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Josh Naylor went 3-for-5 and knocked in the go-ahead run in the 11th as the Diamondbacks bested the Cubs 3-2 on Sunday.
Naylor also singled in the D-backs’ lone run prior to extra innings. He tried to add an insurance run by stealing home in the 11th, but he was barely thrown out at the plate. Naylor is batting .333/.406/.548 with four homers through 22 games.
Wyatt Langford homered to account for both Rangers runs Monday in a 2-1 defeat of the Rockies.
Langford’s homer in the sixth, a 412-foot blast to right-center, was the Rangers’ first hit of the game off Chase Dollander and one of just three they had on the night. He has seven homers in spite of his early trip to the IL, and he’s batting .263/.350/.492 in 137 plate appearances.
Tyler Mahle turned in 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball and struck out five in a win over the Rockies on Monday.
Mahle threw his splitter 30 times tonight and got six missed swings and no hard-hit balls among the seven put into play. This was an easy matchup, but Mahle has been exceptional in compiling a 4-1 record and a 1.47 ERA. He’ll be worth using again against the Astros next weekend.
Jacob Webb notched his first save with a scoreless ninth after Luke Jackson was hurt against the Rockies on Monday.
Robert Garcia and Chris Martin are the primary alternatives to Jackson, but they had already pitched tonight. That left Webb to get the final three outs, which he did successfully. It’s his seventh career save since he debuted with the Braves in 2019. It’s unlikely that he’ll pick up additional saves any time soon.
Chase Dollander allowed just two runs and one hit over six innings Monday in a loss to the Rangers.
The one hit, unfortunately, was a two-run homer from Wyatt Langford in the sixth. Still, it’s his best outing to date. It’s the first time he’s completed six innings, and he matched his high strikeout total so far. He fell to 2-4 with a 6.88 ERA anyway, but that comes with pitching for the Rockies. He’ll get the Diamondbacks next.
Athletics promoted LHP prospect Gage Jump to Double-A Midland.
Jump heads to the upper minors after registering an absurd 2.32 ERA and 37.2 percent strikeout rate across 31 innings (six appearances, five starts) for High-A Lansing in his professional debut. The 22-year-old lefty was a second-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft and is one of this year’s fastest-rising pitching prospects from a dynasty standpoint.
Pete Alonso had a walkoff sac fly in the Mets’ 4-3 defeat of the Pirates on Monday.
Francisco Lindor reached on an error in a tie game, advanced to third on a Juan Soto single and then scored on Alonso’s flyball. Alonso also had an RBI single on a grounder in the seventh. He’s alone in second in the majors with 36 RBI, three behind Aaron Judge.