Around the Horn

Around the Horn

Monday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Royals 5, White Sox 2

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Jakob Junis struck out a career-high 10 and Nicky Lopez drove in a pair of runs and scored twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox. The Royals beat Lucas Giolito for the first time and thwarted his bid for a 12th victory. Junis (5-8) worked seven innings and gave up one run, James McCann’s 10th homer of the season. Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 13 games (.358, 19 for 53) with a bunt single in the seventh. He leads the majors with 122 hits. Giolito (11-4) was removed after the six innings. Royals closer Ian Kennedy worked a scoreless ninth for his 14th save in 17 chances.

Red Sox 10, Blue Jays 8

BOSTON

Rookie Michael Chavis hit a grand slam, Xander Bogaerts had three hits and Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs for Boston to lead the Red Sox to a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston batted around for five runs in the first inning against starter Trent Thornton (3-7) and then sent 10 batters to the plate in the third, scoring five more. Rick Porcello (7-7) gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings, striking out two. Brandon Workman pitched the ninth for his fourth save. Thornton allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while getting just four outs.

Rays 5, Yankees 4

NEW YORK

Travis d’Arnaud hit three home runs, including a startling, three-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning off Aroldis Chapman, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame their Yankee Stadium woes to beat New York. Andrew Kittredge (1-0) got the win despite allowing Edwin Encarnacion’s second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the eighth that put the Yankees up 4-2. Oliver Drake got one out for his first save. Chapman (2-2) gave up a pair of singles to begin the ninth, struck out the next two batters and then was tagged for d’Arnaud’s ninth homer of the season.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 6, Cubs 3

CHICAGO

Eugenio Suarez and Yasiel Puig each hit his 22nd home run of the season, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Chicago Cubs. Jesse Winker raced home with an unearned go-ahead run to cap a two-run seventh inning that made a winner of All-Star Luis Castillo. Curt Casali sent the first pitch from reliever Steve Cishek (2-5) in the seventh into the left-field bleachers to tie it at 3. Winker pinch-hit for Castillo and singled, then the Reds jumped on errors by two usually sure-handed Cubs infielders to take the lead. Castillo (9-3) allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out 10 through six innings. Raisel Iglesias got five outs for his 17th save. Kyle Schwarber hit his 20th home run and doubled. Jason Heyward came through with two more singles and an RBI.

Brewers 4, Braves 2

MILWAUKEE

Freddie Freeman hit his 25th home run of the season, Max Fried pitched five scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves’ relievers hung on for a victory against the Milwaukee Brewers. Fried (10-4) gave up three hits and struck out five. Luke Jacksno pitched the ninth for his 17th save of the season. After three innings of quiet baseball, Freeman put Atlanta on the board first in the fourth with a three-run homer to center field. Right-hander Adrian Houser (2-4) fell to 0-4 as a starter this season after allowing four earned runs on eight hits in six innings.

Dodgers 16, Phillies 2

PHILADELPHIA

Cody Bellinger hit his 32nd and 33rd homers, Clayton Kershaw struck out seven in six innings and the major league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Philadelphia Phillies. Kershaw (8-2) gave up one run and four hits and retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced. Philadelphia’s Zach Eflin (7-9) allowed seven runs and nine hits in six innings. After Kershaw pitched out of a bases-loaded jam for the second straight inning, the Dodgers scored six runs in the fourth.

Giants 19, Rockies 2, Game 1

DENVER

Brandon Crawford went 5 for 6 with two homers and tied a San Francisco team record with eight RBIs, and the Giants scored a season-high in runs in a rout of the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a split doubleheader. Game 2 was unavailable at print deadline. Mike Yastrzemski went 4 for 6 with a homer and Buster Posey also went deep for the Giants. Jeff Samardzija (7-7) didn’t give up a run until pinch-hitter Raimel Tapia homered with two outs in the sixth inning. Ryan McMahon homered in the seventh for the Rockies’ other run. Samardzija struck out nine in 62/3 innings. He allowed two runs and four hits. German Marquez (8-5) allowed a career-high 11 runs on 11 hits in 22/3 innings.

Associated Press