Taijuan Walker leads Mets over sloppy Nationals 4-1

WASHINGTON (AP) – Taijuan Walker pitched seven scoreless innings and the New York Mets remained unbeaten in 10 series this season, cruising past the sloppy Washington Nationals 4-1 on Thursday. Mark Canha went 3 for 4 with a homer and three RBIs for the NL East-leading Mets, who took two of three from the last-place Nationals. New York has won nine series and split one, and hasn’t lost two straight games in a month. Walker (1-0) allowed three hits and walked one, combining on a four-hitter. Joan Adon (1-6) walked five of his first 10 batters. ATHLETICS 5, TIGERS 3 DETROIT (AP) – Seth Brown hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth off Michael Fulmer (1-2) following Jed Lowrie’s walk, sending Detroit to its ninth loss in 10 games. Oakland arrived with a nine-game losing streak and won four of five rom the Tigers. A.J. Puk (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings for his first win since topping Kansas City on Sept. 17, 2019. He missed the 2020 season with shoulder issues and was limited to 13 1/3 innings in 2021. Dany Jimenez pitched the ninth for his sixth save. ORIOLES 3, CARDINALS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rylan Bannon became just the third Baltimore player since 2000 to get a hit on the first pitch of his big league career, Jorge Mateo and Anthony Bemboom homered off Steven Matz (3-3). Keegan Akin (1-0), the second of six Orioles pitchers, got just his fourth win in 16 big league decisions, allowing one hit over 2 2/3 scoreless innings and striking out four on a bullpen day for the Orioles. Felix Bautista got four straight outs for his second save of the series and the season. ASTROS 11,, TWINS 3 ASTROS 5, TWINS 0 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Luis Garcia (3-1) and three relievers combined on a seven-hitter, Yordan Ã�lvarez homered twice and Jeremy Peña capped a big day with three hits as Houston extended its winning streak to 10 games and completed a three-game sweep. Before the regularly scheduled game, the teams completed a game suspended after three innings on Wednesday night due to severe weather. Jose Altuve homered, doubled and drove in three runs in an 11-3 victory. Ã�lvarez drove a pitch from Josh Winder (2-1) over the wall in center field to give the Astros a 3-0 lead in the third inning. His second homer of the day and 10th this season came in the ninth off Cole Sands. Bryan Abreu (2-0) earned the victory in relief of José Urquidy. Chris Archer (0-1) gave up four earned runs on five hits and three walks in three innings. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports