MLB Scores and Game Recaps: August 25, 2026 Results
MLB Scores and Game Recaps: Jarren Duran’s Grand Slam Headlines August 25 Action
Boston wins an 11-inning thriller, Houston outslugs the Yankees and Arizona stuns Chicago with a walk-off home run.
Major League Baseball’s full 15-game schedule on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, featured late-inning drama, dominant offensive performances and several memorable individual achievements.
Jarren Duran launched an 11th-inning grand slam to propel the Boston Red Sox past Miami. Ryan Waldschmidt delivered a pinch-hit walk-off homer for Arizona, Oneil Cruz broke up a scoreless game in San Diego and the Baltimore Orioles matched their season high with 13 runs.
Here is a capsule recap of every MLB game played Tuesday.
Detroit Tigers 4, Tampa Bay Rays 1
Max Clark delivered the decisive swing as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-1, at Comerica Park.
Tampa Bay moved ahead on Jonny DeLuca’s fourth-inning RBI single, but Clark answered with a two-run homer in the fifth. It marked the highly regarded prospect’s second major-league home run and his first at Comerica Park.
Detroit added another run on an error before Hao-Yu Lee supplied an RBI single in the seventh. Drew Sommers earned the victory, and Kenley Jansen recorded his 17th save. MLB game recap
Final: Tigers 4, Rays 1
Winning pitcher: Drew Sommers (1-3)
Losing pitcher: Ian Seymour (9-5)
Save: Kenley Jansen (17)
Boston Red Sox 7, Miami Marlins 3 — 11 innings
Jarren Duran hit an 11th-inning grand slam as the Boston Red Sox outlasted the Miami Marlins, 7-3.
Mickey Gasper homered twice for Boston, but Miami answered both times and forced extra innings. Each team scored in the 10th before Duran came to the plate with the bases loaded in the 11th and launched his 18th home run of the season.
Gasper has now hit five homers in eight games since returning from Triple-A. Alec Gamboa worked the bottom of the 11th to earn his first major-league victory. MLB game recap
Final: Red Sox 7, Marlins 3 (11 innings)
Winning pitcher: Alec Gamboa (1-0)
Losing pitcher: Cade Gibson (2-1)
Colorado Rockies 3, Washington Nationals 1
Hunter Goodman hit his 35th home run and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Washington Nationals, 3-1.
Goodman opened the scoring with a fourth-inning solo shot, and Connor Norby followed with an RBI double. Daylen Lile answered with his 17th homer for Washington, but Jordan Beck scored on a wild pitch in the fifth to restore Colorado’s two-run lead.
Rockies prospect Mason Adams allowed one run and struck out five over four-plus innings in his major-league debut. Mark Manfredi earned his first victory, while Jordan Romano secured his 13th save. MLB game recap
Final: Rockies 3, Nationals 1
Winning pitcher: Mark Manfredi (1-0)
Losing pitcher: Andrew Alvarez (2-6)
Save: Jordan Romano (13)
Houston Astros 9, New York Yankees 7
Yainer Diaz homered twice and drove in a late insurance run as the Houston Astros rallied past the New York Yankees, 9-7.
New York led 5-3 before Jeremy Peña tied the game with a two-run homer in the sixth. Diaz’s second homer pulled Houston even again in the eighth, and Yordan Alvarez followed with a go-ahead triple.
Isaac Paredes added an RBI single before Diaz doubled home Houston’s ninth run in the final inning. Cody Bellinger ended a 32-game homer drought for New York, while Luis García Jr. homered and drove in three runs. Josh Hader earned his 19th save. MLB game recap
Final: Astros 9, Yankees 7
Winning pitcher: Bryan Abreu (5-3)
Losing pitcher: Brent Headrick (7-3)
Save: Josh Hader (19)
Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Seth Lugo and the Kansas City Royals held off a ninth-inning comeback to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3.
Salvador Perez’s fifth-inning RBI single put Kansas City ahead for good. The Royals added two runs in the sixth on a Toronto error and Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly before John Rave delivered an insurance run in the ninth.
Toronto scored twice in the bottom of the ninth but could not complete the rally. Lugo earned his sixth victory, while Max Scherzer dropped to 1-7 after allowing Kansas City to establish the early advantage. MLB game recap
Final: Royals 5, Blue Jays 3
Winning pitcher: Seth Lugo (6-7)
Losing pitcher: Max Scherzer (1-7)
New York Mets 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 — 10 innings
The New York Mets handed the MLB-leading Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 extra-inning loss at Citi Field.
Milwaukee scored first on Luis Lara’s RBI single, but Francisco Lindor tied the game with a solo homer in the fifth. Luis Robert Jr. put New York ahead with his 10th home run before Christian Yelich’s ninth-inning double forced extra innings.
The Mets pushed home the winning run in the 10th to improve to 60-72. Cameron Pintaro earned the victory, while Brewers closer Trevor Megill took the loss. MLB game recap
Final: Mets 3, Brewers 2 (10 innings)
Winning pitcher: Cameron Pintaro (2-0)
Losing pitcher: Trevor Megill (2-3)
Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Ozzie Albies broke a late tie with an eighth-inning RBI single, lifting the Atlanta Braves over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3.
Atlanta scored three times in the first inning against Tyler Glasnow, who made his first start since May 6 after missing more than three months with lower-back spasms. The Dodgers responded with two runs in the second and tied the game on Alex Call’s fourth-inning single.
Albies delivered the decisive hit in the eighth, and Raisel Iglesias protected the one-run lead for his 28th save. The victory improved Atlanta to 77-55. MLB game recap
Final: Braves 4, Dodgers 3
Winning pitcher: Dylan Dodd (4-1)
Losing pitcher: Tanner Scott (1-4)
Save: Raisel Iglesias (28)
Chicago White Sox 11, Texas Rangers 7
The Chicago White Sox scored six runs in the first inning and held off the Texas Rangers for an 11-7 victory.
Chicago battered Jacob deGrom in the opening inning. Braden Montgomery drove in one run, Tristan Peters doubled home two and Brenton Doyle added a two-run single. DeGrom allowed six earned runs in the frame, matching the most he has surrendered in any inning during his career.
Texas attempted to rally behind home runs from Jake Burger and Danny Jansen, but Chicago finished with 14 hits and continued adding runs. Grant Taylor earned his eighth save. MLB game recap
Final: White Sox 11, Rangers 7
Winning pitcher: Bryan Hudson (4-4)
Losing pitcher: Jacob deGrom (9-9)
Save: Grant Taylor (8)
Baltimore Orioles 13, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Pete Alonso drove in five runs as the Baltimore Orioles routed the St. Louis Cardinals, 13-1.
Alonso hit a three-run homer in the third inning and added a two-run double during Baltimore’s eight-run fifth. Christian Encarnacion-Strand launched a 450-foot solo homer and later contributed an RBI single.
Leody Taveras, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo and Dylan Beavers also drove in runs as Baltimore collected 16 hits. The Orioles matched their season high for runs and recorded their largest margin of victory in 2026. MLB game recap
Final: Orioles 13, Cardinals 1
Winning pitcher: Chris Bassitt (5-4)
Losing pitcher: Matthew Liberatore (5-12)
Cleveland Guardians 8, Los Angeles Angels 6 — 10 innings
José Ramírez drove in the winning runs with a 10th-inning double as the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Los Angeles Angels, 8-6.
Los Angeles built a 5-0 lead over the first two innings, powered by Vaughn Grissom’s first homer of the night. Cleveland erased the deficit with five runs across the fourth and fifth before Grissom’s second homer restored the Angels’ advantage.
Ramírez tied the game with an eighth-inning double and delivered another two-run double in the 10th. Steven Kwan collected five hits for the second time in his career. MLB game recap
Final: Guardians 8, Angels 6 (10 innings)
Winning pitcher: Nick Sandlin (5-2)
Losing pitcher: Blake Weiman (0-1)
Save: Cade Smith (35)
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Ryan Waldschmidt hit a pinch-hit, two-run walk-off homer with two outs in the ninth, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 5-4 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs.
Ian Happ’s three-run homer helped Chicago build a 4-0 lead, while starter Clay Holmes held Arizona scoreless through seven innings. The Diamondbacks scored three times in the eighth before Waldschmidt completed the comeback in the ninth.
Waldschmidt became the first rookie in Diamondbacks history to hit a pinch-hit walk-off home run. Arizona won despite finishing with only five hits. MLB game recap
Final: Diamondbacks 5, Cubs 4
Winning pitcher: Justin Martinez (1-0)
Losing pitcher: Jacob Webb (6-4)
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, San Diego Padres 0
Oneil Cruz broke a scoreless tie with a two-out homer in the ninth inning, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates past the San Diego Padres, 1-0.
Paul Skenes allowed three hits across six scoreless innings, while San Diego starter Michael King matched him through his portion of the pitchers’ duel.
Cruz finally broke through against Mason Miller, ending Miller’s MLB-leading homerless streak at 76⅔ innings. Mason Montgomery pitched the bottom of the ninth and struck out Jackson Merrill to secure the win. MLB game recap
Final: Pirates 1, Padres 0
Winning pitcher: Gregory Soto (6-4)
Losing pitcher: Mason Miller (4-2)
Save: Mason Montgomery (6)
Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 2
Carlos Cortes hit a two-run homer and Gage Jump struck out nine as the Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4-2.
Cortes opened the scoring in the second inning. Tommy White and Donovan Walton added RBI hits in the sixth, giving the Athletics a four-run advantage.
Minnesota starter Taj Bradley made history despite taking the loss, completing the first recorded immaculate inning in Twins history by striking out three batters on nine pitches in the fifth. Kaelen Culpepper doubled home a run during Minnesota’s two-run seventh, but the Athletics’ bullpen stopped the comeback. MLB game recap
Final: Athletics 4, Twins 2
Winning pitcher: Gage Jump (6-8)
Losing pitcher: Taj Bradley (9-6)
Save: José Alvarado (4)
Seattle Mariners 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Cal Raleigh extended his remarkable power streak and George Kirby struck out nine as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1.
After hitting three home runs Monday, Raleigh homered in his first plate appearance Tuesday. The blast gave him home runs in four consecutive at-bats, tying a Mariners franchise record.
Kirby allowed one run on six hits over 7⅔ innings. Seattle broke open the close game with two runs in the seventh, and Andrés Muñoz finished the victory with his 24th save. ESPN game recap
Final: Mariners 4, Phillies 1
Winning pitcher: George Kirby (9-10)
Losing pitcher: Aaron Nola (5-10)
Save: Andrés Muñoz (24)
San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1
Rafael Devers homered for the second consecutive night as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 3-1.
Drew Cavanaugh drove in two runs with a first-inning single before Giants starter Adrian Houser departed with right flexor tightness. San Francisco’s bullpen responded by keeping Cincinnati scoreless until the ninth.
Devers added his 28th homer in the fifth. Sal Stewart ended Cincinnati’s 23-inning scoreless streak with a ninth-inning home run, but Carson Seymour recovered to earn his first save. MLB game recap
Final: Giants 3, Reds 1
Winning pitcher: Anthony Molina (1-0)
Losing pitcher: Brady Singer (5-12)
Save: Carson Seymour (1)
August 25 MLB Scores at a Glance
- Detroit Tigers 4, Tampa Bay Rays 1
- Boston Red Sox 7, Miami Marlins 3 (11 innings)
- Colorado Rockies 3, Washington Nationals 1
- Houston Astros 9, New York Yankees 7
- Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3
- New York Mets 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 (10 innings)
- Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
- Chicago White Sox 11, Texas Rangers 7
- Baltimore Orioles 13, St. Louis Cardinals 1
- Cleveland Guardians 8, Los Angeles Angels 6 (10 innings)
- Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Chicago Cubs 4
- Pittsburgh Pirates 1, San Diego Padres 0
- Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 2
- Seattle Mariners 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
- San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1
Final scores, team records and pitching decisions were verified through the official MLB scoreboard for August 25, 2026.
