Around the Horn

Around the Horn

Wednesday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Royals 3, Rays 2, 1st game Royals 8, Rays 2, 2nd game

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Kelvin Gutierrez hit his first big league homer, Kansas City pounded AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell for the second time in a week, and the Royals routed the Tampa Bay Rays to wrap up a doubleheader sweep. In the opener, Adalberto Mondesi hit a two-run homer to highlight a three-run first inning for Kansas City in the nightcap. Snell was easily outpitched by Glenn Sparkman (1-1). Sparkman pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out six with just one walk. Snell (2-3) had allowed seven runs on six hits and three walks.

Twins 6, Astros 2

MINNEAPOLIS

Martin Perez pitched eight scoreless innings in his longest start in two seasons, and Jonathan Schoop hit a towering two-run homer to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros. Perez (4-0) allowed only four hits and two walks while striking out seven. Collin McHugh (3-3) finished six innings, with five hits, four runs and one walk allowed while striking out two.

Red Sox 7, Athletics 3

BOSTON

Mitch Moreland homered and drove in another run on a sacrifice fly after a lucky hop off the second base bag moved the runners along and Boston beat Oakland to complete a three-game sweep. Marcus Walden (4-0) relieved Red Sox starter Hector Velazquez after two innings and pitched three scoreless innings, striking out three and allowing one hit. Mike Fiers (2-3) gave up three runs and five hit in five innings for Oakland.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 1, Mets 0

NEW YORK

Jose Iglesias homered off Edwin Diaz in the ninth inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a victory over the New York Mets. Mets ace Jacob deGrom rediscovered his Cy Young form, throwing seven shutout innings of three-hit ball after losing his previous three starts. Zach Duke (2-1) got one out for the win. Michael Lorenzen worked a perfect ninth for his second save.

Cardinals 5, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON

Miles Mikolas outpitched Max Scherzer, Marcell Ozuna had three hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals for their fifth straight win. Jose Martinez drove in two runs for the Cardinals, who have won 10 of 11. Scherzer pitched seven innings and struck out eight. He yielded eight hits. Mikolas (3-2) gave up a run and seven hits while striking out four in six innings.

Braves 5, Padres 1

ATLANTA

Max Fried gave up one run in seven innings, Dansby Swanson homered and drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres to spoil Cal Quantrill’s major league debut. Fried (4-1) allowed four hits. He had seven strikeouts and gave up a fourth-inning homer to Machado. Quantrill (0-1) overcame a shaky first inning to give up two runs on six hits and one walk in 52/3 innings.

INTERLEAGUE

Phillies 7, Tigers 3

PHILADELPHIA

Maikel Franco hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh, Rhys Hoskins homered and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Detroit Tigers. Aaron Nola pitched 52/3 innings of one-run ball, helping the Phillies earn a split of their two-game interleague series. The ace right-hander allowed seven hits and struck out six. After Ronny Rodriguez gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the seventh with an RBI single off Seranthony Dominguez (2-0).

Cubs 11, Mariners 0

SEATTLE

Jon Lester and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, Javier Baez homered and doubled during Chicago’s six-run second inning, and the Cubs beat the Seattle Mariners for their 13th win in 17 games. The Cubs handed Seattle starter Marco Gonzales his first loss of the season, thanks to the big second inning when 12 batters came to the plate. Gonzales (5-1) failed to make it out of the inning after giving up five hits and walking two.

Diamondbacks 3, Yankees 2

PHOENIX

Ketel Marte homered, Merrill Kelly won his first start against the Yankees and Arizona beat New York to sweep a two-game series. Kelly (3-2) allowed one run and five hits in 51/3 innings as Arizona won for the seventh time in nine games. Masahiro Tanaka (2-3) allowed three runs and five hits in four innings.

Associated Press