MLB scores: Indians lose Corey Kluber to broken forearm; Jose Iglesias stuns Mets with late homer

Thanks to doubleheaders in Kansas City and on Chicago's south side, Wednesday brought us a jam-packed day of baseball with 17 games. 17 games! Thank goodness for that. The more baseball, the better. Here is everything you need to know about Wednesday's MLB action.

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Baseball schedule/scores for Wednesday

Indians lose Kluber to broken forearm

The Indians lost more than a ballgame Wednesday night. Nominal ace Corey Kluber exited the game after being hit by a comebacker in the fifth inning. Statcast had the liner at 102 mph. After the game the Indians announced Kluber suffered a broken right forearm. He'll undergo more tests Thursday to determine a timetable for his return.

Here's video of the injury:

The Indians are already without Mike Clevinger, who will miss another few weeks with a back injury. Danny Salazar is currently rehabbing from shoulder surgery as well, and there is no firm timetable for his return. It is safe to assume Cleveland will be without all three righties for at least a few weeks.

Even though Kluber s not having a typically dominant Kluber season, his injury will really test the club's rotation depth. Jefry Rodriguez figures to join Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco, and Shane Bieber in the rotation for the time being. (The Indians have been using off-days to skip Clevinger's spot since his injury.)

Mets waste a deGrom gem

Stop me if you've heard this before: Jacob deGrom was masterful Wednesday night, but the Mets did not win. That was the 2018 season in a nutshell. On Wednesday, deGrom held the Reds to three hits in seven shutout innings. He'd allowed 14 runs in 13 innings in his last three starts, remember.

The Mets scored zero runs in deGrom's seven innings, however, and in fact the game remained scoreless until Jose Iglesias took Edwin Diaz deep with two outs in the top of the tenth. This was ... unexpected.

That was the second time in the series Diaz allowed the game-winning home run in with two outs in the ninth inning. Jesse Winker took him deep to break a 4-4 tie Monday. The Mets have lost five of their last seven games and 11 of their last 17 games.

It's weird and it's small sample, but in Edwin Diaz's major-league career, opponents hit:

.333/.403/.608/1.011 in tie games (134 PAs)
.159/.237/.249/.485 in all other situations (690 PAs)

— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) May 2, 2019

As for the Reds, they are now 12-9 since their 1-8 start. I'm not sure if they're good enough to win the NL Central -- or even seriously contend for a wild-card spot -- but they are obviously improved, and as a baseball fan, that is the bare minimum I ask from a team. Make a good faith effort to get better. The Reds did that and, on at least one night, they were rewarded for it.

Struggling A's drop sixth straight

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Athletics. Wednesday's loss was their sixth straight, ninth in their last 12 games, and 11th in their last 15 games. They've sunk into the AL West cellar at 14-19. Their minus-16 run differential is sixth worst in the American League.

Starter Mike Fiers and reliever J.B. Wendelken combined to put the Athletics in a 6-1 hole through six innings Wednesday. Andrew Benintendi knocked a two-run single to more or less put the game to bed.

As R.J. Anderson writes, Oakland's offseason is looking worse and worse as the season progresses. Fiers and Marco Estrada, the team's two big pitching additions, have combined for a 6.83 ERA in 60 2/3 innings, and Jurickson Profar is both struggling at the plate (.495 OPS) and with the yips (six throwing errors already).

The good news is it only May 1, so there is plenty of time to recover from the losing streak. The bad news is the A's have some very real problems to address, particularly in the rotation.

Reynolds extends hitting streak with clutch double

After eight consecutive losses, the Pirates bounced back with back-to-back wins over the Rangers in Texas this week. On Wednesday, rookie outfielder Bryan Reynolds again played hero with a bases-clearing double against Shelby Miller.

Here's the video:

That sure is a sweet lefty swing. MLB.com ranks Reynolds as the eighth best prospect in Pittsburgh's system, and adds his "ceiling is that of a solid big league regular."

Reynolds, who came over from the Giants in the Andrew McCutchen trade, went 1 for 3 with a walk Wednesday, and he's hitting .414/.433/.724 nine games into his MLB career. He has a base hit in all nine games. Here are the last five players to begin their MLB career with a nine-game hitting streak:

Dahl and Chuck Aleno, who broke in with the 1941 Reds, share the record with a 17-game hitting streak to begin their MLB careers. Reynolds is now more than halfway to the record. More importantly, the Pirates have snapped out of their little funk in Arlington.

Cubs, Mariners going in opposite directions

The 2019 season has gone south for the Mariners in a hurry. Since their 13-2 start Seattle has won just five times in 18 games, and they've been clobbered three times in the last four games. The final scores during their current four-game losing streak: 15-1, 14-1, 6-5, 11-0. Ouch. As recently as Saturday the Mariners had a plus-41 run differential. It is now plus-2.

Through Friday, the Mariners led the AL West at 18-11. Since then they have lost by 14, 13, 1 and 11.

Seattle is the first team to lose 4 straight games, 3 of them by more than 10 runs, since the 1890 Philadelphia A's, an American Association team in its final week of existence.

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) May 2, 2019

Jon Lester was marvelous Wednesday night in Seattle, holding the Mariners to one hit in seven scoreless innings. Javier Baez slugged a home run and a run-scoring double in the same inning, and backup catcher Tom Murphy finished the game on the mound for the Mariners. The game had a little of everything.

As the Mariners fade, the Cubs continue to climb up the standings. Wednesday was their fourth straight win and their 13th win in their last 17 games. Baez is playing like an MVP (again), and Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo are both starting to show some signs of life. The Cubs and Mariners are heading in very opposite directions right now.

Royals sweep Rays in doubleheader

In front of sparse crowds at Kauffman Stadium -- to be fair, half of Wednesday's doubleheader was unscheduled -- the Royals swept two games from the Rays on Wednesday. The combined score: 11-4. Jake Junis held Tampa to two runs in 6 1/3 innings in the first game. Glenn Sparkman tossed seven shutout frames in the nightcap.

Kansas City put up seven runs in three innings against reigning Cy Young winner Blake Snell in the second game. Prospect Kelvin Gutierrez, who came over in last year's Kelvin Herrera trade, slugged his first MLB homer against Snell.

The Rays have lost seven of 12 games since their molten hot 14-4 start. The ship is not sinking, obviously, but Tampa has come back to Earth a bit. It was inevitable.

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