Cardinals: Lars Nootbaar, Willson Contreras and Nolan Arenado homered, and the Cardinals beat the Nationals 6-1 on Sunday in Washington to complete a three-game sweep. The Cardinals have swept back-to-back series during an eight-game winning streak, their longest since August of 2022. Miles Mikolas (2-2) allowed one run on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk. All five of his career wins against the Nationals have come at Nationals Park. Nootbaar cranked his sixth homer of the season and seventh leadoff homer of his career well into the second deck in right field on the fifth pitch from MacKenzie Gore (2-4). Contreras launched a 406-foot blast over the center field wall to begin the second, his sixth of the season. He’s hitting .615 (8 for 13) against Gore with two doubles, a homer and three RBIs. Arenado’s two-run shot in eighth was his fourth of the year. Gore lasted 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, striking out seven and walking three on 101 pitches, 62 for strikes. He leads the majors with 75 strikeouts. Nathaniel Lowe hit his seventh homer for the Nationals, who have lost five straight.

Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi tossed seven shutout innings, Marcus Semien and Josh Jung hit two-run HRs and Rangers beat the host Tigers 6-1. Eovaldi (4-2) limited the Tigers to two hits and a walk while striking out seven in his fifth consecutive quality start. Jung’s brother, Jace, started at third base for the Tigers. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jung’s HR was the first by a player facing his brother’s team on Mother’s Day since at least 1969. Their mother, Mary, was in attendance. Jonah Heim added a solo HR for the Rangers, who took two of three games from the Tigers. The Rangers had lost their last six series while the Tigers had won their first five home series this season. Tigers starter Reese Olson (4-3) allowed three runs and seven hits with five strikeouts in four innings. Spencer Torkelson ended the Rangers’ shutout bid with a ninth-inning sacrifice fly. Rangers shortstop Corey Seager, who had two solo HRs and an RBI double in a 10-3 victory on Saturday, didn’t play because of hamstring tightness.

Yankees: RHP Marcus Stroman had a setback as he tries to return from a left knee injury that has sidelined him for the last month. Manager Aaron Boone said Stroman still had “discomfort” in his knee after throwing a live batting practice session in Tampa, Florida, on Friday and will be reevaluated before the team figures out the next step in his rehabilitation process. “He’s gotten a lot of treatments on it and stuff,” Boone said Sunday. “It just can’t kind of get over that final hump to really allow him to get to that next level on the mound. We’ll try and continue to get our arms around it.” Stroman hasn’t pitched since allowing five runs in two-thirds of an inning against the Giants on April 11. He was placed on the IL the next day with what Boone hoped at the time would be a short-term absence. There’s no timeline for his return, and Boone said that injury likely impacted the way Stroman, 34, pitched before going on the IL. He was 0-1 with an 11.57 ERA in three starts.