Jays coming on strong
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 40th homer, Marcus Semien went deep twice and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-0 on Monday for their fifth straight win.
Hyun Jin Ryu pitched six effective innings as the Blue Jays won for the eighth time in nine games. Toronto also improved to 5-2 in the Bronx this year.
Guerrero hit his 40th homer on Jameson Taillon’s 13th pitch. The slugger and his Hall of Famer father joined Cecil and Prince Fielder as the second father-son duo to hit 40 homers. Guerrero finished with three hits, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games.
Semien hit a solo drive in the first and Toronto’s sixth grand slam of the season in the ninth.
Astros 11, Mariners 2 — Rookie Jake Meyers homered and drove in four runs as Houston jumped on Yusei Kikuchi early and sailed to a win over Seattle.
Royals 3, Baltimore 2 — Andrew Benintendi hit a goahead single in the eighth inning, then reached above the left field wall to take away a potential tying home run from Anthony Santander to in the ninth, sending Kansas City over Baltimore.
Twins 5, Indians 2 — Jorge Polanco hit a solo homer and doubled three times, leading Minnesota to the victory over Cleveland.
National League
Dodgers 5, Cardinals 1 — Max Scherzer struck out 13 in his hometown and Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer, leading Los Angeles over St. Louis.
Scherzer permitted one unearned run and six hits in eight innings. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is six strikeouts away from becoming the 19th player in big league history to reach 3,000.
Phillies 12, Brewers 0 —Bryce Harper hit an early home run, Brad Miller connected twice and Jean Segura added a grand slam, leading Philadelphia to a romp over Milwaukee.
Andrew McCutchen and Freddy Galvis also homered as the Phillies won for the eighth time in the last 10 games.
Cubs 4, Reds 3 — Frank Schwindel hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, and Chicago topped Cincinnati for its season-high seventh straight win.
Schwindel’s hit through the right side scored Alfonso Rivas, who started the rally with a pinch-hit single off Michael Lorenzen and advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Nationals 4, Mets 3 — Carter Kieboom and Andrew Stevenson hit RBI singles in the ninth inning off Edwin Díaz, and Washington edged New York in the finale of a fivegame series.
Pete Alonso hit his 30th home run of the season for the Mets, who fell four games behind idle Atlanta in the NL East.
Interleague
Pirates 6, Tigers 3 — Ke’Bryan Hayes and Yoshi Tsutsugo each hit a two-run single during Pittsburgh’s four-run seventh inning, and the Pirates beat Detroit to stop their sixgame losing streak.