New York: Yasiel Puig hit a tiebreaking home run leading off the seventh inning on Saturday for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who continued their historic two-month run by coming back to defeat the New York Mets 7-4 at Citi Field.
The Dodgers (78-32) won for the 23rd time in their last 26 games — losing only to Atlanta during that stretch — and are 43-7 in their last 50. They are the first team to win at least 43 contests during a 50-game stretch since the New York Giants in 1912.
It appeared as if Los Angeles might be headed toward a historic loss when a trio of Mets — Michael Conforto, Wilmer Flores and Curtis Granderson — hit solo home runs in the first inning against Rich Hill. New York’s Seth Lugo carried a no-hitter into the fifth.
Hill and four relievers limited the Mets to three hits the rest of the way. Puig’s homer off Paul Sewald (0-4) made a winner out of Brandon Morrow (4-0), who allowed one walk in one inning.
Alex Avila and Willson Contreras each homered and combined to drive in five runs as Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak 7-4 over the Washington Nationals.
John Lackey (9-9) allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings after going 3-0 with a 3.27 ERA in July. Wade Davis earned his 23rd save despite walking two in the ninth, striking out Bryce Harper to end the game.
Harper hit his 28th home run of the season — off the right field videoboard in the first inning, but could not prevent Washington from losing for the third time in four games. Edwin Jackson (2-2) allowed four runs, five hits and struck out eight.
Red Sox 4, White Sox 1 Drew Pomeranz pitched another strong game and Andrew Benintendi and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit two-run homers to power Boston Red Sox to their fifth straight victory, winning 4-1 against Chicago White Sox.
Pomeranz (11-4) won his fifth straight decision spanning 10 starts with 6 1/3 innings of seven-hit ball. He gave up a homer to Tim Anderson on his second pitch and settled in and allowed only singles through the rest of his outing. He hasn’t lost since June 11 and the 11 wins match the career high he set last season.
Benintendi and Bradley connected off James Shields (2-4) in the first and second innings, respectively.
