Astros punish Eovaldi, Red Sox
Judge homers twice in Yankees’ victory
BOSTON — Five Houston players homered off Boston’s Nathan Eovaldi in the second inning, tying a major league record as the Astros beat the Red Sox 13-4 on Tuesday night.
Yordan Alvarez, Kyle Tucker, Jeremy Peña, Michael Brantley and Yuli Gurriel all went deep for the Astros, who set a franchise mark for home runs in an inning. It has happened seven other times in the majors.
Tucker added his second homer of the night and seventh of the season in the fourth inning — a grand slam off Tyler Danish — as Houston won for the 13th time in 15 games.
Eovaldi (1-2) became the third pitcher in major league history to surrender five homers in an inning.
YANKEES 5, ORIOLES 4: In Baltimore, Aaron Judge homered twice after his first-inning drive bounced off the new leftfield wall at Camden Yards, and New York held off Baltimore for its 20th win in 23 games.
Judge came within a few feet of a three-homer game. His bid in the first hit high off the wall — which was moved back and made taller before this season. He settled for an RBI double, then hit solo shots in the third and fifth to increase his major league-leading home run total to 14.
METS 3-3, CARDINALS 1-4: In New York, Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith helped chip away at Miles Mikolas, Trevor Williams was sharp in a spot start and New York beat St. Louis to open a doubleheader.
In the nightcap, Tyler O’Neill redeemed himself after setting a St. Louis record for a doubleheader with six strikeouts, beating out a tie-breaking infield single in the ninth inning for a split against New York.
BRAVES 3, BREWERS 0: In Milwaukee, Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run homer and Atlanta ended its scoring drought while beating Milwaukee.
Adam Duvall scored an unearned run in the fifth to end a string of 20 straight scoreless innings for the Braves. Ozuna extended the lead to 3-0 in the eighth with his sixth homer of the season, a 421-foot shot to left off Brad Boxberger.
Tucker Davidson (1-0) threw five shutout innings for Atlanta after getting called up from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the day. Kenley Jansen retired the side in order in the ninth for his ninth save in as many opportunities.
DODGERS 7-12, DIAMONDBACKS 6-3: Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Justin Turner homered in a five-run sixth inning, and Los Angeles outlasted Arizona to begin the first doubleheader ever played by the NL West rivals.
The Dodgers completed the sweep with a 12-3 rout in the nightcap.
Will Smith also connected early for the Dodgers, whose four homers in the first game matched their season high.
Christian Walker hit an early two-run homer and Alek Thomas added a solo shot in the seventh for the Diamondbacks.
BLUE JAYS 3, MARINERS 0: In Toronto, José Berríos and two relievers combined on a six-hitter, George Springer provided all the offense with a bases-loaded triple, and Toronto beat Seattle
Berríos (3-2) stopped a twostart losing streak and matched his season high of seven innings. The right-hander allowed six hits, walked two and struck out four.
David Phelps worked the eighth and Adam Cimber finished for his third save in five chances as the Blue Jays won back-to-back games for the first time since victories over Houston on April 30 and May 1.
WHITE SOX 3-1, ROYALS 0-2: In Kansas City, Mo., Brady Singer outdueled Davis Martin as the Royals beat Chicago 2-1 in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.
The White Sox won the first game behind clutch hitting by Jose Abreu and working around Kansas City offensive threats. Abreu’s two-out, two-run double keyed a three-run fifth inning.
RAYS 8, TIGERS 1: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Kevin Kiermaier, Kevin Phillips and Randy Arozarena each homered and drove in two runs, Shane McClanahan struck out seven in seven innings and Tampa Bay beat Detroit.
Ji-Man Choi also drove in two runs for the Rays, who broke Detroit’s four-game winning streak before an announced crowd of 8,475.
GIANTS 10, ROCKIES 7: In Denver, Tommy La Stella homered on the second pitch of the game and doubled twice as San Francisco extended its dominance against Colorado.
San Francisco has won 12 straight against NL West rival Colorado dating to Aug. 15, 2021.
The Giants have won eight in a row at Coors Field.
MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 1: In Miami, Miguel Rojas homered, doubled and singled to lead Miami past Washington.
Jesús Sánchez also went deep and Jesús Aguilar had two hits for the Marlins, who will attempt to complete their second three-game sweep of the season against Washington on Wednesday.
REDS 5, GUARDIANS 4, 10 innings: In Cleveland, Mike Moustakas drew the third straight walk in the 10th inning by Cleveland reliever Nick Sandlin to force in a run, and Cincinnati hung on for a win over the Guardians.
Moustakas was down to his last strike before taking three straight pitches from Sandlin (3-2) to bring in Matt Reynolds, who started the inning at second base.
PADRES 3, PHILLIES 0: In Philadelphia, Mike Clevinger tossed one-hit ball over five shutout innings and combined with two relievers to lead San Diego to a win over Philadelphia.
Clevinger (1-0) won for the first time in three starts this season. He missed last season while rehabbing after Tommy John surgery.
RANGERS 10, ANGELS 5: In Arlington, Texas, Corey Seager triggered a seven-run eighth inning with a bloop double long after a first-inning homer in Reid Detmers’ first start since throwing a no-hitter, Mike Trout hit his 10th home run of the season for the Angels.
CUBS 7, PIRATES 0: In Chicago, Keegan Thompson combined with three relievers on a five-hitter, and Chicago shut out Pittsburgh for the second straight game while extending its winning streak to four.
ATHLETICS 5, TWINS 2: In Oakland, Calif., Seth Brown hit a tie-breaking double in the seventh inning, Sean Murphy followed with a two-run single and the Athletics ended their four-game losing streak against the Twins.