Giancarlo Stanton homered and drove in three runs to carry the New York Yankees to their 10th straight victory, cooling off the streaking Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Monday night.
The Yankees snapped first-place Atlanta’s nine-game winning streak in the first regular-season matchup in almost 120 years between teams that had won at least nine in a row.
Stanton homered in the second inning off Huascar Ynoa (4-3) and snapped a 1-all tie in the sixth with a two-out, two-run double.
Gary Sánchez gave New York some insurance with another two-out hit in the eighth, singling through the shift to bring home two more runs.
Jordan Montgomery (5-5) worked around four walks in his five-inning stint, limiting the Braves to two hits — including a homer by Dansby Swanson.
Cubs 6, Rockies 4: In Chicago, Rafael Ortega hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Chicago ended its longest home losing streak with a win over Colorado.
Pinch-hitter Jason Heyward started the ninth with a single, and Ortega came up an out later and hit the game’s only homer to right as the Cubs scored five runs in the final two innings to snap a 13-game losing streak at Wrigley Field, the longest in franchise history.
Reliever David Bard (7-9) allowed the game-winner after a walk-filled eighth inning helped the Cubs to get closer.
Sam Hilliard singled home a pair to cap a three-run first for the Rockies, who later got a sacrifice fly from Connor Joe.
Royals 7, Astros 1: In Houston, Whit Merrifield had three hits and three RBIs, Salvador Perez extended a career high with his 33rd homer and Kansas City beat Houston for its seventh win in eight games.
Merrifield had an RBI double in the seventh inning and drove in two more with a triple in Kansas City’s three-run eighth.
Royals rookie starter Daniel Lynch (4-3) yielded six hits and one run with three walks in five innings for his third straight win.
Zack Greinke (11-4) took the loss. He permitted six hits and two runs in six innings.
Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1: In Toronto, pinch-runner Breyvic Valera scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning as Toronto beat Chicago.
Valera ran for Reese McGuire after the Blue Jays catcher singled off Craig Kimbrel (2-4) to begin the inning. Valera took second on a wild third strike to Bo Bichette, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored when Kimbrel uncorked another wild pitch, this time to Teoscar Hernández.
Tim Mayza (3-1) pitched a perfect eighth inning to earn the win, and Jordan Romano finished for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Red Sox 8, Rangers 4: In Boston, Travis Shaw hit a game-ending grand slam in the 11th inning as Boston beat Texas.
Shaw, who entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth, drove a 3-2 pitch off Dennis Santana (2-3) over Boston’s bullpen. It was Shaw’s first hit since he was claimed off waivers from Milwaukee on Aug. 15. He also began his big-league career with the Red Sox in 2015.
Alex Verdugo and Hunter Renfroe also homered for Boston. Garrett Whitlock (5-2) worked 2 2/3 innings for the victory.
The Rangers have the majors’ fewest wins since the All-Star break at 8-26.
Pirates 6, Diamondbacks 5: In Pittsburgh, Yoshi Tsutsugo homered and Bryan Reynolds tripled in the seventh to help Pittsburgh beat Arizona for its third win in four games.
Daulton Varsho homered in a third straight game, and Christian Walker had a three-run double for Arizona.
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