Red Sox trounce Nationals; Rockies bury Giants
WASHINGTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer during a six-run fifth inning, J.D. Martinez and Eduardo Nunez also went deep, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 11-4 on Tuesday.
Martinez drove in four and leads the majors with 26 homers and 71 RBIs. Boston has won 17 of its last 19 interleague games.
Washington has lost four straight and 16 of 21 to fall to 42-42, its first time at .500 since it was 17-17.
YANKEES 8, BRAVES 5
In New York, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks and Kyle Higashioka each homered and the Yankees went ahead early and hung on to beat Atlanta.
Aaron Judge had two hits and a walk, and he stole two bases for the first time in his career. Hicks also walked twice as New York drew eight free passes.
The Yankees improved to a major league-best 21-6 against left-handed starters.
INDIANS 6, ROYALS 4
In Kansas City, Mo., Yan Gomes hit a sixth-inning grand slam as Cleveland rallied to beat the Royals.
The Indians lead the AL with eight grand slams. Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam Monday.
Edwin Encarnacion led off the sixth with a walk and Brandon Guyer was hit by a pitch from Danny Duffy (4-8). Yonder Alonso’s infield single loaded the bases. Gomes drove a 1-0 Duffy pitch into the left-field bullpen.
PHILLIES 3, ORIOLES 2
In Philadelphia, Zach Eflin pitched seven strong innings for his sixth straight victory and Andrew Knapp had the winning hit for the second straight game.
Rhys Hoskins had a two-run double for the Phillies, who have won 11 of 16.
Mark Trumbo homered for Baltimore, which has dropped eight of nine.
CUBS 5, TIGERS 3
In Chicago, Anthony Rizzo drove in his second run of the game in the seventh inning to snap a tie, Kyle Schwarber followed with a solo homer in the eighth and the Cubs rebounded from an early three-run deficit to edge Detroit for its fifth straight win.
With one out in the seventh, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist singled off reliever Daniel Stumpf (1-4). Rizzo’s slow bouncer up the middle resulted in a force of Zobrist at second, but Jose Iglesias’ throw to first was too late to double up Rizzo and Heyward scored from third to put Chicago ahead for the first time, 4-3.
BREWERS 2, TWINS 0
In Milwaukee, Eric Thames hit a two-run homer and three pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout as the Brewers beat Minnesota.
The Twins fell to 1-7 on their current nine-game road trip.
Milwaukee broke through in the fifth against starter Jake Odorizzi (3-6) when pinch-hitter Nate Orf walked and stole second before Thames hit his 12th home run of the season, a liner that barely cleared the right-field fence.
BLUE JAYS 8, METS 6
In Toronto, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the eighth inning and Toronto rallied from a five-run deficit to beat New York.
Yangervis Solarte hit a tying three-run home run off Robert Gsellman in the seventh before Gurriel went deep off Tim Peterson (1-1) in the eighth as the Blue Jays won for the 11th time in 14 home games.
ROCKIES 8, GIANTS 1
In Denver, Antonio Senzatela pitched seven scoreless innings in his first start of the season, Nolan Arenado hit his NL-leading 22nd home run and Colorado beat San Francisco.
Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon had three hits, including his first homer since June 20. Trevor Story had an RBI triple for the Rockies, who have won five of six.
Senzatela (3-1), recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Albuquerque, struck out four and walked none while limiting the Giants to three hits.
ASTROS 5, RANGERS 3
In Arlington, Texas, Josh Reddick and Tony Kemp homered, Dallas Keuchel worked seven solid innings to win for only the second time in his last nine starts and Houston beat Texas.
Houston is 11-4 this season against its instate division rival, with seven consecutive road wins in the series.
ATHLETICS 6, PADRES 2
In Oakland, Calif., Jed Lowrie hit a bases-loaded, bases-clearing double in the decisive sixth, Mark Canha added a solo homer that inning, and the Athletics rallied to beat San Diego. Chad Pinder added a solo homer in the seventh.
The A’s finally got to San Diego starter Clayton Richard (7-8) in the sixth. Pinder walked to start the sixth as the first five hitters reached base.
WHITE SOX 12, REDS 8
In Cincinnati, Daniel Palka and Avisail Garcia each homered twice, and Yoan Moncada tripled with the bases loaded in the 12th inning as Chicago pulled off its biggest comeback of the season.
Trailing 7-2 after five innings, the White Sox pulled even in the ninth on Garcia’s solo homer off Raisel Iglesias, then pulled it out with the help of a couple of Reds errors.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ISOTOPES 11, CHIHUAHUAS 5
In El Paso, Daniel Castro homered and had four hits, driving in three, and Jon Gray allowed just two hits over six innings as the Isotopes topped the Chihuahuas.
Gray (1-0) allowed two runs while striking out six to pick up the win.
Albuquerque started the scoring with a big third inning, when it crossed the plate for four runs, including a solo home run by Castro.
The Isotopes later added two runs in the fourth, one in the eighth, and four in the ninth to secure the victory.
Colin Rea (1-2) went four innings, allowing six runs and nine hits. He also struck out two and walked one.