Albany Times Union (Sunday)

Burger, Giolito power White Sox

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CHICAGO — Jake Burger hit a three-run double in the sixth inning, helping Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday.

Yoán Moncada had two RBIs as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games. Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. each scored two runs.

Giolito (3-3) permitted one run and six hits in six innings. The right-hander has a 2.66 ERA his last eight starts.

Nationals 5, Tigers 2:

Patrick Corbin won consecutiv­e starts for the first time since last summer and Lane Thomas had a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning that led host Washington past Detroit and stopped a four-game losing streak.

Braxton Garrett and three relievers combined on a three-hitter, and Miami scored an unearned run in the eighth inning on a Jon Berti single to beat host San Francisco.

Marlins 1, Giants 0:

Astros 3, Athletics 2:

Yordan Alvarez hit a tiebreakin­g home run in the eighth inning to propel host Houston to a win over Oakland.

Phillies 12, Cubs 3:

Aaron Nola struck out 10 in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber hit a grand slam and host Philadelph­ia snapped a five-game losing streak.

Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5:

Ryan Mountcastl­e scored the goahead run in the 10th inning when third baseman Matt Chapman's throw hit him in the back on Austin Hays' grounder, and Baltimore beat host Toronto to become the second team to reach 30 wins.

Rays 8, Brewers 4:

Harold Ramírez, Yandy Díaz and Christian Bethancour­t homered, and major league-leading Tampa Bay beat Milwaukee in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Diamondbac­ks 4, Pirates 3:

Pavin Smith hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift Arizona past host Pittsburgh.

Rangers 11, Rockies 5:

Corey Seager had a two-run home run among three hits and Jon Gray won in his first start against his former club as host Texas beat Colorado.

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