American League
Astros 7, Red Sox 3 — At Houston, George Springer dashed home from second on a wild pitch by Chris Sale (5-3) and later homered off the Boston ace, finishing with three hits, and Gerrit Cole (6-1) won his fourth straight decision.
Yankees 4, Orioles 1 — At Baltimore, Sonny Gray (4-4) allowed one run on four hits over six innings for New York, which won its sixth straight to move a season-high 19 games over .500 and dealt Baltimore its sixth loss in a row.
Athletics 16, Royals 0 — At Kansas City, Mo., Matt Olson hit two home runs and drove in five runs, Dustin Fowler homered twice and had four RBIS, and Frankie Montas (2-0) blanked Kansas City on six hits over eight innings.
Twins 7, Indians 4 — At
Minneapolis, Eduardo Escobar hit two home runs and drove in four runs for Minnesota, which scored six runs off
Carlos Carrasco (6-4) in 3 2/3 innings and halted Cleveland’s six-game win streak.
Angels 6, Rangers 0 — At Anaheim, Calif., rookie Jaime Barria (5-1) shut out Texas on four hits over six innings, and Albert Pujols homered off Bartolo Colon (2-3), who was lit up for six runs over three innings.
Tigers 5, Blue Jays 2 — At Detroit, Nicholas Castellanos had a home run among his three hits to back Blaine Hardy, who improved to 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in three starts since joining Detroit’s rotation. (1-0), who hit a two-run double on the first pitch he saw and won in his major league debut despite allowing five runs over 3 2/3 innings.
Cubs 7, Mets 4 — At New York,
Kyle Schwarber entered as a defensive replacement in the sixth and hit a threerun homer and a sacrifice fly for Chicago, which dropped New York under .500 for the first time this season.
Diamondbacks 9, Marlins 1 — At Phoenix, Ketel Marte homered from both sides of the plate, accounting for two of Arizona’s franchise record-tying six home runs in support of Clay Buchholz (1-1), who struck out nine over seven innings.
Giants 4, Phillies 0 — At San Francisco, Joe Panik singled twice and reached base four times in his return from the disabled list to back Chris Stratton (73), who blanked Philadelphia on four hits over six innings.
Reds 7, Padres 2 — At San Diego, Scooter Gennett homered, and Jose
Peraza had three hits and three RBIS for Cincinnati, which scored four runs in 3
2/3 innings off Walker Lockett (0-1) in his major league debut.
Pirates 4, Cardinals 0 — At St.
Louis, Jameson Taillon (3-4) allowed three hits over eight shutout innings in his first win since April 8, and Adam Frazier tripled, doubled and scored twice.