The Chicago Cubs get back to their winning ways with a home run barrage against the Cincinnati Reds, the San Francisco Giants move to 2nd overall in the majors thanks to late long balls, and the Texas Rangers lose for the third straight time, not having an answer to the firepower of the Boston Red Sox.

Milwaukee Brewers 1  Washington Nationals 0: A nice pitchers duel between Junior Guerra, striking out 7 in 7.1 innings, and Max Scherzer, doing the same in six. The only difference? A Martin Maldonado home run, while the Nationals were able to connect with the ball only twice in the game.

Los Angeles Angels 2  Tampa Bay Rays 4: Matt Moore and the relief crew were good enough, while Logan Morrison hitting a solo homer and an RBI single did most of the work on offense for the Rays.

Cincinnati Reds 4  Chicago Cubs 10: The Cubs are delighted to play against a team they can actually beat, with home runs from Kris Bryant (24 this season), Willie Contreras and Addison Russell taking care of business.

Texas Rangers 5  Boston Red Sox 12: A third straight loss for the Rangers, despite a 4-1 lead in the first. Rick Porcello was hit 12 times and struck out only 3, but his offense helped him get the W, thanks to home runs by Mookie Betts, Travis Shaw, Brock Holt and Dustin Pedroia.

New York Yankees 2  Chicago White Sox 8: The White Sox win for the third straight time behind a decent start from James Shields, while both Tim Anderson and Dioner Navarro hit two-run homers.

Oakland Athletics 3  Minnesota Twins 1: After trailing heading into the 7th, the A’s turned it around with Stephen Vogt hitting an RBI single, followed by Coco Crisp with two runners coming home off his single.

Seattle Mariners 1  Houston Astros 2: A strong performance by Lance McCullers, striking out 10, while the game winning hit came from George Springer, a 449 feet home run, his 19th this season.

Pittsburgh Pirates 4  St. Louis Cardinals 2: Two good pitching performances in a row for the Pirates? That doesn’t happen often. Neither does Gregory Polanco hitting two home runs for three RBIs.

Colorado Rockies 1  San Francisco Giants 3: Jake Peavy didn’t lose control for once, while home runs from Buster Posey and Angel Pagan in the second and third innings set up the win.

Atlanta Braves 2  Philadelphia Phillies 8: Odubel Herrera and Maikel Franco both hit two-run homers, Jerad Eickhoff got the win with 7.2 innings of work and 8 strikeouts.

Miami Marlins 6  New York Mets 8: The Mets keep on rolling with a fifth consecutive win, rallying from six runs down to win the game, winning on a two-RBI double from Yoenis Cespedes in the 8th inning.

Detroit Tigers 3  Cleveland Indians 5: The Indians are back in business after some rough games against the Blue Jays. The game was tied heading into the 7th, but a two-run homer from Mike Napoli stopped their losing.

Kansas City Royals 2  Toronto Blue Jays 6: Aaron Sanchez is scorching, winning his 8th straight decisions (9-1, 2.94 ERA), as the Blue Jays win their third in a row, with Josh Donaldson and Justin Barney both picking up two RBIs.

Baltimore Orioles 5  Los Angeles Dodgers 7: The Dodgers remain hot with their 5th straight win, this time without close to shutting out their opponent. Yasiel Puig and Yasmani Grandal hit home runs early in the game, but after going down 2-5, it was Justin Turner and Howie Kendrick with a sac fly and an RBI double that won the game.

San Diego Padres 8  Arizona Diamondbacks 4: The Diamondbacks have lost 8 of their last 10, this time being extremely wasteful with 3-for-11 with runners in scoring positions. Yangervis Solarte and Derek Norris hit home runs, Luis Perdomo picked up the win.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	47	35	0.573	—	31–13	16–22
Boston Red Sox	45	37	0.549	2	26–19	19–18
Toronto Blue Jays	46	39	0.541	2½	22–19	24–20
New York Yankees	40	42	0.488	7	23–18	17–24
Tampa Bay Rays	34	48	0.415	13	18–25	16–23

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	50	32	0.610	—	24–12	26–20
Detroit Tigers	44	39	0.530	6½	23–16	21–23
Kansas City Royals	43	39	0.524	7	27–11	16–28
Chicago White Sox	43	40	0.518	7½	22–19	21–21
Minnesota Twins	27	55	0.329	23	17–27	10–28

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	52	32	0.619	—	28–12	24–20
Houston Astros	44	39	0.530	7½	24–17	20–22
Seattle Mariners	43	40	0.518	8½	22–20	21–20
Oakland Athletics	36	47	0.434	15½	17–26	19–21
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	33	50	0.398	18½	16–26	17–24

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	50	34	0.595	—	26–14	24–20
New York Mets	45	37	0.549	4	24–16	21–21
Miami Marlins	43	40	0.518	6½	21–19	22–21
Philadelphia Phillies	38	46	0.452	12	19–23	19–23
Atlanta Braves	28	55	0.337	21½	13–34	15–21

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	52	30	0.634	—	26–11	26–19
St. Louis Cardinals	43	39	0.524	9	18–24	25–15
Pittsburgh Pirates	42	41	0.506	10½	22–19	20–22
Milwaukee Brewers	36	46	0.439	16	22–20	14–26
Cincinnati Reds	30	54	0.357	23	18–25	12–29

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	53	32	0.624	—	25–16	28–16
Los Angeles Dodgers	48	37	0.565	5	27–15	21–22
Colorado Rockies	37	45	0.451	14½	18–20	19–25
Arizona Diamondbacks	37	48	0.435	16	14–31	23–17
San Diego Padres	36	47	0.434	16	20–25	16–22

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