DeGrom fans 10 in Mets’ win

NEW YORK: Jacob deGrom outduelled Aaron Nola in an old-fashioned pitcher’s tussle on Saturday night, striking out 10 over six scoreless innings to earn the win in his third start of the season as the New York Mets edged the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 1-0.

Pete Alonso’s first-inning RBI single brought home the game’s only run as the Mets won for the 16th time in 19 games. The Phillies have lost two of three since winning seven straight.

DeGrom (2-0), who didn’t make his season debut until Aug 2 due to a shoulder injury, allowed two hits and walked none while throwing 76 pitches, 57 for strikes. He gave up a one-out single in the first to Rhys Hoskins and set down the next 16 batters before giving up a single to the penultimate batter he faced, Bryson Stott.

DeGrom, who also missed the second half of last season with elbow woes, has a 1.62 ERA with 28 strike-outs and one walk in 16⅔ innings.

Max Muncy went 4-for-5 with a homer, a double and four RBIs as Los Angeles teed off on hosts Kansas City 13-3 for their 12th consecutive victory.

The Dodgers have outscored their opponents 91-31 during their winning streak. Mookie Betts, Will Smith, Gavin Lux, Joey Gallo and Cody Bellinger also homered for Los Angeles. Phil Bickford (2-1) earned the win after throwing 1⅓ scoreless innings in relief.

Dodgers starter Andrew Heaney took a 107 mph liner off his left arm in the third. The ball went for a one-out hit. Heaney struck out the next two batters to finish the inning. He gave up two runs on three hits and no walks while fanning five in three innings. Royals starter Brad Keller (6-13) gave up eight runs for the second time in three starts. Michael Massey drove in two runs for Kansas City.

Hunter Renfroe hit a go-ahead RBI triple and scored on a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to carry visiting Milwaukee to a 3-2 victory over St Louis.

The Brewers won for the third time in four games to move within a half-game of the National League Central-leading Cardinals. Brewers starting pitcher Corbin Burnes allowed one run on four hits in seven innings. Devin Williams (4-2) threw a scoreless ninth inning to earn the victory and Matt Bush closed out the 10th for his third save.

Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright held the Brewers to one run on three hits and a walk in nine innings while striking out eight. Giovanny Gallegos (2-5) allowed the two 10th-inning runs (one earned) to take the loss.

RESULTS

Mets 1 Phillies 0; Braves 5 Marlins 2 (Game 1); Braves 6 Marlins 2 (Game 2); Dodgers 13, Royals 3; Brewers 3 Cardinals 2 (10 innings); Blue Jays 2 Guardians 1; Yankees 3 Red Sox 2; Diamondbacks 6 Rockies 0; Rays 8 Orioles 2; Nationals 4 Padres 3; Astros 8 Athletics 0; Angels 5 Twins 3 (11 innings); White Sox 6 Tigers 4; Cubs 7 Reds 2; Rangers 7 Mariners 4; Giants 2 Pirates 0