Cincinnati, Farmer bombard Cubs
Red Sox clobber White Sox again
CINCINNATI — After getting a cortisone shot and a few days off, Kyle Farmer helped power the Cincinnati Reds to their highest-scoring game in 23 years.
Farmer homered twice, had four hits and tied his career high with five RBIs in a 20-5 rout of the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.
Nick Senzel also had four hits, and Brandon Drury, Tommy Pham and Albert Almora Jr. had three apiece. Drury Pham, Almora and Matt Reynolds each had three RBIs.
The Reds entered with a .217 batting average, 28th among the 30 teams, and finished with 20 hits in all.
RED SOX 16, WHITE SOX 7: In Chicago, Trevor Story had a three-run homer and four RBIs, and Boston took two of three games in the series from Chicago.
Alex Verdugo (three RBIs) had pair of doubles among four hits for Boston, which outscored Chicago 33-13 in the series. J.D. Martinez went 3 for 5 with a walk to raise in major league-best batting average to .380.
Andrew Vaughn had a careerhigh five RBIs, driving in Chicago’s first five runs with a threerun double in the third and a two-run homer in the fifth.
DODGERS 14, DIAMONDBACKS 1: In Phoenix, Freddie Freeman highlighted a five-RBI, four-hit night with a three-run homer, leading Los Angeles over Arizona.
The Dodgers’ offense got off to a quick start with back-toback doubles in the first from leadoff hitter Mookie Betts and Freeman. Two batters later, Will Smith’s single up the middle scored Freeman for a 2-0 lead.
YANKEES 7 RAYS 2: In St. Petersburg, Fla., left-hander Nelson Cortes took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning, Matt Carpenter sparked a go-ahead, three-run rally in his Yankees debut and New York beat Tampa Bay in the first meeting of the AL East rivals this season.
Cortes (4-1) won his third straight start, striking out five and walking one in eight-plus innings. The 27-year-old lowered his ERA to 1.70, retiring 14 in a row during one stretch. He threw 77 strikes among a careerhigh 109 pitches.
PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 1: In Atlanta, Aaron Nola struck out 10 while pitching shutout ball into the ninth inning for his first victory since opening day, leading Philadelphia over Atlanta.
J.T. Realmuto homered as the Phillies prevented the World Series champion Braves from posting their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Nola (2-4) did little wrong against the Braves, allowing one run and five hits in 8 1/3 innings.
TIGERS 4, GUARDIANS 3: In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera’s third hit of the game was a game-ending single in the ninth inning, lifting Detroit past Cleveland.
Jonathan Schoop hit a oneout double in the final inning, advanced on a wild pitch from Trevor Stephan (2-2) and scored on Cabrera’s 3,029th hit.
Gregory Soto (2-2) gave up one hit and struck out one in the ninth, earning the win for the Tigers.
The Guardians ended Tarik Skubal’s 21-inning scoreless streak, the longest by a starting pitcher this year, and tied the score in third. Luke Maile hit an RBI double and Owen Miller had a two-run single.
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3: In St. Louis, Josh Hader escaped a ninth-inning jam in his 37th straight scoreless appearance and Milwaukee held off St. Louis for its third straight win.
Tyrone Taylor drove in a run for the seventh game in a row and Luis Urías homered as the NL Central leaders increased their edge over the second-place Cardinals to 4 1/2 games.
Paul Goldschmidt homered and extended his hitting streak to 17 games for the Cardinals.
ROYALS 3, TWINS 2: In Minneapolis, Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a double and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.’s double, as Kansas City rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and beat Minnesota.
Josh Staumont (2-1) worked a scoreless inning and picked up the win. Scott Barlow earned his fifth save as the Royals snapped a seven-game losing streak.
NATIONALS 7, ROCKIES 3: In Washington, Patrick Corbin ended a 10-start winless streak, allowing three runs over 7⅓ innings to lead Washington to a victory over Colorado.
Corbin (1-7) has not won since Sept. 23 at Cincinnati in his next-to-last start of the season. He gave up seven hits, struck out three and walked two, lowering his ERA from 6.60 to 6.30.
RANGERS 4, ATHLETICS 1: In Oakland, Calif., Adolis García doubled in pinch-runner Eli White in the top of the ninth inning, Nathaniel Lowe followed with a two-run homer, and Texas beat Oakland.
García and Kole Calhoun each had two hits as the Rangers won their second straight after dropping three in a row on their 10-game road trip.
BLUE JAYS 6, ANGELS 3: In Anaheim, Calif., Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered off Shohei Ohtani (3-3) for the first time, and George Springer hit a leadoff home run in Toronto’s victory over Los Angeles.