Cardinals extend win streak to 14
CHICAGO — The surging St. Louis Cardinals emphatically matched a team record with their 14th straight win on Friday night, pounding Chicago Cubs 12-4 in the second game of doubleheader behind Tyler O’Neill’s threerun homer and a pair of solo shots by Lars Nootbaar.
Harrison Bader added a solo drive, double and single as St. Louis batters went deep five times in the nightcap to sweep the twinbill and equal a run set in July 1935.
The Cardinals powered past the Cubs 8-5 in the opener, riding O’Neill’s and Paul Goldschmidt’s 30th homers.
WHITE SOX 1, INDIANS 0: Chicago starter Dylan Cease left after being struck on the right arm by a comebacker in the sixth inning as the White Sox won at Cleveland in Indians’ ace Shane Bieber’s return.
RAYS 8, MARLINS 0: Ryan Yarbrough allowed two hits over six innings of relief and AL East-leading Tampa Bay blanked Miami at St. Petersburg, Fla.
YANKEES 8, RED SOX 3: Gerrit Cole took a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning and Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer to lead New York to a win at Boston, snapping Boston’s seven-game winning streak.
PADRES, BRAVES SPLIT: Fernando Tatis Jr. homered leading off the top of the seventh and host San Diego edged NL East-leading Atlanta in the resumption of a game that was suspend.ed due to rain on July 21. The Braves took the second game 4-0.
PHILLIES 8, PIRATES 6: Didi Gregorius hit a goahead, three-run home run in the seventh inning, Bryce Harper had an RBI double and host Philadelphia pulled closer to first place in the NL East.
GIANTS 7, ROCKIES 2: Mike Yastrzemski hit a threerun homer, one of four long balls by San Francisco, and the NL West-leading Giants won at Colorado to become the season’s first 100-win team.
DODGERS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2: AJ Pollock hit a two-run homer and Los Angeles kept pace in the NL West with a win at Phoenix.
BREWERS 5, METS 1: Christian Yelich hit one of Milwaukee’s three home runs and Eric Lauer turned in a much-needed strong outing for the Brewers in a win at home.
TWINS 3, BLUE JAYS 1: Byron Buxton’s two-run homer spoiled Jose Berrios’ return to Minnesota and dealt a blow to Toronto’s playoff hopes.
REDS 8, NATIONALS 7 (11): Aristides Aquino drove in TJ Friedl from second base with a game-ending single and Cincinnati won at home.
MARINERS 6, ANGELS 5: Paul Sewald escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth, and Seattle kept pace in the American League wild-card chase with their sixth consecutive win.
RANGERS 8, ORIOLES 5: Adolis Garcia hit a goahead two-run double in a five-run ninth inning and Texas snapped a five-game losing streak with a win at Baltimore.
ROYALS 3, TIGERS 1: Carlos Hernandez pitched five shutout innings and Whit Merrifield drove in a pair of runs as Kansas City won at Detroit.