There were some familiar faces in unfamiliar places Tuesday, the first night after the trade deadline:
— Phillies 5, Nationals 0
Luis Arraez was 2-4 with two RBI in his Phillies debut.
Jesus Luzardo allowed four hits in eight IP.
Washington star James Wood (oblique) went on the IL.
— Cubs 5, Dodgers 1
Tarik Skubal gave up two runs in 6 IP (85 PT) in his Dodger debut.
Dansby Swanson/Nico Hoerner homered for the Cubs.
Javier Assad got 17 outs, allowed only four hits.
— Rays 9, Rockies 7 (11)
Freddy Peralta gave up 7 runs in 3.2 IP (71 IP) in his Tampa Bay debut.
Liam Hicks hit a grand slam in his Tampa Bay debut.
Colorado had bases loaded one out in bottom of 10th, but didn’t score.
— Red Sox 14, White Sox 2
Wilyer Abreu homered twice, Caleb Durbin hit a grand slam.
Red Sox have won six in a row, are 24-3 in their last 27 games.
Boston ended this one early, scoring six runs in the first inning.
— Rangers 5, Giants 4
Ezequiel Duran drove in four runs, had a walk-off double.
Corey Seager was 3-for-4, scored twice.
Texas is one game out of last Wild Card slot, 2.5 games out of AL West lead.
— Orioles 3, Angels 1
Cade Povich pitched six scoreless IP in his first start since May 7th.
Pete Alonso hit a two-run aingle.
Tyler O’Neill hit his third pinch-hit home run this year.
— Mets 6, Guardians 2
9th-place hitter Luis Torrens hit a three-run homer in the second inning.
Sean Manaea got the win, despite allowing 12 baserunners in six IP.
Cleveland is 57-57, three games out of first in AL Central.
— Famous birthdays, August 5th:
Bruce Coslet, 80
Bernie Carbo, 79
Maureen McCormick, 70
Patrick Ewing, 64
Otis Thorpe, 64
Jonathan Silverman, 60
John Olerud, 58
Mark Mulder, 49
Carl Crawford, 45
Nick Martinez, 36
Braxton Garrett, 29
Anthony Edwards, 25
— Tigers 8, Mariners 0
Troy Melton allowed three hits in seven IP.
Greene, Dingler, Torres all homered for Detroit.
Tigers are 54-58, but are only two games out of last Wild Card slot.
— Braves 1B Matt Olson played in his 895th consecutive game Tuesday, tied for the 8th-longest streak in MLB history:
2,632- Cal Ripken Jr
2,130- Lou Gehrig
1,307- Everett Scott
1,207- Steve Garvey
1,152- Miguel Tejada
1,117- Billy Williams
1,103- Joe Sewell
895- Stan Musial/Matt Olson
— Colorado Rockies signed OF Mickey Moniak to a two-year, $16.5 contract extension.
— Obscure trivia: There have been 464 sets of brothers who both played in the big leagues.
— Home plate ump Andy Fletcher had a rough night in the 13-7 St Louis-New York game Monday night; teams challenged six of his pitch calls. All six calls were overturned.
— On the other hand, home plate ump Jim Wolf had a very good game in Seattle Sunday; teams challenged only two of his 151 pitch calls. None of the calls were overturned.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros. Wild Cards: Bronx, Red Sox, Guardians
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Arizona
