AROUND THE HORN
Blue Jays: Teoscar Hernández belted a pair of three-run HRs over the Green Monster — two of the Blue Jays’ eight longballs — and Marcus Semien extended his road hitting streak to 26 games as the Blue Jays pounded the Red Sox 18-4 on Sunday in Boston. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cavan Biggio, Rowdy Tellez and Semien also went deep for the Jays, a day after they belted five HRs in a 7-2 victory. Guerrero’s was his major league-leading 21st. Bichette had four of the Jays’ seasonhigh 20 hits. The Jays also reached a season high for runs. Semien’s club-record streak is the majors’ longest since Dexter Fowler hit safely in 27 straight road games for the Cubs from September 2015 to May 2016. Robbie Ray (4-2) struck out 10 over six innings . ... The Jays placed LHP Steven Matz (7-3) on the COVID-related injured list a day after he beat the Red Sox.
White Sox: Carlos Rodón took a no-hitter into the seventh, and the visiting White Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Tigers with a 4-1 win. Rodón (6-2) was going for his second no-hitter of the season. Rodón allowed one run on one hit and two walks while striking out nine in seven innings. Evan Marshall and Liam Hendriks completed the one-hitter, with Hendriks getting his AL-leading 17th save.
Astros: Michael Brantley had his second four-hit game of the series and drove in four runs, and the Astros had a season-high 20 hits and routed the host Twins 14-3 to take two of three games. The Twins’ Michael Pineda (3-4) left after four innings due to a reoccurrence of right forearm soreness.
Kyle Tucker homered for the second straight game and had three hits for the Astros. Yordan Álvarez and Chas McCormick homered. LHP Framber Valdéz (3-0) won his third straight start, allowing two runs and five hits in seven innings. The Astros won their fourth straight series.
Brewers: Avisaíl García hit a two-run HR, Christian Yelich added a pinch-hit sacrifice fly on his bobblehead day and the Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Pirates with a 5-2 win. The Brewers won for the 14th time in 16 games. The Pirates have lost seven straight. Brent Suter (8-3) picked up the win, getting the final out in the sixth. Josh Hader struck out the side in the ninth for his 17th save in as many chances.
Extra innings: Eugenio Suárez hit an early two-run HR and the surging Reds climbed back over .500 for the first time since April 21, beating the visiting Rockies 6-2 for a three-game sweep. The Reds have won 10 of their last 13 . ... Randy Arozarena hit his first career grand slam, Rays relievers threw seven no-hit innings, and the AL East leaders beat the Orioles 7-1. It was the Orioles’ 15th consecutive road loss . ... Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh and Manny Machado followed with a HR as Padres powered past the host Mets 7-3 to stop a four-game slide. It was the 19th HR of the season in 49 games for the 22-year-old Tatis, who leads the NL. Tatis matched Harmon Killebrew in 1959 and Cody Bellinger in 2017 for the most HRs in the first 49 games by a player 22 or younger . ... The Dodgers placed 1B Max Muncy on the IL with a right oblique muscle strain. Muncy is hitting .264 with 14 HRs and 33 RBIs in 60 games.