Around the Horn

Around the Horn

Thursday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rangers 9, Angels 3

ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Lance Lynn matched the major league lead with his 11th win and Texas avoided a series sweep over the grieving Los Angeles Angels, the Fourth of July game that the late Tyler Skaggs had been scheduled to start. The Angels won the first two games of the series after the 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in Texas on Monday, and that night’s scheduled game was postponed until August. Mike Trout hit another impressive homer for Los Angeles in the first inning, his AL best-tying 25th. But Lynn (11-4) limited Los Angeles to only one more run over his seven innings and Rougned Odor homered twice to drive in five runs for the Rangers, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Athletics 7, Twins 2

OAKLAND, CALIF.

Marcus Semien hit a grand slam in the eighth after his tying solo homer leading off the fifth, Chris Herrmann had a career-high four hits, and Oakland beat Minnesota for a winning series against the AL Central leaders. Semien sent the first pitch from Mike Morin over the wall in left-center for his 13th homer of the year and fourth career grand slam. He matched his career high with five RBIs while notching his fifth two-homer game and second this season.

Tigers 11, White Sox 5

CHICAGO

Niko Goodrum hit a two-run homer during Detroit’s five-run sixth inning, and Matthew Boyd matched a career high with 13 strikeouts. The Tigers won just the second time in their past 13 games. Miguel Cabrera and Jeimer Candelario homered.

Red Sox 8, Blue Jays 7

TORONTO

Pinch-hitter Marco Hernandez hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning for Boston. Hitting for Sandy Leon, Hernandez connected off Blue Jays closer Ken Giles (1-2), his seventh homer of the season.

Yankees 8, Rays 4 10 innings

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

DJ LeMahieu hit a tiebreaking two-run single and Gary Sanchez had a long three-run homer in the 10th inning, and AL East-leading New York overcame a ninth-inning blown save by closer Aroldis Chapman. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 25th homer for the Yankees, who are 15-2 since June 15 and have a season-high, 71/2-game lead over the Rays.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nationals 5, Marlins 2

WASHINGTON

Anthony Rendon hit his 20th homer and knocked in the go-ahead run to help Washington finish a three-game sweep of last-place Miami. Kurt Suzuki homered in the second inning to extend the Montreal Expos/Nationals franchise record for consecutive games with a home run to 18. Rendon hit a solo shot in the fourth off Elieser Hernandez (1-3) and drove in Gerardo Parra with a single.

Braves 12, Phillies 6

ATLANTA

Dansby Swanson hit two homers and drove in five runs, and Atlanta rallied from a first-inning, four-run deficit to beat Philadelphia. Ozzie Albies gave Atlanta the lead with a three-run homer in the third. A.J. Minter (3-4) pitched a perfect seventh to earn the victory. The Braves hit five homers overall, giving them a combined eight in winning the final two games of the three-game series.

Reds 1, Brewers 0

CINCINNATI

Luis Castillo struck out nine while pitching one-hit ball into the eighth inning.

INTERLEAGUE

Cardinals 5, Mariners 4

SEATTLE

Matt Wieters and Dexter Fowler homered, Tommy Edman came through with another key hit, and St. Louis rallied past Seattle. Wieters hit a solo shot in the third inning and Fowler added a two-run drive in the fourth. Daniel Ponce de Leon got his first major league win, and Carlos Martinez worked the ninth for his third save. Edman put the Cardinals in front for the second straight day with a two-run single in the seventh.

Associated Press