Juan Soto Hits Go-Ahead Home Run in Seventh Inning as New York Mets Defeat St. Louis Cardinals

The game started with an explosive offensive display from the home side during the opening frame. Bo Bichette and Jared Young both homered in the first inning to establish an early lead for the Mets. New York starter Christian Scott allowed four runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings of work before leaving the game, after which the bullpen took over to prevent further scoring.

Brooks Raley Earns Victory and Devin Williams Secures Ninth Save as Cardinals Streak Ends

Following the departure of the starting pitcher, the home team's relievers delivered a solid performance to keep the game within reach. Brooks Raley worked a scoreless seventh inning to earn the victory, moving his individual record to 2-1 on the season. Devin Williams then tossed a perfect 1-2-3 ninth inning to successfully earn his ninth save.

The St. Louis Cardinals generated their entire scoring output through multiple home runs during the game. Alec Burleson, Lars Nootbaar, and Jimmy Crooks each went deep for the visiting team, with Burleson extending his current hitting streak to 11 games. However, JoJo Romero served up Soto's decisive home run in the seventh, dropping his personal record to 0-2.

Shohei Ohtani Homers for Los Angeles Before Left Knee Inflammation Causes Early Exit

In Pittsburgh, international star Shohei Ohtani homered for the second time in as many games and reached base four times before exiting due to left knee inflammation in Los Angeles' 8-6 victory. Dodgers starter Justin Wrobleski also exited in the fifth inning after taking a comebacker off his leg and colliding with the batter at first base, an injury the team called a right hamstring contusion.

Manager Dave Roberts downplayed the injuries to both Ohtani and Wrobleski postgame as the team secured the decisive game of the three-game series. Kyle Tucker and Miguel Rojas each drove in two runs for Los Angeles. For Pittsburgh, Rafael Flores Jr. hit his first career home run, while he and Jake Mangum each had an RBI double in the eighth, and starter Mitch Keller allowed five runs on seven hits in four innings to drop his record to 5-4.

Detroit Tigers Secure Third Straight Series Victory with Eleven Run Shutout of Twins

Host Detroit rolled to an emphatic 11-0 win over Minnesota to claim its third straight series victory on Thursday. Colt Keith blasted his first home run of the season and drove in three runs to lead the offensive charge for the home team.

The Tigers also got home runs from Spencer Torkelson, Wenceel Perez, Riley Greene, Gleyber Torres, and Zach McKinstry during the game. Dillon Dingler added three hits and a run, while Keider Montero held the Twins to four hits in 6 1/3 innings to improve to 3-4 before Tyler Holton and Beau Brieske finished the shutout. Twins starter Zebby Matthews fell to 2-4 after giving up seven runs and nine hits, including three home runs, in six innings, while Royce Lewis had two of Minnesota's five hits.

Tyler Phillips Leads Marlins to Fifth Straight Win While Seiya Suzuki Hits Grand Slam

In other action, Tyler Phillips pitched five-plus scoreless innings as host Miami won its fifth straight game, defeating Arizona 2-0. Xavier Edwards hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning and Jakob Marsee added an RBI single in the fourth, while Phillips allowed just two hits and two walks with five strikeouts to lower his ERA to 1.86, leaving Arizona's Merrill Kelly to take the loss after yielding two runs in six innings. Meanwhile, Seiya Suzuki hit a grand slam, while Alex Bregman and Carson Kelly also went deep as Chicago beat Colorado 9-3 in Denver to salvage the finale of their three-game series.

Edward Cabrera improved to 4-3 after allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings for Chicago, while Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch had two hits apiece. For Colorado, Brett Sullivan homered twice for his first career multi-homer game, Cole Carrigg hit his first career home run, Troy Johnston had three hits, and Willi Castro singled twice. Over in Kansas City, Corey Seager homered to help Texas defeat the host Royals 4-2 in a game delayed 2 hours and 20 minutes by rain, with Jacob Latz striking out three over the final two hitless innings to earn the win, while Michael Wacha allowed four runs in seven innings to drop to 4-5.

Finally, Adley Rutschman drove in three runs, and Colton Cowser and Pete Alonso homered as Baltimore beat visiting Seattle 7-5 to split their four-game series, with Tyler Wells getting the win and Andrew Kittredge pitching the ninth for his first save, while Cole Young homered and had three hits, Luke Raley and Dominic Canzone hit back-to-back homers, Julio Rodriguez had two hits, and Bryan Woo allowed seven runs in five innings to drop to 5-5.