Royals top White Sox, end skid
Benches clear in Astros’ victory over Rangers; Bundy leads O’s past Boston
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eric Hosmer and Jorge Bonifacio each hit a two-run homer, and the Kansas City Royals snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Bonifacio homered with two outs in the fourth inning after Alex Gordon’s double. It was his second home run in eight games since being promoted from Triple-A Omaha.
Hosmer’s two-out shot in the seventh with Christian Colon aboard finished the night for White Sox rookie starter Dylan Covey (0-2).
ASTROS 6, RANGERS 2: In Houston, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel each hit RBI doubles in a five-run seventh inning that lifted Houston over Texas in a game that included a benches-clearing tussle.
Andrew Cashner (0-3) had already plunked both Altuve and Gurriel when Lance McCullers Jr. threw behind Mike Napoli with two outs in the sixth. He took a couple of steps toward McCullers while yelling at him and McCullers did the same. Astros catcher Brian McCann quickly got in Napoli’s face and, after a few seconds, players from both benches began spilling onto the field. Players from both teams did some pushing and shoving, and Springer held back McCullers as he continued to bark at Napoli.
Order was restored after a couple of minutes and both teams received warnings, but no one was ejected before play resumed and McCullers struck out Napoli. ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 2: In Boston, Manny Machado slugged a long homer out of Fenway Park, drove in two runs and made three solid plays at third base in his first game against Boston since a dustup with the Red Sox just over a week ago, carrying Baltimore to victory.
In the teams’ last meeting at Camden Yards, reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch that whizzed behind Machado’s head and hit the slugger’s bat. Barnes was suspended four games and fined. Machado had irked the Red Sox with a late slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia’s left leg two days earlier.
Dylan Bundy (4-1) took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Brad Brach got three outs for his fifth save. METS 7, BRAVES 5: In Atlanta, Michael Conforto homered and drove in three runs, and New York scored five times in the fourth inning off Julio Teheran before holding out to beat Atlanta.
On the day the Mets placed ace Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day DL with a partial tear of his right lat muscle, Robert Gsellman (1-2) almost blew an early 6-1 lead. Gsellman allowed five runs in five-plus innings. Five Mets relievers combined for four scoreless innings. Jeurys Familia pitched the ninth for his second save.
TIGERS 7, INDIANS 1: In Detroit, Tyler Collins hit a three-run homer and Daniel Norris gave up one run in six innings to help Detroit beat Cleveland.
Nicholas Castellanos and Victor Martinez hit RBI doubles on consecutive pitches in the first. Collins went deep in the second for a 5-0 lead, and Alex Avila added a two-run single in the fifth.
BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 1: In New York, Ryan Goins hit a two-run sacrifice fly, the first in Toronto’s 40-year history, to go along with a tworun homer that led Marco Estrada and the Blue Jays over New York.
The crowd of 25,566 was the smallest for a Yankees home game since Sept. 20, 2004, against Toronto in a game moved to accommodate a makeup date.
GIANTS 4, DODGERS 3: In Los Angeles, Johnny Cueto outpitched Clayton Kershaw, leading San Francisco to a victory that snapped Los Angeles’ four-game winning streak.
The Giants entered with a National League-low 16 home runs but hit two against Kershaw — a two-run shot by Hunter Pence in the first inning and a solo drive by Buster Posey in the third.
PHILLIES 10, CUBS 2: In Chicago, Tommy Joseph hit an early three-run homer, Aaron Altherr had three RBIs and Philadelphia routed Chicago.
RAYS 4, MARLINS 2: In Miami, Jake Odorizzi returned from the disabled list to combine with four relievers on a four-hitter in Tampa Bay’s victory over Miami.
BREWERS 7, CARDINALS 5, 10 INNINGS: In St. Louis, Travis Shaw and Jonathan Villar each hit a tape-measure home run, and Milwaukee beat St. Louis in 10 innings.
REDS 4, PIRATES 3, 10 INNINGS: In Cincinnati, Billy Hamilton hit an RBI double in the 10th inning to lift Cincinnati over Pittsburgh.