Stanton homers, adds 2-run double as Yankees shut out the Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a solo homer in the second and added a two-run double as the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to four straight with a 4-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Stanton, who sat out a 7-0 win over Kansas City on Sunday after going 0-for-9 in his previous two games, drove in the first three runs for New York and gave starter Luis Gil all the offense he needed against the struggling Red Sox. Gil (1-1) picked up his first win of the season holding Boston to just two hits as the Yankees outhit the Red Sox 10-4 and cruised to their major league-leading fifth shutout of the season.
Cody Bellinger extended his hitting streak to nine straight with a single in the eighth and scored on Randal Grichuk’s double to center. GUARDIANS 8, ASTROS 5 CLEVELAND (AP) — Chase DeLauter hit a bases-loaded triple down the left-field line in the eighth inning as Cleveland rallied for a victory over Houston. The Guardians’ rally spoiled a milestone night for Houston’s Jose Altuve, who became the third player in franchise history to reach 2,000 career games.
Altuve, the fifth active player in the majors to reach 2,000 games, went 0 for 5 and is hitless in 10 at-bats in the series. The triple was part of a six-run eighth for the Guardians, who have won four of six on their homestand. Rocchio had an RBI base hit, extending his hitting streak to eight games and Kyle Manzardo had a two-run single.
Peyton Pallette (1-1) got the win for Cleveland and Houston’s Enyel de los Santos (0-1) took the loss. Houston’s Yordan Alvarez drove in three runs, including a bases-loaded, two-run single during a three-run fifth inning. NATIONALS 11, BRAVES 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood homered, Luis García Jr.
had four hits and Washington snapped Atlanta's six-game winning streak. The Nationals scored three runs before Atlanta starter Reynaldo López (1-1) retired a hitter, and the right-hander was done two batters into the second. Foster Griffin (3-0) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.
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