AROUND THE HORN
■ Cardinals: Nolan Arenado homered against his former team, Adam Wainwright pitched threehit ball into the ninth and the Cardinals beat the Rockies 2-0 on Sunday in St. Louis. Yadier Molina hit an RBI double and Ryan Helsley got Josh Fuentes to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded. The Cards completed a three-game sweep and have won nine of 11 overall. The Rockies dropped to an MLB-worst 2-14 on the road. Arenado was acquired from the Rockies in a blockbuster trade in February. The 39-year-old Wainwright (2-3) struck out five and walked three over 8 ⅓ innings, improving to 11-1 against the Rockies.
■ Red Sox: Rafael Devers and Hunter Renfroe homered, Nick Pivetta won his third consecutive start and the Red Sox edged the Baltimore Orioles 4-3. The Red Sox have won five of six, improved to 12-4 on the road and at 22-13 owns the best record in baseball. The Red Sox are within two victories of their entire total from last year’s truncated season, when they went 24-36. The Orioles fell to an MLB-worst 4-13 at home, including 0-6 against the Red Sox. Devers has played a significant role in the Red Sox’s six outings at Camden Yards, hitting .391 (9 of 23) with five HRs and 13 RBIs. Pivetta (5-0) allowed two runs and three hits in six innings to improve to 7-0 since being traded from Phillies in August. He’s only the fourth starting pitcher in franchise history to win at least his first seven decisions with the team, joining George Winter (7-0 in 1901), Dave Ferriss (8-0 in 1945) and John Burkett (7-0 in 2002).
■ Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-ending single off Brad Hand in the ninth, and the Yankees beat the Nationals 3-2 for their second straight walkoff win. Hand (2-1) walked Tyler Wade and pinch-hitter Aaron Judge starting the ninth, a day after walking his first batter and blowing ninth- and 10th-inning leads in a game the Yankees won 4-3 in 11. The Yankees went 7-2 on their longest homestand of the season, improving to 18-16.
■ White Sox: Yermin Mercedes and Jose Abreu had three RBI’s each to help the White Sox beat the Royals 9-3, finishing off a three-game sweep. It was the Royals’ eighth straight loss. Lucas Giolito (2-3) gave up one run, four hits, two walks and fanned two in five innings of work and got the win.
■ Rangers: Adolis García hit his team-leading ninth HR and drove in a careerhigh five runs, Dane Dunning struck out 10 in five innings and the host Rangers beat the Mariners 10-2. The last seven victories for the Rangers have come after falling behind, this time when they answered the Mariners’ two-run fifth for a 2-1 lead with six runs in the bottom half of the inning. Dunning (2-2) left the mound for good trailing 2-1 after topping his previous career high of seven strikeouts.
■ Extra innings: OF Ronald Acuna Jr. suffered a left pinkie finger contusion after being hit by a pitch in the Braves’ 8-7 win over the Phillies and is day to day. Acuna shares the MLB lead with 10 HRs . ... Tyler Anderson pitched eight solid innings and the Pirates held on in the ninth, beating the host Cubs 6-5. It was the Cubs’ first loss in six games. Anderson (3-3) allowed two runs on just four hits. Also, the Pirates moved rookie INF Ke’Bryan Hayes from the 10-day IL to the 60-day list. Hayes exited the second game of the season with a strained left wrist . ... Kyle Tucker hit a three-run HR and tied a career high with four RBIs as the Astros built a big lead early and held on for a 7-4 win over the visiting Blue Jays. Jose Altuve added a solo HR in the win . ... Tyrone Taylor hit a two-out, tiebreaking single in the 10th, and seven Brewers pitchers combined on a six-hitter to beat the host Marlins 2-1. Josh Hader (3-0) pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 0.71.