CHICAGO -- Pete Crow-Armstrong tripled, doubled and scored two runs, and the Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the crosstown White Sox at Wrigley Field with a 6-2 victory on Sunday.
Nico Hoerner doubled twice and had an RBI as the Cubs extended their franchise-record winning streak against the South Siders to eight games. Seiya Suzuki drove in two runs, and Michael Busch and Vidal Brujan each had two hits and an RBI.
The NL Central-leading Cubs improved to 75-74 in the series and handed a fourth straight defeat to the White Sox, who are last in the AL Central.
D-Backs 1, Rockies 0: Merrill Kelly struck out a season-high 11 while giving up one hit over seven innings, Ketel Marte homered and Arizona edged Colorado in Phoenix. The D-backs took two of three games over the weekend, denying the Rockies their first series win this season. Colorado fell to 8-38, the worst start for a big league team through 46 games since 1901.
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Pirates 1, Phillies 0: Mick Abel stayed under control in his major league debut. Abel outdueled Paul Skenes, striking out nine over six innings to lead Philadelphia over the Pittsburgh for a three-game sweep and the Phillies' 15th win in 20 games.
Royals 2, Cardinals 1: Drew Waters led off the seventh inning with a pinch-hit triple, Maikel Garcia drove him in with a single and Kansas City snapped a four-game skid and avoided a series sweep with a home victory over St. Louis.
Lucas Erceg (1-0) got five outs for the win and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth and worked around a double by Brendan Donovan for his 13th save in 15 opportunities.
Reds 3, Guardians 1: Will Benson had hit first two-homer game, going deep for the fourth straight day to lead Cincinnati Reds to a home victory and the team's first three-game sweep of Cleveland since 2012.
Benson followed Tyler Stephenson's fourth-inning single with a 399-foot drive to right off L.L. Ortiz (2-5) then added a sixth-inning shot off Hunter Gaddis for his fifth home run this season. The Reds won their fourth straight and got back to .500 at 24-24. Cleveland (25-21) has lost four in a row and the first three of a 10-game trip.
Braves 10, Red Sox 4: Marcell Ozuna homered for the second straight day, former Boston outfielder Alex Verdugo had three hits and Atlanta won to clinch its road series against Boston.
Rafael Devers hit his sixth career grand slam for Boston, which has lost 11 of 17.
Marlins 5, Rays 1: Otto Lopez hit a three-run homer in his first game off the injured list and Liam Hicks added a two-run shot to back a strong start by Cal Quantrill, powering Miami to a home win over Tampa Bay.
Astros 4, Rangers 3: Isaac Paredes hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off reliever Robert Garcia in the eighth inning after Texas rookie Jack Leiter lost a no-hit bid in the seventh, and Houston rallied for a win.
Tigers 3, Blue Jays 2: Spencer Torkelson drove in the tiebreaking run with a two-out single in the seventh inning and Detroit beat Toronto, improving its MLB-best record to 31-16.
Nats 10, Orioles 4: CJ Abrams went deep on the first two pitches he saw from Zach Eflin, and Washington hit five homers in a victory over Baltimore for a series sweep.
Giants 3, Athletics 2: Heliot Ramos hit a leadoff homer in the first inning and had a go-ahead single in the eighth, lifting San Francisco to a series sweep over the Athletics.
Angels 6, Dodgers 4: Travis d'Arnaud broke an eighth-inning tie with his first home run of the season, and the Angels beat the Dodgers for their first three-game Freeway Series sweep since 2010.
Reds 3, Guardians 1: Will Benson had his first two-homer game, going deep for the fourth straight day to lead Cincinnati Reds to a victory its first three-game sweep of the Cleveland Guardians since 2012.
Yankees 8, Mets 2: Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam that capped a six-run eighth inning and gave him six RBIs on Sunday night, Yankees to a home victory over the Mets in the Subway Series.
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