Around the Horn | Monday’s Major League Baseball games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Twins 1, Astros 0

MINNEAPOLIS

Jake Odorizzi pitched seven solid innings to outduel Justin Verlander, Ehire Adrianza homered off Houston’s ace and the Minnesota Twins beat the Astros. Odorizzi (3-2) gave up four hits while beating Houston for the second time in two starts. He walked one and struck out seven, and Minnesota won for the eighth time in 10 games. Blake Parker recorded his sixth save. Adrianza’s first homer of the season led off the third. Verlander (4-1) allowed two hits, walked two and struck out seven over six innings.

Rays 8, Royals 5

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Tommy Pham, Yandy Diaz and Ji-Man Choi each drove in a pair of runs, sending the hot-hitting Tampa Bay Rays to a victory over the Kansas City Royals. Michael Perez and Kevin Kiermaier also drove in runs for the Rays (19-9), who have won five of six to build upon the best record in baseball. Yonny Chirinos went 5 2/3 innings in relief of effective opener Ryne Stanek, allowing two earned runs on two hits and a walk. The Rays did most of their damage against Brad Keller (2-3). The big right-hander allowed five runs on six hits and three walks over five innings. Jorge Soler homered in the seventh for Kansas City.

White Sox 5, Orioles 3

CHICAGO

Tim Anderson and Yonder Alonso each hit a two-run homer, sending Manny Banuelos and the Chicago White Sox to a victory over the slumping Baltimore Orioles. Banuelos (2-0) pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning. Chris Davis had two hits and two RBIs and Pedro Severino homered, but John Means (3-3) struggled after tossing five effective innings in a 4-3 win against Chicago last week. Adam Engel led off the bottom half with a bunt single and Anderson made it 4-1 with a one-out homer into the stands in left. Means departed after the fifth. He allowed four runs and six hits.

Red Sox 9, Athletics 4

BOSTON

Xander Bogaerts hit a tying two-run double that sailed over the head of center fielder Ramon Laureano, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics. Rookie Michael Chavis drove in three runs and Mookie Betts had three singles for Boston. Ryan Brasier (1-0) got four outs and was credited with the victory. Matt Barnes got the final two outs on two pitches for his second save after Oakland loaded the bases. Jurickson Profar had a two-run single for Oakland. Frankie Montas (4-2) gave up seven runs, one earned, in 41/3 innings. Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez gave up four runs in 42/3 innings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brewers 5, Rockies 1

MILWAUKEE

Struggling slugger Jesus Aguilar hit his first two homers of the season and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies with NL MVP Christian Yelich sidelined by lower back soreness. Zach Davies allowed an unearned run in five 1/3 innings. Aguilar had a three-run homer in the first and added a solo shot in the third, both off Kyle Freeland. Davies (3-0) allowed just three hits, striking out two and walking three. Freeland (2-4) allowed five runs and six hits in six innings.

Cardinals 6, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON

Harrison Bader homered to spark a six-run fifth inning as the surging St. Louis Cardinals rallied past Patrick Corbin and the Washington Nationals in the opener of a four-game series. Marcell Ozuna put the Cardinals ahead 4-3 with a two-run single. Jose Martinez had an RBI double and Yadier Molina added a run-scoring single off Corbin, who took a 3-0 lead into the fifth. Michael Wacha (2-0) went five innings after being activated from the 10-day injured list earlier in the day. The right-hander allowed three runs and four hits while striking out five. Jordan Hicks pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his ninth save. Corbin (2-1) gave up six runs — five with two outs.

Reds 5, Mets 4

NEW YORK

Jesse Winker homered off All-Star closer Edwin Diaz with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Mets. Left-handed batters had been 0 for 15 this year against Diaz (0-1) before Winker drove a fastball over the right-center field fence for his career-high eighth home run. Raisel Iglesias (1-3) pitched two innings, striking out his last four batters. Mets starter Zack Wheeler gave up four runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings. Cincinnati’s Tanner Roark gave up four runs, four hits and four walks in 32/3 innings.

Braves 3, Padres 1

ATLANTA

Ozzie Albies homered and drove in two runs, Mike Soroka gave up one run in six innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres. Soroka (2-1) allowed four hits, struck out a career-high eight and walked one. Rookie right-hander Jacob Webb recorded the final two outs for his first save. Greg Garcia, making his first start of the season at shortstop with rookie Fernando Tatis Jr. out with a sore hamstring, singled off Soroka to open the game and eventually scored on Machado’s double-play grounder. Nick Margevicius (2-3) allowed three runs, one earned, on four hits and three walks in 52/3 innings.

Associated Press