Ozuna, Carpenter homer, Cardinals split double-header with Royals

ST. LOUIS — Marcell Ozuna and Matt Carpenter went deep as part of a four-homer barrage and the St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Kansas City Royals by winning the second game 10-3 on Wednesday night.

Brad Keller threw seven-plus innings of two-hit baseball to snap a six-start winless streak and Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer as the Royals beat the Cardinals 8-2 in the first game.

Severe storms around St. Louis forced Tuesday night’s game to be postponed and created the daynight twinbill.

RAYS 8, DODGERS 1 Avisail Garcia and Kevin Kiermaier each hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to power the Tampa Bay Rays past the Los Angeles Dodgers.

MARLINS 6, TIGERS 3 Garrett Cooper hit his first major league home run in the sixth inning, and that was the start of an impressive comeback by the Miami Marlins, who rallied for their fifth straight victory, over the Detroit Tigers.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BREWERS 11, REDS 9 Yasmani Grandal homered during a big rally, then started a bizarre double play on a pitch that got past him and bounced to the backstop, helping the Milwaukee Brewers outlast the Cincinnati Reds.

PADRES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Lefthander Eric Lauer pitched seven strong innings to win for the first time in seven starts and Greg Garcia had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run for his hometown San Diego Padres,

who beat the Arizona Diamondbacks for a threegame sweep.

METS 6, NATIONALS 1 Juan Lagares hit a go-ahead, three-run double off Washington closer Sean Doolittle, Rajai Davis capped the six-run eighth inning with a three-run homer in his first at-bat for the Mets and New York rallied to beat the Nationals. CUBS 8, PHILLIES 4 Cole Hamels struggled in his first start against his original team, Albert Almora Jr. hit his first career grand-slam and the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early three-run deficit with three homers, beating the Philadelphia Phillies. ROCKIES 9, PIRATES 3 Josh Bell reached the Allegheny River on the fly for the second time in two weeks, the only notable blemish for the Colorado Rockies in a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. AMERICAN LEAGUE ATHLETICS 7, INDIANS 2 Frankie Montas pitched six scoreless innings, Mark Canha homered and drove in three runs and the Oakland Athletics extended their winning streak to six with a victory over the Cleveland Indians.

RANGERS 2, MARINERS 1 Hunter Pence homered, Adrian Sampson had another impressive long outing for a victory after not starting, and the Texas Rangers beat the slumping Seattle Mariners to complete a three-game sweep.

YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 5 Gleyber Torres hit two of New York’s five home runs off Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff, and the New York Yankees survived a shaky outing from CC Sabathia in a victory over the Orioles.

WHITE SOX 9, ASTROS 4 Eloy Jiménez homered twice and the Chicago White Sox turned the first triple play in the majors this season during a victory over the Houston Astros. Charlie Tilson’s first career homer was a grand slam in Chicago’s six-run sixth inning. The White Sox got going early in this one, with Jimenéz connecting in the second.

Wednesday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee 11, Cincinnati 9 San Diego 5, Arizona 2 Colorado 9, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia 4 Atlanta at San Francisco (n)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Oakland 7, Cleveland 2 Texas 2, Seattle 1

N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 5 Boston 6, Toronto 5, 13 innings Chicago White Sox 9, Houston 4 Minnesota at L.A. Angels, ppd.

INTERLEAGUE

Kansas City 8-3, St. Louis 2-10 Tampa Bay 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Miami 6, Detroit 3