Astros roll to 11th consecutive win
Jose Altuve homered on the first pitch of the game, and Yordan Alvarez and Yuli Gurriel also went deep to help the Houston Astros extend their winning streak to 11 games with a 6-1 rout of the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Houston manager Dusty Baker, who led Washington to consecutive NL East titles in 2016 and '17, won in his first game back at Nationals Park since he was fired after two seasons.
Framber Valdez (2-2) allowed one run over 7 2/3 innings to earn his first victory since April 7. Houston has allowed just 12 runs during its streak with an 0.91 ERA in that stretch.
Washington has lost seven of its last nine and is 4-14 at home.
Baker was 192-132 in his two seasons in Washington, but was fired after the Nationals lost in the division series both years.
PADRES 11, BRAVES 6 >> HaSeong Kim hit a three-run homer in the seventh off reliever Will Smith, Wil Myers went deep in the sixth against Max Fried and visiting San Diego beat Atlanta.
Kim homered for the fourth time after Eric Hosmer and Myers singled against Smith (0-1) to make it 7-6. Myers added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 8-6. His 421-foot solo shot to center in the sixth gave San Diego a 4-2 lead.
Trent Grisham's threerun, pinch-double in the ninth padded the lead to 11-6. GIANTS 8, CARDINALS 2 >> Logan Webb pitched six strong innings and San Francisco won its sixth straight game, beating host St. Louis.
Curt Casali hit his first homer of the season during a five-run burst in the eighth inning. St. Louis has lost five of six.
Webb (5-1) gave up just one run despite allowing the leadoff batter to reach in five innings.
YANKEES 10, WHITE SOX 4 >> Giancarlo Stanton homered in his third consecutive game, Aaron Judge went deep for the second time in two nights and New York routed host Chicago.
After connecting twice and driving in a career-high six runs Thursday in a 15-7 win, Stanton smacked a two-run drive Friday in the first against Vince Velasquez (2-3). The Yankees have won 19 of 22 games.
Judge made it 6-0 when he hit a solo drive in the fourth inning for his major league-leading 12th home run. Josh Donaldson also homered and drove in three runs, and Joey Gallo went deep, too.
Gerrit Cole (3-0) lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits. The righthander struck out nine and walked one
TWINS 12, GUARDIANS 8 >> Royce Lewis hit a grand slam for his first big league homer, capping a nine-run fifth inning that sent host Minnesota past Cleveland.
Byron Buxton, Jorge Polanco and Gary Sánchez also homered for Minnesota.
Lewis, the Twins' top prospect who debuted earlier this season, batted twice in the fifth. After doubling in his first trip to the plate in the inning, the former JSerra High star cleared the bases off reliever Bryan Shaw.
REDS 8, PIRATES 2 >> Mike Moustakas homered twice and Brandon Drury drove in four runs to lead Cincinnati past host Pittsburgh,
The Reds won for the sixth time in eight games following a 3-22 start.