McCullers blanks Royals for a while

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Lance McCullers took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in a five-run ninth as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Thursday night.

Lorenzo Cain’s one-out triple in the seventh ended McCuller’s no-hit bid.

Will Harris (2-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win.

YANKEES 9, RED SOX 1

NEW YORK — Gary Sanchez homered twice to drive in five runs and New York pounded David Price.

GIANTS 9, BREWERS 5, 10 INNINGS

MILWAUKEE — Hunter Pence’s RBI single opened the scoring in a four-run 10th inning, and San Francisco overcame a rough outing by closer Mark Melancon for a wild victory.

MARLINS 7, PIRATES 1

PITTSBURGH — Edinson Volquez followed his no-hitter by pitching seven scoreless innings and Miami beat Pittsburgh.

REDS 5, CARDINALS 2

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto had a two-run homer among his four hits, Adam Duvall had three hits off Mike Leake and Cincinnati completed a four-game sweep.

BRAVES 3, PHILLIES 1

ATLANTA — R.A. Dickey allowed only three hits in seven innings to earn his first win in five weeks and lead Atlanta over rookie Ben Lively (1-1) and Philadelphia.