Fowler lifts Cardinals over Phillies
ST. LOUIS — Dexter Fowler hit a three-run homer and Adam Wainwright tossed five solid innings, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
St. Louis has won three in a row following a season-high seven-game losing streak.
Daniel Nava homered for the Phillies, who have dropped five in a row.
Philadelphia led 2-0 before Fowler connected against Aaron Nola (3-4) in the fifth inning. It was his ninth homer in his first season with St. Louis.
Wainwright (7-4) gave up six hits, struck out four and walked two, bouncing back nicely from a rough start at Cincinnati on Tuesday.
Yankees 14, Orioles 3
NEW YORK — Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive nearly
500 feet that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent New York romping past Baltimore
14-3 Sunday for its fifth straight win.
Even by his lofty feats, it was quite a power show by the 6-foot-7 Judge. He leads the majors with 21 homers and tops the AL with 47 RBIs and a .344 batting average.
In the sixth, Judge launched a mammoth shot to left-center field that was estimated at 495 feet, the lon-
gest homer in the majors this season, according to Statcast. The ball bounced off the bare hands of a fan standing behind a fence beyond the back row of the bleachers.
Judge lined a drive into the right-center seats in his next at-bat, and also doubled earlier.
Indians 4, White Sox 2
CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco took a shutout into the sixth, three relievers combined for 3 2/3 scoreless innings, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Sunday.
Carrasco (6-3) was pulled after Todd Frazier’s two-run double cut Cleveland’s lead to one. The righthander allowed seven hits, struck out four and walked one in 5 1/3 innings.
Andrew Miller retired all five batters he faced, striking out three. Bryan Shaw pitched a scoreless eighth and Cody Allen finished for his 15th save, working around a one-out single.
Rays 5, Athletics 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mallex Smith had three hits and used his speed to set up the goahead run and the Tampa Bay Rays took three of four from the Oakland Athletics with a 5-4 victory Sunday.
Smith had a bunt single leading off the seventh and went to third after reliever Daniel Coulombe (0-1) was charged with an error for an errant throw to first that ended up in the right-field corner. Smith also walked and went 8 for 14 in the series.
Mets 2, Braves 1
ATLANTA — Seth Lugo became the latest member of the Mets to make a successful return, pitching seven impressive innings in his season debut to lead New York over the Atlanta Braves 2-1 Sunday.
Lugo (1-0) came back from right elbow inflammation that sidelined him all season, helping Mets starters post a 0.83 ERA over the last five games. He gave up one run and six hits, striking out seven and walking two.
The Mets have won four of five heading into an 18-game stretch against four teams that made the postseason last year.