MONDAY’S GAMES
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CLEVELAND 8, Royals 3: Cleveland won its last home game before becoming the Guardians, beating the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Monday to close a run that started in 1915 and will continue next season with a new identity. Amed Rosario homered and Cal Quantrill pitched six strong innings to delight a Progressive Field crowd of 13,121. Rosario finished with four hits and three RBIs. Cleveland’s Bradley Zimmer homered off his brother, Kansas City reliever Kyle Zimmer, in the eighth.
White Sox 8, TIGERS 7: Eloy Jiménez hit a two-run home run, Yasmani Grandal homered to spark a six-run fourth inning and the AL Central champion White Sox held off the Tigers in a testy 8-7 win on Monday. The benches cleared after Chicago first baseman Jose Abreu and Detroit shortstop Niko Goodrum exchanged words when Abreu was tagged out attempting to steal second base in the ninth. Abreu had been hit by a pitch from Alex
Lange one inning after the Tigers’ Isaac Paredes was hit by a pitch. There were no ejections. Jimenez reached base four times and scored two runs.
REDS 13, Pirates 1: Joey Votto homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Cincinnati Reds pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-1 on Monday to stay alive in the race for the second NL wild card. Nick Castellanos, Jonathan India and Eugenio Suarez also connected as Cincinnati (82-75) posted its fourth straight victory, clinching a second straight winning season, Castellanos had five RBIs, and India finished with four hits and scored four times.
Nationals at ROCKIES, late: The Rockies are 46-32 on their home turf. Colorado’s lineup has 176 home runs this season, C.J. Cron leads them with 28 homers. The Nationals are 29-49 in road games. Washington has slugged .419 this season. Juan Soto leads the team with a mark of .552. The Nationals won the last meeting 3-0. Paolo Espino earned his fifth victory and Soto went 1-for-4 with a home run and an RBI for Washington.
Athletics at MARINERS, late:
The Mariners are 42-33 on their home turf. Seattle hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .300 this season, led by Ty France with a mark of .364. The Athletics are 42-33 on the road. Oakland has slugged .406 this season. Matt Olson leads the team with a mark of .546. The Mariners won the last meeting 6-5.