In return from IL, Tatis Jr. powers Padres to victory
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice and drove in four runs in his return from the injured list, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Tatis had four hits, helping the Padres snap a four-game losing streak. Playing right field for the first time in his professional career and batting leadoff, Tatis posted his fifth multihomer game this season and No. 8 for his career.
INDIANS 11, TIGERS 0 » Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie retired the first 23 batters in order before Harold Castro lined a single to right with two out in the eighth inning.
The 24-year-old right-hander stunned the Comerica Park crowd of 25,684 hoping to see Miguel Cabrera’s 500th homer. Instead, they gave McKenzie (2-5) a standing ovation after Castro’s hit and another after he finished the inning with his 11th strikeout.
YANKEES 5, WHITE SOX 3 » Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer and Nestor Cortes pitched six solid innings, leading New York to victory.
Luke Voit also hit a two-run homer in the ninth for New York, which went 5-1 in the season series against Chicago.
The AL Central-leading White Sox have dropped four of five.
RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 2 » Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six effective innings, J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer and Boston sent Baltimore to its 11th straight loss.
The Orioles have been outscored 104-34 during their second-longest skid this season. They had a 14-game losing streak in May. CARDINALS 7, ROYALS 2 » Nolan Arenado homered for the third straight game, and St. Louis completed an in-state sweep of Kansas City. BRAVES 6, NATIONALS 5 » Dansby Swanson homered for the third straight game, and Atlanta swept Washington.
The Braves have won a franchise-best eight straight games in Washington and 10 of 12 overall. They pulled a game ahead of Philadelphia for the NL East lead.
The Nationals have lost a season-high seven straight.
REDS 7, PHILLIES 4» Jonathan India homered and scored three times to lead Cincinnati. MARLINS 4, CUBS 1 » Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesús Aguilar homered, and Miami handed Chicago its 11th straight loss.
BLUE JAYS 8, MARINERS 3 » Teoscar Hernández, Randal Grichuk, Corey Dickerson and Marcus Semien homered to pace Toronto. BREWERS 2, PIRATES 1 » Willy Adames scored twice and Christian Yelich had two hits, helping Milwaukee to the road win.
TWINS 5, RAYS 4 » Jorge Polanco hit a gameending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to lift Minnesota to the win.
ANGELS 3, ASTROS 1 » Reid Detmers pitched six innings of three-hit ball to earn his first major league victory, and the Angels avoided a three-game sweep.