The St. Louis Cardinals scored eight runs in the seventh inning to rally from a four-run deficit and beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-5 Monday night in Anaheim, Calif. The Cardinals had scored as many as eight runs in a game only twice all season before Monday, and not at all in more than a month, before they got seven hits, two walks and a hit batter on their way to their biggest inning of

Elehuris Montero drove in three runs and Dakota Hudson snapped a personal six-game losing streak to start the season as the visiting Colorado Rockies held off the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Monday. Hudson (1-6) worked 5 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and three runs with three walks and three strikeouts. His sinker fetched 10 groundball outs as he helped Colorado earn its fifth consecutive victory. Randy Vasquez (0-2) took the loss, victimized by a

George Kirby pitched seven scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series. Luke Raley went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs while Ty France hit a two-run shot and a single for the American League West-leading Mariners, who have won three of the first four on their six-game homestand. Kirby (4-3) allowed just three hits, didn’t walk a batter and

Joey Estes pitched five innings to earn his first major league victory as the Oakland Athletics defeated the host Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Saturday night. Max Schuemann hit a three-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and JJ Bleday added a two-run homer in the ninth as the A’s pulled away late. Cal Raleigh homered for the Mariners, who missed a chance to move past the Texas Rangers and into first place in

Jo Adell’s three-run homer sparked the Los Angeles Angels early, and a four-run seventh inning helped put away the Kansas City Royals in a 9-3 victory on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif. Adell, who also homered on Friday, came to the plate with two on and one out in the second inning against Royals starter Cole Ragans (2-3) and hit a 1-2 slider over the wall in left-center for his seventh homer of the season.

Andrew Abbott and four relievers combined on a seven-hitter, Stuart Fairchild homered and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the host San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Friday night to snap an eight-game losing streak. Elly De La Cruz followed two hits with stolen bases that led to runs as the Reds spoiled the opener of San Francisco’s nine-game homestand. Getting a solo homer from Thairo Estrada and an RBI single from Tyler Fitzgerald to

Adam Frazier’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning flipped the game and lifted the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Friday night in Anaheim, Calif. Angels starter Griffin Canning and three relievers combined to shut out the Royals for eight innings, taking a 1-0 lead into the ninth and handing the ball over to closer Carlos Estevez. With one out in the ninth, MJ Melendez

Dylan Moore homered and drove in five runs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Oakland Athletics 8-1 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. The Mariners snapped a two-game skid, while the A’s lost for the fifth time in six games. Oakland avoided the shutout thanks to Lawrence Butler’s RBI broken-bat grounder up the middle with two outs in the ninth inning off Austin Voth. The hit scored Kyle McCann, who had

Luis Arraez lined a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night as the San Diego Padres snapped the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers’ seven-game winning streak with a 2-1 decision. Luis Campusano started the inning with his and the team’s second hit of the game, a double into the left field corner off Michael Grove (1-2). After Ha-Seong Kim struck out, Arraez laced a first-pitch fastball into center field and pinch runner