American League

At Detroit, rookie first baseman Niko Goodrum dropped Jon Jay’s grounder and made a wild throw that allowed the tiebreaking run to score in the ninth as Kansas City snapped a nine-game skid. Detroit won the opener on Jacoby Jones’ 10th-inning home run.

At Chicago, Justin Verlander (3-0) shut out Chicago on two hits and struck out five over six innings, Carlos Correa homered twice, and George Springer drove in four runs with two doubles as Houston won its fourth straight.

At Baltimore, Manny Machado homered to back Dylan Bundy (1-2), who held Cleveland to one run and struck out nine over six innings, and Trey Mancini had a two-run double as Baltimore halted a six-game slide.

At New York, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits and three RBIS in his major league debut for Toronto, which won for the ninth time in 11 games. Giancarlo Stanton ended a 50 at-bat homerless drought for New York.

At Arlington, Texas, Jean Segura hit a tworun double in Seattle’s four-run ninth after Mitch Haniger’s tying two-run homer in the eighth for the Mariners. Haniger and Kyle Seager had RBI singles in the ninth.

At Oakland, Calif., Mitch Moreland hit a grand slam, and Jackie Bradley Jr. added a three-run homer for Boston (17-2), which won its eighth straight and halted Oakland’s four-game win streak. eighth-inning fly ball. Ross ultimately allowed one run on one hit and struck out 10 in 7 2/3 innings. Cordero homered in the fourth.

At St. Louis, Yadier Molina hit a two-run double in the first to back Michael Wacha (3-1), who allowed one run on six hits in 6

2/3 innings to improve to 10-1 against Cincinnati and spoil Jim Riggleman’s debut as Reds manager.

At Los Angeles, Max Scherzer (4-1) held Los Angeles to one run on four hits and struck out nine over six innings to beat Clayton Kershaw (1-3) in the 13th all-time meeting of three-time Cy Young Award winners.

At Atlanta, Yoenis Cespedes, who struck out in his previous four at-bats, hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the 12th to score winning pitcher Robert Gsellman (2-0), who worked two scoreless innings.

At Milwaukee, Ryan Braun and Travis Shaw hit consecutive home runs, and Shaw and Christian Yelich each reached base four times to back Jhoulys Chacin (1-1), who allowed four hits over six shutout innings.

At Philadelphia, Odubel Herrera hit a goahead RBI triple in the eighth, and

Herrera, Cesar Hernandez, Carlos Santana and Maikel Franco had two hits apiece for Philadelphia, which is 7-1 at home.

At Denver, Javier Baez and Kyle Schwarber each had a home run and four RBIS for Chicago, which rode a seven-run sixth to victory. Baez totaled four hits and Schwarber three.