Farmer leads way, Reds rout of Cubs
CINCINNATI » Kyle Farmer homered twice and tied his career high with five RBIs to power the Cincinnati Reds to their high-scoring game in 23 years, a 20-5 rout of the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.
Nick Senzel also had four of the Reds’ hits, and Brandon Drury, Tommy Pham and Albert Almora Jr. had three apiece. Drury Pham, Almora and Matt Reynolds each had three RBIs.
The Reds scored the most runs since a 22-3 win at Philadelphia on Sept. 4, 1999, while Chicago gave up its most since a 21-8 defeat at the Phillies on July 3, 1999.
Hunter Greene (2-6) won for the first time since his major league debut on April 10 despite giving up five runs, seven hits and two walks in five innings. Justin Steele (1-5) gave up seven runs, seven hits and two walks in two-plus innings.
YANKEES 7, RAYS 2 » Nestor Cortes took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning, Matt Carpenter sparked a go-ahead, threerun rally in his Yankees debut and New York beat Tampa Bay.
Cortes (4-1) won his third straight start, striking out five and walking one in eight-plus innings. He threw 77 strikes among a career-high 109 pitches.
Aaron Judge had a pair of RBIs to raise his total to 36 as the Yankees won their third straight.
PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 1 » Aaron Nola struck out 10 while pitching shutout ball into the ninth inning for his first victory since opening day, leading Philadelphia over Atlanta.
J.T. Realmuto homered as the Phillies prevented the World Series champion Braves from posting their first three-game winning streak of the season.
Nola (2-4) did little wrong against the Braves, allowing one run and five hits in 8 1/3 innings.
TIGERS 4, GUARDIANS 3 » Miguel Cabrera’s third hit of the game was a gameending single in the ninth inning, lifting Detroit past Cleveland.
Jonathan Schoop hit a one-out double in the final inning, advanced on a wild pitch from Trevor Stephan (2-2) and scored on Cabrera’s 3,029th hit.
Gregory Soto (2-2) gave up one hit and struck out one in the ninth, earning the win for the Tigers.
ROYALS 3, TWINS 2 » Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a double and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.’s double, as Kansas City rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and beat Minnesota.
Josh Staumont (2-1) worked a scoreless inning and picked up the win. Scott Barlow earned his fifth save as the Royals snapped a seven-game losing streak.
NATIONALS 7, ROCKIES 3 » Patrick Corbin ended a 10-start winless streak, allowing three runs over 6 1/3 innings to lead Washington over Colorado.
Corbin (1-7) had not won since last Sept. 23 at Cincinnati in his next-to-last start of the season. He gave up seven hits, struck out three and walked two, lowering his ERA from 6.60 to 6.30.
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3 » Josh Hader escaped a ninth-inning jam in his 37th straight scoreless appearance and Milwaukee held off St. Louis for its third straight win.
Tyrone Taylor drove in a run for the seventh game in a row and Luis Urías homered as the NL Central leaders increased their edge over the second-place Cardinals to 4 ½ games.
Milwaukee first baseman Rowdy Tellez helped with his glove, ranging to catch five foul balls for outs.