Kershaw impresses in win over Rockies

Clayton Kershaw held Colorado to four hits and a run over seven strong innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Rockies 61 on Saturday night in Denver.

Chris Taylor homered, tripled and drove in three runs and AJ Pollock also hit a home run for the NL West leaders.

Kershaw (62) threw just 86 pitches — 59 for strikes — while striking out six and not walking a batter.

Kevin Pillar had two hits and Raimel Tapia doubled and scored for the scuffling Rockies. Colorado has lost four straight.

Taylor hit a tworun triple in the first and then homered leading off the fourth, his seventh of the season, to put the Dodgers ahead 31.

Pollock hit his 12th home run of the season in the seventh to give L.A. a majorleaguehigh 100 this season. The Dodgers scored two more on a wild pitch by reliever Mychal Givens and a throwing error on a pickoff attempt that allowed Mookie Betts to score from second base. Yankees 8, Red Sox 0: J.A. Happ pitched eight scoreless innings, Clint Frazier hit a two-run home run and visiting New York beat Boston for its 10th consecutive win.

Rays 3, Orioles 1: Charlie Morton pitched five effective innings and visiting Tampa Bay used home runs by Yoshi Tsutsugo and Randy Arozarena to beat Baltimore.

White Sox 5, Reds 0: Tim Anderson hit two of visiting Chicago’s five solo homers, and the White Sox took another step toward the AL Central title.

Tigers 5, Indians 2: Eric Haase and Daz Cameron hit RBI singles during a four-run eighth inning, and host Detroit won its first game following manager Ron Gardenhire’s retirement.

Phillies 3, Blue Jays 1: Vince Velasquez pitched six strong innings, and Andrew McCutchen hit the go-ahead single in the fifth inning as host Philadelphia beat Toronto.

Astros 3, Diamondbacks 2: Jose Altuve drove in two runs, Kyle Tucker had a tie-breaking single and host Houston won to get back to .500.

Brewers 5, Royals 0: Corbin Burnes threw six solid innings of four-hit ball, and Ryan Braun hit a two-run homer in host Milwaukee’s four-run eighth inning.

Marlins 7, Nationals 3: Miguel Rojas and Garrett Cooper each had a double and a homer to lead host Miami.

Twins 8, Cubs 1: At Wrigley Field, Chicago’s Alec Mills followed up his no-hitter by allowing two homers as Minnesota rolled. Josh Donaldson, Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario homered for the Twins.

Cardinals 5, Pirates 4: Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run double to end a no-hit bid started by Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller, and visiting St. Louis, down 4-0, rallied to win.

Mets 7, Braves 2: Rookie David Peterson struck out NL batting leader Freddie Freeman three times and fanned a career-high 10 in six sharp innings for host New York.