MLB roundup: A’s top Royals to halt 14-game road skid

Luis Severino continued his dominance on the road by allowing just one run in 7 2/3 innings as the Athletics snapped their 14-game road losing streak with a 6-4 win over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Severino (2-6) owns a 7.10 ERA and an 0-6 record in nine home starts, but he is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in six road outings.
The veteran right-hander surrendered only a first-inning run and six hits on Friday while also reaching 1,000 career innings. He struck out one and walked two while helping the A’s post their first road win since May 13.
Austin Wynns and Luis Urias homered for the Athletics, who snapped a three-game overall skid.
Nick Loftin had a two-RBI triple during a three-run ninth off Mason Miller for Kansas City, which has dropped four straight as part of a 10-20 rut. Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-6) was charged with five runs and allowed nine hits with two walks over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five.
Pirates 2, Cubs 1 (10 innings)
Isiah Kiner-Falefa drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning to lift Pittsburgh to a win against host Chicago.
Kiner-Falefa hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly off reliever Drew Pomeranz (2-1) to bring in Adam Frazier, the automatic runner, as Pittsburgh evened the four-game series. Reliever Dennis Santana (2-1) was perfect through 1 2/3 innings in the eighth and ninth innings for the Pirates, who have won six of their past eight games.
The Cubs have lost four of their past six. Rookie starter Cade Horton gave up three hits, walked one and fanned four in 5 2/3 innings for the Cubs, who have lost four of their past six. Dansby Swanson had the hosts’ lone RBI on a fielder’s choice.
Phillies 8, Blue Jays 0
Ranger Suarez scattered four singles over seven innings and Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer to lead Philadelphia over visiting Toronto in the opener of a three-game series.
Suarez (5-1) walked one and struck out six while matching his longest outing of the season. It was the seventh consecutive quality start for Suarez, who has allowed just six earned runs over 46 2/3 innings in his last seven starts for an ERA of 1.16.
Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (5-5) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on four hits over five innings. Alejandro Kirk had two hits for the Blue Jays, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.
Red Sox 2, Yankees 1 (10 innings)
Carlos Narvaez’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in David Hamilton with the game-winning run as Boston beat visiting New York in the opener of a three-game series.
Narvaez’s game-winning hit came against Tim Hill (3-2) with two outs in the inning. Garrett Whitlock (5-0) earned the win for pitching a scoreless 10th.
The Yankees trailed 1-0 until Aaron Judge hit a solo home run off Garrett Crochet with one out in the ninth. Judge, who has 26 home runs this season, had struck out in his three previous at-bats.
Tigers 11, Reds 5
Riley Greene homered and drove in four runs, Gleyber Torres blasted a pair of solo homers and host Detroit rolled past Cincinnati.
Torres drove in three while Javier Baez had three hits, including a homer, scored three runs and drove in two more. Jake Rogers added two hits and drove in two. Keider Montero (3-1) gave up two runs in five innings to pick up the win.
TJ Friedl and Elly Da La Cruz homered for Cincinnati. De La Cruz and Tyler Stephenson each had three hits and two RBIs. Nick Martinez (4-7) gave up four runs in five innings.
Rays 7, Mets 5
Danny Jansen’s two-run homer capped a six-run sixth inning as Tampa Bay handed New York a rare home loss in the opener of a three-game set.
Jansen’s sixth homer of the year scored Kameron Misner and made a winner of former New York pitcher Eric Orze (1-0), who earned his first MLB win with an inning of scoreless relief.
Max Kranick (3-2), making his first appearance for the Mets after being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse earlier Friday, was tagged with the loss. It was just New York’s eighth defeat in 35 games at Citi Field this year and snapped its six-game winning streak.
Braves 12, Rockies 4
Michael Harris II and Marcell Ozuna both hit three-run homers to help Atlanta come back and defeat visiting Colorado in the opener of their three-game series.
Atlanta has won three of four and Colorado has lost six of its last seven. Atlanta leads the season series 3-1. Atlanta tied the game 4-4 in the sixth when Harris hit a three-run homer. Ozuna gave the Braves the lead in the seventh with his three-run blast off reliever Victor Vodnik (1-2) to make a winner of Enyel De Los Santos (2-2).
For Colorado, Ryan McMahon caught a center-cut changeup in the first inning and drove it 441 feet to dead center for a two-run homer and a 2-0 lead. He went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.
Brewers 3, Cardinals 2
William Contreras drove in two runs, Freddy Peralta allowed one run in six innings and Milwaukee held on against visiting St. Louis, which dropped its sixth consecutive game.
Peralta (6-4) allowed one run on four hits. Jared Koenig and Abner Uribe followed with a scoreless inning apiece, marking Uribe’s eighth straight scoreless outing.
Cardinals starter Erick Fedde (3-6) allowed three runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Rangers 3, White Sox 1
Josh Smith homered and scored all three runs for Texas as the surging Rangers defeated Chicago in the opener of a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.
The Rangers won for the fifth time in their past six games while Chicago dropped its third straight. Reliever Jacob Webb (4-3) threw two shutout innings, and Robert Garcia escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his fifth save.
White Sox starter Adrian Houser (2-2) went five innings and allowed three runs. Luis Robert Jr. had two hits and doubled home Chicago’s lone run.
Orioles 2, Angels 0
Charlie Morton struck out 10 in five innings and Baltimore withstood two lengthy weather delays to win the opener of a three-game series against visiting Los Angeles.
Ryan O’Hearn and Ramon Laureano homered for the Orioles, who are 2-2 on their six-game homestand.
Morton (3-7) was sharp from the get-go, but he didn’t return following a rain delay in the bottom of the fifth. He allowed five hits and issued one walk, becoming the first pitcher in Orioles history to produce two games with 10 or more strikeouts in five or fewer innings.
Astros 10, Twins 3
Jeremy Pena recorded a four-hit game, and Jose Altuve drove in three runs in support of rookie left-hander Colton Gordon, who produced a second consecutive strong start as Houston claimed a victory over visiting Minnesota.
Gordon (2-1) notched his second career victory and first quality start by limiting the Twins to two solo home runs over six innings. Cam Smith and Jacob Melton finished a combined 4-for-6 with five RBIs.
Willi Castro and Royce Lewis homered for the Twins. Right-hander Chris Paddack (2-6) allowed nine runs (eight earned) on a career-high-tying 12 hits over four innings.
Mariners 7, Guardians 2
Randy Arozarena broke a tie with an RBI single in a four-run seventh inning as Seattle defeated visiting Cleveland in the opener of a three-game series.
Rowdy Tellez and Jorge Polanco each had a double and a homer for the Mariners, who snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in their past 10 games. Mariners reliever Carlos Vargas (2-5) got the victory.
Nolan Jones and Steven Kwan hit back-to-back homers for the Guardians, who have lost six of eight.
Diamondbacks 5, Padres 1
Josh Naylor and Corbin Carroll homered as Arizona beat San Diego in Phoenix during the first meeting between the National League West rivals this season.
Geraldo Perdomo and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each had two hits and an RBI and Ketel Marte extended his on-base streak to 25 with a single and a walk for the D-backs, who have won four in a row and eight of 11. Ryne Nelson (3-2) gave up six hits and an unearned run in five innings.
Fernando Tatis Jr. had two hits and scored the lone run for the Padres, who have lost three of four and six of nine. His fifth-inning single was the last of San Diego’s six hits. Stephen Kolek (3-2) permitted five runs (four earned) in 4 1/3 innings.
Giants 6, Dodgers 2
Casey Schmitt hit his first career grand slam and visiting San Francisco earned a victory over Los Angeles as the longtime rivals met for the first time this season.
San Francisco right-hander Logan Webb (6-5) gave up two runs on two hits over seven innings as the Giants moved into a tie with the Dodgers atop the National League West. Willy Adames and Andrew Knizner each hit solo shots for the Giants.
Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-5) struggled with his control, allowing five runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings. Teoscar Hernandez homered and singled for Los Angeles’ only two hits.
Marlins 11, Nationals 9
Rookie Agustin Ramirez had three hits, including two solo home runs, and Miami held on to win at Washington in a game delayed more than two hours by rain in the fourth inning.
Dane Myers had three hits and two RBIs for the Marlins, and Eric Wagaman had two hits and drove in three. Tyler Phillips (1-0) pitched two-thirds of an inning in relief, and Calvin Faucher tossed a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.
James Wood had three hits, including a homer, scored three runs and drove in four for the Nationals, who lost their six straight game. Mitchell Parker (4-7) allowed six runs in 3 1/3 innings.