Cubs Manager David Ross, who has been vaccinated for COVID-19, tested positive for the virus and is away from the team. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press
CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs Manager David Ross and President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer missed the team’s 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday after they tested positive for COVID-19.
Michael Hermosillo homered and drove in three runs, leading Chicago to its fourth consecutive win. Frank Schwindel also connected, and Ian Happ had three more hits on a wet afternoon at Wrigley Field.
A spokesman for the team said Ross and Hoyer are feeling fine and quarantining. Both are vaccinated.
Bench coach Andy Green is running the team while Ross is away. But Green was ejected by umpire Tom Hallion in the sixth inning after it looked as if he was upset with Kevin Newman’s slide into second on a potential double play.
Anthony Alford hit two long home runs for last-place Pittsburgh, which dropped its fourth straight game. Hoy Park also went deep.
The Pirates trailed 5-0 after four innings, but Alford capped a three-run sixth with a tying two-run homer – a massive drive to a green roof in center that chased Alec Mills. Alford has four homers on the year and seven for his career after his first multihomer game.
Schwindel got the lead back for the Cubs with a one-out drive in the bottom half on a 3-0 pitch from Shelby Miller (0-1). Schwindel also singled in Hermosillo in the second.
Trevor Megill (1-0), Codi Heuer and Rowan Wick combined for 3 1/3 hitless innings after Mills departed. Megill got four outs for his first major league win, and Rowan Wick struck out the side in the ninth for his second save.
MARLINS 10, PHILLIES 3: Miguel Rojas had two hits and three RBI during during a seven-run sixth inning and Miami beat Philadelphia, stopping the Phillies’ six-game winning streak, in Miami.
The Phillies started Friday two games behind NL East leader Atlanta. It was also the end of Philadelphia’s 11-game winning streak against division opponents.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled and tripled and Jesús Sánchez homered for the Marlins.
Miami snapped a 3-3 tie in the sixth, tagging Philadelphia starter Kyle Gibson and reliever JD Hammer.
METS 6, NATIONALS 2: Kevin Pillar drove in two with a 10th-inning double and New York recovered after blowing a late lead to win in Washington for its fifth straight win.
Pete Alonso singled to score automatic runner Francisco Lindor leading off the 10th, and Pillar’s double off Austin Voth (3-1) stretched the lead to 5-2. Jonathan Villar added another RBI single before Jeurys Familia pitched a clean 10th.
The surge bailed out closer Edwin Díaz (5-4), who allowed two runs in the ninth, the first he has allowed since Aug. 6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RAYS 5, TWINS 3: Michael Wacha struck out seven over six innings, Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI triple during a three-run second and Tampa Bay won at home.
The AL East-leading Rays had lost two straight following a nine-game winning streak.
Wacha (3-4) gave up two runs and three hits, including two homers. He was 0-2 with a 6.99 ERA in his previous eight starts.
Andrew Kittredge, the third Tampa Bay reliever, worked the ninth to get his sixth save.
Jorge Polanco and Ryan Jeffers homered for the Twins.
BLUE JAYS 11, ATHLETICS 2: Marcus Semien hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning after Loudes Gurriel Jr. hit a tying grand slam in the eighth, and host Toronto rallied three times to stun Oakland.
Semien connected off Sergio Romo (1-1) for his 34th home run of the season, sparking a wild celebration at home plate.
YANKEES 4, ORIOLES 3: Giancarlo Stanton led off the 11th inning with an RBI single and New York came back to edge Baltimore in New York.
Stanton also homered as the Yankees remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Boston in the the race for the first AL wild card.
Ryan Mountcastle hit an RBI single in the 10th that put Baltimore ahead 3-2. DJ LeMahieu answered with a tying single in the bottom half.
Yankees reliever Clay Holmes (6-2) wriggled out of a first-and-third, none-out jam in the top of the 11th.
Stanton, whose homer in the fourth provided the Yankees’ first hit against Orioles starter John Means, grounded a 2-1 pitch from Dillon Tate (0-6) up the middle, easily scoring automatic runner Aaron Judge from second with the winning run.
NOTES
HALL OF FAME: Catcher Johnny Bench says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this year’s induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York.
The 73-year-old Bench posted on Twitter that he had the virus.
“Fortunately, I have been vaccinated, otherwise doctor said I would be hospitalized,” Bench said.
Derek Jeter, Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons and Larry Walker will be enshrined in the Hall festivities on Wednesday.
Bench was a two-time NL MVP, a Rookie of the Year, a 14-time All-Star and a 10-time Gold Glover for the Cincinnati Reds while playing from 1967-83.
Bench hit 389 career home runs and was a driving force for the Big Red Machine. He was MVP of the 1976 World Series when Cincinnati won the second of its back-to-back championships.
DODGERS: Trevor Bauer’s paid administrative leave from the Dodgers was extended through Sept. 10, according to a league official. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office is determining whether to file sexual assault charges against the pitcher.
It’s the eighth time Major League Baseball and the players union have extended the leave since Bauer was accused of sexual assault in late June. His leave, agreed to by MLB and the union, was scheduled to expire Friday.
The Pasadena Police Department presented the results of its investigation to the district attorney’s office Aug. 27. MLB is conducting a separate investigation into the allegations brought by a San Diego woman stemming from sexual encounters she had with Bauer April 21 and May 17.
• Dodgers left-hander David Price was scratched from his scheduled start Friday night in the opener of a key NL West series against the Giants because of an unspecified arm injury.
The injured list was a possibility, manager Dave Roberts said.
Corey Knebel was called into action to start in Price’s place as Los Angeles made it a bullpen game with the division race dead even. Both teams began the day at 85-49.
RAYS: Rookie shortstop Wander Franco was out of Friday night’s lineup against Minnesota, one day after leaving a game early with a headache.
Rays Manager Kevin Cash said Franco underwent tests, which were negative, and that anticipates the 20-year old will be back in the lineup “within a game or two” as long as he continues to improve.
“He got a good night’s sleep,” Cash said. “He woke up, went to see the doctor. Everything checked out. He’s in a much better place right now.”
Franco extended his on-base streak to 33 games with a seventh-inning walk Thursday night against Boston, but left after the at-bat with a headache. He tied Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Arky Vaughan for the third-longest streak by a player under 21.
YANKEES: Gleyber Torres was activated from the injured list by the New York Yankees after missing almost a month with a sprained left thumb.
Torres is batting .253 with six homers and 42 RBIs in 99 games. He appeared to be heating up when he was injured while stealing second base against the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 9. The 24-year-old shortstop hit .393 with five RBI and four doubles in 28 at-bats in eight August games, a span in which the Yankees went 6-2.
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