> Pillar homer in 8th lifts Jays,
TORONTO 6 KANSAS CITY 5
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Kevin Pillar hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night.
Blaine Boyer (2-1) retired his first two batters before walking Aledmys Diaz and backing Pillar into an 0-2 count. Pillar hit the next pitch over the wall down the left field line.
Ken Giles worked a perfect ninth for his 14th save and second with the Blue Jays since being acquired from Houston on July 30.
Salvador Perez and Jorge Bonifacio hit back-to-back doubles in the seventh off Jake Petricka (2-1) to give the Royals a short-lived 5-4 lead.
Adalberto Mondesi had a career-high four hits, including two doubles, stole three bases, drove in a run and scored a run for Kansas City.
Blue Jays starter Ryan Borucki was pulled after four innings, yielding four runs, six hits and four walks. Rain delayed the start of the game 31 minutes.
Braves 10 Marlins 6
ATLANTA — Atlanta rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has homered five games in a row — at 20, he’s the youngest major leaguer to do that. He has also hit leadoff home runs in three straight, connecting the last two days on the first pitch Miami threw.
Acuna later added his 19th homer with a three-run drive in the seventh inning Tuesday night as the surging Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 10-6.
Brady Anderson was the last player with so much leadoff success, homering four straight times to start games for Baltimore in 1996.
Acuna has matched the Atlanta record for consecutive games with a home run set by Brian McCann in 2006. He will try to keep the streaks going against the Marlins again today.