The Riverside Press-Enterprise
Rangers' Semien gets streak to 23 in win
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, their longest streak in five years.
Nathan Eovaldi (8-2) allowed one hit with seven strikeouts in six scoreless innings for his seventh consecutive victory.
The right-hander 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. He began the day as the only pitcher in the majors with multiple complete games.
All nine Texas hitters in the starting lineup had at least one hit as the Rangers finished with 15 a day after pounding out a season-high 19. Rookie third baseman Josh Jung had three hits. RAYS 6, RED SOX 2 >> Yandy Díaz’s sixthinning RBI single turned into a tworun Little League homer for major league-best Tampa Bay. Josh Lowe, Luke Raley and Díaz each had two hits for the Rays (42-19) and Alex Verdugo had two doubles, a triple and scored twice for host Boston.
With the Rays leading 4-2 in the sixth and Manuel Margot running on the pitch from first base, Díaz singled through a vacant second-base position — with Enmanuel Valdez heading over to cover the bag — and into right-center.
Margot scored and Díaz headed for second on the throw to the plate. Boston catcher Connor Wong fired wide of second, and the ball sailed into an open area in center field with all three Red Sox outfielders scampering to get it. Díaz scored standing up to make it 6-2.
GUARDIANS 2, TWINS 1 >> Triston Mckenzie tossed five scoreless innings of 1-hit ball wiith 10 strikeouts in his injury-delayed season debut, and Josh Naylor delivered a breakthrough RBI double in the seventh for visiting Cleveland. 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 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. The Diamondbacks led 5-4 heading into the ninth after Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer and rookie Corbin Carroll connected for a solo shot. Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer for Atlanta in the fourth, and Matt Olson added a run-scoring single in the seventh.
PIRATES 2, CARDINALS 1 >> Rich Hill (55), 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. Ke’bryan Hayes singled three times and is hitting .562 over his past four games. Andrew Knizner hit his seventh homer for St. Louis.
MARLINS 7, A’S 5 >> Luis Arraez hit a tiebreaking infield single in the eighth inning and host Miami completed a three-game sweep, handing Oakland its 14th straight road loss. Yuli Gurriel had three hits — falling a home run shy of a cycle — and Garrett Cooper went deep for the Marlins. Ramon Laureano had a two-run double in a five-run third inning for the A’s, who led 5-1 before the Marlins rallied.
ROYALS 2, ROCKIES 0 >> Brady Singer (4-4) scattered five singles over 5 2/3 innings and struck out seven for host Kansas City. Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (4-7) retired the first 13 batters he faced. With one out in the fifth, MJ Melendez had a ground-ball double took a bad hop past Rockies second baseman Harold Castro to end Freeland’s perfect game bid. Melendez scored on Michael Massey’s single to right.
WHITE SOX 6, TIGERS 2 >> Jake Burger’s game-ending grand slam handed Liam Hendriks his first win since returning from cancer and host Chicago beat Detroit for 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 All-star closer since he missed the start of the season after he was diagnosed with stage 4 non-hodgkin lymphoma.
BLUE JAYS 6, METS 4 >> Brandon Belt broke a seventh-inning tie with a tworun homer and visiting Toronto completed a three-game sweep. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep for the Blue Jays, who blew a four-run lead but quickly recovered. Toronto has won four straight and six of seven. Tommy Pham hit two of New York’s four solo homers.
ORIOLES 8, GIANTS 3 >> Josh Lester drove in two runs with his first major league hit during his season debut, and Tyler Wells won for the first time in his past four starts for visiting Baltimore. James Mccann hit his third home run for the Orioles. Blake Sabol hit a tworun homer for San Francisco.
CUBS 7, PADRES 1 >> Marcus Stroman (64) pitched six strong innings to win his fourth consecutive start and rookie Miguel Amaya went 3 for 3 with his first major league home run for visiting Chicago. Yan Gomes and Trey Mancini hit back-to-back homers off Ryan Weathers (1-4), Dansby Swanson adding a two-run double later in the second inning.
PHILLIES 11, NATIONALS 3 >> Kyle Schwarber hit a pair of three run homers and Drew Ellis hit his first two home runs of the season for visiting Philadelphia. J.T. Realmuto went deep for the second day in a row for the Phillies. Ildemaro Vargas had a homer and a double for Washington.
BREWERS 5, REDS 1 >> Adrian Houser pitched seven sparkling innings and Andruw Monasterio hit his first career homer, leading visiting Milwaukee. Victor Caratini also went deep for the Brewers. Houser (2-1) allowed six hits, including Jake Fraley’s seventh homer.