The Mercury News

Dodgers sweep four in Arizona

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Tyler Anderson threw six effective innings, Will Smith added a solo homer and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers swept a four-game series from the Arizona Diamondbac­ks with a 3-1 win Sunday.

Anderson (6-0), the veteran left-hander, scattered five hits and has given up just two earned runs over his last 21 innings, spanning three starts that all ended in wins.

Smith pushed the Dodgers ahead 1-0 in the second, driving the 12th pitch of the at-bat into the Chase Field swimming pool that sits just behind the right-center field wall.

The Dodgers — who won despite just four hits — added two more runs in the third on Freddie Freeman's RBI single and Trea Turner's RBI groundout.

BLUE JAYS 11, ANGELS 10 >> Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled home the tiebreakin­g run in the eighth for his season-high fifth RBI, and Toronto overcame two homers by Shohei Ohtani to complete a four-game sweep in Anaheim.

Raimel Tapia added three RBIs and Bo Bichette hit a tying homer in the eighth for Toronto.

Taylor Ward had a two-run homer and an RBI double for the Angels, who have lost a season-high five straight and nine of 12. BREWERS 8, CARDINALS 0 >> Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a three-run homer to lead Milwaukee to victory at St. Louis.

Burnes passed the 10-strikeout mark for the fourth game in a row with 11. He allowed just two hits and one walk.

RAYS 4, YANKEES 2 >> Taylor Walls and Ji-man Choi homered for Tampa Bay's only hits, and the team scored two runs in the seventh inning on four walks and a hit batter in a win over visiting New York.

Walls, in a 1-for-34 slide, homered on a 3-1 fastball from Luis Severino (3-1) for a 2-1 lead in the fifth.

Aaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 18th home run, a drive off Colin Poche in the eighth. BRAVES 6, MARLINS 3 >> Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs as part of Atlanta's barrage of extra-base hits in its win over Miami.

Of the Braves' 11 hits, nine were for extra bases, including six doubles.

PADRES 4, PIRATES 2, 10 INNINGS >> Trent Grisham hit a two-run walkoff home run in the 10th and San Diego beat Pittsburgh.

Grisham drove a 2-0 pitch from Chris Stratton (2-2) off the right-field foul pole.

RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 2 >> Bobby Dalbec hit a tworun homer, one of Boston's season-high five longballs, and the Red Sox coasted past Baltimore at Fenway Park.

Rafael Devers, Kiké Hernández, Franchy Cordero and Christian Arroyo each hit a solo drive for the Red Sox.

All five Boston home runs came in four innings against Bruce Zimmermann (2-3). TWINS 7, ROYALS 3 >> Sonny Gray cruised before leaving in the seventh because of right pectoral soreness, and Minnesota beat visiting Kansas City behind Gio Urshela's three-run homer.

Gray (3-1) allowed two hits and retired 14 in a row before Andrew Benintendi's single leading off the seventh.

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