Knebel, Brewers beat Pirates
MILWAUKEE — Corey Knebel broke Aroldis Chapman’s modern-era record for most consecutive games by a reliever with a strikeout at a season’s start, fanning a batter for the 38th straight game and closing out the Milwaukee Brewers’ 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
Knebel struck out Josh Bell on a foul tip leading off the ninth. The 25-year-old righthander retired Elias Diaz and Andrew McCutchen on popouts, finishing a four-hitter for his 12th save in 15 chances.
Chapman had set the mark since 1900 as part of a streak of 49 games for Cincinnati that began in August 2013 and ended the following August.
Travis Shaw drove in three runs with a homer and two doubles, and he came within inches of a second home run.
RANGERS 11, BLUE JAYS 4: Carlos Gomez homered twice to drive in five runs, and host Texas beat Toronto for a split of the four-game series. Mike Napoli and Robinson Chirinos also homered for the Rangers off Marcus Stroman.
WHITE SOX 9, TWINS 0: Jose Abreu and Todd Frazier each hit two-run homers in the first inning, Jose Quintana cruised behind the extra support, and Chicago won at Minnesota after a rain-delayed start of 4 hours and 50 minutes that was the longest in Twins history.
PHILLIES 5, CARDINALS 1: Aaron Nola pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning, and Philadelphia beat visiting St. Louis to stop a five-game losing streak.
ANGELS 10, YANKEES 5: Albert Pujols lined a go-ahead single during a messy, four-run rally in the seventh inning, and Los Angeles overcame Aaron Judge’s major leagueleading 25th homer to beat New York at Yankee Stadium.
BRAVES 12, GIANTS 11: Lane Adams delivered a pinchhit, three-run homer in Atlanta’s eight-run fifth inning, and the Braves beat Matt Cain and visiting San Francisco in a rain-delayed game.
CUBS 11, MARLINS 1: Addison Russell had four hits, including a home run, and Kris Bryant added a three-run homer to lift Chicago to a victory at Miami.
DIAMONDBACKS 10, ROCKIES 3: Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Owings hit three-run homers, Zack Godley threw well into the eighth inning, and Arizona won at Colorado.
INDIANS 6, ORIOLES 3: Austin Jackson had three RBIs, Erik Gonzalez homered, and Cleveland put on another offensive show at the expense of host Baltimore.