SUNDAY’S ROUNDUP
Twins 9, Rays 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Jorge Polanco drove in four runs with a pair of doubles, Carlos Correa had his fourth straight multi-hit game and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay.
The Twins broke out quickly for five runs in the first inning off Rays starter Josh Fleming and coasted to their ninth win in 10 games.
Josh Winder (1-0) pitched six shutout innings in his first major league start for the Twins, giving up two hits and striking out seven.
Blue Jays 3, Astros 2
TORONTO – Santiago Espinal drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the seventh inning, Bo Bichette added a two-run homer and Toronto edged Houston.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (2-1) struck out a season-high 10 over seven innings to win his second straight decision as Toronto took two of three from Houston. The Blue Jays have won nine of 12.
Mariners 7, Marlins 3
MIAMI – Logan Gilbert kept up his run of impressive starts, Julio Rodríguez hit his first major league homer and Seattle ended Miami’s seven-game winning streak.
J.P. Crawford also homered while Jesse Winker had three hits and two RBIs for the Mariners, who snapped a four-game skid.
Making his first start against an NL club, Gilbert (4-0) held the Marlins hitless until Jon Berti’s two-out single in the fifth.
Cubs 2, Brewers 0
MILWAUKEE – Marcus Stroman threw two-hit ball for seven innings, outpitching Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and leading Chicago over Milwaukee.
Patrick Wisdom homered as the Cubs ended a four-game losing streak. They had been outscored 20-2 in dropping the first two games of the series at Milwaukee.
Angels 6, White Sox 5
CHICAGO – Mike Trout homered, doubled and scored three runs, Michael Lorenzen pitched into the ninth inning and Los Angeles held off Chicago for its seventh win in eight games.
Shohei Ohtani had an RBI as the Angels’ designated hitter. The two-way AL MVP went 0 for 3 and exited in the ninth inning because of tightness in his right groin.
Trout walked in three other plate appearances.
Yankees 6, Royals 4
Aaron Judge homered twice to run his long-ball streak to three straight games, added the tying RBI in the seventh inning and helped New York rally past the Kansas City for its ninth straight win.
Judge has hit five home runs in his last five games and eight this season.
Clarke Schmidt (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief of Yankees starter Luis Severino.
Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 5
ST. LOUIS – Harrison Bader and Nolan Arenado homered in the seventh inning to help the Cardinals rally past the Diamondbacks.
St. Louis won for the third time in five games and salvaged a split of the four-game series.
Jordan Luplow hit two homers for Arizona, and Nick Ahmed and Christian Walker also went deep.
Rangers 7, Braves 3
ARLINGTON, Texas – Adolis Garcia highlighted a three-hit, four-RBI day with a bases-clearing triple in the third inning to help Texas beat Atlanta.
Taylor Hearn (1-2) allowed both runs on four hits and three walks in five innings for his first victory since Sept. 12 of last season. Atlanta added two singles in the final four innings off three relievers.
Padres 5, Pirates 2
PITTSBURGH – Joe Musgrove struck out eight over seven solid innings and San Diego beat Pittsburgh.
The game was Musgrove’s second with the Padres at PNC Park since being traded from Pittsburgh to San Diego after the 2020 season. He pitched three years for the Pirates.
Musgrove (4-0) looked comfortable in his old stomping grounds, scattering seven hits while allowing just one run.
Rockies 10, Reds 1
DENVER – Kyle Freeland tossed seven strong innings for his first win of the season, and Colorado completed a series sweep of struggling Cincinnati.
Brendan Rodgers broke out of a season-long slump with two hits and four RBIs and C.J. Cron and Randal Grichuk homered for the Rockies.
Freeland (1-3), who signed a fiveyear, $64-million extension on April 19, allowed a run and four hits against a Cincinnati team that is off to its worst start in franchise history.
Orioles 9, Red Sox 5
BALTIMORE – Jordan Lyles pitched six gritty innings, Rougned Odor homered in a six-run sixth and Baltimore beat skidding Boston.
Anthony Santander had three RBIs for the Orioles, who took two of three from Boston.
The Red Sox have lost nine of 12 to drop within a half-game of last-place Baltimore in the AL East.
Lyles (2-2) allowed one run and seven hits, striking out six, walking three and hitting a batter.