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This was maybe my favorite performance from any Guardians player this season. Seeing Travis Bazzana blossom into a star in his rookie season brings me so much joy. After his 4-4 2 HR performance tonight, he now leads all 2B in the MLB in WRC+ and OPS. I don’t know if he’ll get the votes for it, but he absolutely deserves to be the starting 2B for the American League in the All-Star game.

Bazzana deserves an immense amount of praise for his performance tonight, but I don’t want it to overshadow what Joey Cantillo did. This was easily his best start of the season all things considered. He had been struggling mightily as of late and to see him give you 8 efficient innings of one run ball with 9 strikeouts against THAT lineup is absolutely beautiful, and very very much needed. A performance like this is more than just a mark in the win column, this will do wonders for Joey’s confidence moving forward.

Kyle Manzardo and Patrick Bailey also had big nights. Manzardo went 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBIs, while Bailey had his first 3 hit game as a Guardian.

The Guardians will try to win the rubber match tomorrow at 2:10 pm ET. It will be Slade Cecconi vs Kai-Wei Teng.

With the Braves having secured a series win over the formidable Brewers, the good vibes are back (for now) after a tough little stretch of games. They’ve won the first two games of the series against a really tough Milwaukee team throwing two really good starters. The teams still has holes to fill at the deadline and performance issues to turn around, but it feels nice to play a series with a playoff-vibe and win the first two. Now lets go for the sweep today.

Braves News

Michael Harris has returned to the lineup after a few days out hurt, but Ozzie Albies defined a walk-off win to clinch the series over Milwaukee.

MLB News

Orioles’ star Adley Rutschman will miss at least a week on the concussion IL after a freakish play resulted in him being hit in the head with an errant throw.

The Diamondbacks placed Michael Soroka and Jordan Lawler on the IL, in a tough combination for Arizona.

The Blue Jays are set to activate Shane Beiber off the 60-day IL to make his season debut on Monday.

Brewers skipper Pat Murphy might find himself on the injured list in the near future.

Murphy told reporters on Saturday that he plans to have back surgery on Thursday, and getting an additional procedure on his hip during the All-Star break.

Though he did not reveal details on the surgeries, Murphy said that the back discomfort is related to his hip, and that the pain has gotten worse recently.

“I can’t live like that,” Murphy said. “I’m having the surgery so it works out good.”

Murphy, 67, has been named National League Manager of the Year the past two seasons, and is currently in his third season in Milwaukee.

Ahead of the 2026 season, Murphy signed a three-year deal to remain with the Brewers which made him one of the highest-paid managers in the MLB.

This season, Murphy has helped lead Milwaukee to a 45-29 record, sitting atop of the NL Central.

Murphy, who is known for his stern coaching manner, recently called out Brewers relief pitcher Abner Uribe for his antics on the mound during a game against the Cardinals in May.

Uribe struck out Cardinals first baseman Alec Burleson to end the eighth inning of Milwaukee’s 6-0 win over St. Louis on May 27, and proceeded to make WWE-style crotch chops toward the Cardinals dugout.

“I don’t know what got over him. I mean, he’s been an emotional guy, but that kind of thing, that’s just not how we do things,” Murphy said. “I was embarrassed by it. Why are we doing it? It’s a 6-0 game. What are we doing there?”

“I love the kid. Believe me, I love the kid,” Murphy added. “There’s so much good in this kid. He’s been so great for us in so many ways, but that’s unacceptable. So, whatever’s going on, you can’t tolerate that.

“For his teammates, and for everything, it’s not going to be tolerated, that’s all there is to it.”

Rockies 2, Rockies 1

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Bryce Harper can add another stellar accomplishment to his already impressive career resume: hitting for the cycle.

The two-time MVP accomplished the feat to help boost the Philadelphia Phillies to a 15-3 spanking of the New York Mets in a home game at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, June 20.

Harper started the night off with a bang, hitting a solo home run in the first inning. He then doubled and singled in the third inning when Philadelphia had eight runs. He completed the cycle with a triple in the fifth inning.

It was a two-RBI triple. With two outs and a 2-1 count, Tobias Myers wound up and threw a pitch right over the plate. Harper smacked it to left center perfectly in between two Mets outfielders. He sprinted around the bases and slid into third. He punched his fist in the air and high-fived third base coach Anthony Contreras in celebration.

BRYCE HARPER TRIPLES TO COMPLETE THE CYCLE! pic.twitter.com/prfwNsDL1b

— MLB (@MLB) June 21, 2026

Another look at Bryce Harper's triple to complete the cycle in the 5th inning! pic.twitter.com/w8peLT1QUw

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 21, 2026

Per ESPN, the Phillies star is the first player to hit for the cycle in just five innings since 2015. According to the MLB, this is the 11th cycle in franchise history.

Kyle Schwarber also fueled the team with three home runs. The FOX broadcast said the last time teammates hit for the cycle and three home runs in the same game was in 1932 when Tony Lazzeri hit for the cycle and Lou Gehrig hit four home runs for the New York Yankees.

"It's really cool," Schwarber said. "You look through our lineup up and down, but we put together some really good at-bats. ... Just glad that it was a great overall team win. Great night by Harp. We just gotta keep rolling and putting these together."

"Being able to get that tonight was really cool," Harper added of his accomplishment while also paying respect to his teammate. "Being able to see him hit three homers and do his job, there's no greater power hitter in our game right now."

Philadelphia is second place in the NL East with a 41-35 record midway through the season. The front office fired manager Rob Thomson in April after the team started 9-19.

The Mets are at the bottom of the division with a 34-42 record. Among their woes this season are allowing an in-the-park grand slam to the Washington Nationals and being swept by the Colorado Rockies, who had the worst record in franchise history last season.

Buffalo Bisons 4, Charlotte Knights 2
It was a heartbreaker for the Knights (41-33) way up north, as they hoped a two-spot in the second inning might hold up for all nine innings. That was a foolish hope, although the Bisons waited until their very last strike in regulation to walk off the 4-2 win:

(It’s never a good thing when the color guy says “goodbye” upon contact with your hopeful final toss of the night. We feel you, Garrett Schoenle.)

Honestly, David Sandlin would have better suited if he’d taken a puddle-jumper from Buffalo to Detroit to start against the Tigers today rather than the Sox trotting out a firing squad of a bullpen day, because he shut down the Bisons and was in line for the win (Sandlin’s ERA over eight Charlotte starts is a sparkling 1.32 after today’s effort, although one earned in five innings meant the righty’s ERA went up).

Obviously, the offensive effort was subpar and it’s hard to blame either Tyler Schweitzer (blown save for giving up one run over two innings) or Schoenle (one hit, one walk over five outs before that fateful meatball to end the game) for the loss.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos 4, Birmingham Barons 0 (7 innings)
It was quite the bizarre contest in Florida tonight, as the game was delayed FOUR HOURS by rain, with first pitch at 11:04 p.m. ET. Quite naturally, the two squads sprinted through the game best as possible, with an apparent 1 a.m. curfew looming.

Birmingham had just three hits over seven innings — but then, so did the Wahoos, over six. The difference in the game was that Pensacola put some oomph into their hits, only two stayed in the park. And another difference, in the OUCH category, is that while Barons hurlers threw a game devoid of free passes, Pensacola pitchers issued EIGHT to Bham, helping make 0-for-6 with RISP and nine left on base look all the more gaudy.

This recap has already taken longer to write than tonight’s game itself, so let’s just get to the polls and let the abysmal Barons (26-42) get a bit of shuteye before tomorrow’s soggy finale.

Greensboro Grasshoppers 5, Winston-Salem Dash 1
He snuck up on me, but Juan Carela is back after TJS, and has been aces through four starts in 2026 (two ACL, two WSD): 0.93 ERA, 1.05 WHIP. Tonight was Carela’s second straight start of three innings, baby steps for sure but the results have been dy-no-mite. The Grasshoppers were hogtied on just two hits, and Carela slapped up five Ks. Unfortunately, Grant Umberger came in as the bulk pitcher today, and had significant trouble. All Hoppers damage came off of the southpaw, who’s had a rough run of things after a superb pro debut in 2025.

As for the bats, the Dash had five hits and none for extra bases, 10 Ks and two walks. What the hell else you need to know? The 38-30 Dash try to salvage the finale tomorrow afternoon.

Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 10, Fayetteville Woodpeckers 0
It was a humdinger in Arkansas, as the CBs laid some heavy lumber and whomped the Woodpeckers with runs in every inning but the second, fifth and sixth. It was a 12-hit attack (including Jaden Fauske’s third homer of the season) along with seven walks (Alexander Albertus strolled three times and added a single) that left Fayetteville no chance

And that no chance was secured with exquisite pitching. Gabriel Rodríguez got the start and cruised through four innings at just 58 pitches, but the 22-year-old seems to be on a duration restriction and was done at that point. Vulturing the win but pitching well in his own right was piggybacker Blaine Wynk, who went for three frames just as tidy as Gabriel’s.

The CBs jutted back to .500 (34-34) in style tonight.

ROOKIE LEAGUES

ACL Brewers 4, ACL White Sox 1 (7 innings)
The Complex Sox, lovers of mystery and cliffhangers, waited until the bottom of the seventh to score today. Milwaukee wasn’t playing along, running up four scores much earlier in the game. What’s up the Brewers org, winning and stuff being so important to them? D’Angelo Tejada continued his buff season at the plate with two knocks in two ABs, and the only Complex Sox SB of the game. (Speaking of steals, the Sox were a bit embarrassed by MKE catcher Freider Rojas, who caught them in thefts three of four times today.) On the mound, it was the story of two Charlotte Knights rehab assignments: One good in Tommy Vail (2 IP, BB, 3 Ks), one bad in Wikelman González (2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 K).

DSL Blue Jays 7, DSL White Sox 6 (7 innings)
Depending on whether you’re a cup-half-full or -empty fan, this was a good or bad game for the youngest members of the White Sox org. The empty-cup portion of the morning was facing a 4-10 Blue Jays club on the road and falling behind, 7-1, five innings in. The Blue Jays scored in every frame, in a relentless nickel-and-diming of the DSL Sox staff. The full-cup game was all packed into the top of the seventh, when the Sox made a mad dash at a comeback win: Six walks and two fielder’s choices ran the score all the way up to 7-6, but a strikeout by Orlando Patino with a runner on first ended it. Just two hits for the DSL Sox were bolstered by nine walks in the game, but the kids walk away with a 5-10 record on the season.

It was an offensive onslaught for the Phillies on Saturday.

During Philadelphia’s 15-3 blowout win over the Mets, Bryce Harper became the 11th player in the franchise’s history to hit for the cycle, and slugger Kyle Schwarber blasted three home runs — two of which came in the same inning.

Harper finished his first career cycle by the fifth inning, blasting a his 16th homer of the season in the first.

“I was trying to hit homers,” Harper said. “Just trying to have some fun.”

He then doubled and scored on an error in the third, then singled after Schwarber’s second home run of the inning.

In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple, becoming the first Phillies player to hit for the cycle since Weston Wilson on Aug. 15, 2024.

Harper also became the first player to hit for the cycle in the first five innings since Adrian Beltre did it for the Rangers back in 2015.

There was some controversy surrounding Harper’s triple in the fifth that completed the cycle, however, with some fans pointing to how the Mets tried to make a play at the plate rather than third base in which the two-time NL MVP was running toward.

As for Schwarber, he led off the Phillies’ eight-run third inning with a 456-foot blast off of Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta.

Later in the inning, Schwarber hit a three-run shot off Cionel Perez into nearly the same spot, 457 feet away.

Schwarber is the 67th player in major league history to hit two home runs in an inning and the second this season, joining Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, who accomplished the feat on June 12.

“That was cool,” Schwarber said. “First time I’ve done it in my career. I think it was a pretty cool overall night in general.”

Schwarber hit his third homer of the game in the seventh off reliever Tobias Myers, which gives him an MLB-leading 28 home runs.

— With AP

A career-high 10 earned runs in 2.2 IP of Saturday's 15-3 loss at the Phillies brought Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta to a 5-6 record and 4.83 ERA through 16 starts with New York.

"Before today, it probably wasn't that terrible," he said of his first season with the Mets, who acquired him and right-hander Tobias Meyers in a late-January trade from the Milwaukee Brewers for shortstop Jett Williams and right-hander Brandon Sproat. "But today's not good."

Peralta recorded the game's first two outs before Bryce Harper, who hit for the cycle in just five innings, blasted a two-run solo shot to right-center field and put the Phillies (41-35) on the board.

A two-run second inning followed, and the Mets went down by 11 after an eight-run frame in the third.

Peralta threw 52 strikes on 80 pitches while striking out two and walking one, battling command issues as the Mets (34-42) were tasked with working from behind in counts.

"I don't know," Peralta said of how he rebounds. "Just moving forward from this one and getting some work and make the adjustment."

However, Peralta is "not worried about" his standing at this point in the season with time to mount a turnaround.

"I'm not worried about it," Peralta said. "Of course I don't feel good right now, but I'm not worried about it."

How does Mets manager Carlos Mendoza plan to help Peralta get there?

"The same way we did it with Sean (Manaea), the same way we did it with Nolan (McLean)," Mendoza said. "He's too good of a pitcher. I mean, this is a guy that, when you look at his track record, he's been one of the best pitchers in the game. He's going through a little bit of a rough stretch here.

"But if somebody's able to bounce back after bad outings, it's a guy like Freddy. He's a competitor. He's a guy that's going to come back the next day and look for ways to get better and improve, and that's what we will do."

This month has been mixed for Peralta, who started it with one run allowed on six hits in six innings of the Mets' 7-1 win at the Seattle Mariners June 3.

He surrendered six runs on six hits June 9, a 7-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, before rebounding with one run allowed on four hits in five innings of this past Sunday's 8-1 win over the Atlanta Braves,

"Just focusing on the good things and just trying to come back and feel like myself and forget about the past and just moving forward and try to become who I really am and take it that way and just finish that way through the season," Peralta said.

"I think I've been a little inconsistent, but I have time to be better," Peralta added.

Like Peralta, the Mets enter the month's final week seeking consistency. They have not won three straight games or more since a four-game streak May 27-31, and their 8-9 mark in June has kept them from sustaining momentum.

"I mean, that's the key, right?" Mendoza said. "That's why we've been having a little bit of a hard time here, trying to get some winning streaks. But they're too good. They're talented. We've got to be able to figure this out.

"We're going to need them and, when they get going here, when need them to get going pretty soon. That's when you start putting together some consistent winning baseball. So, again, they're talented, but we expect -- and they expect -- more out of them."

PHILADELPHIA — Freddy Peralta became Freddy Krueger on Saturday, mortifying anyone wearing a Mets uniform but scaring exactly nobody he faced.

In this chapter of “Nightmare on Broad Street,” Freddy and the Mets were dead by the third inning in a brutal 15-3 loss to the Phillies.

Peralta, in his worst career performance, allowed 10 earned runs on 10 hits and one walk over 2 ²/₃ innings. The alleged Mets ace saw his ERA inflate to 4.83, even behind Sean Manaea (4.64) in this disappointing Mets rotation. David Peterson and his 5.91 ERA are headed to the mound for Sunday night’s series finale.

Kyle Schwarber blasted three homers (including two in one inning) and Bryce Harper hit for the cycle. The good news for the Mets is it counts as only one loss.

But Peralta’s woes can’t be discounted. The right-hander was only two starts removed from allowing six earned runs in a loss to the Cardinals and he wasn’t particularly sharp last Sunday, when he lasted only five innings against the Braves (three of the four runs he allowed in that start were unearned).

“I think I have been a little inconsistent,” Peralta said. “But I have time to be better.”

Simply, Peralta is entering “bust” territory after arriving in Queens last winter as the centerpiece of a trade that sent Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams to Milwaukee. The Mets also received Tobias Myers in the deal.

“This is a guy, when you look at his track record, he’s been one of the best pitchers in the game,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He’s going through a little bit of a rough stretch here, but if somebody is able to bounce back after bad outings, it’s a guy like Freddy. He is a competitor. He is a guy that is going to come back the next day and look for ways to get better and improve. That is what we will do.”

Mendoza noted that Peralta’s velocity hasn’t been an issue — with his fastball sitting in the 96 mph neighborhood — but the right-hander too often is working from behind in the count.

Peralta got tagged early, allowing a two-out homer to Harper in the first that gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead.

J.T. Realmuto and Justin Crawford each delivered an RBI double in the second, extending the Phillies lead to 3-0. Alec Bohm’s leadoff single to right — the Phillies won a replay reversal on a ball Eric Wagaman trapped — started the rally.

Peralta never survived the third. Schwarber homered leading off the inning and another run scored when Marcus Semien threw away Brandon Marsh’s grounder following Harper’s double. Bryson Stott followed with a fly to left that landed behind Juan Soto at the base of the left field fence for an RBI double, widening the Mets deficit to 6-0.

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The Phillies weren’t nearly finished in the inning. After Realmuto doubled in another run and Peralta recorded the second out, Crawford walked and Trea Turner’s RBI single knocked out Peralta. Enter Cionel Pérez, who served up a blast to Schwarber that buried the Mets in an 11-0 hole. Schwarber became the fourth player in Phillies history with a two-homer inning.

“I am just trying to come back and feel like myself and forget about the past,” Peralta said. “Just moving forward and trying to become who I really am and take it that way and just finish in that way to the season.”

Mark Vientos homered in the fourth to get the Mets on the scoreboard. The homer was Vientos’ ninth this season.

Harper’s two-run triple in the fifth was his last piece to the cycle – he became the 10th player in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

Carson Benge blasted a two-run homer in the seventh that brought the Mets to within 13-3.

Myers surrendered a two-run homer to Schwarber in the seventh inning. The blast gave Schwarber a three-homer game for the fifth time in his career.

Cristopher Sánchez allowed one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts and one walk over six innings. The left-hander (who had a scoreless streak of 50 ²/₃ innings this season) lowered his ERA to 1.80. This was his 23rd straight start in this ballpark allowing two earned runs or fewer.

“Especially when he gets an 11-run lead, he’s going to get ahead,” Mendoza said. “He’s going to use all of his pitches and that is what makes him who he is, too.”

After dropping their first matchup of the season last night, the Philadelphia Phillies (41-35) made some history in the second meeting with a 15-3 dismantling of the New York Mets (34-42) on Saturday night.

Bryce Harper notched his first career cycle, Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs and Cristopher Sanchez picked up his ninth win.

Harper got the Phillies on the board first with a solo homer in the first inning then doubled and singled in the third to put the cycle within reach. He completed the feat in the fifth with a hard hit ball in the left field gap that would have been a double in most other situations, if not for Trea Turner running for home and Harper’s aggressive chase of the accomplishment.

The Phillies sent 12 batters to the plate in the third as they scored eight runs, their highest scoring frame of the season. The other Phils’ batter with two hits in the inning was Kyle Schwarber, who started things off with a solo home run followed by a three-run bomb in his second go-round.

Schwarber capped off the huge night by the team’s two biggest offensive contributors with a two-run home run in the seventh inning, his third of the game and 28th of the season, extending his major league lead.

Schwarber and Harper were two of the five starters to record multiple hits, joined by Turner, Justin Crawford and JT Realmuto, whose pair of doubles were part of the offense’s 10 extra base hits. The Phils’ 17 hits equalled their season high mark, which they set a week ago in Milwaukee.

The Mets scored all three of their runs via the long ball, with Mark Vientos tagging Cristopher Sanchez for a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run blast by rookie, Carson Benge, off of Max Lazar in the seventh.

Harper is the first Phillie to hit for the cycle since Weston Wilson on August 15, 2024.

Schwarber is the first Phillie to hit two home runs in the same inning since Turner did it on August 19, 2023 against the Washington Nationals, and is the first MLB player with two in an inning and three or more in the same game since Mike Cameron on May 2, 2002.

Harper and Schwarber are the second pair of teammates to hit for the cycle and hit three home runs in the same game in MLB history after New York Yankees’ legends Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig on June 3, 1932.

The 15 runs are the most the Phillies have scored against the Mets since June 27, 2023 and the 12-run margin of victory is their largest against them since September 20, 2005.

Zack Wheeler will face off against Mets’ lefty, David Peterson, tomorrow on Sunday Night Baseball.

Reliever Blake Treinen has been placed on the injured list with right elbow inflammation, the Dodgers announced before their game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.

Treinen pitched a perfect ninth inning against the Orioles the previous night, setting the stage for a comeback in the bottom half of the inning. The Dodgers scored three runs in a walk-off, 6-5 victory.

The 37-year-old right-hander has pitched in 29 games this season and is 4-1 with a 3.52 earned-run average.

Treinen was replaced on the active roster by right-hander Chayce McDermott, who was recalled from triple-A Oklahoma City. This will mark McDermott’s second stint with the Dodgers. He pitched a scoreless inning against the Angels on April 27.

McDermott, 27, has pitched in six major league games in his career, the other five with the Orioles from 2024 to 2025.

The Cubs made a trade, sending first baseman Cameron Sisneros to the Astros for right-handed pitcher Jayden Murray. Murray, 29, has been very good for Triple-A Sugar Land, going 0-1 with six saves and a 1.17 ERA over 15.1 innings. In that time, he’s struck out 19 and walked six. Murray’s major league time with the Astros has not been nearly as good, posting a 7.43 ERA over 13.1 innings. The Astros designated Murray for assignment earlier this week.

Sisneros was a 14th-round pick out of East Tennessee State in 2024. This year he was hitting .265/.419/.422 with six home runs over 49 games this year stretched between High-A South Bend and Double-A Knoxville.

To make room for Murray on the 40-man roster, the Cubs designated right-hander Luis Peralta for assignment.

The Smokies join South Bend in the playoffs!

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Reds), 7-4.

Starter Ty Blach pitched five runs and allowed three runs on six hits. He walked one, hit one and struck out one.

Doug Nikhazy took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits over 2.2 innings. Two of the five hits were home runs in the three-run top of the ninth. Nikhazy walked two and struck out three.

Three of Iowa’s four runs were driven in by right fielder Brett Bateman. Two of them came on a double in the seventh. Bateman was 1 for 5.

In his first game back in the minor leagues, catcher Moisés Ballesteros went 2 for 4 with a double. He scored once.

Third baseman BJ Murray went 2 for 4.

Bateman’s double.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies got in the eyes of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Reds), 3-1. The win clinches the first-half North Division title and a spot in the playoffs. At one point earlier in the season, the Smokies were seven games behind Chattanooga.

Grant Kipp gave the Smokies four innings and he allowed just one baserunner, who reached on an error. Kipp struck out two.

Tyler Santana pitched the next two innings and allowed no runs on two hits. He was awarded the win because Kipp only pitched four innings. Santana struck out one and walked no one.

Marino Santy pitched the seventh and eighth innings and allowed just one hit, but that hit was a solo home run. Santy struck out three and walked no one.

Evan Taylor retired the side in order in the ninth for the save. He did not strike anyone out.

Right fielder Alex Ramírez doubled home third baseman Jefferson Rojas with the first run of the game in the bottom of the first. Ramírez was 1 for 4 with the double and Rojas went 2 for 4 with a walk and a steal.

First baseman Edgar Alvarez was 1 for 3 with a double and a walk. He scored an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth.

Ramírez’s double.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs were cooked by the Ft. Wayne TinCaps (Padres), 3-2.

Matthew Boyd started this game on a rehab assignment and he made the TinCaps look like High-A batters facing a major leaguer. Boyd pitched four innings and allowed no runs and just two hits. He struck out seven and walked no one. Boyd threw 59 pitches and 40 of them were strikes.

Nazier Mulé gave the Cubs three scoreless innings in relief of Boyd. Mulé gave up just one hit. He struck out three and walked no one, but he did hit one batter.

Unfortunately Alfredo Romero came in to pitch the bottom of the eight and blew the save. Romero got tagged for three runs on four hits. He walked one, struck out one and hit one batter.

South Bend only had five hits and center fielder Kane Kepley had three of them. Kepley went 3 for 4 and scored once.

First baseman Josiah Hartshorn went 1 for 2 with a triple, a walk and a sacrifice fly.

Boyd highlights.

A tripe for Ty Southisene, who was 1 for 4.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were cast adrift by the Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles), 8-1.

Pierce Coppola started and got the loss. Coppola gave up four runs on four hits over three innings. Coppola walked three, hit one batter and struck out four.

DH Logan Poteet provided the only offense for the Pelicans with a solo home run in the sixth inning. It was Poteet’s 12th home run of the year. Poteet went 2 for 4.

Shortstop Alexis Hernandez was 2 for 4 with a walk.

Third baseman Derniche Valdez went 2 for 4.

ACL Cubs

Lost to the Giants, 2-1 in eighth innings.

Aaron Bummer made his Cubs debut in this game, pitching the first inning. He allowed no runs and two hits. Bummer struck out one and walked no one.

Freddy Peralta gave the Mets no chance to win Saturday's game at the Philadelphia Phillies, allowing a career-high 10 earned runs in a 15-3 loss for New York.

Takeaways

1. Peralta is 5-6 with a 4.83 ERA through 16 starts with the Mets after tying a career-high 10 runs allowed -- matching May 26, 2023, for the Milwaukee Brewers against the San Francisco Giants when he gave up 10 runs but only four earned -- and his career-high 10 earned runs feel like rock bottom. New York's prized offseason trade acquisition was supposed to be the ace. Instead, the Mets are 34-42 with the 30-year-old right-hander trending down in a mixed June where he has allowed six runs or more over two of his four starts this month. How is New York supposed to climb out of its early season hole if it cannot rely on Peralta to be reliable -- let alone ace-caliber?
2. The Phillies (41-35) exploded with 11 runs in the first three frames against Peralta, who allowed 10 hits while striking out two and walking one on 80 pitches (52 strikes) in 2.2 IP, so the Mets' offense had an unlikely comeback to mount. First baseman Mark Vientos was a bright spot for New York, though, getting the Mets on the board with a two-out solo home run against Philadelphia ace left-hander Cristopher Sánchez (9-3, 1.83 ERA) in the fourth inning. Vientos, whose 2-for-4 night included a seventh-inning single and run scored, has two homers in his past four games after he went yard during Tuesday's 5-3 loss at the Cincinnati Reds.
3. Rookie outfielderCarson Benge added his own two-out homer in the seventh inning when he went yard for the eighth time this season on a two-run shot to right field against right-handed reliever Max Lazar and made New York's deficit 13-3. Benge, who led off and started in center field, is slashing .257/.315/.394 with 28 RBI through 73 games.
4. The Mets have not won three straight games or more since May 27-31 when they rode a four-game streak into May, and they are middling into late June with an 8-9 record. An opportunity to take the series remains, but the odds will be stacked against New York entering a tall task with Philadelphia right-hander Zack Wheeler (6-1, 2.01 ERA) starting.

Who's the MVP?

Philadelphia designated hitter Kyle Schwarber, whose three home runs -- the first two, of which, started and ended the Phillies' eight-run third inning -- buried the Mets. Schwarber outshined Bryce Harper, whose 4-for-5 night featured him hitting for the cycle in just the game's first five innings.

What's next

The Mets face the Phillies in Sunday's 7:20 p.m. rubber game.

New York left-hander David Peterson (3-5, 5.91 ERA) is set to start.

Jasson Domínguez is going through some growing pains in right field, as he overran a liner there Friday in The Bronx — although he made the catch.

On Saturday, he made a fine catch on JJ Bleday’s liner to right, but an errant throw to second prevented a potential inning-ending double play.

Domínguez said he rushed the throw and despite the issues, he added right field “feels more natural” than left after he came up as a center fielder in the minors.

Domínguez started one game in right with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2024 and then just three times this season at SWB.

Aaron Boone said Domínguez has been “pretty good” in right, where he got the start again in the Yankees’ 10-2 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday. “You see his speed come into play. Overall, he’s played pretty well. It’s early. He’s still a work in progress there.”

Despite his inexperience at the position, Domínguez is embracing the opportunity.

“I want to be able to play as much as I can and I can give them more places to use me,’’ Domínguez said. “I’m still learning, but I know you have to be able to do different things in the majors to get an opportunity, especially on this team. I just want to help.’’

The team’s outfield instructor, Luis Rojas, has been encouraged.

“I’m very confident in him feeling very comfortable quickly,’’ Rojas said. “I think he already is. Obviously, you want more experience for him there. Our right field [at the Stadium] plays a lot different than a lot of other places in the big leagues, but with his tools, his arm and ability to get to balls, I think it’s gonna work well for him.”

The Yankees are banking on it, with Aaron Judge sidelined with a fractured right rib and Trent Grisham out with a right hamstring strain.

And he knows there are added challenges to learning the position at this level compared to the minors.

“There’s less room for error here,’’ Domínguez said. “It’s very important to make all the plays. But I think I can do it here.”

Jake Bird was optioned to SWB after Saturday’s game. While the move was made to make room for Sunday’s starter Elmer Rodríguez, the right-hander won’t be able to come back to the major league roster for 15 days unless there’s an injury to a pitcher that requires a stint on the injured list.

The Yankees have Carlos Lagrange transitioning to the bullpen at SWB and he’s expected to join the major league bullpen as soon as next month.

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For all their strengths — and the fact the pen has pitched fairly well — it’s expected to look significantly different by the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

Bird, acquired from Colorado prior to last year’s deadline, has not been good with the Yankees.

José Caballero was picked off second base to end the bottom of the second.

“That one should not happen,’’ Boone said. … Boone caught the ceremonial first pitch from USC running back Waymond Jordan.

Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen was placed on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with right elbow inflammation, and right-hander Chayce McDermott was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City ahead of the middle game of a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium.

Treinen struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning in Friday night’s series opener, and was awarded the win after the Dodgers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth for their fourth consecutive one-run win.

The 38-year-old Treinen has a 3.52 ERA and 5.11 xERA with 25 strikeouts and eight unintentional walks in 23 innings this season. He’s tied for third on the staff with 29 appearances, and has the fourth-highest average leverage index among bullpen regulars.

This is the second stint in the majors this season for McDermott, who was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles on April 16. The right-hander pitched a scoreless inning on May 17 in his lone game with the Dodgers. McDermott had a 5.40 ERA in 17 appearances for Oklahoma City, with 30 strikeouts and 13 walks in 16 2/3 innings in Triple-A.

He last pitched on Wednesday, throwing 33 pitches in 1 2/3 innings for the Comets, allowing one solo home run with three strikeouts and two walks.