Rizzo hits 3 HRs for Yanks
Anthony Rizzo homered three times to take over the major league lead, Aaron Judge connected on his birthday and Joey Gallo ended the longest home-run drought of his career as the New York Yankees outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 12-8 Tuesday night.
Luis Severino (2-0) pitched a no-hitter into the sixth inning for New York before Jorge Mateo’s one-out single. Anthony Santander followed a few batters later with a three-run homer.
Rizzo floated his sixth, seventh and eighth homers of the season over Yankee Stadium’s short right-field fence for six RBIs, Judge joined Lou Gehrig and Jerry Mumphrey as Yankees to homer on their 30th birthdays and Gallo connected for the first time in 23 games, a slump dating to last season.
Mariners 8, Rays 4 — Logan Gilbert pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Adam Frazier hit a three-run double and Seattle won its fourth straight, 8-4 over Tampa Bay.
.Frazier’s double off Josh Fleming (2-2) came during a seven-run fourth inning for the Mariners that was made possible by back-to-back errors from shortstop Wander Franco and first baseman Ji-Man Choi.
Royals 6, White Sox 0 — Daniel Lynch pitched six crisp innings and Kansas City handed Chicago its eighth straight loss.
.Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and Carlos Santana drove in two runs, helping Kansas City stop a four-game slide. The Royals were outscored 22-12 in a sweep at Seattle over the weekend.
National League
Phillies 10, Rockies 3 — Odubel Herrera homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Zach Eflin pitched six strong innings and Philadelphia again took advantage of some shaky Colorado defense in a rout of the Rockies.
Didi Gregorius had two hits and an RBI in his return from a bruised hand, and Bryce Harper added a pair of hits for the Phillies.
Braves 3, Cubs 1 — Travis Demeritte stepped into the box and lined an oppositefield drive off Marcus Stroman into the Chop House restaurant in right to break a 1-all tie in the fifth inning to lead Atlanta past Chicago.
Demeritte also made an impressive catch in right field to back another strong outing by Max Fried (2-2), who pitched four-hit ball over six innings to outduel Stroman (0-3).
Marlins 5, Nationals 2 — Miami outfielders Jesús Sánchez and Avisaíl García each threw out a runner at the plate in the fourth inning, and Joey Wendle hit his first home run for the Marlins, a threerun shot that helped produce a win over reeling Washington.
Sandy Alcantara (2-0) extended his shutout streak to 17 innings over his past three starts for the Marlins and ended up giving up one run and six hits over six innings.
Padres 9, Reds 6 — Eric Hosmer hit his first homer of the season and Jake Cronenworth added a bases-loaded triple during an eight-run fourth inning that sent San Diego past struggling Cincinnati.
Brewers 12, Pirates 8 — Willy Adames homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs, and Milwaukee Bbeat the Pittsburgh.