Red Sox extinguish Twins’ win streak
Ceddanne Rafaela and Rafael Devers hit two-run home runs and the Boston Red Sox pulled away for a 9-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Vaughn Grissom and Dominic Smith added tworun doubles for Boston, which avoided a threegame sweep in the series finale. Rob Refsnyder had an RBI double. Ryan Jeffers hit a solo home run for the Twins, whose 12-game winning streak ended. Trevor Larnach went 2for-4 with an RBI. Minnesota lost for the first time since falling at home on April 21 against the Detroit Tigers. The 12-game winning streak was the Twins’ longest since a franchise-best 15-game streak in 1991.
Rays 7, Mets 6 (10 innings):
Jonny DeLuca’s walk-off, two-run triple in extra innings propelled Tampa Bay to a win and a series sweep of New York in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, Teoscar Hernandez also went deep and lefthander James Paxton pitched into the seventh inning as host Los Angeles finished off a three-game
Dodgers 5, Braves 1:
sweep of Atlanta.
Yankees 5, Tigers 2 (8 innings):
Juan Soto hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the seventh and host New York completed a three-game series sweep by defeating Detroit in a game that was called early due to rain.
Nationals 11, Blue Jays 8:
Eddie Rosario’s seventhinning two-run homer broke an 8-8 tie and host Washington went on to beat Toronto.
Pirates 5, Rockies 3:
Oneil Cruz doubled and hit a two-run homer as Pittsburgh rallied from an early deficit to edge visiting Colorado in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Guardians 4, Angels 1:
Jose Ramirez hit a slumpbusting, go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth, then scored two innings later on Josh Naylor’s home run as Cleveland downed visiting Los Angeles.
Mariners 5, Astros 4:
Cal Raleigh slugged a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning as Seattle rallied to knock off host Houston in the rubber match of a three-game series, claiming its sixth consecutive series win. Rangers 3, Royals 2 (10 innings): Nathaniel Lowe delivered a 10th-inning RBI single, lifting visiting
Texas to a victory over Kansas City.
White Sox 5, Cardinals 1: Paul DeJong had two doubles, two runs and an RBI against his old team as visiting Chicago defeated St. Louis.
Cubs 5, Brewers 0: Nico Hoerner sparked a threerun fifth inning to break a scoreless stalemate while Javier Assad pitched six shutout innings in Chicago’s victory over visiting Milwaukee.
Marlins 12, Athletics 3:
Nick Gordon collected two singles, a double and a home run, drove in three runs and scored twice as Miami avoided an interleague series sweep at the hands of host Oakland.
Diamondbacks 11, Padres 4:
Jake McCarthy went 3-for-4 with three runs as Arizona topped San Diego in Phoenix to avoid being swept in a three-game series.
Orioles 11, Reds 1: Dean Kremer allowed one hit over six scoreless innings as visiting Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of punchless Cincinnati. Phillies 5, Giants 4: Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run and J.T. Realmuto had three hits for Philadelphia.