Phillies roll past sinking New York

Philadelphia wins 7th game in a row

Brad Miller homered twice and the first-place Philadelphia Phillies withstood a ninth-inning rally Saturday night for their seventh consecutive victory, 53, against the sinking New York Mets.

Odubel Herrera hit a threerun homer and doubled for the host Phillies, who increased their NL East Division lead on New York to 1½ games. It is Philadelphia’s longest winning streak since September 2012.

The Mets have lost 6 of 7 and 8 of 10. They had just two hits before Michael Conforto, Jonathan Villar and James McCann started the ninth with three consecutive homers to match a club record.

Two more batters reached base before new closer Ian Kennedy struck out slumping Pete Alonso and J.D. Davis for his 18th save and second with the Phillies.

Phillies manager Joe Girardi had Kennedy ready to start the ninth, but he chose to bring in 25-year-old rookie lefty Mauricio Llovera after Miller’s solo homer in the eighth made it 5-0.

Other games

Cardinals 5, Royals 2: Nolan Arenado homered and pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter delivered a tiebreaking double as host St. Louis beat Kansas City.

Nationals 3, Braves 2: Riley Adams’ two-run homer in the ninth gave visiting Washington the lead and the Nationals rallied with three runs off Atlanta closer Will Smith for the win.

White Sox 4, Cubs 0: Carlos Rodón struck out 11 in five stellar innings and Cesar Hernandez and José Abreu hit back-to-back home runs as the visiting White Sox blanked the Cubs. It was the White Sox’s second consecutive win in the crosstown series at Wrigley Field.

Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0: Marcus Semien hit a walk-off home run to begin the seventh and host Toronto beat skidding Boston in the opening game of a doubleheader.

Yankees 5, Mariners 4: Aaron Judge and Rougned Odor homered and host New York capitalized on a three base error by right fielder Mitch Haniger to beat Seattle and win for the 10th time in 12 games.

Athletics 12, Rangers 3: Matt Olson matched his career high with four hits, including a two-run double as part of Oakland’s seven-run third inning, and the Athletics beat visiting Texas, handing the Rangers their 13th consecutive road loss.

Rays 12, Orioles 3: Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and Nelson Cruz homered for the second game in a row as visiting Tampa Bay maintained its dominance of Baltimore.

Astros 4, Twins 0: Yordan Alvarez hit the 50th home run of his career and rookie Luis Garcia pitched six scoreless innings to help host Houston beat Minnesota.

Notes

The New York Yankees placed closer Aroldis Chapman on the 10-day injured list because of inflammation in his left elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Chapman experienced a little inflammation last weekend in Miami but an MRI came back clean.

• Infielder Jonathan Schoop and the Detroit Tigers agreed to a $15 million, twoyear contract covering 2022 and 2023. Schoop is hitting .289 and has a team-best 64 RBIs.