Yankees push win streak to 9 games
KANSAS CITY, MO. >> Aaron Judge homered twice to run his long-ball streak to three straight games, added the tying RBI in the seventh inning and helped the New York Yankees rally past the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Sunday for their ninth straight win.
Judge has hit five home runs in his last five games and eight this season. His checked-swing groundout, which traveled about 30 feet, tied the game in the seventh after the Yankees had loaded the bases against Dylan Coleman (01) with nobody out. Josh Donaldson followed it with a go-ahead grounder that gave New York the lead for good.
ANGELS 6, WHITE SOX 5 >> Mike Trout homered, doubled and scored three runs, Michael Lorenzen pitched into the ninth inning and Los Angeles held off Chicago for its seventh win in eight games.
MARINERS 7, MARLINS 3 >> Logan Gilbert kept up his run of impressive starts, Julio Rodríguez hit his first major league homer and the Seattle ended Miami's seven-game winning streak.
DODGERS 6, TIGERS 3 >> Walker Buehler (3-1) pitched five scoreless innings and Los Angeles beat Detroit and overcame Miguel Cabrera's 503rd career home run and his first this season.
PADRES 5, PIRATES 2 >> Joe Musgrove struck out eight over seven solid innings and San Diego beat Pittsburgh in a game that was delayed 1 hour, 22 minutes at the start by a line of heavy rain showers.
BLUE JAYS 3, ASTROS 2 >> Santiago Espinal drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette added a two-run homer and Toronto edged Houston.
CUBS 2, BREWERS 0 >> Marcus Stroman threw two-hit ball for seven innings, outpitching Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and leading Chicago over Milwaukee.
RANGERS 7, BRAVES 3 >> Adolis Garcia highlighted a three-hit, four-RBI day with a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to help Texas beat Atlanta.
CARDINALS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5 >> Harrison Bader and Nolan Arenado homered in the seventh inning to help St. Louis rally past Arizona and win for the third time in five games and salvage a split of the four-game series.
TWINS 9, RAYS 3 >> Jorge Polanco drove in four runs with a pair of doubles, Carlos Correa had his fourth straight game with multiple hits and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay.
ROCKIES 10, REDS 1 >> Kyle Freeland tossed seven strong innings for his first win of the season and Colorado completed a series sweep of struggling Cincinnati.
ORIOLES 9, RED SOX 5 >> Jordan Lyles pitched six gritty innings, Rougned Odor homered in a six-run sixth and Baltimore beat skidding Boston.
METS 10, PHILLIES 6 >> Dominic Smith went 4 for 4 with three RBIs to back an inconsistent Max Scherzer, and New York won its seventh straight series to begin the season.