Pollock, Beatty knock in 15, LA bops Brews

A.J. Pollock drove in eight runs and Matt Beatty knocked in seven, with both players hitting early grand slams in a startling power show that sent the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers 16-4 on Sunday.

Pollock homered twice and doubled while Beaty went 4 for 6 and scored three times. Their slams came against Alec Bettinger (0-1), who gave up 11 runs in his big league debut after never pitching above Double-A. YANKEES 2, TIGERS 0 » Corey Kluber handcuffed Detroit batters to earn his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018, and New York completed its first series sweep this season to get back to .500.

Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher who won AL Cy Young Awards with Cleveland in 2014 and 2017, before injuries wrecked his 2019 and 2020 seasons.

The 35-year-old righthander allowed two hits in eight innings, walked one and struck out 10 to reach double digits for the 47th time but first since Sept. 24, 2018. NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 1 » Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead Washington over Miami. The three-time Cy Young Award winner hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, dashing to be with wife Erica for the birth of their third child.

Scherzer (2-2) carried a shutout into the ninth inning before Isan Diaz led off with a home run. The righthander struck out nine without a walk.

Ryan Zimmerman hit a three-run homer as Washington improved to .500 with its fourth straight win. BLUE JAYS 7, BRAVES 2 » Marcus Semien homered and drove in four runs as Toronto finished off a threegame sweep of Atlanta.

Blue Jays newcomer George Springer exited early with leg fatigue. He was the designated hitter for the fourth consecutive game since making his Toronto debut after being slowed by a strained oblique and quadriceps strain. RAYS 5, ASTROS 4 » Austin Meadows hit a three-run homer and later scored the go-ahead run on Manuel Margot’s pinch-hit single in the seventh inning as Tampa Bay beat Houston.

The Rays avoided a threegame sweep in a series between the last two American League champions. TWINS 13, ROYALS 4 » Andrelton Simmons and Mitch Garver homered in a sevenrun third inning, and rookie Alex Kirillof went deep for the fourth time in three games as Minnesota routed Kansas City.

José Berríos (3-2) took advantage of his team’s tear at the plate to win for the first time in four starts. Berríos gave up four runs and struck out nine in six innings.

The Twins have won three of four and scored 35 runs during that stretch. INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 0 » José Ramirez and Cesar Hernandez homered, Amed Rosario had three hits and Cleveland blanked Chicago.

Zach Plesac (2-3) and three relievers limited the White Sox to four hits as Cleveland took two of three in a series between AL Central foes that both made the playoffs last year. The Indians have won five of their last seven. RANGERS 5, RED SOX 3» David Dahl and Brock Holt each hit an RBI single in Texas’ three-run eighth inning, and the Rangers took advantage of a costly error by Boston outfielder Alex Verdugo.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa homered to help Texas take three of four from the AL East leaders and win consecutive games for the first time since April 18-19. Josh Sborz (3-1) got three outs for the win, and Ian Kennedy nailed down his seventh save in seven opportunities.

Xander Bogaerts had three hits for the Red Sox, including his fifth homer. REDS 13, CUBS 12, 10 INNINGS » Nick Castellanos hit a gameending single off Craig Kimbrel (0-1) in the 10th inning to give Cincinnati a wild win over Chicago.

Castellanos finished with five hits and four RBIs against his former team, including two of the Reds’ five homers. Mike Moustakas, Eugenio Suárez and Tucker Barnhart also connected.

Ryan Hendrix (2-0) got the win — fanning pinchhitting pitcher Jake Arrieta to end the Cubs 10th. CARDINALS 3, PIRATES 0» Carlos Martínez pitched eight marvelous innings, Harrison Bader hit an early three-run homer and St. Louis shut down Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep.

St. Louis has won seven straight against the Pirates and is 20-6 versus Pittsburgh since the start of the 2019 season. The sweep was the second in three series for the Cardinals, who have won eight of 10 overall.