A record-setting day for Toronto
Blue Jays score 28 runs in rout of Bosox
BOSTON — Raimel Tapia hit an inside-the-park grand slam after a misplay by Boston center fielder Jarren Duran and the Toronto Blue Jays set a franchise record for runs in a game, rolling past the Red Sox 28-5 on Friday night.
Toronto came within two runs of the modern major league record for runs in a game after stranding two in the ninth inning with Boston infielder Yolmer Sánchez on the mound.
Every Blue Jays starter had at least two hits, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. tied Frank Catalanotto’s franchise record with six.
Danny Jansen homered twice and drove in six runs. Matt Chapman and Teoscar Hernández added solo homers for the Blue Jays, who topped their previous single-game mark of 24 runs set June 26, 1976 against the Baltimore Orioles.
The 28 runs are the most ever yielded by a Red Sox team, eclipsing the previous mark in a 27-3 loss to Cleveland in 1923.
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 6: In Baltimore, Aaron Judge extended his major league-leading home run total to 36 with a pair of towering shots as New York edged Baltimore.
Judge has six home runs in his last seven games. Joey Gallo also connected for the Yankees, who improved to 65-30 — the best record in the majors.
Lucas Luetge (3-3) earned the win after starter Jameson Taillon lasted just 2 2/3 innings — his shortest start of the season.
BRAVES 8, ANGELS 1: In Atlanta, Shohei Ohtani threw six dominant innings, only to surrender homers to Matt Olson and Orlando Arcia in a stunning outburst that carried Atlanta past Los Angeles.
The reigning World Series champions resumed their winning ways following the AllStar break, getting six shutout innings from Charlie Morton and a sudden dose of long ball after looking totally overmatched by Ohtani (9-5).
Ohtani appeared to run out of steam in the seventh. Olson hit a two-run homer, his 18th homer of the season and fifth in the last seven games. Eddie Rosario had an RBI single and Arcia hit a three-run homer that finished off Ohtani. Atlanta scored a seventh run via a wild pitch.
PADRES 4, METS 1: In New York,Yu Darvish dominated New York again, and Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer off Max
Scherzer (6-2) for San Diego.
Trent Grisham also went deep for the Padres in the opener of a three-game series between NL playoff contenders.
Darvish (9-4) struck out nine and walked one in seven innings. He allowed four hits, including a two-out RBI double by Luis Guillorme that spoiled the shutout bid in the seventh.
GUARDIANS 8, WHITE SOX 2: In Chicago, All-Star Andrés Giménez homered, Josh Naylor drove in three runs and Cleveland beat Chicago.
The Guardians rolled to their fourth straight win, pounding White Sox starter Lucas Giolito in the opener of a fourgame series between two of the top three teams in the tight AL Central.
Giménez made it 4-0 in the first when he lined a two-run homer to right. The Guardians scored two more in the second to go up 6-0.
RAYS 7, ROYALS 3: In Kansas City, Mo., Yandy Diaz hit a three-run double, Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over five innings and Tampa Bay earned a victory over Kansas City.
Diaz capped a four-run fourth inning with his bases-loaded bloop down the left-field line to give the Rays a 5-1 lead.
Rasmussen (6-3) allowed an earned run and seven hits, walked one and struck out four.
CUBS 15, PHILLIES 2: In Philadelphia, Nelson Velázquez hit two late homers and drove in five runs, Seiya Suzuki and Willson Contreras also went deep and Chicago routed Philadelphia.
Ian Happ and Suzuki each had four hits and Christopher Morel added three hits for the Cubs, who won their second in a row after losing nine straight.
Kyle Schwarber upped his NLleading home run total to 30 with a solo drive in the first inning for the Phillies. Darick Hall contributed a pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth.
MARLINS 8, PIRATES 1: In Pittsburgh, Joey Wendle had three hits and two RBIs, Braxton Garrett pitched six sharp innings and Miami emphatically ended its 37-inning scoreless streak by beating Pittsburgh.
Avisail Garcia also stopped Miami’s nine-game streak without a home run, which was one short of the club record, with a solo shot in the eighth that capped the scoring.
Garrett (2-3), a rookie lefthander, beat the Pirates for the second time in eight days by pitching one-run ball and allowing two hits. He struck out seven and walked one.
REDS 9, CARDINALS 5: In Cincinnati, Joey Votto, Donovan Solano and Jonathan India homered, Tyler Naquin drove in four runs and Cincinnati opened the second half of the season with a win over St. Louis.
The Reds roughed up Adam Wainwright after losing three of their last four games following a season-high, five-game winning streak. Wainwright (6-8) was tagged for a season-high seven runs in 5 1/3 innings — as many runs as the veteran right-hander allowed in five May starts.
DIAMONDBACKS 10, NATIONALS 1: In Phoenix, Zac Gallen threw seven innings of shutout ball, Ketel Marte added a threerun homer and Arizona started their second half of the season with a win over Washington.
The Nationals lost for the 16th time in 18 games.
Gallen (5-2) took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning before César Hernández sent a soft liner with two outs that deflected off Gallen’s glove and fell behind the mound. Gallen, shortstop Geraldo Perdomo and Marte all converged on the ball, but no one had time to throw out the speedy Hernández.
Gallen gave up two hits, struck out seven and walked none.
Marte launched his ninth homer of the season in the third, giving the D-backs a 4-0 lead. He hit a changeup from lefty Patrick Corbin (4-13) to center field where it just cleared the wall above the 413-foot sign.
Note
DEATH: Dwight Smith, a runner-up for NL rookie of the year who played on Atlanta’s World Series-winning team in 1995, died Friday, the Braves announced. He was 58.