Story hits 3 homers
Shortstop leads Boston to a win over Seattle with his power display
Trevor Story had three homers, four hits and seven RBIS to help the Boston Red Sox rally from a four-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 12-6 Thursday night.
Story slugged a pair of tworun homers and a three-run shot in the eighth, and he also singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth with the help of a wild throw. In the first season of a $140, six-year contract, Story had just two homers in 32 games entering Thursday.
Jackie Bradley Jr. added an RBI double off the Green Monster as Boston scored nine straight runs and won for the fifth time in seven games.
The Red Sox got four scoreless innings of relief from Tanner Houck (3-3) after Seattle roughed up starter Rich Hill over the first two innings for a 4-0 lead.
Padres 2, Phillies 0: Yu Darvish escaped a jam and retired $179 million of offense in Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos in a key spot, pitching seven shutout innings to lead San Diego past Philadelphia.
Reds 4, Guardians 2: Tyler Naquin homered in the fifth inning and scored on Kyle Farmer’s go-ahead single in the eighth, leading Cincinnati past Cleveland for the first series sweep of its Ohio neighbors since 2014.
White Sox 7, Royals 4: Luis Robert homered and drove in four runs as Chicago rallied past Kansas City.
Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 1: Zac Gallen pitched five effective innings, Daulton Varsho homered and Arizona beat Chicago.
Astros 5, Rangers 1: Martin Maldonado hit a three-run double and Jose Altuve added a season-high four hits to back a strong start by Framber Valdez as Houston topped Texas.
Notes: Three-time All-star infielder Matt Carpenter was released by Texas from its Triple-a team and became a free agent . ... The Cubs activated right-hander Marcus Stroman from the COVID-19 injured list.