Gausman pitches 8 innings and Varsho homers as Blue Jays

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)– Kevin Gausman started out six over eight strong innings, Daulton Varsho had a solo homer amongst his three hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers on Monday.Gausman (5-4)tossed 72 of his 96 pitches for strikes, including his very first 14, and didn’t stroll a batter. He gave up one run and 5 hits.Advertisement Jeff Hoffman worked a perfect ninth for his 11th conserve in 14 chances.Jacob deGrom(4-2 )lost for the very first time in his last seven starts, and didn’t have a strikeout in 5 1/3 innings. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner enabled 5 hits and walked two.TIGERS 3, GIANTS 1 DETROIT(AP)– Keider Montero pitched 5 scoreless innings and Riley Greene

drove in 2 go to assist Detroit beat San Francisco.Montero( 2-1 )got in the game with a 5.28 age in 6 games, but held the Giants to one hit and two walks while setting out three.Five relievers ended up, with Will Vest pitching the ninth for his sixth save.Advertisement Hayden Birdsong (2-1 )took the loss, quiting 3 operate on 5 hits and 2 strolls in 4 1/3 innings.The Tigers

took a 1-0 lead in the 4th on Dillon Dingler’s RBI single, and they included two runs in the fifth.With one out, Detroit filled the bases on a single and 2 walks before Greene looped a two-run single into center. Reducer Erik Miller prevented a

worse result by deliberately strolling Spencer Torkelson and getting Zach McKinstry to hit into an inning-ending double play.Wilmer Flores’RBI single made it 3-1 in the sixth, however the Giants stopped working to get a runner into scoring position in the last three innings.Advertisement CUBS 3, ROCKIES 1 CHICAGO(AP )– Jameson Taillon pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Kyle Tucker drove in two runs and Chicago beat Colorado.NL Central-leading Chicago enhanced to 8-2 in

its last 10 games. Colorado lost for the eighth time in 9 games, dropping to a significant league-worst 9-45. Taillon(4-3 )retired

his very first 14 batters

before Mickey Moniak connected in the fifth, driving a changeup deep to right-center for his 5th homer. Moniak also hit a solo drive during Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the New York Yankees.Taillon departed after he set out Brenton Doyle trying to find the very first out of the seventh. The big right-hander struck out seven and walked none.Advertisement Daniel Palencia, the fourth Cubs reducer, pitched a best ninth for his 3rd save.Colorado’s Carson Palmquist (0-3)permitted 2 runs and 3 hits in 5 innings in his 3rd big league start.The Cubs jumped ahead when Ian Happ scored on Dansby Swanson’s groundout in the first inning.After Moniak’s homer tied it in the 5th, Tucker

singled in Matt Shaw in the bottom half of the inning. Tucker added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.BREWERS 3, RED SOX 2 MILWAUKEE(AP)– Jackson Chourio homered on the opening pitch from Garrett

Crochet, and Milwaukee defeated Boston.Milwaukee pressed the result in 2-0 in the fifth on successive

doubles by Joey Ortiz and Andruw Monasterio.Advertisement Milwaukee starter Chad Patrick pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits while walking two and starting out six. DL Hall, fresh off the 60-day hurt list, came on to relieve Patrick with Jarren Duran on 2nd base. Hall retired Rafael Devers on a simple ground out to first to end the threat.Hall (1-0)pitched out of a jam in the

seventh by getting Duran to ground into an inning-ending double play.The Red Sox plated a run in the 8th however the Brewers gained back a two-run cushion on Eric Haase’s infield single with the bases loaded.Duran’s run-scoring single in the ninth pulled the Red Sox within a run.Advertisement Trevor Megill made his 10th conserve in 11 shots however had to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam.After winning 4 of 5, the Red Sox lost their third straight while scoring an overall of 4 runs in those contests.Crochet (4-4) gave up 5 hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings. He strolled 2 and started out 11, marking his eighth profession start with 10 or more strikeouts.ORIOLES 5, CARDINALS 2 BALTIMORE (AP)– Dylan Carlson hit a three-run homer against his previous group, Charlie Morton earned his first victory with Baltimore, and the Orioles accomplished their first three-game winning streak of the season, beating St. Louis.Advertisement Carlson’s drive in the 4th off Erick Fedde(3-4 )put the Orioles up 5-0.

Morton( 1-7)took a nothing into the fifth before allowing a two-run shot by Pedro Pagés

. The 41-year-old right-hander, who signed with Baltimore in the offseason, allowed four hits in six innings after losing his very first six starts of the season. He ‘d pitched mainly in relief lately.After Morton left, three Baltimore reducers– Seranthony Domínguez, Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista– retired all 9 of their hitters. Bautista pitched the ninth for his 8th conserve in nine chances.Fedde permitted three earned runs in 5

innings and did not get much aid from his infielders. After a leadoff single by Jackson Holliday in the very first, Ramón Urías hit a grounder to third, however Nolan Gorman tossed extremely to second for an error. Holliday went to 3rd and after that scored one batter later.With one out

and a guy on very first in the 4th, St. Louis 2nd baseman Brendan Donovan fielded a grounder, but his toss to second struck the runner for another mistake. Carlson followed with his home run.Advertisement REDS 7, ROYALS 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– Nick Martinez worked seven strong innings and Tyler Stephenson homered to lead Cincinnati to a win over Kansas City.Martinez(3-5)allowed three songs through six nothing innings and ended up 7 innings enabling three runs on six hits with 2 strikeouts and no walks.Stephenson hit a two-run homer to left in the 5th inning, his second of the season, improving the Reds’ lead to 6-0. Stephenson had 3 of Cincinnati

‘s 14 hits.Michael Lorenzen( 3-6)permitted six operate on a career-high 11 hits with 3 strolls and two strikeouts in 5 innings as the Royals lost for the third time in 4 games.Advertisement METS 2, WHITE SOX 1 NEW YORK CITY (AP)– Tyrone Taylor hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning and scored on Francisco Lindor’s sacrifice fly as New york city mounted a late

return to edge Chicago in the opener of a three-game series.New York managed just two baserunners through the first six innings against Adrian Houser and left the bases filled in the seventh before Juan Soto delivered a tying sacrifice

fly in the eighth.Steven Wilson (

1-1)gave up Taylor’s double to begin the ninth. Jeff McNeil was purposefully walked and Luis Torrens singled to fill the bases before Taylor trotted home on Lindor’s fly to deep best field.Advertisement Edwin Díaz (2-0) tossed a hitless inning for the win as the Mets won their 3rd straight game since dropping six of eight.Mets starter Clay Holmes quit one run

and four hits while throwing a career-high 102 pitches over 5 2/3 innings.