AROUND THE HORN
■ Yankees, Orioles: Gio Urshela and Kyle Higashioka each hit two HRs, and the Yankees’ long-ball outburst against the Orioles reached historical proportions in a 14-2 blowout. It was the Yankees’ eighth straight victory. Urshela had a pair of two-run drives, and Higashioka totaled five RBIs with his two shots. It was the first career multihomer game for both. The Yankees have 11 players with multihomer games against the Orioles this season, breaking the record of 10 set by Giants against the Dodgers in 1958. Cameron Maybin also went deep for the Yankees, who tied a major league record with 16 HRs in a threegame series. The Yankees have hit 52 HRs against the Orioles this season, breaking their own major league mark of 48 against the Kansas City Athletics in 1956 . ... After Orioles manager Brandon Hyde leaned over and said something to Chris Davis in the dugout during the fifth inning, the first baseman lurched in Hyde’s direction and had to be restrained by teammate Mark Trumbo and hitting coach Don Long.
■ Mets: Michael Conforto homered twice, Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil hit two-run shots and the surging Mets beat the Marlins 7-2 to complete a four-game sweep. The host Mets posted their sixth straight victory, winning for the 13th time in 14 games. The Mets have swept the lastplace Marlins three times this season. Steven Matz (7-7) allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks over 62⁄3, striking out seven. He’s 5-0 with an 2.14 ERA in 10 starts at home this year. The Mets own an MLB-best 19-6 record since the All-Star break.
■ Braves, Twins: Ozzie Albies homered twice in his second straight four-hit game, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman both went deep, and the visiting Braves powered their way past the Twins 11-7. Max Fried (13-4) used a seasonhigh 10 strikeouts to win his fourth consecutive start. The Twins turned a triple play in the third. It was their second triple play in less than three weeks . ... Braves rookie OF Austin Riley was placed on the IL after suffering a knee ligament injury while working out in the weight room Tuesday. He’s hitting .242 with 17 HRs and 45 RBIs in 66 games.
■ Extra innings: Brewers slugger Christian Yelich sat out a second straight game against the Pirates and is day to day after aggravating his nagging back injury . ... Russell Martin drove a two-run, two-out single up the middle in the ninth to complete a three-game sweep of the visiting Cardinals with a 2-1 victory. It was the Dodgers’ fifth straight victory and 10th walk-off win of the season. The Cards went 0-5 on their California road trip . ... Ian Happ hit his second career grand slam, Jose Quintana tossed two-hit ball through seven innings to win his sixth straight decision and the host Cubs beat the A’s 10-1. The NL Central leaders won for the fifth time in six games . ... Gerardo Parra hit a threerun HR against his former team, Joe Ross pitched six shutout innings and the Nationals completed a three-game sweep of the Giants with a 4-1 road win.