South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)

AROUND THE HORN

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▪Nationals: Victor Robles homered, singled twice and drove in a career-high six runs as the Nationals beat the Rockies 13-7 on Saturday in the first game of a split doublehead­er. Riley Adams homered and scored three times for the Nationals, who have won three straight for the first time this season. Robles singled his first two times up. After Colorado rallied within 8-7 in the top of the fourth, he answered in the bottom half with his first homer of the season, a three-run drive.

▪ Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi pitched a seven-hitter for his first career complete game, and the Red Sox beat the Orioles 5-3 in the opener of a day-night doublehead­er. The Red Sox posted their eighth win in 10 games after blowing two six-run leads in a loss on Friday night. The game was tied at 3-3 before slumping Bobby Dalbec’s pinch-hit homer in the sixth.

▪ Rays: Corey Kluber and Gerrit Cole dueled evenly for six impressive innings before the Rays scored a pair of late runs to beat the Yankees 3-1, ending their four-game winning streak. Yandy Diaz had a tiebreakin­g infield in the seventh and Manuel Margot extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single in the eighth.

▪ Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom says his injured right shoulder blade feels “completely normal” and he’s waiting for the team’s medical staff to clear him to resume throwing off a mound. DeGrom has been sidelined since late in spring training with a stress reaction in his scapula. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner played catch Friday out to 135 feet, but he’s still not sure when he’ll throw his first bullpen or be ready for game action.

▪ Cardinals: Nolan Gorman hit his first major league homer and Matthew Liberatore earned his first major league win, helping the Cardinals beat the Brewers 8-3. Liberatore (1-0), the organizati­on’s minor league player of the year for last season, pitched around a couple of Gorman errors in five scoreless innings. He allowed two hits, struck out six and walked three.

▪ Guardians: José Ramírez homered and drove in five runs, leading Shane Bieber and the Guardians to an 8-1 victory over the Tigers. Ramírez hit a three-run triple in the seventh inning and a two-run shot in the ninth for his 12th homer. Bieber allowed one run and eight hits in a season-high eight innings.

▪ Marlins: Sandy Alcantara matched his career high with 14 strikeouts, dominating the Braves for the second time in a week in a 4-1 win. Alcantara allowed only four hits with no walks in eight innings.

▪ Braves: Looking to upgrade its outfield defense, the team called up top prospect Michael Harris from Double-A Mississipp­i. Harris, 21, started in center field and batted ninth against the Marlins. He achieved his first big-league with a single in the sixth inning.

▪ Royals: Rookie Bobby Witt Jr. delivered three more doubles for his second straight three-hit game and the Royals beat the Twins 7-3. A double shy of hitting for the cycle Friday, Witt doubled in his first two at-bats, both times driving home Andrew Benintendi.

▪ White Sox: LHP Dallas Keuchel was designated for assignment. Keuchel is 2-5 with a 7.88 ERA in eight starts this year. He signed a $55.5 million, three-year contract with the White Sox in December 2019. Keuchel won the AL Cy Young Award in 2015, going 20-8 with a 2.48 ERA in 33 starts.

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