Betts gets six RBIs in win
BOSTON — Mookie Betts hit two home runs and a tworun triple, and the Boston Red Sox rolled past the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Tuesday night.
The Red Sox, winners of five of their last six, pushed their American League East lead back to four games over the Yankees following New York’s loss to 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay.
Betts went 3-for-5 with six RBIs. He’s driven in three runs or more in a team-high 11 games.
The loss snapped a five-game win streak for the A’s, who scored 41 runs in a four-game sweep of the AL Westleading Astros. They managed just one run and one hit off Eduardo Rodriguez (5-5), who struck out nine over six innings.
In his second career start at Fenway Park, Sean Manaea (10-10) was pulled after giving up seven earned runs on 11 hits in 32 innings. Last season, he allowed eight runs over 22 innings in Boston.
The Red Sox scored at least nine runs for the third time in four games.
ROYALS 4, WHITE SOX 3: Brandon Moss hit a grand slam in the first inning for his third consecutive game with a homer, powering host Kansas City to a victory over Chicago.
RAYS 2, YANKEES 1: Adeiny Hechavarria hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning off Sonny Gray as Tampa Bay beat New York.
ROCKIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2: Carlos Gonzalez homered twice as Colorado beat host Arizona.
BRAVES 8, NATIONALS 0: Freddie Freeman hit a three-run home run as Atlanta cruised to a victory over host Washington, fresh off clinching the NL East.
BREWERS 5, PIRATES 2: Eric Thames hit his 29th home run, and Milwaukee beat visiting Pittsburgh.
TWINS 16, PADRES 0: Jason Castro homered twice, and host Minnesota pounded San Diego.
CARDINALS 13, REDS 4: Yadier Molina drove in three runs as streaking St. Louis outslugged visiting Cincinnati.
MARINERS 10, RANGERS 3: Ben Gamel and Kyle Seager both hit three-run homers as Seattle beat host Texas.
BLUE JAYS 3, ORIOLES 2: Richard Urena singled home the winning run as host Toronto beat Baltimore.
PHILLIES 9, MARLINS 8 (15): Nick Williams hit a walkoff, two-out double in the bottom of the 15th inning as Philadelphia came from behind to defeat visiting Miami.