MLB ROUNDUP: Blanco Pulled After 7 Hitless Innings, Astros Down Tigers
HOUSTON (AP) -- Ronel Blanco had the second hitless outing of his brief major league career but was pulled after seven innings as Houston beat Detroit 5-2.
Blanco (7-2), who threw the only no-hitter in the majors this season on April 1 against Toronto, was just as good this time in the 20th start and 37th appearance of his career. The 30-year-old right-hander threw 94 pitches with 65 strikes and tied a season best with eight strikeouts. He walked three.
Ryan Pressly replaced Blanco to start the eighth and gave up the Tigers' first hit, a two-out single by Wenceel Perez.
Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer for Houston.
The Tigers couldn't do much of anything against Blanco a day after they had a season-high 19 hits in a 13-5 trouncing of the Astros.
Blanco didn't allow a baserunner until he walked Gio Urshela with two outs in the fifth.
BREWERS 5, REDS 4
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning Milwaukee threw out the tying run at the plate to end the game and beat Cincinnati.
CARDINALS 2, CUBS 1
CHICAGO (AP) -- Miles Mikolas pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, and St. Louis beat Jameson Taillon and Chicago.
Mikolas allowed one run, struck out five and walked none. The right-hander, who tossed seven scoreless innings on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh, is 3-1 with a 2.76 ERA in his last seven starts.
MARINERS 5, RANGERS 0
SEATTLE (AP) -- Logan Gilbert struck out nine and gave up two hits over eight innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-0 on Sunday to sweep the series.
ORIOLES 8, PHILLIES 3
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Gunnar Henderson hit his eighth leadoff homer of the season, and three more teammates also went deep off Zack Wheeler to help Baltimore beat Philadelphia.
NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 1
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jacob Young hit his first major league homer, Lane Thomas went deep for the third day in a row, and Washington beat Miami to complete a three-game sweep Sunday.
RAYS 8, BRAVES 6
ATLANTA (AP) -- Jose Siri hit tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias, and Tampa Bay won to avoid a three-game sweep.
METS 11, PADRES 6
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Alonso had a season-high five RBIs, combining with Francisco Lindor on first-inning home runs that built a three-run lead against Dylan Cease after 16 pitches, and surging New York beat San Diego for their fifth straight win.
TWINS 6, ATHLETICS 2, 1st game
TWINS 8, ATHLETICS 7, 2nd game
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Carlos Correa continued his offensive tear with two home runs as part of a three-hit day, and Minnesota cruised past Oakland in the first game of a doubleheader.
Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Minnesota beat Oakland to take both games of a split doubleheader and finish a sweep of the four-game series.
GIANTS 13, ANGELS 6
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer in San Francisco's nine-run fourth inning and they beat Los Angeles to avoid a three-game sweep.
DODGERS 3, ROYALS 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani had his second two-homer game this season, Tyler Glasnow pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Los Angeles defeated Kansas City as Mookie Betts left in the seventh inning after being hit by a pitch in the left hand.
DIAMONDBACKS 12, WHITE SOX 5
PHOENIX (AP) -- Christian Walker drove in three runs with a home run and a double and Arizona routed Chicago.
RED SOX 9, YANKEES 3
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston's Zack Kelly escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the seventh before Connor Wong had a two-run triple in the bottom of the inning, lifting them to a victory over MLB-best New York.