MLB Lines, Scores and Odds

Pete Crow-Armstrong slugged a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth and his first MLB hit lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 win and series sweep over the Houston Astros on Thursday. With the game tied at 1, Bryan Abreu entered the game out of the Houston bullpen to oppose the Cubs’ top prospect. Crow-Armstrong greeted him with a deep fly to right to give Chicago the a two-run advantage and saddle Houston’s Rafael Montero

Ty France and Luis Urias hit two-run home runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 4-3 Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas, to move past the hosts into first place in the American League West. Nathaniel Lowe and Josh Smith hit solo homers for Texas, which lost for the fourth time in its past six games. Mariners ace Luis Castillo (2-4) won his second straight start as Seattle took two of three games in

Edouard Julien homered twice as the Twins belted five home runs and completing a four-game series sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-3 victory on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. It was the second multi-homer game of the season for Julien. Ryan Jeffers, Carlos Santana and Jose Miranda also homered and Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with a run scored for Minnesota which won for the fifth time in its last six games. Cole Sands

Gary Sanchez socked a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the top of the eighth to lift the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-5 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Rhys Hoskins went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and William Contreras went 2-for-4 with a home run to help the Brewers split the four-game series. Jared Koenig (1-0) gave up two hits in the seventh inning for the win. Trevor Megill pitched a clean ninth for his

Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run double to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon. After defeating the Cardinals 14-1 Tuesday, the Diamondbacks left seven runners on base, went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays. Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (2-2) allowed one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two. JoJo Romero, Andrew Kittredge, Ryan Helsley

Mike Trout hit a leadoff home run and the Los Angeles Angels ended a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the second game of a three-game series on Tuesday night. The bottom four hitters in the Los Angeles lineup — Logan O’Hoppe, Jo Adell, Luis Rengifo and Zach Neto — combined to go 8-for-14 with five runs and five RBIs. Angels starter Griffin Canning (1-3) allowed three runs

Byron Buxton tied the game with a ninth-inning leadoff homer and Alex Kirilloff delivered a game-ending RBI single with two outs to lift the host Minnesota Twins to a 6-5 win against the reeling Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. Minnesota scored two runs each in the eighth and ninth innings as the White Sox lost for the fifth straight game. Buxton, who had three hits, led off the ninth with a game-tying home run against

Mike Tauchman hit two home runs and drove in four runs, Cody Bellinger added a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs opened a three-game series against the visiting Houston Astros with a 7-2 win on Tuesday. Bellinger and Tauchman each homered against Astros starter J.P. France (0-3) during a five-run first inning for Chicago, which has won seven of its past 10 games. Jordan Wicks (1-2) allowed two runs on five hits in a season-high