Renfroe’s slam leads 6 HRs as Red Sox rout Jays
BUFFALO, N.Y. >> Hunter Renfroe hit a grand slam, Kiké Hernández drove in three runs with two homers and the Boston Red Sox snapped a two-game losing streak with a 13-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
Rookie Jarren Duran hit his first major league homer, Dylan Santana and Rafael Devers also went yard, and J.D. Martinez broke out of a slump with four hits as the Red Sox improved their AL-leading road record to 29-19.
Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta (8-4) allowed four runs on 11 hits and two walks while recording four strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. ORIOLES 6, RAYS 1 >> Rookie right-hander Spenser Watkins gave up one run in six innings as Baltimore tied a season high with its third consecutive win.
TIGERS 14, RANGERS 0 >> Miguel Cabrera drove in five runs, including a bases-loaded double in a four-run fifth inning, and Detroit blanked Texas.
The Rangers have lost six straight, the last three by a combined score of 29-0. NATIONALS 18, MARLINS 1 >> Jon Lester pitched seven scoreless innings and homered, Juan Soto hit a pair of home runs and Washington routed Miami.
Lester (3-4) allowed six hits while striking out seven without a walk. Lester hit his fourth career homer and added a single for his fourth career multi-hit game.
TWINS 3, WHITE SOX 2, 8 INNINGS,
1ST GAME ; WHITE SOX 5, TWINS 3, 2ND GAME >> Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a game-ending three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, giving Chicago split in a doubleheader with Minnesota. CARDINALS 8, CUBS 3 >> Dylan Carlson homered and drove in four runs, Jake Woodford pitched 5 2/3 strong innings in his first start of the season, and St. Louis beat Chicago. ASTROS 4, INDIANS 3 >> Yordan Alvarez snapped an 0-for-22 slump with at tworun homer, helping Houston beat Cleveland.
The Astros were up by 1 with one out in the fifth inning when Alvarez connected off rookie J.C. Mejía (1-5).