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The Braves had not won 11 in a row since 2013, when they had a
14-game streak. They matched the Houston Astros and the New York
Yankees for the majors' longest winning streak and moved to a
season-high seven games over .500.
The Braves swept the four-game series, the first time they've
done that against the Pirates since 2019.
Contreras was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, scored two
runs and drove in a run. Duvall went 2-for-3 with two homers --
his 11th career multi-homer game -- and three RBIs.
Yankees 18, Cubs 4
Matt Carpenter homered twice and tied a career-high with seven
RBIs as New York easily extended its home winning streak to 11
games in a rout of skidding Chicago at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees won for the 11th time in 12 games and reached 60
games with at least 44 wins for the fifth time in team history.
New York's 60-game start is the best since the 2001 Seattle
Mariners began 47-13 and marked the sixth time since 1940 a team
won at least 44 of the first 60 games.
Carpenter walked with the bases loaded in New York's five-run
first off Chicago starter Keegan Thompson (6-2), hit a three-run
homer in the second off Daniel Norris and added a two-run drive
in the sixth off Alec Mills before finishing with an RBI double
in the seventh.
Guardians 6, Athletics 3
Cal Quantrill gave up one run over six innings and Jose Ramirez
drove in three runs as Cleveland rolled to a victory over
visiting Oakland.
Quantrill (4-3) allowed one run and two walks with four
strikeouts as he pitched at least six innings in his ninth
consecutive start. The only run he allowed came on the second
batter of the game when Oakland's Ramon Laureano hit a home run.
The Guardians won three of four games to take their fourth
consecutive series, while winning for the 10th time in their
last 13 games.
Diamondbacks 13, Phillies 1
Christian Walker hit a single, double, triple and drove in three
runs as Arizona cruised past host Philadelphia.
Josh Rojas added two hits, three runs and an RBI, while Alek
Thomas had two singles and two RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who
avoided a three-game sweep. Ketel Marte chipped in with a
two-run single, and Geraldo Perdomo had two hits.
The Phillies had their nine-game winning streak snapped and
interim manager Rob Thomson lost for the first time after
starting 8-0.
Blue Jays 6, Tigers 0
Ross Stripling tossed six dominant innings, Vladimir Guerrero
Jr. clubbed a two-run homer, and visiting Toronto blanked
Detroit.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits and drove in three runs for
Toronto, which took two of three games in the weekend series.
Cavan Biggio added two hits and an RBI.
Robbie Grossman's third-inning single was the only hit allowed
by Stripling (3-1), who didn't issue a walk while recording four
strikeouts. Detroit starter Tarik Skubal (5-3) matched his
shortest outing of the season. Skubal allowed four runs and
seven hits while striking out five in four innings.
Giants 2, Dodgers 0
Austin Slater hit Julio Urias' fourth pitch for a home run, Mike
Yastrzemski followed with another homer one out later and host
San Francisco completed a three-game home sweep over Los
Angeles.
Left-hander Carlos Rodon (5-4) combined with three relievers on
a five-hitter. Rodon gave up two hits and three walks, and
struck out eight. The Giants completed their first three-game
home sweep of their Southern California rival since the final
three games of the 2016 regular season.
Urias (3-6) went six innings, allowing no more runs and only one
hit after the first three batters of the game. He struck out 10
and did not issue a walk.
Brewers 4, Nationals 1
Willy Adames drove in three runs with a double and a home run as
Milwaukee halted an eight-game losing streak by beating host
Washington.
Andrew McCutchen also homered for the Brewers. Milwaukee used
five pitchers, as four relievers combined for 4 1/3 scoreless
innings while surrendering just one hit.
The Nationals were denied what would have been their first
series sweep of the season after slugging seven home runs across
the first two games of the homestand.
Reds 7, Cardinals 6
TJ Friedl drove in two runs with a single and a triple as
visiting Cincinnati defeated St. Louis to avoid a three-game
sweep.
Tommy Pham hit a home run and scored twice for the Reds, who won
for just the third time in 10 games. Reds starting pitcher
Graham Ashcraft allowed four runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings,
reliever Jeff Hoffman (1-0) received the victory and Alexis Diaz
earned his second career save.
Dakota Hudson (4-3) allowed six runs on nine hits and two walks
in seven innings for the Cardinals, whose five-game home winning
streak ended. Nolan Arenado and Juan Yepez each hit two-run
homers.
Rangers 8, White Sox 6 (12 innings)
Jonah Heim lined a go-ahead, two-run single in the 12th inning
and Ezequiel Duran and Eli White each had a home run and three
RBIs as visiting Texas topped Chicago.
Texas took two of three to earn a series victory for the first
time since winning three of four at Oakland from May 26-29.
Chicago, meanwhile, lost for the fourth time in five games in a
contest that saw both teams lose players to injury.
A violent collision between White and fellow Rangers outfielder
Charlie Culberson occurred in the 11th inning. White left the
game favoring his right arm and hand. Chicago starter Michael
Kopech exited the game with right knee discomfort after 13
pitches and two-thirds of an inning. The right-hander winced
after throwing a called strike to Adolis Garcia.
Astros 9, Marlins 4
Justin Verlander took over the major league lead in victories
and Houston salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague
series against visiting Miami.
One start after recording a season-high 12 strikeouts, Verlander
(8-2) allowed three hits and one walk with five strikeouts over
seven innings. He retired the first 10 batters he faced before
Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas hit a one-out single in the
fourth inning. Verlander then retired eight of the next nine
batters.
The Marlins had their five-game winning streak snapped. Houston
went 2-4 on its six-game homestand, with Verlander recording
both victories.
Orioles 10, Royals 7
Anthony Santander, Ryan Mountcastle and Rougned Odor each hit
solo home runs and Dean Kremer allowed one earned run over five
innings as Baltimore split a four-game series with host Kansas
City.
Cedric Mullins went 4-for-6 with two RBIs and a run. Richie
Martin went 3-for-5 with two triples, two RBIs and three runs,
while Austin Hays went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs. Kremer
(1-1) allowed four hits to go along with two strikeouts and two
walks. He was charged with two runs, one earned.
Hunter Dozier went 4-for-5, including a two-run homer and a
double, with two runs and two RBIs for the Royals, and Bobby
Witt Jr. went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. He also homered.
Right-hander Brad Keller fell to 1-8 after allowing five runs on
seven hits with four strikeouts and a walk in 1 2/3 innings.
Rockies 4, Padres 2
Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking, two-run, two-out double inside
the first-base bag in the top of the eighth inning to lead
visiting Colorado to a win over San Diego and a split of the
four-game weekend series.
The two-run eighth gave the win to Rockies struggling ace German
Marquez (3-5), who gave up two runs on six hits and no walks
with six strikeouts over six innings in his sharpest outing
since April 9.
In taking the final two games of the series, the Rockies won
back-to-back games for the first time in 36 games since May 4-5.
Rays 6, Twins 0
Kevin Kiermaier went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs and
Jeffrey Springs pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings to lead Tampa Bay
to a victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Randy Arozarena had an RBI double and reached base three times,
stole two bases and scored twice. Ji-Man Choi extended his
hitting streak to 11 games with two hits and an RBI for the
Rays, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Relievers Matt Wisler, Jalen Beeks, Calvin Faucher and Colin
Poche combined to hold Minnesota -- which had scored 30 runs and
clubbed 11 homers in its four previous games -- to just three
more singles over the final 3 2/3 innings to complete the
shutout.
Red Sox 2, Mariners 0
Rafael Devers hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning and
six pitchers combined on a one-hitter as Boston blanked host
Seattle to take two of three games in the series.
With two outs in the eighth, Rob Refsnyder barely checked his
swing on a two-strike pitch from Paul Sewald (3-2). The next
pitch hit Refsnyder. Sewald got ahead 0-2 in the count to
Devers, then threw a pitch up and away that the lefty hitting
Devers poked just over the left-field wall for his 14th home run
of the season.
Right-hander Tyler Danish (2-0) retired the only batter he
faced, and Tanner Houck pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second
save of the season -- both in this series. Red Sox right-hander
Kutter Crawford, in his second major league start, pitched five
scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. He walked four and
struck out seven.
Mets 4, Angels 1
Taijuan Walker struck out a season-high 10 batters and Pete
Alonso and J.D. Davis each belted a solo homer to fuel New York
to a victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Walker (4-2), who entered the game with just 25 strikeouts over
46 2/3 innings, allowed one run on six hits in six innings to
snap a modest two-start losing skid on Sunday. Seth Lugo bridged
the gap to Edwin Diaz, who struck out five batters to highlight
his five-out save.
Mike Trout had an RBI single in the first inning and Brandon
Marsh and Matt Duffy each had two hits for the Angels, who have
lost 16 of their last 18 games.
--Field Level Media
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