CLEVELAND — The Minnesota Twins hit five home runs, including three by Max Kepler, who had six RBIs, in a 12-5 rout of the Cleveland Indians Monday night at Progressive Field.
Kepler is the fifth player in Twins history to hit three home runs in a game, the first since Justin Morneau, on July 6, 2007, vs. the White Sox. The other Twins to do it: Bob Allison in 1963, Harmon Killebrew in 1963 and Tony Oliva in 1973.
Kepler hit a two-run homer off Danny Salazar in the first inning, and a two-run homer off Salazar in the third. He grounded out in the fourth, and hit a two-run homer off Cody Anderson in the sixth. He grounded out to first in the eighth inning and singled in the ninth.
Royals 3, Rays 0: Danny Duffy took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out a franchise-record 16 batters in Kansas City’s win.
Duffy (7-1) got within six outs of the Royals’ first no-hitter in nearly 25 years, but Desmond Jennings led off the bottom of the eighth with a double to left field. His 16 strikeouts broke the record of 15 set by Zack Greinke in 2009 against Cleveland, and also set a Tropicana Field record.
Cubs 5, Marlins 0: Addison Russell supplied a two-run single in the first inning and Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks took it from there en route to a complete-game shutout.
The win was the fourth in five games for the Cubs while the Marlins saw a two-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a three-game Wrigley Field series.
Yankees 6, Mets 5 (10 innings): Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning lifted the Yankees to a win in the first Subway Series game of the season at Citi Field. The Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak, and the Mets fell for the sixth time in eight games on their current homestand.
Adam Warren (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings. Dellin Betances notched his first save after navigating his way out of a first-and-third, one-out jam in the bottom of the 10th.
Astros 2, Blue Jays 1 (14 innings): Carlos Correa stroked a walk-off double to the right-center-field gap, scoring Jose Altuve and lifting Houston to a 14-inning win over Toronto.
Altuve opened the 14th with a walk off Blue Jays right-hander Scott Feldman (5-4), acquired from Houston earlier Monday, and Correa followed with his first hit in six plate appearances. Altuve homered in the sixth inning, and Russell Martin went deep for Toronto in the ninth.
Red Sox 2, Mariners 1: Mookie Betts hit a solo shot as Boston used another ninth-inning home run to beat Seattle.
Betts led off the top of the ninth inning with a tie-breaking solo home run, Boston’s third ninth-inning homer in two games, before closer Craig Kimbrel came on to earn his 18th save in his first game since July 6.
The Red Sox (57-47) won back-to-back games for the first time since July 20-21 while moving within one game of American League East-leading Baltimore.
Nationals 14, Diamondbacks 1: Stephen Strasburg won his major-league-leading 15th game and Daniel Murphy had three hits and scored three runs in Washington’s blowout victory over Arizona at Chase Field.
Strasburg (15-1) gave up one run on three hits in six innings and tied his career high for victories set in 2012, his first full season. He is 8-0 with a 1.70 ERA in nine road outings.
Wilson Ramos had three of the Nationals’ season-high 19 hits and drove in two runs, and Anthony Rendon had two hits and three RBIs.
Padres 7, Brewers 3: Yangervis Solarte hit a two-run single and scored on a triple by Ryan Schimpf as part of a five-run fifth inning, and San Diego defeated Milwaukee.
The Padres had three consecutive hits with runners in scoring position while wiping out a 2-1 deficit in the fifth to break out of a situational-hitting slump. Alexi Amarista’s run-scoring single, which tied the game at 2-2, ended San Diego’s run of 14 straight at-bats without a hit with runners in scoring position.
