Betts and Sox batter Blue Jays
TORONTO — A big afternoon from Mookie Betts helped the Red Sox sweep aside the struggling Blue Jays. Betts hit two home runs and matched a careerhigh with eight RBI as Boston routed Toronto, 15-1, on Sunday. He went 4-for-6 as AL East-leading Boston won for the sixth time in seven games.
CUBS 6, REDS 2: Jake Arrieta pitched one-hit ball for seven innings without allowing a stolen base, and Ian Happ homered twice in the ballpark where he played as a college star.
INDIANS 11, TIGERS 8: Jose Ramirez homered twice, and visiting Cleveland snapped Justin Verlander’s decade-long streak of games with at least one strikeout, chasing the Detroit star in the fourth inning. Verlander (5-5) had struck out a batter in 331 consecutive appearances.
BRAVES 4, A’S 3 (12): Kurt Suzuki led off the 12th inning with his second home run of the game, lifting Atlanta over host Oakland to complete a threegame sweep.
ORIOLES 7, RAYS 1: Manny Machado hit a three-run homer, Kevin Gausman pitched seven innings of twohit ball and host Baltimore avoided a three-game sweep.
GIANTS 5, PIRATES 3: Brandon Belt started visiting San Francisco’s comeback with an RBI single in a three-run seventh inning, then added a two-run homer in the eighth as the Giants won a season-high sixth straight.
ROYALS 6, TWINS 2: Alcides Escobar notched two hits and two RBI and Scott Alexander picked up his first major-league victory for host Kansas City.
MARLINS 10, BREWERS 3: Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs — the second moments after having his bat thrown out for having too much pine tar on it — and visiting Miami beat Milwaukee.
WHITE SOX 6, RANGERS 5: Yolmer Sanchez hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth to rally host Chicago past Texas.
MARINERS 5, ANGELS 3: Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and James Paxton retired the first 16 Angels he faced in Anaheim.
DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROCKIES 3: Ketel Marte lined a run-scoring single in the ninth inning and Arizona overcame the first earned run allowed by Fernando Rodney in 21 games to beat Colorado in Phoenix.
NATIONALS 7, CARDINALS 2: Bryce Harper homered twice and Max Scherzer struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings for visiting Washington. Harper also doubled and had four RBI to pace the Nats, who anapped a threegame skid.