MLB roundup: Willy Adames ties franchise HR record in Brewers’ win

Willy Adames homered for the fifth straight game to tie a Milwaukee record as the Brewers beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series.

Jackson Chourio hit a grand slam and Rhys Hoskins also went deep as the Brewers (81-57) won for the sixth time in seven games.

Milwaukee starter Freddy Peralta (10-7) allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked two.

Pedro Pages homered twice for St. Louis (69-69), which had won four of five. Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (6-7) surrendered five runs on five hits in five innings, striking out three and walking a season-high five.

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Orioles 13, White Sox 3

Gunnar Henderson homered in the first inning in what became a rout by host Baltimore over Chicago.

Cedric Mullins had three hits, including a homer, and drove in three runs, Austin Slater added three hits and three RBIs and Henderson also knocked in three runs for the Orioles, who have won three of its past four games. Starter Corbin Burnes completed five innings to secure his first victory in his past five starts.

White Sox starter Chris Flexen (2-14) gave up three runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings and he has the most losses of any pitcher in the majors this year. Chicago scored two runs in the first inning for a brief lead but went on to lose its 11th straight.

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Twins 5, Rays 4

Trevor Larnach scorched a three-run homer, Brooks Lee went deep and Minnesota opened its seven-game road trip with a win over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Larnach struck his big blow in the second inning and finished 1-for-3 with two runs and two walks for Minnesota (75-62). Lee went 2-for-4 and added a double. Royce Lewis (double, RBI) and Jose Miranda also had two hits apiece. Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson was gifted a two-run lead but lasted only 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits. He struck out two and walked two. Jorge Alcala (4-3) earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball. He struck out three.

For Tampa Bay (67-70), Junior Caminero was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, run and a walk. Jonny DeLuca had two hits, including a solo homer, and a stolen base. Josh Lowe added two hits, a run and a stolen base, while Dylan Carlson drove in two runs.

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Mets 4, Red Sox 1

Luis Severino tossed seven innings in the latest solid start by a Mets pitcher as New York defeated visiting Boston in the opener of a three-game interleague series.

Severino (10-6) gave up one run on six hits and two walks while striking out five. Severino and fellow Mets starters David Peterson, Tylor Megill, Jose Quintana and Sean Manaea have a 1.44 ERA during the winning streak.

Ceddanne Rafaela tripled with one out in the third and scored the Red Sox’s lone run on a single by Jarren Duran, who was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.

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Yankees 8, Rangers 4

Gleyber Torres went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Gerrit Cole was effective through six innings to help New York earn a win against Texas in Arlington, Texas.

Cole (6-3) held Texas to one run on four hits and struck out nine. He left the game at the start of the seventh inning after experiencing a right calf cramp while warming up. The win kept the Yankees (80-58) a half-game ahead of the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the American League East.

The Rangers (65-73) lost for only the second time in their past seven games. Texas starting pitcher Jack Leiter (0-2) retired eight straight batters after giving up a two-run double to Torres in the third inning but got into trouble in the sixth, and New York capitalized.

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Athletics 5, Mariners 4

Shea Langeliers crushed his second home run of the game just inside the left field foul pole leading off the ninth inning, allowing host Oakland to beat Seattle.

Langeliers finished with four RBIs for the Athletics, who had lost three of their past four games.

Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer for the Mariners, who are 5 1/2 games behind the Kansas City Royals for the final American League wild-card spot.

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Guardians 4, Royals 2

Lane Thomas and Josh Naylor each homered, Gavin Williams tossed seven strong innings and visiting Cleveland beat Kansas City to hand the Royals their sixth straight loss.

Naylor also doubled and is 11-for-21 (.524) with a homer and eight RBIs during his five-game hitting streak.

Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. did not start at shortstop for the first time this season and instead went 0-for-3 with a walk as the team’s designated hitter.

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Dodgers 11, Diamondbacks 6

Freddie Freeman homered twice and drove in five runs, and Teoscar Hernandez went 5-for-5 with a triple, double and two runs scored to lead Los Angeles to a victory over Arizona in the finale of their four-game series in Phoenix, Ariz.

It was the 20th multi-homer game of Freeman’s career and the third five-hit game of Hernandez’s career. Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-4 with two walks, three stolen bases and two runs, Mookie Betts went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and three runs. Los Angeles (83-55) claimed the season series tiebreaker with the Diamondbacks, 7-6.

Jack Flaherty (11-6) improved to 4-1 in six starts with the Dodgers since coming over at the trade deadline. He allowed one run on five hits, struck out seven and walked three over 5 2/3 innings. Eugenio Suarez went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and three runs scored and Jake McCarthy and Corbin Carroll each had two hits for Arizona (77-61).

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Padres 3, Tigers 0

Joe Musgrove and three relievers combined on a six-hit shutout as San Diego beat visiting Detroit to move into the National League’s top wild-card spot.

Musgrove (5-4) permitted just three hits and two walks in six innings, striking out eight to improve to 2-0 in five starts since coming off the injured list last month. The Padres got an inning each from Jason Adam, Tanner Scott and Robert Suarez, with Suarez picking up his 31st save in 34 chances.

The Tigers, who squandered the few scoring chances they had, going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and stranding seven men, stayed five games behind the Kansas City Royals for the American League’s last wild-card spot.

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Reds 5, Astros 3

Ty France went 4-for-4 with a double and Santiago Espinal continued his torrid post-All-Star break run with two hits and two RBIs, helping Cincinnati top visiting Houston.

The Reds snapped the Astros’ five-game winning streak and continued their recent dominance over the Astros. Cincinnati (66-73) has won seven straight in the interleague series, dating to Houston’s last win in 2016. Carson Spiers (5-5) allowed one run and three hits over 2 1/3 innings of relief to earn his fifth win.

Yainer Diaz had two hits and drove in all three runs for Houston (75-63), including a two-run single in the third inning. Justin Verlander (3-5) had a rough start, walking the first three batters he faced in the first inning and allowing five runs on eight hits in just 4 2/3 innings, matching his second-shortest outing of the year.

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Pirates 5, Cubs 3

Bryan Reynolds hit a tying three-run home run in the eighth inning and Andrew McCutchen hit the go-ahead shot two batters later as Pittsburgh rallied and beat host Chicago.

The Pirates had just three hits in seven innings against Cubs starter Jameson Taillon before Chicago turned to its bullpen in the eighth inning. The comeback victory was huge for Pittsburgh after it allowed 41 runs while being swept at home in a three-game set by the Cubs last week. The win was just the eighth in the past 27 games for Pittsburgh.

The setback was only the second in the last 11 contests for the Cubs, who had a season-high six-game winning streak halted. Taillon (three strikeouts, one walk) was pulled after just 89 pitches, finishing with seven shutout innings.