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MLB ROUNDUP

Red Sox end Padres’ 5-game win streak

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BOSTON — Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer, Jarren Duran added a solo shot and the Boston Red Sox ended San Diego’s five-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.

The Red Sox, who were outscored 20-3 in the series’ first two games, snapped a three-game skid.

Jackson Merrill had three hits for the Padres, and Haseong Kim added an RBI double. San Diego had won nine of its previous 10 games. Rays 5, Nationals 0: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Taj Bradley tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, Isaac Paredes homered and Tampa Bay beat Washington.

Bradley (3-4) allowed three hits and walked two over 52⁄3 innings in his fifth consecutiv­e strong start. The right-hander has allowed four earned runs in 29 innings over the stretch. Pirates 4, Braves 2: At Atlanta, Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez each hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, and Pittsburgh beat Atlanta to avoid a three-game sweep.

Bryan Reynolds’ 25-game hitting streak ended with two strikeouts and two groundouts in his four atbats. It was the longest streak in the majors this season and the Pirates’ longest since Kenny Lofton’s 26game streak in 2003. Brewers 7, Cubs 1: At Milwaukee, Brice Turang hit Milwaukee’s fifth grand slam in its last eight games as part of a seven-run fourth inning, and the Brewers rolled past Chicago.

Freddy Peralta (6-4) and Jakob Junis combined on a two-hitter to help the NL Central-leading Brewers win their ninth straight home series. Milwaukee hasn’t dropped a series at American Family Field since the New York Yankees took two of three from April 26-28.

Cardinals 2, Reds 0: At St. Louis, Lance Lynn pitched six sparkling innings, and St. Louis beat Cincinnati for a split of their four-game series.

Phillies 7, Marlins 6: At Philadelph­ia, Alec Bohm homered, Trea Turner hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning and Philadelph­ia rallied past Miami. Royals 6, Guardians 2: At Kansas City, Mo., Seth Lugo struck out 10 in six shutout innings to earn his major league-high 11th win, and Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer as Kansas City beat Cleveland.

Rockies 5, White Sox 4: At Chicago, Ryan Mcmahon scored on Michael Toglia’s sacrifice fly in the 14th inning, and Colorado stopped a five-game slide by topping Chicago.

Giants 10, Dodgers 4: At San Francisco, Matt Chapman homered and drove in three runs, and San Francisco hit a season-high 10 doubles to rout Los Angeles in front of a sellout crowd of 40,428 at Oracle Park. D’backs 5, A’s 1: At Phoenix, Brandon Pfaadt pitched six innings of one-run ball and Blaze Alexander hit a two-run single during Arizona’s three-run seventh inning, helping the Diamondbac­ks beat Oakland. Tigers 7, Angels 6: At Anaheim, Calif., Justyn-henry Malloy hit an inside-thepark homer in the fourth inning, Carson Kelly added a three-run homer and Detroit snapped its four-game losing streak.

Twins 5 Mariners 3: At Seattle, Trevor Larnach hit a tiebreakin­g two-run homer in the eighth inning to extend Minnesota’s home run streak to 19 games.

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