Red Sox extinguish Twins’ win streak
Ceddanne Rafaela and Rafael Devers hit two-run home runs and the Boston Red Sox pulled away for a 9-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Vaughn Grissom and Dominic Smith added tworun doubles for Boston, which avoided a threegame sweep in the series finale. Rob Refsnyder had an RBI double. Ryan Jeffers hit a solo home run for the Twins, whose 12-game winning streak ended. Trevor Larnach went 2for-4 with an RBI. Minnesota lost for the first time since falling at home on April 21 against the Detroit Tigers. The 12-game winning streak was the Twins’ longest since a franchise-best 15-game streak in 1991.
Rays 7, Mets 6 (10 innings):
Jonny DeLuca’s walk-off, two-run triple in extra innings propelled Tampa Bay to a win and a series sweep of New York in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and lefthander James Paxton
Dodgers 5, Braves 1:
pitched into the seventh inning as host Los Angeles finished off a three-game sweep of Atlanta.
Yankees 5, Tigers 2 (8 innings):
Juan Soto hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the seventh and host New York completed a three-game series sweep by defeating Detroit in a game that was called early due to rain.
Nationals 11, Blue Jays 8:
Eddie Rosario’s seventhinning two-run homer broke an 8-8 tie and host Washington went on to beat Toronto.
Pirates 5, Rockies 3:
Oneil Cruz doubled and hit a two-run homer as Pittsburgh rallied from an early deficit to edge visiting Colorado in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Guardians 4, Angels 1:
Jose Ramirez hit a slumpbusting, go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth, then scored two innings later on Josh Naylor’s home run as Cleveland downed visiting Los Angeles.
Mariners 5, Astros 4:
Cal Raleigh slugged a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning as Seattle rallied to knock off host Houston in the rubber match of a three-game
series, claiming its sixth consecutive series win. Rangers 3, Royals 2 (10 innings): Nathaniel Lowe delivered a 10th-inning RBI single, lifting visiting Texas to a victory over Kansas City.
White Sox 5, Cardinals 1:
Paul DeJong had two doubles, two runs and an RBI against his old team as visiting Chicago defeated St. Louis.
Cubs 5, Brewers 0: Nico Hoerner sparked a threerun fifth inning to break a scoreless stalemate while Javier Assad pitched six shutout innings in Chicago’s victory over visiting Milwaukee.
Marlins 12, Athletics 3:
Nick Gordon collected two singles, a double and a home run, drove in three runs and scored twice as Miami avoided an interleague series sweep at the hands of host Oakland.
Diamondbacks 11, Padres 4:
Jake McCarthy went 3-for-4 with three runs as Arizona topped San Diego in Phoenix to avoid being swept in a three-game series.
Orioles 11, Reds 1: Dean Kremer allowed one hit over six scoreless innings as visiting Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of punchless Cincinnati. Phillies 5, Giants 4: Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run and J.T. Realmuto had three hits for Philadelphia.