdez (10-4) allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. Gaddis was charged with eight runs in 3 1/3 innings in his major league debut. DODGERS 8, PADRES 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) – Tony Gonsolin pitched five scoreless innings and Los Angeles threw a four-hitter against San Diego’s supercharged lineup after honoring Vin Scully. Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts led the stadium in a unison call of Scully’s signature ‘œIt’s time for Dodgers baseball’� during a memorial before the game. Scully died Tuesday at age 94. The NL West rivals met for the first time since San Diego acquired superstar Juan Soto, Josh Bell and Brandon Drury ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline. The Dodgers extended their division lead to 13 1/2 games over the Padres and showed no signs of slowing down. Gonsolin (13-1) struck out six and allowed three hits. Sean Manaea (6-6) had one of the worst starts of his season, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits in four innings. BRAVES 9, METS 6 NEW YORK (AP) – Ronald Acuña Jr. got four hits and robbed Pete Alonso of a two-run homer as Atlanta rebounded quickly in its NL East showdown with New York. Eddie Rosario hit a three-run homer in the first inning and an RBI double in the second to help the Braves open an 8-0 cushion. Rookie center fielder Michael Harris II also went deep and threw out a runner at the plate as the Braves avoided their first three-game skid of the year. Mets starter Taijuan Walker (9-3) managed only three outs in a rare but untimely flop. He was charged with eight runs and seven hits as his ERA rose from 2.79 to 3.45. A.J. Minter (5-3) struck out three in 1 1/3 perfect innings. ANGELS 4, MARINERS 3 SEATTLE (AP) – Taylor Ward’s sacrifice fly scored Magneuris Sierra in the 10th inning, and Los Angeles blew a three-run lead late before pulling out a win over Seattle. The Angels led 3-0 going to the bottom of the ninth before Seattle scored three times with two outs to force extra inning. Ward’s fly ball off Paul Sewald (3-3) was deep enough for Sierra to score easily and give the Angels the lead. Jimmy Herget pitched a perfect bottom of the 10th to get the save. Max Stassi hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth inning to give the Angels a 3-0 lead that proved critical when Seattle rallied for three runs in the bottom of the inning. Seattle’s three-run rally in the ninth started when Jesse Winker walked with one-out against Jesse Chavez (2-1). Pinch-hitter Jake Lamb singled, and with two outs, Adam Frazier doubled to score Winker. CARDINALS 4, YANKEES 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) – Paul DeJong hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting St. Louis past New York. The Yankees’ Matt Carpenter drew a standing ovation in his first visit back to the city where he played 11 seasons, then had two hits. Aaron Judge and Josh Donaldson also had two hits each for the Yankees, and Donaldson drove in two while New York built a 3-2 lead. DeJong, playing his sixth game since being recalled from Triple-A, doubled to right against All-Star Clay Holmes (5-3) to put the Cardinals ahead. Andre Pallente (5-4) threw four scoreless innings in relief. Ryan Helsley earned his 10th save by pitching the ninth. He retired Carpenter on a groundout to end the game on a close play at first. The Cardinals have won five straight.