AROUND THE HORN
Rays: Taylor Walls and Ji-Man Choi homered for the Rays’ only hits, and the hosts scored two runs in the seventh inning on four walks and a hit batter in a 4-2 win over the Yankees on Sunday that gained a fourgame split. Walls, in a 1-for34 slide, homered on a 3-1 fastball from Luis Severino (3-1) for a 2-1 lead in the fifth and then made an outstanding defensive play to end the eighth. Gleyber Torres had three hits, including a second-inning HR. Torres’ ninth HR of the season in 161 plate appearances matched his total in 516 last season. Aaron Judge hit his MLB-best 18th HR.
Dodgers: Tyler Anderson threw six effective innings, Will Smith added a solo HR and the visiting Dodgers swept a four-game series from the Diamondbacks with a 3-1 win. Anderson (6-0) continued his streak of great pitching, giving the Dodgers’ rotation a much-needed lift after injuries to Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney. The veteran left-hander scattered five hits and has given up just two earned runs over his last 21 innings, spanning three starts that all ended in wins. It was a rough offensive series for the Diamondbacks, who totaled eight runs over the four losses. Dodgers SS Trea Turner pushed his hitting streak to 21 games with a single in the sixth. It’s the longest current hitting streak in the majors.
Brewers: Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a three-run HR to lead the Brewers to an 8-0 win over the Cardinals. Lorenzo Cain and Rowdy Tellez also homered for the Brewers, who gained a split of the four-game set. The Brewers have won four of six and stretched their road record to 13-10. Burnes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, passed the 10-strikeout mark for the fourth game in a row with 11. Burnes (3-2) threw 70 strikes out of 99 pitches, allowing just two hits and one walk. The Cards’ Paul Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the ninth. He has reached base safely in a career-best 34 consecutive games.
Nationals, Rockies: Juan Soto snapped a 15-gameHR drought with a two-run shot, Tanner Rainey got the final five outs and the Nationals held off the Rockies 6-5. Soto added a double and a walk for the Nats, who took three of four from the Rockies to win their first series at home. Lane Thomas had a two-run HR. Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (1-5) exited with a foot injury with two outs in the sixth. Manager Bud Black didn’t think Freeland will need to go on the IL.
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Twins’ Sonny Gray and Royals’ Zack Greinke left the Twins’ 7-3 home win with injuries. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said Gray felt “minor pec tightness” for a couple of pitches and underwent an MRI. The 38-yearold Greinke “had some issue in his forearm ... the elbow area,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said . ... SS Tim Anderson will be placed on the IL after leaving the White Sox’s 5-4 extra-inning win over the Cubs with a strained right groin. White Sox manager Tony La Russa said the severity of Anderson’s injury would be known Monday . ... Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was scratched from the lineup against the Angels with soreness in his left wrist. Guerrero had played in 266 of the Jays’ previous 268 games dating to 2020.