MLB Scores and Game Recaps: Reds’ Historic Rally Headlines August 26 Action

The Cincinnati Reds scored seven runs in the ninth inning, Atlanta earned a walk-off victory and Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber hit his MLB-leading 40th home run.

Major League Baseball’s Wednesday schedule featured 15 games on August 26, 2026, with dramatic comebacks, dominant pitching performances and several important results in the postseason races.

Cincinnati produced the day’s biggest comeback, erasing a six-run deficit in the ninth inning to defeat San Francisco. Ha-Seong Kim delivered an unlikely walk-off hit for Atlanta, while the Toronto Blue Jays ended Kansas City’s nine-game winning streak.

Here is a capsule recap of every MLB game played Wednesday.

Tampa Bay Rays 3, Detroit Tigers 0

Freddy Peralta earned his first victory since joining Tampa Bay as the Rays completed a two-hit shutout of the Detroit Tigers.

Peralta allowed two hits and struck out four over six innings. Kevin Kelly and Tyler Wells finished the shutout, with Wells recording his fifth save.

Jonny DeLuca drove in one run and scored another, while Jonathan Aranda collected two hits. Detroit starter Troy Melton surrendered three runs over seven innings as the Tigers lost for the seventh time in eight games. (Reuters)

Final: Rays 3, Tigers 0
Winning pitcher: Freddy Peralta (6-11)
Losing pitcher: Troy Melton (7-3)
Save: Tyler Wells (5)

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 0

Nathan Lukes hit a three-run homer and Toronto used seven pitchers to shut out Kansas City, ending the Royals’ nine-game winning streak.

Kansas City loaded the bases with one out in the third inning, but Jac Caglianone and Salvador Perez struck out to end the threat. The Royals could not generate another run-scoring breakthrough.

Chad Dallas recorded 2⅔ scoreless innings to earn the victory. Louis Varland worked through ninth-inning trouble and collected his 30th save. (Reuters)

Final: Blue Jays 3, Royals 0
Winning pitcher: Chad Dallas (2-1)
Save: Louis Varland (30)

Miami Marlins 4, Boston Red Sox 0

Ryan Gusto pitched 5⅔ scoreless innings as the Miami Marlins avoided a series sweep with a 4-0 victory over Boston.

Miami scored once in each of the first two innings and added two insurance runs in the eighth. Javier Sanoja went 3-for-4 with an RBI and three stolen bases. Otto Lopez added two hits, two stolen bases and two runs.

Four Boston errors contributed to Miami’s scoring opportunities. Sonny Gray allowed two runs over five innings and suffered only his fourth loss of the season. (Reuters)

Final: Marlins 4, Red Sox 0
Winning pitcher: Ryan Gusto (1-3)
Losing pitcher: Sonny Gray (16-4)

Colorado Rockies 13, Washington Nationals 1

Connor Norby drove in five runs and the Colorado Rockies overwhelmed the Washington Nationals, 13-1.

Norby hit his first career grand slam and added an RBI single, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. Troy Johnston, Cole Carrigg and Hunter Goodman each contributed two-run home runs.

Tanner Gordon delivered his best start of the season, allowing one run over seven innings. Colorado won its second straight game after enduring a seven-game losing streak. (Reuters)

Final: Rockies 13, Nationals 1
Winning pitcher: Tanner Gordon (1-4)

Milwaukee Brewers 8, New York Mets 1

Milwaukee overcame an alarming first-inning injury to starting pitcher Dustin May and rolled past the New York Mets, 8-1.

May left after A.J. Ewing’s line drive struck him near his right shoulder blade on his first pitch. X-rays were negative, and the Brewers announced that May suffered a contusion.

Robert Gasser replaced May and allowed one run over 5⅓ innings. Brice Turang broke open the game with a three-run homer, while Sal Frelick contributed a two-run single during Milwaukee’s four-run second inning. (Reuters)

Final: Brewers 8, Mets 1
Winning pitcher: Robert Gasser (4-5)
Losing pitcher: Robert Stock (0-3)

Baltimore Orioles 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a go-ahead double in the ninth inning as Baltimore recovered from surrendering a seven-run lead and defeated St. Louis, 8-7.

Leody Taveras hit a three-run homer during Baltimore’s five-run first inning, and Pete Alonso added a two-run shot in the second. The Cardinals gradually erased the 7-0 deficit before Encarnacion-Strand delivered his fourth hit of the game.

Grant Wolfram pitched a scoreless eighth, and Andrew Kittredge escaped a ninth-inning jam for his seventh save. (Reuters)

Final: Orioles 8, Cardinals 7
Winning pitcher: Grant Wolfram (5-2)
Losing pitcher: Riley O’Brien (3-6)
Save: Andrew Kittredge (7)

New York Yankees 9, Houston Astros 3

Cody Bellinger broke a tie with a two-run double in the seventh inning, starting a late offensive surge that carried the Yankees past Houston.

New York scored four times in the seventh, with Spencer Jones and Jazz Chisholm Jr. adding RBI hits. Chisholm finished with three hits, while Ben Rice and Luis García Jr. homered.

Rookie starter Elmer Rodríguez held Houston to three runs over six-plus innings. Paul Blackburn earned the victory as New York’s bullpen shut down the Astros late. (Reuters)

Final: Yankees 9, Astros 3
Winning pitcher: Paul Blackburn (6-2)
Losing pitcher: Bennett Sousa (1-3)

Chicago White Sox 10, Texas Rangers 4

Tristan Peters homered for the fifth consecutive game as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers, 10-4.

Peters’ fourth-inning home run tied the White Sox franchise record and the major-league rookie record for consecutive games with a homer. Brenton Doyle supplied another major blow with a three-run shot.

Sean Newcomb pitched three scoreless relief innings to earn the victory. Joc Pederson homered for Texas, while Ezequiel Duran collected two hits and two RBIs. (Reuters)

Final: White Sox 10, Rangers 4
Winning pitcher: Sean Newcomb (2-3)
Losing pitcher: MacKenzie Gore (7-10)
Save: Jonathan Cannon (1)

Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Ha-Seong Kim delivered a pinch-hit, two-out walk-off single in the ninth inning as Atlanta defeated Los Angeles, 6-5.

Kim entered the plate appearance batting .066 and had not appeared in a game since August 15. He singled home Lane Thomas, who had kept the inning alive with a double.

Matt Olson and Sean Murphy homered for Atlanta. Tommy Edman finished with three hits, including a two-run homer, for the Dodgers. Victor Mederos retired Los Angeles in order in the ninth before earning the victory. (reuters.com)

Final: Braves 6, Dodgers 5
Winning pitcher: Victor Mederos
Losing pitcher: Tanner Scott (1-5)

Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Chicago Cubs 0

Eduardo Rodríguez pitched seven scoreless innings and Jordan Lawlar homered as Arizona blanked Chicago, 2-0.

Rodríguez allowed two hits and matched his season high with nine strikeouts. Lawlar supplied the game’s first run with an opposite-field homer against Matthew Boyd in the sixth inning.

Ryan Waldschmidt added an eighth-inning sacrifice fly before Juan Morillo finished the shutout. The Cubs were held scoreless for the 13th time this season. (Reuters)

Final: Diamondbacks 2, Cubs 0
Winning pitcher: Eduardo Rodríguez (14-4)
Losing pitcher: Matthew Boyd (8-3)
Save: Juan Morillo (2)

San Diego Padres 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Randy Vásquez allowed one hit over five scoreless innings as the San Diego Padres avoided a series sweep with a 3-0 victory.

Jackson Merrill doubled, scored and later delivered an RBI triple. Luis Rengifo drove home Merrill in the second inning, and Jake Cronenworth added an RBI double in the eighth.

Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the fourth and seventh innings but failed to score in either opportunity. Vásquez improved to 4-0 over his five August starts. (Reuters)

Final: Padres 3, Pirates 0
Winning pitcher: Randy Vásquez (10-6)
Losing pitcher: Bubba Chandler (6-9)

Philadelphia Phillies 6, Seattle Mariners 0

Kyle Schwarber hit his major-league-leading 40th home run and Jesús Luzardo dominated Seattle as Philadelphia avoided a three-game sweep.

Bryce Harper opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the first inning. Schwarber followed with a three-run shot during Philadelphia’s four-run second, quickly putting the Mariners in a six-run deficit.

Luzardo permitted only one hit over seven scoreless innings and struck out nine. Harper extended his career-best on-base streak to 29 games. (reuters.com)

Final: Phillies 6, Mariners 0
Winning pitcher: Jesús Luzardo (12-5)
Losing pitcher: Bryan Woo (9-9)

Cleveland Guardians 4, Los Angeles Angels 3

Cleveland erased a three-run deficit and scored twice in the ninth inning to complete a series sweep of Los Angeles.

Steven Kwan tied the game with a ground-rule double before Travis Bazzana’s sacrifice fly drove home the winning run. Bazzana finished with two hits, two RBIs and one run.

Hunter Gaddis earned the victory in relief as Cleveland extended its winning streak to seven games and defeated the Angels for the eighth consecutive time dating to 2025. (Reuters)

Final: Guardians 4, Angels 3
Winning pitcher: Hunter Gaddis (2-3)
Losing pitcher: Ryan Watson (1-1)

Athletics 7, Minnesota Twins 4

The Athletics scored four times in the sixth inning to erase a two-run deficit and defeat Minnesota, 7-4.

Alika Williams delivered the inning’s biggest hit with a two-run triple. Lawrence Butler homered, while Tommy White collected three hits as the Athletics won for the fourth time in five games.

Brooks Lee, Trevor Larnach and Kaelen Culpepper hit solo home runs for Minnesota. J.T. Ginn completed six innings for the victory, and Elvis Alvarado recorded his fifth save. (Reuters)

Final: Athletics 7, Twins 4
Winning pitcher: J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Losing pitcher: Andrew Morris (4-6)
Save: Elvis Alvarado (5)

Cincinnati Reds 10, San Francisco Giants 9

The Cincinnati Reds scored seven runs in the ninth inning to erase a 9-3 deficit and complete the day’s most remarkable comeback.

Hector Rodríguez opened the ninth with his second homer of the game. Eugenio Suárez later launched a grand slam that cut San Francisco’s lead to one before defensive mistakes helped Cincinnati tie the score.

Tyler Stephenson completed the comeback with a go-ahead RBI single. It marked Cincinnati’s first victory when trailing by six runs entering the ninth inning since 1958. (reuters.com)

Final: Reds 10, Giants 9
Winning pitcher: Tony Santillan (2-4)
Losing pitcher: Dylan Smith (0-5)
Save: Emilio Pagán (17)

August 26 MLB Scores at a Glance

• Tampa Bay Rays 3, Detroit Tigers 0
• Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 0
• Miami Marlins 4, Boston Red Sox 0
• Colorado Rockies 13, Washington Nationals 1
• Milwaukee Brewers 8, New York Mets 1
• Baltimore Orioles 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7
• New York Yankees 9, Houston Astros 3
• Chicago White Sox 10, Texas Rangers 4
• Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
• Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Chicago Cubs 0
• San Diego Padres 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
• Philadelphia Phillies 6, Seattle Mariners 0
• Cleveland Guardians 4, Los Angeles Angels 3
• Athletics 7, Minnesota Twins 4
• Cincinnati Reds 10, San Francisco Giants 9

MLB Standings Through August 26, 2026

American League

East

• Tampa Bay Rays: 79-54
• New York Yankees: 75-57
• Boston Red Sox: 73-60
• Baltimore Orioles: 65-68
• Toronto Blue Jays: 65-69

Central

• Chicago White Sox: 70-63
• Cleveland Guardians: 68-66
• Minnesota Twins: 64-70
• Detroit Tigers: 62-71
• Kansas City Royals: 59-75

West

• Houston Astros: 66-67
• Texas Rangers: 66-68
• Seattle Mariners: 64-70
• Athletics: 53-81
• Los Angeles Angels: 52-82

National League

East

• Atlanta Braves: 78-55
• Philadelphia Phillies: 74-60
• Miami Marlins: 68-66
• Washington Nationals: 62-73
• New York Mets: 60-73

Central

• Milwaukee Brewers: 82-51
• Chicago Cubs: 76-58
• St. Louis Cardinals: 66-68
• Pittsburgh Pirates: 65-70
• Cincinnati Reds: 63-71

West

• Los Angeles Dodgers: 80-53
• San Diego Padres: 72-62
• Arizona Diamondbacks: 71-63
• San Francisco Giants: 54-79
• Colorado Rockies: 52-81

Standings reflect all games completed through August 26, 2026. (MLB.com)