CHICAGO (AP) Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks pitched six scoreless innings to steer the Cubs to a 5-2 win against Washington on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series between National League divisional leaders.
There was also a clash of division leaders in the American League as Boston won at the Chicago White Sox.
Elsewhere, St. Louis shut out Philadelphia and Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion powered the Blue Jays to a rout of Texas.
The Cubs began a sequence of ten straight home games by notching their eighth win in nine games, and already boast a 6-1/2 game lead in the NL Central division.
Ben Zobrist hit a two-run single in the fourth and a two-run homer in the eighth, helping the Cubs improve to 21-6, their best record after 27 games since 1907.
Boston’s Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered to lead the Red Sox to a 7-3 win at the White Sox.
The teams combined to strand 21 runners and draw 16 walks. But the AL East-leading Red Sox came up with enough big hits to prevail in a game that lasted 3 hours, 57 minutes.
Pedroia had three hits, starting with a solo homer in the first. Ramirez connected leading off a two-run third.
St. Louis’ Jaime Garcia pitched seven sharp innings to steer the Cardinals to a 4-0 win against Philadelphia.
Garcia issued no walks and struck out five.
Brandon Moss launched a drive estimated at 462 feet in the first. It was the longest homer by a left-handed hitter in the history of the new Busch Stadium, which opened in 2006.
Toronto’s Edwin Encarnacion homered, doubled twice and drove in six runs, powering the Blue Jays to a 12-2 thrashing of Texas.
Toronto set season highs for runs and hits (15).
San Diego’s Colin Rea got through 6-2/3 inning before giving up a hit, leading the Padres to a 5-3 win against the New York Mets.
Rea had retired 19 straight batters before Yoenis Cespedes singled against the infield shift, ending his shot at becoming the first Padres pitcher since the team was formed in 1969 to throw a no-hitter.
Colorado set a franchise record with 13 runs in the fifth inning to set up a 17-7 rout at San Francisco.
Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story each homered and drove in three runs in the fifth when the Rockies sent 17 batters to the plate.
It’s the most runs scored in an inning by any team since Arizona had 13 against Pittsburgh in 2010.
Every Rockies hitter either scored or drove in a run in the inning, including starting pitcher Chris Rusin, who singled home a pair of runs. Seven of the nine did both.
Seattle’s Robinson Cano had three hits and his tiebreaking three-run double in the ninth inning lifted the Mariners to a 6-3 victory over Houston and a fourth straight win.
Cleveland beat Detroit 9-4 for its sixth straight win against the Tigers this season, led by Michael Brantley, who was 4 for 5 with three RBIs, and Mike Napoli, who hit a three-run homer.
Miami completed a three-game sweep of Arizona, with Adam Conley pitching 5-1/3 scoreless innings in his second straight shutout appearance and guiding the Marlins to a 4-0 win.
Baltimore’s Pedro Alvarez drove in the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, giving the Orioles a 1-0 win against the New York Yankees.
Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer during his latest big game against Milwaukee, lifting the Reds over the Brewers 9-5.
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