Semien's streak now at 23, Rangers win
Former A's infielder Marcus Semien extended MLB's longest hitting streak this season to 23 games, Jonah Heim homered and drove in five runs and host Texas' offense kept rolling Sunday in a 12-3 victory that finished a sweep of the Seattle Mariners.
Corey Seager also went deep as the Rangers won consecutive games by a combined score of 28-9 after taking the series opener 2-0.
The AL West leaders scored at least 10 runs for a major league-leading 16th time in 58 games and have won five straight series.
Nathan Eovaldi (8-2) allowed one hit with seven strikeouts in six scoreless innings for his seventh consecutive victory. He has a 0.68 ERA in his past seven starts, a stretch that includes a career-best streak of 29 2/3 scoreless innings and two complete games.
WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 2 >> Jake Burger's gameending grand slam handed former A's righthander Liam Hendriks his first win since returning from cancer, and host Chicago completed a three-game series sweep. Hendriks (1-0) worked a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out two. It was the third big league appearance for the AllStar closer since he missed the start of the season after he was diagnosed with stage 4 nonHodgkin lymphoma.
GUARDIANS 2, TWINS 1 >> Triston McKenzie tossed five scoreless innings in his injury-delayed season debut, and Josh Naylor delivered a breakthrough RBI double in the seventh for visiting Cleveland. McKenzie had 10 strikeouts and only one baserunner, a two-out single by Michael Taylor in the third. McKenzie missed more than two months with a muscle strain in his shoulder.
Twins DH Royce Lewis escaped serious injury when he did an inadvertent somersault followed by a face-first landing while trying to avoid a collision with first baseman Gabriel Arias as he attempted to beat out a grounder to deep third in the eighth inning. Lewis had a noticeable scrape on his forehead, and a sore shoulder.
BRAVES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 5 >> Eddie Rosario hit a grand slam off Miguel Castro with two outs in the ninth inning and visiting Atlanta rallied to beat Arizona. Arizona led 5-4 heading into the ninth after Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and rookie Corbin Carroll connected for a solo shot.
PIRATES 2, CARDINALS 1 >> Rich Hill, 43, pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and host Pittsburgh completed a three-game series sweep. Ji Hwan Bae's two-run single off Miles Mikolas (4-2) in the first provided all the offense Hill would need.