ANAHEIM, Calif.:
Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 32nd homer, a season high by a Japanese player in the major leagues, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Wednesday.
Fellow All-Star Jared Walsh homered twice for the Angels, who won for the sixth time in seven games and took two of three from the AL-leading Red Sox.
Ohtani topped Hideki Matsuis total with the 2004 Yankees by hitting a 433-foot shot to right off Eduardo Rodrguez (6-5), putting the Angels ahead to stay in the fifth inning. The two-way star has 15 homers in his past 20 games.
Andrew Heaney (5-6) pitched six-hit ball into the sixth, and Raisel Iglesias struck out the side in the ninth for his 18th save.
RAYS 4, INDIANS 0
RAYS 8, INDIANS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.: Five Tampa Bay pitchers combined for seven hitless innings to finish a doubleheader sweep.
Collin McHugh (two perfect innings), Josh Fleming (7-4 after allowing one walk in 2 2/3 innings), Diego Castillo (one out), Matt Wisler (one inning) and Pete Fairbanks (one inning) combined in a game that will not go into the official list of no-hitters because shortened to seven innings under pandemic rules.
Taylot Walls put the Rays up 2-0 in Game 2 on two-out RBI singles off Sam Hentges (1-4) in the second and fourth.
Kevin Kiermaier homered and drove in a career-high five runs, Vidal Brujn had an RBI single in his major league debut, and the Rays win the opener 8-1. Cleveland has lost nine in a row.
Michael Wacha (2-2) allowed one run, four hits and struck out six in six innings. J.C. Mejia (1-4) was the loser.
METS 4, BREWERS 3
NEW YORK: Jacob deGrom allowed home runs to Luis Uras on his fourth pitch and another to Jace Peterson in the fifth. His ERA up to 1.08, deGrom said he will skip the All-Star Game.
DeGrom allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks his seventh start with double-digit strikeouts this season.
Pinch-hitter Jos Peraza tied the score with a home run in the seventh off Josh Hader, who had converted 24 consecutive save chances.
Edwin Daz (3-2) forced in a run by hitting Christian Yelich with a pitch in the eighth, and Jeff McNeil hit a two-run single with no outs in the bottom half off Brent Suter (8-4).
BRAVES 14, PIRATES 3
PITTSBURGH: Pinch-hitter Abraham Almonte had a go-ahead, two-run single off Kyle Crick (1-1) in a five-run sixth inning and added a two-run home run as Atlanta avoided a series sweep.
Drew Smyly (7-3) overcame giving up a three-run home run to Jacob Stallings in the first inning to win his fifth straight start. Smyly labored through five innings, allowing nine hits and three walks while striking out four.
TIGERS 5, RANGERS 3
ARLINGTON, Texas: Pinch-hitter Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead infield single off the glove of reliever Joely Rodriguez in the seventh inning, overcoming two homers by Joey Gallo off Casey Mize.
Kyle Funkhouser (3-0) worked two scoreless innings. Gregory Soto, Detroits only All-Star pick, got six outs for his seventh save.
Kyle Gibson (6-1) struck out seven but allowed eight hits and five runs over 6 1/3 innings. His ERA jumped from an AL-best 1.98 to 2.29.
WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 1
MINNEAPOLIS: Lance Lynn (9-3) allowed one run over six innings in his first start since earning a spot on the AL All-Star team and took over the AL ERA lead at 1.99.
Before the game, the White Sox cut outfielder Adam Eaton.
Tim Anderson had four hits and Leury Garca hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the second off Michael Pineda (3-5), then added a run-scoring triple and a single.
Chicago is 10-2 against Minnesota this season, outscoring the Twins 91-47.
REDS 5, ROYALS 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Sonny Gray (2-4) gave up two runs and seven hits over seven innings, and Jonathan India hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh off Scott Barlow (2-3).
Art Warren stranded the bases loaded in the eighth by retiring Hunter Dozier on an inning-ending flyout, and Heath Hembree pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
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