Royals end Rays’ winning streak
The Tampa Bay Rays’ 11-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday night when Brad Keller pitched seven strong innings and Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking RBI single to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory.
Rich Hill struck out a career-high 13 for the Rays. Tampa Bay’s winning string was the second-longest in club history, one shy of the record set in 2004 by the then-Devil Rays managed by Lou Piniella.
Hill became the oldest player to appear in a game with the Rays at 41 years, 75 days. Hall of Famer Wade Boggs was 41 years, 73 days old when he played his final game in 1999.
WHITE SOX 8, CARDINALS 3 » Lucas Giolito beat Jack Flaherty in a major league matchup of former Harvard-Westlake High teammates, leading Chicago over sloppy St. Louis.
Giolito (4-4) pitched six innings of two-run ball in his second straight win, easily getting the better of Flaherty (8-1), who leads the majors in wins but lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his shortest outing of the season.
José Abreu homered and drove in four runs for Chicago, and St. Louis committed a season-high three errors.
METS 3, ROCKIES 1 » Jacob deGrom struck out nine in a successful return from the injured list and Tomás Nido hit a tiebreaking homer to send depleted New York past Colorado.
BLUE JAYS 6, YANKEES 2 » Steven Matz returned to New York with his finest outing in two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his major league-leading 16th home run and Toronto stopped its six-game losing streak and the Yankees’ six-game winning streak. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Randal Grichuk homered for Toronto, and Matz (62) gave up one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings, struck out 10 and walked none.
PADRES 7, BREWERS 1 » Joe Musgrove and three relievers combined on a twohitter and San Diego got to Milwaukee ace Corbin Burnes by matching a season-high six stolen bases.
San Diego ran like crazy on a night when Burnes (24) was uncharacteristically wild and scored four runs against the right-hander in six innings, spiking his ERA from 1.79 to 2.33. Burnes issued three free passes, hit a batter and threw a wild pitch.
CUBS 4, PIRATES 3 » Joc Pederson hit two homers and Jake Arrieta beat Pittsburgh for the third time this season. Arrieta (5-4) went five innings and gave up three runs — two earned — on five hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Four Cubs relievers combined for four scoreless frames, with Craig Kimbrel working the ninth for his 10th save. The bullpen has allowed one unearned run over its last 29 2/3 innings.
BRAVES 3, RED SOX 1 » Pablo Sandoval had three hits and Charlie Morton pitched out of early trouble to lead Atlanta.
TIGERS 4, INDIANS 1 » Aaron Civale dominated Detroit again, taking a shutout into the ninth inning in Cleveland’s victory. Civale (7-1) improved to 6-0 with a 2.19 ERA in seven career starts against the Tigers.
REDS 2, NATIONALS 1 » Eugenio Suarez homered, Tyler Mahle allowed three hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings to pace Cincinnati.
PHILLIES 2, MARLINS 0 » Vince Velasquez pitched three-hit ball for six innings, Rhys Hoskins homered and Philadelphia defeated Miami.
TWINS 7, ORIOLES 4 » Rob Refsnyder homered and doubled twice, Jorge Polanco also homered and Minnesota handed Baltimore its eighth straight loss.