The Chicago Cubs came out with their hand on top against the Washington Nationals as the series between the two best records in baseball began. The Seattle Mariners extended what is tied for the longest current winning streak, and the Boston Red Sox aren’t too far behind, beating the Chicago White Sox again.

Washington Nationals 2  Chicago Cubs 5: The clash of the two best teams in Baseball so far this season resulted in another impressive performance by the Cubs. Kyle Hendricks looked good for six innings before the bullpen took over, overall allowing only three hits. The offense wasn’t exploding, but it had enough: A two-run homer from Ben Zobrist, two more RBIs from Zobrist on a single and a double from Addison Russell scoring more.

Philadelphia Phillies 0  St. Louis Cardinals 4: Jaime Garcia allowed just two hits in seven innings, striking out five. Brandon Moss hit his seventh home run of the season and a ground rule double by Stephen Piscotty scored two more.

Detroit Tigers 4  Cleveland Indians 9: The Tigers couldn’t contain the Indians, getting 16 hits, of them a first inning home run by Mike Napoli scoring three. Michael Brantley finished with three RBIs and Rajai Davis added two himself.

New York Yankees 0  Baltimore Orioles 1: A day after getting shutout by the Yankees, the Orioles return the favor. The Orioles won in the 10th inning after great work from both Masahiro Tanaka on the losing side and Kevin Gausman for Baltimore, thanks to a sac fly by Pedro Alvarez. Zach Britton got the win.

Texas Rangers 2  Toronto Blue Jays 12: J.A Happ improved to 4-0 on the back of seven innings and five k’s with just six hits. Offense came from Edwin Encarnacion, hitting a home run and a double to finish with six RBIs.

Milwaukee Brewers 5  Cincinnati Reds 9: Alfredo Simon pitched for 7.2 innings to get the win, while home run from Jay Bruce, Brandon Phillips and Adam Duvall did most of the leg work on offense.

Arizona Diamondbacks 0  Miami Marlins 4: Not the worst of starts from Robbie Ray, but the offense got only five hits, including just two against Adam Conley who started. Christian Yelich got a home run and two RBIs to lead the Marlins bats.

Boston Red Sox 7  Chicago White Sox 3: The Red Sox continue their way upwards, with seven different players getting RBIs, including home runs for Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Hanley Ramirez.

Seattle Mariners 6  Houston Astros 3: Robinson Cano had four RBIs (making it to 30 this season), three of them coming in a ninth inning double that broke the tie and won the game. Jose Altuve was 4-for-4, hitting his ninth home run of the season, although it wasn’t enough.

New York Mets 3  San Diego Padres 5: The Mets had just four hits the entire game, struggling against Colin Rae, pitching for eight innings, giving up only three hits. The Padres scored their runs through the first six innings to take a 5-0 lead before the Mets made things interesting through home runs by Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes.

Colorado Rockies 17  San Francisco Giants 7: The Rockies had 17 hits, the Giants 16. Colorado were 10-for-14 with runners in scoring positions. The Giants? Only 7-for-24. The home run juggernauts of Mike Arenado and Trevor Story got one more each, while Gerardo Parra added three RBIs as well in the impressive offensive performance. Matt Cain had another disastrous start for the Giants, dropping to 0-4 with a 7.84 ERA.

American League Standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607	—	8–7	9–4
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	½	11–4	5–7
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	3	8–8	7–7
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	4	9–9	3–5
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	7	5–7	4–10

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655	—	7–5	12–5
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	4	6–5	7–7
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	4	5–6	9–7
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	4	9–5	5–8
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	10½	6–8	2–12

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607	—	5–7	12–4
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	2½	10–5	5–9
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	4	6–6	7–9
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	4½	5–11	8–5
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	7½	6–8	4–11

National League Standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	19	9	0.679	—	8–4	11–5
New York Mets	17	10	0.630	1½	9–6	8–4
Philadelphia Phillies	16	13	0.552	3½	8–5	8–8
Miami Marlins	15	12	0.556	3½	5–7	10–5
Atlanta Braves	7	20	0.259	11½	1–12	6–8

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	21	6	0.778	—	8–3	13–3
Pittsburgh Pirates	15	13	0.536	6½	7–7	8–6
St. Louis Cardinals	15	14	0.517	7	8–8	7–6
Cincinnati Reds	12	17	0.414	10	10–7	2–10
Milwaukee Brewers	11	17	0.393	10½	8–9	3–8

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	15	15	0.500	—	8–7	7–8
Los Angeles Dodgers	14	14	0.500	—	5–8	9–6
Colorado Rockies	14	14	0.500	—	4–8	10–6
San Diego Padres	12	17	0.414	2½	7–9	5–8
Arizona Diamondbacks	12	18	0.400	3	5–12	7–6

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