



New York >> Shota Imanaga struck out Aaron Judge twice while pitching seven sparkling innings, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.
In his fourth start since returning from a strained left hamstring, Imanaga (6-3) allowed a homer to Giancarlo Stanton in the second and a single to Austin Wells in the seventh. He struck out six and walked one.
Red Sox 4, Rays 1 >> Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer, Brayan Bello pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning and Boston extended their winning streak to 10 games with a series-sweeping victory over Tampa Bay.
Rafaela, who hit a walk-off, two-run homer for Boston on Friday, hit his 14th homer of the season in the sixth inning.
Rangers 5, Astros 1 >> Marcus Semien hit his 250th career home run and Adolis García also went deep to back up a strong start by Nathan Eovaldi and give Texas a series clinching victory over Houston.
Eovaldi (7-3) limited Houston to five hits and a run with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings for his third straight win.
Reds 4, Rockies 2 >> TJ Friedl homered and scored three times, and Reds manager Terry Francona got his 2,000th win when he directed Cincinnati to a win over Colorado.
Matt McLain and Austin Hays each had two hits as Cincinnati won the rubber game of the weekend series. Nick Martinez (7-9) pitched 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball.
Mariners 8, Tigers 4 >> Jorge Polanco and Cole Young hit back-to-back home runs in a four-run ninth inning and Seattle beat Detroit to complete a three-game sweep.
Julio Rodriguez, Randy Arozarena and Mitch Garver also hit solo home runs for the Mariners.
Pirates 2, Twins 1 >> Spencer Horwitz had a bases-loaded RBI ground out in the ninth inning and Pittsburgh ended an eight-game slide by beating Minnesota.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa tied a career high with four hits for Pittsburgh.
Brewers 8, Nationals 1 >> All-Star Freddy Peralta pitched one-run ball through 6 2/3 innings, Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang homered and Milwaukee extended their winning streak to seven games with an victory over Washington.
Guardians 6, White Sox 5 (10 INN.) >> Steven Kwan knocked in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and made a sliding catch to help prevent a run from scoring in the bottom of the inning as Cleveland beat Chicago.
Royals 3, Mets 2 >> Nick Loftin delivered his second game-winning hit in less than a week, driving in Tyler Tolbert from second base with a single in the ninth inning to give Kansas City a win over New York.
Tolbert singled off Sean Manaea, who had been dominant in relief in his season debut for the Mets.
Marlns 11, Orioles 1 >> All-Star Kyle Stowers had his first three-homer game and drove in six runs against his former team, leading Miami to a win over Baltimore.
Stowers is the first Marlins player to hit three homers in a game since Brian Anderson on Sept. 18, 2020, in the second game of a doubleheader against Washington.
Diamondbacks 5, Angels 1 >> Jose Herrera hit a two-run double in a four-run fourth inning and Arizona avoided a three-game sweep with a victory over Los Angeles.
Blaze Alexander had two hits as the bottom of the Diamondbacks’ order was productive in a positive result just before the All-Star break.
Phillies 2, Padres 1>> J.T. Realmuto doubled in Bryce Harper with the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning and Cristopher Sánchez was impressive for 7 1/3 innings as Philadelphia beat San Diego.
Sánchez (8-2) got a nice ovation from several hundred Phillies fans sitting behind the third-base dugout after manager Rob Thomson lifted him with one out in the eighth.
A’s 6, Blue Jays 3 >> Tyler Soderstrom, Nick Kurtz and Austin Wynns each hit a two-run homer, helping the Athletics beat Toronto.
Jeffrey Springs (8-6) pitched 6 2/3 innings of three-run ball in the win. He struck out five and walked none.
Cardinals 5, Braves 3 >> José Fermín hit his first major league home run to break a sixth-inning tie in St. Louis’ victory over Atlanta.
In his 159th career plate appearance, the 26-year-old Fermín smacked a sinker over the left-field fence off Jesse Chavez (0-1) with Masyn Wynn on base to score.