KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nolan Arenado homered and drove in four runs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4. Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs as the Cardinals earned their fifth straight win. Edmundo Sosa went 4 for 4, and Tommy Edman had two hits and two RBIs. St. Louis broke it open when it scored four times with two out in the seventh. Goldschmidt hit a two-run single before Arenado went deep, sending a drive to left for his 24th homer.
Elsewhere in the world of baseball:
— Matt Moore threw six no-hit innings to lead the Phillies’ 6-1 victory over the Reds. Hector Neris worked a perfect seventh to keep the no-hit bid intact, but Archie Bradley served up Tyler Stephenson’s homer leading off the eighth. Andrew McCutchen and Ronald Torreyes (toh-RAY’-ehs) homered for the Phillies, who are 2-3 since an eight-game winning streak.
— The Phils still share the NL East lead with Atlanta after the Braves blasted the Nationals, 12-2. Dansby Swanson had two homers and six RBIs in the Braves’ ninth win in 11 games. Ozzie Albies homered for the fourth straight game, a two-run shot off loser Patrick Corbin in the fifth inning.
— Cody Bellinger doubled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th to give the Dodgers their second straight extra-inning win over the Mets, 2-1. New York pitcher Taijuan (TY’-wahn) Walker had a no-hitter until Will Smith homered with one out in the seventh. The Mets managed just four hits and dropped 1 1/2 games off the NL East lead.
— The Dodgers are within four games of the NL West lead following the Giants’ 4-1 loss to the Rockies. C.J. Cron hit his 19th home run and Colorado picked up a rare road win while ending San Francisco’s six-game winning streak. Kyle Freeland pitched six strong innings to win his third straight start, yielding a run and five hits.
— Kevin Newman tied a major league record with four doubles while scoring four times as the Pirates blasted the Brewers, 14-4 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Newman’s two-run double sparked a six-run fifth that included Bryan Reynolds’ two-run homer. Reynolds had four RBIs as Pittsburgh ended an eight-game losing streak.
— Rookie Aaron Ashby and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Brewers earned a 6-0 win and a split of their doubleheader with the Pirates. Rowdy Tellez (teh-LEHZ’) blasted a two-run home run to cap a three-run fifth and give the Brewers a 5-0 lead. Avisail Garcia added a solo home run in the seventh to complete the scoring in Milwaukee’s fifth win in six games.
— The Marlins picked up a 5-4 win over the Cubs as Magneuris Sierra hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning. Brian Anderson homered and collected four RBIs in Miami’s third consecutive victory. Chicago committed four errors in its 10th straight loss, including three by shortstop Sergio Alcántara (al-KAN’-tah-rah).
— Chris Sale worked five innings in his first major league appearance in two years, allowing six hits over five innings of the Red Sox’s 16-2 dismantling of the Orioles. He gave up on consecutive homers by Austin Hays and Trey Mancini in the third inning before coasting the rest of the way, finishing with eight strikeouts. Bobby Dalbec hit two of Boston’s five home runs after Rafael Devers (DEH’-vurz) and J.D. Martinez belted three-run shots.
— Boston is within four games of the AL East lead after the first-place Rays absorbed a 12-0 loss at Minnesota. Kenta Maeda (mah-EH’-dah) scattered three hits over six innings of the Twins’ third win in four games. Luis Arraez, (ah-RY’-ehz) Max Kepler, Brent Rooker, and Ryan Jeffers all went deep in the rout.
— The Yankees pulled out a 7-5 win over the White Sox on Joey Gallo’s second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the 10th inning. Aaron Judge went deep again and had four RBIs, one game after homering twice in the Field of Dreams game. Judge’s solo shot off Craig Kimbrel put New York ahead 4-3 in the eighth, but Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) tied it with two out in the ninth.
— Eric Haase (hahs) hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth inning to send the Tigers past the Indians, 6-4. Miguel Cabrera led off the eighth with a walk but was unable to hit his 500th career home run. Jeimer (JAY’-mur) Candelario had two hits, drove in a pair of runs, and scored twice.
— Third baseman Matt Chapman hit two of Oakland’s five solo homers and made a spectacular diving catch running into the outfield as the AL wild card leaders powered past the Rangers, 8-3. Matt Olson hit his 30th homer before Mitch Moreland and Seth Brown also went deep in the Athletics’ 12th win in their last 15 games. Andrew Chafin won his first decision in eight appearances for the A’s since being acquired in a trade last month from the Cubs.
— Rookie Jake Meyers hit the first two home runs of his career, including a grand slam in the Astros’ 8-2 thumping of the Angels. Luis Garcia recovered from a wobbly start to pitch six strong innings for Houston. The Astros overcame Shohei Ohtani’s (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-neez) major league-leading 39th home run and retained their 2 1/2-game lead over the A’s atop the AL West.
— The Mariners rolled to a 9-3 victory over the Blue Jays behind home runs by Ty France, Luis Torrens (TOHR’-ehns) and Jarred Kelenic (keh-LEH’-nihk). Torrens belted a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning and added an RBI double. Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernandez provided a solo homer and a run-scoring single for Toronto, which led 3-2 in the seventh.
