Severino pitches a gem as Yankees continue to surge
Luis Severino allowed one hit in six innings, and Jose Trevino became the first New York catcher with a home run this year when he hit a three-run drive in the fourth to lift the surging Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 on Monday night.
Josh Donaldson and Anthony Rizzo added backto-back solo homers in the ninth for the Yankees, who won for the 19th time in 22 games. N ew York (26-9) is off to one of the best 35game starts in franchise history
Harold Castro hit his first home run of the year with two outs in the ninth inning, a tiebreaking shot that sent the Detroit Tigers past the Tampa Bay Rays for their season-best fourth straight victory.
Castro connected off Andrew Kittredge (3-1) for his first long ball since going deep in consecutive games against Oakland in early September last year. He had three home runs in 2021.
RED SOX 6, ASTROS 3 >> Trevor Story homered to tie the game in the seventh inning and Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run shot in the eighth to propel the Boston Red Sox to a victory over Houston.
Houston starter Jake Odorizzi left on a stretcher in the fifth inning with a leg injury.
WHITE SOX 5, ROYALS 3 (10) >> Luis Robert hit a tworun homer in the 10th inning after Johnny Cueto's impressive Chicago debut, and the White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals.
Yasmani Grandal also had a two-run shot for the White Sox, who squandered a 3-0 lead in the eighth.
Yusei Kikuchi allowed one hit over six shutout innings to beat his former team, Bo Bichette and Matt Chapman
backed the left-hander with home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Monday night.
Bichette went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and scored twice as the Blue Jays returned home from a 2-7 trip.
Sandy Alcantara retired his last 20 batters, pitching three-hit ball over eight innings to lead Miami over the Washington Nationals and give the Marlins just their fourth win in 15 games.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Bryan De La Cruz had three hits each, and Avisaíl García homered for the Marlins, who had 16 hits and matched their secondhighest total this season.
Freddy Peralta dominated over seven innings, Hunter Renfroe scored on a wild pitch and the Milwaukee Brewers two-hit the Atlanta Braves.
Peralta (3-1) gave up two hits and a walk while striking out 10 and retiring his final 11 batters. He recorded his 500th career strikeout in the seventh when he retired Marcell Ozuna on a called third strike.
Willson Contreras led off with a double and became a rare leadoff hitter with a first-inning grand slam as the Chicago Cubs burst to an eight-run lead and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0 on Monday night.
Contreras became the 10th leadoff hitter since 1901 with a first-inning slam, the first since Houston's George Springer on June 24, 2016. The slam was the 100th homer of Contreras' career.
Curt Casali hit two home runs, Mike Yastrzemski delivered a go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth and the San Francisco Giants pulled out a win over Colorado. Ryan McMahon homered for the Rockies.