Andy Ibanez clubbed a solo homer and a three-run shot during his 4-for-4 night and Ryan Vilade recorded his first three career RBIs as the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-7 on Tuesday. Ibanez led off the game against Cleveland’s Logan Allen and hit his first homer of the season. He then gave Detroit a 5-2 lead in the second with a three-run blast over the right field wall. Vilade, just called up from Triple-A Toledo, delivered a two-run single in the third for his first major league hit to tie the score at 7-7. He also drove home a run with his single in the seventh to help the Tigers even the three-game series and snap a four-game slide in which they had totaled only seven runs. Tyler Holton (3-0) and three other fellow Detroit relievers held Cleveland to just three hits over seven scoreless innings. Josh Naylor clubbed a two-run homer — his ninth long ball of the season — and Jose Ramirez had three hits and two RBIs for the Guardians, who had won three straight. Ibanez sent a 2-0 pitch from Allen over the high left field wall as Detroit opened the game with a homer for the second consecutive contest. However, Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda surrendered Will Brennan’s two-run double to deep center in the bottom of the first. Detroit answered in the second, as Jake Rogers hit the first of his two doubles and scored on Javier Baez’s single. With Baez on, Allen walked Carson Kelly, then Ibanez went deep to right field. Cleveland scored five times against Maeda in the second. Estevan Florial delivered an RBI double, and Ramirez’s two-run single made it 5-5. Naylor then homered to right to give the Guardians a 7-5 lead. In Detroit’s half of the third, Riley Greene singled and went to third on Spencer Torkelson’s double that chased Allen. Both runners came home on Vilade’s single off Pedro Avila (1-1). Allen was charged with seven runs on seven hits and two walks in 2 1/3 innings. Maeda gave up seven runs on five hits and three walks in two innings. Detroit went ahead for good when Ibanez singled in the fourth, went to third on Wenceel Perez’s single and scored on Matt Vierling’s double-play ball. Vierling added a two-run single in the eighth. –Field Level Media
Bryce Harper hit a grand slam, Kody Clemens added a home run, triple and four RBIs and the host Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday. Bryson Stott contributed two hits, Edmundo Sosa hit an RBI triple and Nick Castellanos added an RBI double for the Phillies, who have won seven straight and 11 in a row at home. They have won 18 of 21 overall to maintain the best record in the majors. Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez (2-3) gave up six hits and one run, with five strikeouts and two walks, in seven innings. Danny Jansen had two hits for the Blue Jays. Toronto, which managed only six hits, went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position with five left on base. Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios (4-3) tossed 3 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits and eight runs, with seven strikeouts and two walks. Berrios’ ERA jumped from 1.44 to 2.85. Philadelphia went ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning when Castellanos ripped an RBI double down the left-field line to score Harper, who finished 3-for-4, from first base. Berrios then picked off Castellanos to end the inning. In the second, Clemens hit a two-run homer — his second homer of the year — to right for a 3-0 advantage. The Blue Jays placed runners at first and second with no outs in the third, but George Springer grounded into a 4-6-3 double play. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. then walked. Justin Turner flied out to center to strand a pair of runners. Clemens added an RBI triple and Harper launched a grand slam — his ninth homer of the year — to right in the fourth for an 8-0 lead. Jansen singled with one out in the seventh inning and Alejandro Kirk followed with a double. Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI groundout to help the Jays avoid a shutout. Spencer Turnbull retired the Blue Jays in order in the eighth. Sosa hit an RBI triple and Clemens added an RBI groundout in the eighth to push the Phillies’ lead to 10-1. –Field Level Media
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