Fowler’s grand slam powers Cards to another win
ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.
St. Louis tied a season-high with its sixth straight win.
Kansas City has lost four in a row and six of seven.
St. Louis climbed within one game of the first-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.
Fowler broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning with his 15th homer of the season. He ripped the first pitch from Neftali Feliz 404 feet for his third career slam.
WHITE SOX 3, ASTROS 2 (11): In Chicago, Yoan Moncada tied the game with a home run in the ninth inning and then drove home the winning run in the 11th to lift Chicago past Houston, as the American League’s worst team swept a three-game series from its best.
Leury Garcia led off the 11th by hitting a single past a diving second baseman Jose Altuve, and then advanced to second after right fielder Josh Reddick bobbled the ball. Then, on the second pitch from reliever Francis Martes, Moncada knocked a single past a diving Altuve again for the game-winner.
Earlier, Moncada, the top White Sox top prospect, connected against Astros closer and Albuquerque native Ken Giles for his second career home run. It was the third blown save of the season for Giles, who has converted 22.
Martes (4-2) struck out all three batters he faced in the 10th inning, but allowed the pair of hits in the 11th.
David Holmberg (2-3) got the last out of the 11th to earn the win. Carlos Rodon threw his third straight quality start without earning a win.
RAYS 4, INDIANS 1: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Corey Dickerson’s three-run homer in the eighth inning carried Tampa Bay to a win over Cleveland.
Dickerson’s two-out blast off Nick Goody (1-2), his 22nd, came after Adeiny Hechavarria singled and Jesus Sucre was hit by a pitch.
BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 0: In Toronto, Marco Estrada and two relievers combined on a six-hitter, Jose Bautista hit a solo home run and Toronto beat New York.
Estrada (5-7) pitched seven innings to win for the first time in 13 starts. The right-hander came in 0-5 with a 7.39 ERA since beating Texas on May 27.
Making his second start for the Yankees, Sonny Gray (6-7) allowed three runs, two of them earned, in six innings. He walked four and struck out six. Acquired from Oakland at the trade deadline, Gray lost at Cleveland
in his Yankees debut.
NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 2: In Washington, Brian Goodwin had two hits, including a home run leading off the eighth inning, and Washington rallied past Miami.
Goodwin broke a 2-2 tie when he connected on a 1-0 fastball from Junichi Tazawa (1-2) for his 13th homer of the season and second RBI of the night.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his major leagueleading 39th home run of the season for the Marlins.
DODGERS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 6: In Phoenix, Yu Darvish allowed two runs and struck out 10 in five innings in his second start with the Dodgers, and Chris Taylor homered to lead Los Angeles to a win over Arizona.
Enrique Hernandez hit a three-run double in the top of the first to back Darvish, who is 2-0 with the Dodgers after being aquired from Texas at the trade deadline.
METS 10, PHILLIES 0: In Philadelphia, Jacob deGrom pitched well until leaving in the seventh inning due to a contusion on his right triceps after being hit on a line drive by Nick Williams, and New York homered four times in a rout of Philadelphia.
PIRATES 7, TIGERS 5: In Detroit, Josh Bell hit his 20th home run and drove in three runs, leading Pittsburgh past Detroit.
Gerrit Cole (10-8) allowed six hits and three earned runs in eight innings, his longest outing of the season. TWINS 7, BREWERS 2: In Milwaukee, Byron Buxton and Joe Mauer each had three singles and Minnesota beat Milwaukee for the fourth consecutive game.
The Twins had 12 hits to sweep a homeand-home, four-game set with Milwaukee. The Brewers are 7-17 since July 16 and fell into third place in the NL Central.
REDS 10, PADRES 3: In Cincinnati, Scooter Gennett hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, ending left-hander Brad Hand’s 24-inning scoreless streak and rallying Cincinnati over San Diego.