Gallen ties scoreless start record as Diamondbacks stop Brewers

Zac Gallen tied the major-league record with his sixth consecutive scoreless start on Sunday, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Gallen (11-2) extended his scoreless streak to 41

1/3 innings. He allowed only two singles and a walk in seven innings. He struck out seven and retired the last 11 batters he faced.

Gallen tied Don Drysdale (1968), Orel Hershiser (1988) and Zack Greinke (2015), all with the Los Angeles Dodgers, by not allowing a run in his sixth straight start. Hershiser set the MLB record with 59 consecutive scoreless innings.

In those six games, Gallen is 5-0 with a 0.58 WHIP. He has allowed 16 hits, walked eight and struck out 46 in his scoreless streak. He is two outs away from matching the Diamondbacks’ franchise record of 42 innings, set by Brandon Webb in 2007.

Daulton Varsho hit his 20th homer and helped preserve Gallen’s scoreless streak with a running catch on Tyrone Taylor’s drive to right center in the second. The catch came with two outs and a runner at first.

Gallen didn’t allow more than one baserunner in any inning and struck out the side in the fifth.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell was denied his 600th career victory. The winningest manager in franchise history, Counsell is 599-542 (.524).

Rockies 8-0, Reds 4-10:

Aristides Aquino hit his first career grand slam an inning after entering as an injury replacement and host Cincinnati beat Colorado to split a doubleheader. The Rockies won the opener 8-4. Charlie Blackmon’s pinch-hit, tworun single highlighted a four-run seventh and C.J. Cron hit his 25th homer.

Nationals 7, Mets 1:

Cesar Hernandez hit his first homer in more than a year in Washington’s victory over New York. The last-place Nationals took two of three in the series.

Cardinals 2, Cubs 0:

Albert Pujols collected home run No. 695 in the eighth inning and Miles Mikolas tossed eight shutout innings to lead host St. Louis over Chicago. Pujols drilled the two-run, pinchhit shot off reliever Brandon Hughes (2-2). A probable future Hall of Famer, Pujols trails only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714) and Alex Rodriguez (696) on the all-time home run list.

Giants 5, Phillies 3: Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and host San Francisco beat Philadelphia for a three-game sweep.

INTERLEAGUE

Blue Jays 4, Pirates 3: Teoscar Hernandez delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning and Toronto edged host Pittsburgh to complete a threegame sweep.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yankees 2, Rays 1: New York outfielder Andrew Benintendi has a broken bone in his right wrist that will need surgery, but says it’s too early to know whether it is a seasonending injury. Manager Aaron Boone revealed the diagnosis of a broken hook hamate bone after the AL East leaders beat host Tampa

Bay. Benintendi will be further examined by doctors Monday back in New York. Benintendi was hurt while taking a swing Friday night and was put on the 10-day injured list the next day. The 28-year-old Benintendi was an All-Star this season with Kansas City, then was traded to the Yankees in late July. He got off to a slow start with New York, but recently had been more productive at the plate. Benintendi is hitting .304 overall.

Athletics 5, Orioles 2:

Seth Brown hit a pair of solo homers, rookie Adrian Martinez threw six innings of three-hit ball and Oakland stalled host Baltimore’s playoff surge. The Orioles fell 2.5 games behind Toronto in the race for the American League’s third wild-card spot.

Royals 3, Tigers 2:

Bobby Witt Jr.’s eighthinning double brought in the go-ahead run and Kansas City won at Detroit.

Red Sox 5, Rangers 2: Trevor Story hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster, Xander Bogaerts had his eighth straight multi-hit game and host Boston completed a fourgame sweep over Texas. The Red Sox now have a five-game winning streak as they’re trying to climb back into the AL’s wildcard chase. The Rangers have lost eight straight.

Twins 5, White Sox 1: Carlos Correa homered for Minnesota and Dylan Bundy shut down Chicago once again, leading the host Twins over the White Sox.

Astros 9. Angels 1: Jose Altuve had three hits and drove in three runs and

José Urquidy pitched fourhit ball over seven innings as Houston won at Los Angeles.