RESULTS, SCHEDULE
AMERICAN LEAGUE SUNDAY’S RESULTS
N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Angels 2 Colorado 4, Baltimore 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Chi. White Sox 6, Oakland 1 Houston 17, Detroit 4 Cleveland 10, Toronto 7(11) Minnesota 7, Texas 6(13) Seattle 3, Kansas City 2
TUESDAY’S GAMES
L.A. Angels at Philadelphia, 5:40p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 5:40p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 5:40p.m. Chi. White Sox at Baltimore, 6:05p.m. Washington at Toronto, 6:07p.m. Houston at Boston, 6:10p.m. Texas at N.Y. Mets, 6:10p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 6:40p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 7:10p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 8:40p.m.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Toronto 8, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Seattle 15, Kansas City 2 Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 Houston 9, Detroit 2
Chi. White Sox 6, Oakland 2 Baltimore 5, Colorado 4 Texas 6, Minnesota 2 L.A. Angels 5, N.Y. Mets 3
AROUND THE HORN
Mariners: Luis Castillo pitched seven shutout innings and the Mariners grabbed sole possession of first place in the AL West, beating the Royals 3-2 on Sunday in Seattle to complete a three-game sweep. Teoscar Hernández and Julio Rodríguez homered as the Mariners won for the 11th time in 12 games. Theys also improved to a major league-best 36-14 since July 1 for its best 50-game stretch since it also went 36-14 from April 23-June 18, 2003. The Mariners (74-56) and Rangers were tied for the division lead coming into the day, but the Rangers lost 7-6 to the Twins in 13 innings. The Mariners trailed the Rangers by 7 games on Aug. 15. It’s the latest the Mariners have had sole possession of first in a season since Aug. 24, 2003. Castillo (11-7) allowed one hit, struck out six and walked one in his fourth consecutive win. The All-Star right-hander retired his last 13 batters. Hernández put the Mariners in front with his third homer in the last two games, hitting a 433-foot solo shot to center off rookie Alec Marsh (0-7) in the second inning. It was his 22nd homer of the season. Rodríguez also went deep for the second straight day, lining a two-run shot to left-center in the fifth to make it 3-0. It was his 23rd of the season.
Astros: Justin Verlander struck out seven over five scoreless innings and Kyle Tucker hit his 26th HR in the third, helping the Astros rout the host Tigers 17-4. Verlander (10-6) gave up just two hits, walked two and hit three batters for career victory No. 254, pulling him into a tie for 43rd
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUNDAY’S RESULTS
N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Angels 2 Miami 2, Washington 1 Colorado 4, Baltimore 3 Chi. Cubs 10, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Boston 4 Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 0 Milwaukee 10, San Diego 6 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta at San Francisco, late
TUESDAY’S GAMES
L.A. Angels at Philadelphia, 5:40p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 5:40p.m. Washington at Toronto, 6:07p.m. Texas at N.Y. Mets, 6:10p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis, 6:45p.m. Milwaukee at Chi. Cubs, 7:05p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 7:10p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 7:40p.m. Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:45p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10p.m.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Washington 3, Miami 2 Atlanta 7, San Francisco 3 Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 Milwaukee 5, San Diego 4 Baltimore 5, Colorado 4 Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 1 L.A. Angels 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Chi. Cubs 10, Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 8, Arizona 7 (11) on the all-time list with Hall of Famers Jack Morris and Red Faber. The 40-yearold, three-time Cy Young award winner pitched against one of his former teams in a ballpark where he’s still adored for the second time this season.
Phillies: Aaron Nola allowed one hit and struck out nine in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the NL wild-card leading Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Cardinals with a 3-0 victory. Johan Rojas doubled among his three hits and Bryce Harper hit an RBI single for the defending NL champion Phillies, who outscored the Cards 22-3 in the series. After Tommy Edman led off the game with a double, Nola (12-8) retired 21 of the next 22 batters. José Alvarado tossed a scoreless eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the two-hit shutout with his 20th save in 22 tries with a scoreless ninth. The Cards have lost nine of their last 11.
Rockies: Hunter Goodman had a memorable major league debut in front of an ecstatic group of friends and family at Camden Yards. The 23-yearold Colorado prospect had two hits and RBI, scoring the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning of a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday that stopped the Rockies’ six-game losing streak. Batting sixth and playing first base, Goodman was 2 for 4. He flied out in the second, struck out in the fifth, hit an RBI single off Ryan Flaherty in the sixth for a 3-1 lead and reached on an infield single against Yennier Cano (1-3) leading off the ninth with the score 4-all.