Martínez hits 2 homers as Guardians beat Blue Jays

TORONTO (AP) — Angel Martínez went deep twice for his first career multi-homer game, Daniel Schneemann added the first leadoff homer of his career and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 on Friday night.

All three home runs came off Toronto’s Max Scherzer (1-3), who allowed seven runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings, his fourth straight winless outing. It’s the third time in five starts this season that Scherzer has failed to complete three innings.

Guardians right-hander Gavin Williams (4-1) allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings for his fourth win in five starts. He walked two and struck out four.

Hunter Gaddis pitched the seventh, Erik Sabrowski worked the eighth and Cade Smith finished for his sixth save in eight chances.

BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 3

ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II delivered a two-run double as a pinch-hitter after being scratched from the starting lineup with an ailing quad, and Atlanta piled more misery on Philadelphia with a victory that sent the Phillies to their 10th straight loss.

Despite homers from Trea Turner and Bryce Harper, the two-time reigning NL East champion Phillies dropped 10 1/2 games behind the first-place Braves with the season not even a month old. Atlanta has won nine of 10 for the best record in the majors (19-8).

Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a two-run homer for the Braves, but it was Harris who delivered the biggest hit on a night when it appeared he wouldn’t play at all.

RAYS 6, TWINS 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda each hit two home runs, and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota to take the first game of the series.

Caminero hit his seventh of the year, a solo shot to center field in the second inning. He added a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 6-1.

Aranda’s home runs came in the fourth and sixth innings. Chandler Simpson and Nick Fortes both scored runs.

Brooks Lee hit a home run for the Twins in the fifth.

ORIOLES 10, RED SOX 3

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman hit two of Baltimore’s six homers and drove in six runs as the Orioles routed Boston.

Baltimore hit five of its homers off Boston starter Brayan Bello.

Coby Mayo homered for a career-best third straight game. Gunnar Henderson and Dylan Beavers also went deep during a three-homer, four-run first inning for the Orioles.

Samuel Basallo added a third-inning solo shot as part of 13 Baltimore hits in 3 1/3 innings against Bello (1-3), who had never allowed more than three homers or 10 hits in 104 previous MLB outings.

Wilyer Abreu homered for the Red Sox, Marcelo Mayer doubled in a run and Cedanne Rafaela added an RBI groundout.

ROCKIES 4, METS 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Lorenzen induced three double-play grounders in seven efficient innings and Colorado held off New York.

Jake McCarthy hit a tiebreaking double off starter Freddy Peralta (1-3) in the sixth, and Troy Johnston added a two-run single against Sean Manaea in the seventh to help Colorado end an eight-game losing streak to the Mets.

New York had won two in a row following a 12-game skid that was the team’s longest since August 2002.

Brett Baty had a two-run single that shaved New York’s deficit to 4-3 in the eighth, but Mark Vientos lined into an inning-ending double play with two runners aboard.

PIRATES 6, BREWERS 0

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes had a perfect game into the seventh inning, Konnor Griffin hit his first career home run on his 20th birthday and drove in three runs to help Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee.

Skenes (4-1), the NL Cy Young winner, didn’t allow a base runner until Jake Bauers’ sharp single to right with two outs in the seventh. He was vying to become the first pitcher to throw a perfect game in American Family Field, previously known as Miller Park, which opened in 2001. There have been two no-hitters.

Skenes gave up one hit over seven shutout innings. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. He threw 93 pitches — 62 for strikes.

Mason Montgomery and Isaac Mattson completed the one-hitter.

ROYALS 6, ANGELS 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Isaac Collins had two hits and two RBIs and Kansas City used a five-run outburst in the fourth inning to beat Los Angeles.

Noah Cameron (2-1) worked 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and allowing eight hits and three runs for his first quality start of the season. Royals starters have combined for 14 quality starts, tied for second in MLB with Seattle.

Starling Marte knocked in the first run of the game on a fielder’s choice in the fourth. Collins drove in another, and beat the throw home to score on Elias Díaz’s two-run double. Michael Massey drove in Díaz to cap the inning.

ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Carlos Cortes had two home runs, including one of three hit off Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi in the first seven pitches of the game, and the Athletics beat the Rangers.

Cortes’ first-inning shot was sandwiched between first-pitch homers launched by leadoff batter Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom. Cortes added a three-run shot in the fifth, also off Eovaldi, and Zack Gelof added a two-run homer in the ninth off Cal Quantrill.

Luis Severino (1-2) allowed one run on six hits in 6 2/3 innings in the opener of a three-game series between teams that shared the AL West lead going into Friday. Josh Jung’s fourth-inning ground-rule double scored Corey Seager for Texas’ run.

WHITE SOX 5, NATIONALS 4

CHICAGO (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit his 11th homer of the season and reliever Seranthony Domínguez struck out two in the ninth inning as Chicago beat the Washington.

The White Sox have won four of their last five games. Munetaka has hit a home run in six of the last seven games and moved into a tie with Houston’s Yordan Alvarez for the MLB lead.

Munetaka’s latest homer was a 415-foot shot to center field in the fourth inning.

MARINERS 3, CARDINALS 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) — George Kirby won his third consecutive start, Josh Naylor hit a solo home run and Seattle beat St. Louis.

Kirby (4-2) allowed five hits and two runs in six innings. He was lifted after giving up leadoff single in the seventh.

Andrés Muñoz, an All Star in 2025, worked the ninth for his fourth save.

The Mariners have played 10 one-run games this season, going 4-6. St. Louis fell to 11-3 in games decided by two runs or fewer in 2026.

Seattle has won five consecutive games and six of its seven games against the Cardinals.

YANKEES 12, ASTROS 4

HOUSTON (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ryan McMahon, Ben Rice and José Caballero homered and New York extended their winning streak to seven games with a win over Houston.

Chisholm, who had 4 RBIs and scored three runs, hit a two-run single to cap a three-run first inning and added his second homer of the season in the fourth. He had an RBI single in the seventh.

McMahon hit a solo home run in the second, and Rice, who had two RBIs and scored three runs, added a solo shot, his ninth of the season, in the seventh. Caballero, who had an RBI single in the sixth, hit a solo homer in the four-run seventh.

Will Warren (3-0) allowed two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts in six innings. Warren has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his six starts this season.

Lance McCullers Jr. (1-2) allowed seven runs — five earned — on six hits with four walks and three strikeouts in five innings. McCullers has yielded at least four runs in each of his last three starts.

REDS 9, TIGERS 8

CINCINNATI (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-out, two-run walk-off homer off Kenley Jansen to lift Cincinnati to a wild win over Detroit.

The Reds were down to their last strike when Spencer Steer singled against Jansen. Lowe, who replaced Eugenio Suarez in the lineup due to back pain, followed with his second homer of the night to end it.

The Tigers homered four times, including Kerry Carpenter’s go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth.

The game was paused in the top of the seventh due to rain and delayed one hour and 49 minutes.

CUBS 6, DODGERS 4

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a four-RBI performance from the No. 9 spot, rallying Chicago past Los Angeles for their 10th consecutive victory.

Craig Counsell reached 899th managerial victories.

Swanson’s 413-foot shot off Tanner Scott (0-1) landed in the left-field pavilion, scoring Pete Crow-Armstrong who singled leading off.

The Cubs trailed 4-0 against Dodgers starter Emmet Sheehan, who allowed one earned run over 6 1/3 innings and tied his career high with 10 strikeouts. The right-hander struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced.

Then Chicago got to the Dodgers’ bullpen.

The Cubs scored six consecutive runs off the erratic trio of Alex Vesia, Blake Treinen and Scott.

MARLINS 9, GIANTS 4

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Liam Hicks and Connor Norby each hit home runs as Miami defeated San Francisco.

Xavier Edwards, Otto Lopez, and Kyle Stowers each added three hits for the Marlins, and Graham Pauley had two. The Marlins collected 16 total hits.

Sandy Alcantara (3-2) went six innings, allowing nine hits and three runs while fanning four. Lake Bachar worked two innings, allowing two hits and one run, and John King threw a hitless ninth with one strikeout.

For the Giants, Jung Ho Lee was 3 for 4 with a home run, and Luis Arraez had three singles.

Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez runs to third base during first-inning baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Friday, April 24, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Wednesday as the price of crude oil rose back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran.

The S&P 500 index fell 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 311 points, or 0.6%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%.

The losses were broad, with retailers among the companies leading the market lower. Amazon fell 1.8% and Starbucks fell 1.5%. Nearly every sector within the benchmark S&P 500 lost ground, but oil companies pushed higher. Exxon Mobil rose 1.9% and Chevron rose 1.6%.

Oil prices drove much of the action on Wall Street. The U.S. destroyed five Iranian tankers on Tuesday in a series of attacks between the two nations. The conflict that began in February has essentially shut down traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world’s oil supply passed before the war began.

The price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 3.3% to $101.18 a barrel. It marks the first time the price surpassed $100 a barrel since July.

The jump in oil prices over the course of the war has fueled already high inflation. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are up about 32% from a year ago to $4.22 per gallon. Higher fuel prices cut into household budgets directly when it comes to the cost of driving, but they also indirectly raise prices for goods because of higher shipping costs.

The price of fiesel, which can have an outsized impact on consumers because it is used in shipping and production, hit an all-time high Friday and has continued to climb since. The average price for a gallon reached $5.94 overnight and is now 9 cents higher than it was Friday.

Inflation was already stubbornly high when the U.S. started its war against Iran because of the ongoing U.S. trade war with much of the world. That trade war is also heating up, especially between the U.S. and its close ally and trade partner Canada.

Wall Street will get more updates this week on inflation, starting with a look at prices at the wholesale level on Thursday with the release of the Producer Price Index for August. It measures prices businesses pay for goods before they reach customers. That report will be followed up Friday with the release of the Consumer Price Index, or CPI, for August, which shows the more direct price impact for households.

The latest reports are expected to show that the rate of inflation remains above 3%. That has been an issue for the Federal Reserve, which is aiming to hold inflation at a target rate of 2%. The central bank has been holding rates steady, but Wall Street is leaning toward a 60% chance that it will raise its benchmark interest rate at its meeting next week, according to data from CME Group.

Higher interest rates make borrowing more expensive. The goal of raising interest rates is to slow the economy and cool inflation.

Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.81% from 4.80% ate Tuesday.

Elsewhere on Wall Street, shares of Meta Platforms rose 5.7% as the parent company of Instagram and Facebook launched a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules and shopping.

Markets in Europe fell while markets in Asia closed mixed.

AP Business Writers Yuri Kageyama and Michelle Chapman contributed to this report.

Specialists Dilip Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)