Judge, Chisholm power Yankees
Major league home run leader Aaron Judge and Yankees newcomer Jazz Chisholm Jr. each hit two homers and drove in three runs as New York demolished the host Philadelphia Phillies 14-4 on Monday.
Ben Rice and Anthony Volpe added a homer and single apiece for the Yankees, who took the opener of a threegame series for their third victory in a row. Austin Wells hit a two-run triple while Juan Soto doubled twice, singled and knocked in three runs. Yankees starter Luis Gil (11-5) lasted 51⁄3 innings and allowed three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts and three walks.
Brandon Marsh hit a home run, single and drove in two runs for the Phillies, who fell to 3-7 since the All-Star break. Bryson Stott added two hits, and Kyle Schwarber drew three walks. Phillies starter Zack Wheeler (10-5) gave up seven runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings.
Guardians 8, Tigers 4
Jose Ramirez homered twice and drove in three runs as the visiting Cleveland Guardians rolled past the Detroit Tigers.
Ramirez added an RBI double and scored three runs for the American League Central leaders. Bo Naylor hit a three-run home run and Josh Naylor supplied two hits, two runs and an RBI.
Wenceel Perez hit a two-run homer for the Tigers. Dillon Dingler, making his major league debut, had a run-scoring double.
Reds 7, Cubs 1
TJ Friedl belted a three-run homer and Will Benson added a two-run shot to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.
In the eighth, Cincinnati’s Jeimer Candelario connected for his 17th homer of the season, a solo shot, against his former team. Tempers flared after reliever Nate Pearson drilled Tyler Stephenson in the head with a 96-mph sinker on the next pitch. Pearson and Cubs manager Craig Counsell were ejected.
Sam Moll, Justin Wilson and Lucas Sims each threw a scoreless inning of relief before Michael Busch homered off Buck Farmer in the ninth.
Red Sox 14, Mariners 7
Masataka Yoshida hit a two-run home run to highlight a seven-run third inning that carried the Boston Red Sox to a victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series.
Yoshida’s home run, his fifth of the season, was one of eight hits in the inning, five of which went for extra bases. Yoshida had three hits in the game, including a two-run single in a three-run fourth that gave the Red Sox a 10-1 lead.
Seattle starting pitcher Logan Gilbert (6-7) allowed seven runs on seven hits in 22⁄3 innings. Gilbert entered the game with a 2.72 ERA.
Mets 15, Twins 2
Pete Alonso homered to lead off a sixrun fourth-inning outburst by the host New York Mets, who rolled to a win over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
Eight starters had at least one hit and one RBI apiece for the Mets, who later added five- and four-run innings while snapping a two-game losing streak and improving to 16-9 this month.
Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson (3-2) opened with three scoreless innings before Alonso homered on his second pitch of the fourth.
Brewers 8, Braves 3
Willy Adames hit a three-run home run to help power the Milwaukee Brewers to a comeback victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves in the opener of the three-game series.
Rookie Jackson Chourio had a tworun homer and Rhys Hoskins added a solo shot for Milwaukee. Hoby Milner (4-1) got the win in relief.
Marcell Ozuna, Orlando Arcia and Sean Murphy hit solo homers to account for the Braves’ three runs.
Rangers 6, Cardinals 3
Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run homer and scored twice to lead the Texas Rangers past the host St. Louis Cardinals.
Starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (8-4) allowed three runs on six hits in six-plus innings as the Rangers snapped a threegame losing streak. Eovaldi didn’t issue a walk and struck out two.
Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who have lost 10 of their past 16 games.
Pirates 5, Astros 3
Michael A. Taylor clubbed a tiebreaking three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to help the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates cap a victory over the Houston Astros.
Pirates closer David Bednar issued a bases-loaded walk to Yordan Alvarez with two outs in the ninth but notched his 19th save by retiring Yainer Diaz on an infield popup.
Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes delivered a quality start, but the Astros made the rookie star labor over the second half of his six-inning stint.
Skenes allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts. It marked his eighth consecutive start allowing two runs or fewer.
Royals 8, White Sox 5
Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 and drilled a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the White Sox, sending Chicago to a single-season franchiserecord 15th straight loss.
Kansas City erupted for six runs in the eighth, sending nine batters to the plate against White Sox relievers Steven Wilson and John Brebbia.
Luis Robert Jr. had three hits, Andrew Vaughn homered and starter Chris
Flexen pitched six sharp innings for the White Sox, who were up 5-2 after seven innings.
Orioles 11, Blue Jays 5 Blue Jays 8, Orioles 4
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smacked a homer and two run-producing doubles as the Toronto Blue Jays forged a doubleheader split, defeating the host Baltimore Orioles 8-4 in the nightcap.
Guerrero broke a fourth-inning tie with his first double of the night, and the Blue Jays led the rest of the way on a long day at the ballpark. The second game was delayed for about 90 minutes because of inclement weather.
Baltimore won the opener 11-5, but the Orioles haven’t swept a doubleheader in eight years. That’s a span of 26 twinbills without coming out with a sweep (13 times swept, 13 splits).
Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis (4-2) returned from Triple-A Buffalo and notched the victory. He worked 52⁄3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits. He walked one and struck out two.
Colton Cowser and Jordan Westburg homered for the Orioles, who were aiming to build a three-game winning streak. Cowser hit Francis’ third pitch of the game deep to right-center to draw Baltimore even at 1-1.
In Game 1, Zach Eflin made a strong first impression with his new team by taking a shutout into the fifth inning.
Anthony Santander hit a two-run home run, Ryan Mountcastle had a solo shot to go with a run-scoring single, Jordan Westburg collected three doubles and drove in two runs and Ramon Urias also was credited with a pair of RBIs.
Eflin (6-7) was acquired last week in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Diamondbacks 9, Nationals 8
Pinch hitter Corbin Carroll lined a two-run homer to cap a five-run bottom of the ninth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for an improbable victory over the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series at Phoenix.
With Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on first, Carroll ripped an 0-1 splitter from closer Kyle Finnegan over the fence in right for Arizona’s 17th win in its past 25 games.
Ketel Marte went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who trailed 6-0 after 11⁄2 innings. Geraldo Perdomo had two hits and two RBIs, Kevin Newman had two hits and one RBI and Gurriel had two hits and two runs for Arizona.
Alex Call slugged a three-run homer during a five-run first inning for Washington. Call was one of six Nationals with two hits.
Harold Ramirez and Keibert Ruiz both had two hits and two RBIs.
Ildemaro Vargas, Juan Yepez and Jacob Young also had two hits for the Nationals.