Hosmer, Bonifacio lead Royals to win
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Eric Hosmer and Jorge Bonifacio hit two-run homers, and the Kansas City Royals snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Bonifacio homered with two outs in the fourth after Alex Gordon doubled. It was his second home run in eight games since being promoted April 21 from Triple-A Omaha.
Hosmer’s two-out homer in the seventh inning with Christian Colon aboard finished the night for White Sox rookie starter Dylan Covey (0-2).
METS 7, BRAVES 5
ATLANTA—Michael Conforto homered and drove in three runs, and the Mets scored five times in the fourth inning off Julio Teheran before holding out to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Monday night.
On the day the Mets placed ace Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day DL with a partial tear of his right lat muscle, Robert Gsellman (1-2) almost blew an early 6-1 lead. Gsellman allowed five runs in fiveplus innings.
Five Mets relievers combined for four scoreless innings. Jeurys Familia pitched the ninth for his second save.
REDS 4, PIRATES 3, 10 INNINGS
CINCINNATI—Billy Hamilton hit an RBI double in the 10th inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.
Tucker Barnhart walked with one out in the 10th. Arismendy Alcantara pinchran for him and went to second on Daniel Hudson’s (0-1) errant pickoff attempt.
After a groundout, Hamilton lined a double to right, giving the Reds consecutive wins for the first time since completing a four-game winning streak on April 12.
Michael Lorenzen (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
TIGERS 7, INDIANS 1
DETROIT—The Detroit Tigers have figured out how to beat the Cleveland Indians after failing miserably against them last year.
Tyler Collins hit a three-run homer and Daniel Norris gave up only one run, helping Detroit beat Cleveland 7-1 on Monday night.
The Tigers took two of three in Cleveland last month and if they win Tuesday, they’ll match the number of wins they had against the AL Central champions in 2016. Cleveland was 23 games above .500 within the division in part because they beat the Tigers 14 out of 18 times.
BLUE JAYS 7, YANKEES 1
NEW YORK—A rare two-run sacrifice fly. Plenty of pop and pitching. Plus, a three-game winning streak for the first time in what’s been a rugged season.
It all had Toronto manager John Gibbons feeling pretty frisky — so much so, he phoned into the team’s fan reaction radio show after the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 7-1 Monday night.
Ryan Goins hit the first two-RBI sacrifice fly in the team’s 40-year history to go along with his two-run homer, backing a strong start from Marco Estrada.
ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 2
BOSTON—Manny Machado slugged a long homer out of Fenway Park, drove in two runs and made three solid plays at third base in his first game against Boston since a dustup with the Red Sox just over a week ago, carrying the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-2 victory Monday night.
Caleb Joseph added an RBI double for the Orioles, who beat Boston for the fourth time in six games this season.
In the teams’ last meeting at Camden Yards, reliever Matt Barnes sent a pitch that whizzed behind Machado’s head and hit the slugger’s bat. Barnes was suspended four games and fined. Machado had irked the Red Sox with a late slide into second baseman Dustin Pedroia’s left leg two days earlier.
Dylan Bundy (4-1) took a shutout into the eighth inning before being pulled after a run on three straight hits. He allowed two runs and five hits, walking four and striking out two.
Brad Brach got the final three outs for his fifth save.