Trending
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Francisco Lindor drove in three runs, Jose Ramirez homered twice and Cleveland rallied to beat bumbling Kansas City, 8-4, to complete a three-game sweep.
Tyler Naquin and Jason Kipnis also drove in runs for the suddenly streaking Indians, who beat the Royals -- losers of four straight and seven of eight -- for the fifth time in six meetings.
Adam Cimber (4-2) tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief as the Indians' bullpen bailed out Zach Plesac. Their ineffective starter allowed three runs and three hits in just 2 2/3 innings.
Kansas City only managed three more hits in a game delayed 2¢ hours at the start by rain.
Still, the Royals were clinging to a 3-2 lead in the seventh when Jorge Lopez (1-7) coughed up hits to the only four batters he faced. Kevin Plawecki and Bobby Bradley started the inning with singles, and Naquin doubled home Plawecki before Lindor laced a two-run single to give Cleveland the lead.
NATIONALS 5
MARLINS 2
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anthony Rendon hit his 20th homer and knocked in the go-ahead run to help the Washington Nationals finish a three-game sweep of the last-place Miami Marlinsy.
Washington has won eight of nine and 13 of 16 to climb to a season-best four games over .500.
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 Hern'ndez (1-3) and drove in Gerardo Parra with a single in the fifth.
YANKEES 8
RAYS 4, 10 INNINGS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- 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 overcome a ninth-inning blown save by closer Aroldis Chapman to beat second-place Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series.
Edwin Encarnacion hit his 25th homer for the Yankees, who are 15-2 since June 15 and have a season-high, 7¢-game lead over the Rays.
BRAVES 12, PHILLIES 6
ATLANTA (AP) -- Dansby Swanson hit two homers and drove in five runs, and the Braves rallied from a first-inning, four-run deficit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies.
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.
CARDINALS 5
MARINERS 4
SEATTLE (AP) -- 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.
REDS 1, BREWERS 0
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Luis Castillo struck out nine while pitching one-hit ball into the eighth inning, leading the Reds to the victory.
Cincinnati won for the fourth time in five games. Jesse Winker went 3 for 3 and scored the only run on Yasiel Puig's first-inning single off Brandon Woodruff (10-3).
Castillo (8-3) was working on a no-hitter before Keston Hiura singled with one out in the seventh. The All-Star right-hander might have gone the distance if not for a 69-minute rain delay with two out in the eighth inning.
Milwaukee dropped the last three games of the four-game set. It hasn't scored since the sixth inning of Tuesday's 11-inning Cincinnati win.
Christian Yelich started the ninth with a double off Raisel Iglesias for the Brewers' second hit. But Iglesias then retired three in a row for his 16th save.
ATHLETICS 7, TWINS 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- 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.
TIGERS 11
WHITE SOX 5
CHICAGO (AP) -- Niko Goodrum hit a two-run homer during Detroit's five-run sixth inning, and Matthew Boyd matched a career high with 13 strikeouts.
RED SOX 8
BLUE JAYS 7
TORONTO (AP) -- Pinch-hitter Marco Hernandez hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Blue Jays.
Hitting for Sandy Leon, Hernandez connected off Blue Jays closer Ken Giles (1-2), his seventh homer of the season. Giles was pitching for the third straight game, the first time he's done that this year.
Giles missed 10 games last month because of a sore elbow.
Michael Chavis hit a three-run homer and Rafael Devers added a solo shot as the Red Sox extended their streak of games with at least one home run to eight. Boston won its sixth straight on July 4. Brandon Workman (8-1) pitched the final two innings for the win despite giving up the tying run in the eighth.
Danny Jansen homered twice for the Blue Jays, the first multihomer game of his career, and Freddy Galvis added a two-run shot. Even so, Toronto failed to win consecutive home series for the first time this season.