Braves turn on the power to beat Angels
Ronald Acuña Jr., Austin Riley and Matt Olson homered for the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves, who kept up their power barrage with a 12-5 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
Acuña launched a three-run shot over the center-field wall off Lucas Giolito (6-8) in the third inning, then Riley and Olson went back to back in the fourth to cap a six-run outburst that finished off the Angels' starter.
The Braves hit seven homers in taking two of three from the Angels, with the long ball accounting for 11 of their 18 runs. Through 106 games, Atlanta has 206 homers — on pace for 315 for the season, which would best the major league record of 307 set by the 2019 Minnesota Twins.
ASTROS 3, GUARDIANS 2 >> Chas McCormick hit a two-run homer in the second and a tiebreaking shot in the sixth, leading Houston to a series sweep over Cleveland.
MARINERS 6, RED SOX 3 >> Julio Rodríguez hit a tiebreaking RBI single and stole home in a fourrun seventh inning, leading Seattle past Boston. NATIONALS 3, BREWERS 2 >> Corey Dickerson and Ildemaro Vargas scored on third baseman Andruw Monasterio's throwing error in the ninth inning, and Washington rallied off closer Devin Williams and beat Milwaukee for its ninth win in 11 games.
PADRES 11, ROCKIES 1 >> Gary Sánchez homered twice and drove in four runs, Juan Soto went deep for the third time in two days and San Diego won for the fifth time in six games. TIGERS 6, PIRATES 3 >> Zack Short tied a careerhigh with three RBIs, powering Detroit to a split of a two-game series against Pittsburgh.
BLUE JAYS 4, ORIOLES 1 >> Brandon Belt reached base three times and scored twice and Toronto snapped a five-game home losing streak against American League-leading Baltimore. Left-hander Yusei Kikuchi pitched six innings to win back-to-back starts. Kikuchi (9-3) allowed one run and six hits.
YANKEES 7, RAYS 2 >> Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in four runs to lead Gerrit Cole and New York past Tampa Bay, preventing a threegame sweep. Cole (10-2) recovered from a rocky start and beat Shane McClanahan (11-2) in a marquee matchup of All-Star aces.
NOTES >> The Chicago Cubs placed All-Star righthander Marcus Stroman on the 15-day injured list because of inflammation in his right hip and added newly acquired right-handed reliever José Cuas to the active roster . ... Nestor Cortes will return to the Yankees' rotation this weekend in a four-game series against the Houston Astros after missing more than two months with a left rotator cuff strain . ... The San Diego Padres scratched Joe Musgrove from his scheduled start Wednesday with lingering shoulder stiffness, one day after recommitting to a playoff push with several trade deadine acquisitions. ... Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Wade Miley came off the 15-day injured list . ... The Cincinnati Reds placed right-hander Ben Lively on the 15-day injured list because of a right pectoral strain and recalled right-hander Daniel Duarte from Triple-A Louisville.