BALTIMORE (AP) — Maikel Garcia hit two of Kansas City’s franchise-record seven home runs, a rare long-ball barrage that enabled the Royals to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-6 on Sunday.
Bobby Witt Jr. broke a 5-5 tie with a seventh-inning solo shot off Yennier Cano (0-1), and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with drive into the right-field seats. Cano had not allowed a run in his previous 12 outings this season.
Jonathan India, Luke Maile and Michael Massey also went deep for the Royals. Massey’s ninth-inning shot set the club record for home runs in a game.
Kansas City entered with a major league-low 18 homers in its first 34 games. It hadn’t hit as many as six in a game since 2020.
Jackson Holliday went deep twice for Baltimore in his first career multihomer game. Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins each hit a solo shot.
Orioles starter Kyle Gibson gave up three runs and five hits in four innings. In his season debut on Tuesday, the 37-year-old yielded four first-inning homers to the Yankees and was pulled in the fourth after allowing nine runs and 11 hits.
Making his 100th career start, Kansas City’s Michael Lorenzen surrendered a career-high four home runs and was pulled in the fifth. The four HRs equaled the total he gave up in his previous six starts this season.
Angel Zerpa (2-0) gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings to earn the win.
CARDINALS 6, METS 5, 1ST GAME
CARDINALS 5, METS 4, 2ND GAME
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Victor Scott II robbed Juan Soto of a three-run homer and later hit a tiebreaking double, leading St. Louis to victory over New York for a doubleheader sweep.
The Cardinals won the opener 6-5, Willson Contreras drove in three runs on three hits, including a homer, and Brendan Donovan had two hits and two RBIs.
The nightcap was tied at 4-all in the fourth inning when Soto drove a fastball to straightaway center. Scott ran back to the wall and leaped, and his glove was over the fence when he snatched the ball, preventing it from landing on the grass.
In the sixth, Scott’s two-out double off Max Kranick (2-1) scored Yohel Pozo from first base.
Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer and rookie Michael McGreevy pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Cardinals.
McGreevy (1-0) was recalled Saturday from Triple-A Memphis. He struck out five and gave up one hit and one walk in first appearance in the majors this season. Last year, McGreevy went 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA in four appearances, three of them starts.
Mets starter Tylor Megill allowed four runs in five innings.
Burleson’s first homer this season came with one out in the second. He belted a 0-1 fastball into the right-field bullpen for a 2-0 lead.
Starling Marte had two hits and two RBIs for the Mets.
TWINS 5, RED SOX 4
BOSTON (AP) — Harrison Bader hit a go-ahead double off the Green Monster in the eighth inning, and Minnesota took the weekend series against Boston with a victory.
Byron Buxton hit a game-opening homer on Garrett Crochet’s first pitch for the Twins, who won consecutive road games for just the second time this season.
The Red Sox had a scare when a line drive off the bat of Carlos Correa skipped off the glove and nose of ace Garrett Crochet on its way to second base for a groundout. Crochet stayed in the game.
Bader scored on Trevor Larnach’s single after his hit off Justin Slaten (0-3).
Louis Varland (2-3) pitched an inning of scoreless relief and Jhoan Duran worked the ninth for his fourth save, and second in as many days.
Boston had opened a 3-1 edge on Carlos Narváez’s two-run single in the second and Romy Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly an inning later.
Ryan Jeffers’ two-run single tied it in the seventh. Boston’s Wilyer Abreu hit a solo homer in the eighth.
The Twins took the middle game of the series Saturday with Kody Clemens hitting a two-run homer in his first career game at Fenway Park with his father, former Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens, in attendance.
PADRES 4, PIRATES 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Stephen Kolek pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his first major league start and combined with four relievers for San Diego’s eighth shutout of the season and a victory over Pittsburgh for its fifth straight win.
Kolek was recalled from Triple-A El Paso before the game. He made 42 relief appearances for the Padres last season as a rookie after being selected from Seattle in the Rule 5 draft.
Kolek, who had a 6.38 ERA in five starts for El Paso this season, allowed four hits, struck out four and walked two.
Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon, Wandy Peralta and Jason Adam followed Kolek. The eight shutouts are the most in the majors.
Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs for the Padres, who scored all their runs in the first two innings off Andrew Heaney (2-3), who was pulled with two outs in the fourth.
Manny Machado doubled and scored on Bogaerts’ single in the first inning. In the second, Elias Diaz led off with his third home run of the season and Bogaerts hit a two-run double to make it 4-0.
Heaney allowed eight hits and four walks while striking out three. The Pirates have lost four games in a row and seven of their last eight.
Machado had three hits and Bogaerts, Diaz and Luis Arraez added two apiece. The Pirates’ Joey Bart, Ke’Bryan Hayes, Matt Gorski and Tommy Pham had two hits each.
ATHLETICS 3, MARLINS 2
MIAMI (AP) — Rookie Nick Kurtz tripled with one out in the ninth inning and scored on a pinch hit by Tyler Soderstrom to lift the Athletics to a victory over Miami.
Kurtz sent an 0-1 pitch from Anthony Bender (1-1) down the left-field line and Soderstrom singled up the middle two pitches later to give the Athletics the three-game series and improve to an AL-best 13-7 on the road.
The Athletics (19-16) grabbed the lead in the second when Miguel Andujar and Jacob Wilson led off with singles against Marlins starter Edward Cabrera. Both scored on a two-out double by Gio Urshela. Dane Myers threw Urshela out at home on a single by Jhonny Pereda to end the inning.
Miami tied it in the fourth with a two-out, bases-empty rally off Athletics starter JP Sears. Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers had base hits and Myers drove in both with a double.
Sears allowed two runs on four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Mitch Spence (1-0) got five outs for the win and Tyler Ferguson retired three straight for his first save.
Cabrera gave up two runs on seven hits in 5 2/3.
BREWERS 4, CUBS 0
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Freddy Peralta pitched six sharp innings to help Milwaukee beat Chicago, with the Brewers’ lineup breaking through after an injury knocked out left-hander Shota Imanaga in the sixth inning.
Milwaukee prevented the Cubs from earning their first road sweep of the Brewers since October 2015.
The game was scoreless when Imanaga (3-2) strained his left hamstring while heading toward first base in an unsuccessful attempt to complete a 1-6-3 double play. Imanaga grabbed the back of his left leg at the end of the play.
When Imanaga departed, the Brewers had runners on the corners with two outs.
Julian Merryweather’s first offering was a wild pitch that brought home Chourio. Merryweather also surrendered an RBI single to Daz Cameron and a two-run double to Caleb Durbin.
Cameron entered in the fourth after starting right fielder Sal Frelick departed with left knee discomfort.
Peralta (4-2) struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 2.18. He improved to 7-2 with a 2.92 ERA against the Cubs in his career.
GUARDIANS 5, BLUE JAYS 4
TORONTO (AP) — Tanner Bibee pitched five innings before leaving because of leg cramps, Gabriel Arias had three hits and two RBIs, and Cleveland beat Toronto.
Six-time All-Star José Ramírez was back in the lineup for Cleveland, two days after leaving in the third inning because of a right ankle sprain. Ramírez went 0 for 4 with a walk.
Bibee (3-2) improved to 3-0 in three career starts against Toronto. He allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits.
Bibee came to the mound to warm up for the bottom of the sixth but appeared to be in discomfort, lifting his legs several times and calling the trainer out of the dugout.
Tim Herrin replaced Bibee, and Cade Smith worked the seventh. Hunter Gaddis allowed runners to reach second and third with one out in the eighth, but retired Myles Straw and Nathan Lukes to preserve a one-run lead.
Carlos Santana extended Cleveland’s edge to two with a bases-loaded walk in the ninth.
Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. answered with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half but Emmanuel Clase finished for his seventh save in nine chances, stranding the tying run at third base.
Toronto right-hander Bowden Francis (2-5) allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Francis has won once in six starts.
RANGERS 8, MARINERS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager and Adolis García hit two-run singles to highlight Texas’ six-run third inning, Jacob deGrom won his second start in a row and the previously run-starved Rangers beat Seattle to end a season-high four-game losing streak.
DeGrom (2-1) allowed the one run and three hits in five innings. His 89 pitches were seven shy of his season high. He had three strikeouts to surpass 1,700 for his career, the 13th active major leaguer to reach the milestone.
Texas was held to two or fewer runs in eight of its previous nine games. The other was a 15-2 rout of the Athletics last Tuesday in deGrom’s previous start.
The AL West-leading Mariners had a season-best six-game winning streak snapped, but had clinched an eighth straight winning series Saturday. They had won their first five against the Rangers this season.
Logan Evans (1-1) gave up six runs and 11 hits in five innings in his second major league start.
Texas’ Josh Smith had a career-best four hits.
Jorge Polanco singled home Leo Rivas to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the third.
Seattle’s Randy Arozarena singled in the sixth to extend his career-best on-base streak to 28 games. Teammate J.P. Crawford extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games with a single in the third.
RAYS 7, YANKEES 5
NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Aranda homered and added a two-run single, boosting Tampa Bay over New York to end the Rays’ eight-game stretch of scoring four runs or fewer.
Tampa Bay matched its season high with 16 hits, including four by No. 9 hitter Taylor Walls and three each by Travis Jankowski, Yandy Díaz and Aranda. Brandon Lowe hit a two-run single and speedy Chandler Simpson scored from second on an infield hit.
Taj Bradley (3-2) stopped a three-start winless streak, allowing two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings as Tampa Bay won its second straight after a four-game slide.
Aaron Judge, hitting a big league-high .423, doubled to extend his on-base streak to 30 games.
Cody Bellinger hit his 200th homer, a two-run drive in the sixth with the Yankees trailing 5-0, and Jorbit Vivas had a two-run single in a three-run eighth for his first big league hit.
Pete Fairbanks struck out the side in the ninth to remain perfect in eight save chances.
Will Warren (1-2) dropped to 0-2 in his last four starts, giving up five runs — three earned — seven hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
New York lost for the third time in four games. Shortstop Oswald Peraza and catcher J.C. Escarra made errors and left fielder Jasson Domínguez allowed Walls’ catchable fly ball to drop behind him for a double.
DIAMONDBACKS 11, PHILLIES 9
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Josh Naylor hit an RBI single in Arizona’s three-run 10th inning, and the Diamondbacks topped Philadelphia to salvage the finale of their weekend series.
Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin Carroll each had three RBIs for Arizona, which led 7-2 after five innings.
Naylor drove in Eugenio Suárez with his grounder into left field. Tim Tawa hit a sacrifice fly off José Alvarado (3-1), and Perdomo walked to force home a run.
The Phillies got one back in the bottom of the 10th on Max Kepler’s sacrifice fly off Jalen Beeks. With one out and two runners on, Bryce Harper flied out to center and Kyle Schwarber bounced to first.
Philadelphia trailed 8-6 before rallying in the ninth against Shelby Miller (3-0). Schwarber hit his 11th homer after Miller struck out the first two batters. Consecutive singles for Nick Castellanos, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm produced the tying run.
WHITE SOX 5, ASTROS 4, 7 INNINGS
CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. tied it with an RBI single with two outs in the sixth inning, stole second base and scored the go-ahead run on Edgar Quero’s single as Chicago rallied to beat Houston in a game shortened to seven innings by rain.
The game was delayed for 80 minutes before being called. It was the White Sox’s second series victory of the season and their first series win against the Astros since July 2021. Chicago had lost or split its last six series with Houston.
Chicago reliever Mike Vasil (1-1) earned his first career win after holding the Astros without a hit in 2 1/3 innings.
Lance McCullers Jr. made his first start for Houston since Game 3 of the 2022 World Series. The 31-year-old right-hander missed the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons, but kept the White Sox scoreless Sunday in 3 2/3 innings. McCullers allowed three hits, walked three and struck out four.
Astros reliever Steven Okert (1-1) allowed two earned runs in one inning. Zach Dezenzo hit his first homer of the season for Houston and Mauricio Dubón had a two-run single.
GIANTS 9, ROCKIES 3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willy Adames homered twice and drove in three runs, helping San Francisco beat Colorado.
Adames hit a solo homer in each of his first two at-bats for his eighth career multihomer game. He just missed another homer in the fifth when he hit an RBI double off the wall in right-center.
Giants right-hander Logan Webb (4-2) pitched seven innings of one-run ball, bouncing back nicely after he surrendered a season-high five runs in a loss at San Diego on Tuesday.
Colorado dropped to a major league-worst 6-28. It is 2-17 on the road.
The Rockies closed to 2-1 on Jacob Stallings’ RBI single in the fifth. But the Giants responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Adames’ double knocked in Mike Yastrzemski, who drove in two runs earlier in the inning. The Giants added four runs in the seventh to take a 9-1 lead.
Gérman Márquez (0-6) allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings and lost his sixth consecutive start for the Rockies.
TIGERS 13, ANGELS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif (AP) — Trey Sweeney and Kerry Carpenter each homered and had four hits, and they combined to drive in 11 runs as Detroit pounded Los Angeles to win three of four in the series.
After Sweeney singled in the first run off Jack Kochanowicz (1-5) in the second inning, Carpenter made it 3-0 with a two-run double to the right-field wall that Jo Adell kept inside the park but couldn’t catch.
Carpenter’s eighth homer was a three-run shot off reliever Michael Darrell-Hicks for an 8-0 lead in the sixth. Sweeney homered off Jose Fermin with two on in the seventh and added a two-run single in the eighth off Touki Toussaint. Sweeney finished with six RBIs and Carpenter drove in five — both career highs.
Colt Keith hit a two-run homer, his third, for a 5-0 lead in the third.
Reese Olson (4-2) tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out eight. Brenan Hanifee allowed a run in 1 1/3 innings. Beau Brieske and Will Vest closed it out.
Zach Neto had two hits and drove in the lone run for Los Angeles. Kochanowicz was tagged for five runs in five innings.
NATIONALS 4, REDS 1
CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis García Jr. homered during Washington’s three-run seventh inning, and the Nationals beat Cincinnati.
García gave Washington a 2-1 lead with his one-out solo drive off Graham Ashcraft (2-3). CJ Abrams tacked on a two-run double against Taylor Rogers.
Jorge López (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings for the win, and Kyle Finnegan handled the ninth for his 11th save.
Washington took two of three in the weekend series at Cincinnati.
Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore struck out nine in five innings. He allowed four hits and walked four.
The Reds wasted a sharp performance by Nick Martinez, who struck out six while working six innings of one-run ball.
García put Washington in front with a sacrifice fly in the second. But Tyler Stephenson hit a leadoff drive in the bottom half for Cincinnati.
It was Stephenson’s first homer in his third game since he missed the start of the season with a left oblique strain.
BRAVES 4, DODGERS 3
ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley hit two two-run homers, and Atlanta stopped Los Angeles’ seven-game win streak with a victory.
Riley went deep in the first inning and again in the third. A pinch-hit homer by Miguel Rojas off Dylan Lee in the seventh cut the lead to 4-3.
Braves closer Raisel Iglesias gave up an infield hit to Andy Pages to open the ninth. Pinch-runner Hyeseong Kim stole second base and advanced to third on Will Smith’s strikeout. Iglesias struck out Rojas and Austin Barnes to earn his fifth save.
The Braves had been 0-5 against the Dodgers this season after losing the first two games of the series. Atlanta avoided being swept in the season series and snapped a string of seven consecutive losses to Los Angeles that began last season.
Dodgers right-hander Dustin May (1-2) trailed 2-0 before recording an out. May walked Alex Verdugo to open the game, and Riley drilled a homer 426 feet to left field.
Riley added another shot, his eighth, off May in the third.
Atlanta right-hander Bryce Elder (2-1) struck out six in five-plus innings. He was charged with two runs and four hits.
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