MLB ROUNDUP: Nolan Arenado records his fifth home run in five straight games but St. Louis suffers defeat by Milwaukee, while Adolis Garcia extends his MLB leading RBI total to 44 as Rangers beat Braves

Nolan Arenado homered for the fifth straight game for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-2 loss to Milwaukee on Tuesday night, with Joey Wiemer and Brian Anderson homering for the Brewers.

Milwaukee starter Wade Miley came out with a left lat strain in the second inning after throwing 22 pitches.

Miley pitched in just nine games last season when he was with the Chicago Cubs and endured shoulder and elbow injuries.

St. Louis starter Jordan Montgomery (2-6) pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.

He is 0-6 in seven starts since winning at Milwaukee on April 8.

Joel Payamps (2-0), the fourth of six pitchers, got the victory with 1 2/3 innings of work. Devin Williams pitched the final 1 2/3 innings for his sixth save.

Arenado led off the second with the homer, hitting Miley’s fastball into the left-field seats to it.

 

He had not homered in five straight games since a career-best six-game streak from September 1-5, 2015.

Arenado has 999 RBI in 1,424 games and could join Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Chipper Jones as the only players since 1920 who were primarily third basemen to hit 300 homers with 1,000 RBI before 1,500 games.

The Brewers went up 3-2 when Anderson led off the sixth with a homer.

Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI ground-run double by Willy Adames to score Owen Miller.

An RBI single by Brendan Donovan in the fourth gave St. Louis a 2-1.

The Brewers got the run back in the fifth on a one-out solo homer by Wiemer. Milwaukee then loaded the bases on two singles, one on an overturned call at first base, and walk but Montgomery escaped the jam.

RANGERS 7, BRAVES 4

Adolis Garcia extended his MLB-leading RBIs total to 44 with a two-run homer, Dane Dunning was solid while filling the rotation spot of injured ace Jacob deGrom and Texas beat Atlanta in an interleague matchup of division leaders and won for the eighth time in 10 games.

Dunning (4-0) allowed one run over six innings in his third start since deGrom went on the injured list April 29 because of elbow inflammation. He had four strikeouts without a walk. Will Smith picked up his eighth save in nine chances.

Ronald Acuna Jr. homered for the third game in a row for the NL East-leading Braves (26-16), who lost for the fifth time in six games.

Jared Shuster (0-2), Atlanta´s top pitching prospected recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett, didn´t allow a hit until a leadoff single in the fourth. Nathaniel Lowe had an RBI double before García´s 11th homer.

Jonah Heim drove in a run and extended his career-long hitting streak to 14 games, the longest active in the majors, with a single in the sixth. Marcus Semien and Robbie Grossman had back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh and Ezequiel Duran homered in the eighth.

MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 4

Jorge Soler hit a two-run, walk-off homer as Miami rallied to beat Washington.

The Marlins were down to their last out when Garrett Cooper doubled off reliever Hunter Harvey (2-1). Luis Arraez singled to score Cooper and pull Miami within 4-3. Pinch-runner Jon Berti stole second before Soler drove a 3-2 pitch by Harvey over the wall in left-center for his 10th homer and the come-from-behind win.

Arraez and Cooper each had two hits, Andrew Nardi (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth and earned the victory.

Trailing 2-1, the Nationals scored three runs in the eighth inning against relievers Huascar Brazoban and Steven Okert. Jeimer Candelario hit a game-tying single off Brazoban, and Dominic Smith tagged Okert for a two-run single and a short-lived 4-2 lead.

Washington starter Josiah Gray gave up seven hits, struck out five and walked three. Lane Thomas hit a solo homer in the sixth inning.

RED SOX 9, MARINERS 4

Masataka Yoshida doubled, tripled and drove in three runs while scoring on a wild pitch, as Boston ended a four-game losing streak with a win over Seattle.

Justin Turner, Triston Casas and Jarren Duran homered for Boston, which was swept by the last-place St. Louis Cardinals and lost the series opener to Seattle.

Nick Pivetta (3-3) allowed four runs on six hits and four walks, striking out six in 5 1/3 innings.

Taylor Trammell homered for Seattle, which had won three out of four and 10 of 14 since starting the season 11-16.

Luis Castillo (2-2) allowed seven runs – five earned – on six hits and two walks while striking out six in five innings.

RAYS 8, METS 5

Isaac Paredes homered twice and drove in five runs, ruining Justin Verlander’s home debut for New York, as Tampa Bay rolled to the win.

Jose Siri also went deep and Harold Ramírez had two RBI singles among his three hits for the Rays, who improved the best record in baseball to 32-11. Yonny Chirinos (2-1) got 14 outs in relief after opener Jalen Beeks tossed two scoreless innings.

New York trailed 6-0 before Brett Baty homered and Pete Alonso launched a two-run shot. Pinch-hitter Eduardo Escobar connected for a two-run homer in the ninth off Jake Diekman.

The 40-year-old Verlander (1-2) served up both long balls to Paredes and was tagged for six runs on eight hits over five innings in his third start for the staggering Mets.