mlb roundup | Monday’s games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Blue Jays 5, Twins 3

MINNEAPOLIS

Teoscar Hernandez hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, giving Toronto a badly needed offensive boost with three hits. After Hernandez saved starter Matt Shoemaker from his first loss with his new team, Joe Biagini pitched a perfect ninth for his first save. The Blue Jays, who won for only the fourth time in their last 14 games and entered the evening in the bottom five in almost every batting category in the American League, had a season-high 11 hits. Jorge Polanco had three hits and raised his batting average to .420 for the Twins, who took a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning on C.J. Cron’s three-run homer off Shoemaker but fell to 4-2 at home this season.

Orioles 8, Red Sox 1

BOSTON

Dwight Smith Jr. hooked a two-run homer into the first row of seats down the right-field line and drove in four runs, leading Baltimore in Boston’s annual Patriots’ Day game. Baltimore salvaged a split of the four-game series. It had lost nine of its previous 11 games and was 4-21 in its last 25 against Boston. Chris Davis also hit a two-run homer — much further into the right-field bleachers — and Renato Nunez had three hits with an RBI single. Davis halted a record 0-for-54 stretch Saturday, the longest for a position player. He started the season 0 for 33.

White Sox 5, Royals 4

CHICAGO

Welington Castillo atoned for an error with a two-run homer in the eighth inning as Chicago rallied past Kansas City. Castillo’s poor throw on Billy Hamilton’s steal in the seventh helped set up Whit Merrifield’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly. But Castillo came up big after Tim Anderson led off the eighth with a double against Brad Boxberger (0-3), sending an opposite-field drive to right for his first homer of the season. Manny Banuelos (1-0) pitched three hitless innings for his first win since 2015, and Alex Colome worked the ninth for his fourth save in four chances and No. 100 for his career.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cubs 7, Marlins 2

MIAMI

Willson Contreras hit his sixth homer, drove in three and reached base four times for Chicago. The temperature in Chicago was 33 when the Cubs’ game Sunday against the Angels was snowed out, and it was 84 with the retractable roof open for the first pitch at Marlins Park. Yu Darvish (1-2) struck out eight in a season-high 52/3 innings. He allowed two runs, lowering his ERA to 6.11. Three relievers completed the six-hitter. Contreras walked to force in a run in the first, homered in the seventh and added an RBI single in the ninth. David Bote also drove in three. The Cubs scored one run thanks to a replay reversal. Contreras was ruled out sliding into second on a two-out bases-loaded grounder to short in the fifth, but a review determined he beat the throw, allowing the runner on third to score and make it 5-2.

Brewers 10, Cardinals 7

MILWAUKEE

Christian Yelich hit three homers, including a pair of three-run shots, and drove in a career-high seven runs to power Milwaukee.

Yelich, the reigning NL MVP, hit his first three-run homer to cap a six-run second inning. After St. Louis tied it with three runs in the sixth, Yelich answered in the bottom half with a towering three-run blast to right off Mike Mayers (0-1). Yelich capped off his night with his eighth homer this season, going deep to lead off the eighth. He also lined out in the first and was walked intentionally in the fourth. Junior Guerra (1-0) worked 12/3 innings for the victory. Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth after allowing Marcell Ozuna’s sixth home run to open the inning. In the sixth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with one out. Guerra entered and his first pitch to Paul Goldschmidt sailed past catcher Yasmani Grandal for a run-scoring passed ball. Goldschmidt and Ozuna followed with RBI singles to tie it.

Mets 7, Phillies 6, 11 innings

PHILADELPHIA

Juan Lagares scored from second base on Michael Conforto’s hard grounder in the 11th inning.Lagares led off with an infield single against Pat Neshek (0-1), and Brandon Nimmo walked. Two outs later, Conforto hit a sharp grounder that first baseman Rhys Hoskins couldn’t field for an error. The ball trickled to second baseman Cesar Hernandez and Lagares kept running, scoring easily because the throw was way off target.

Associated Press