CARSON Kelly homered twice, singled and walked twice for the visiting Chicago Cubs in a 16-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle game of their three-game series on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila).
Michael Busch singled, doubled twice, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times for the Cubs, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Miguel Amaya hit a two-run homer and Ian Happ contributed three hits, a walk and two runs scored for Chicago, which scored 14 runs over the final three innings.
Cubs right-hander Ben Brown (2-1) threw six shutout innings, allowing five hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki (0-1) went five innings for the first time in the majors, allowing one run and four hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
Teoscar Hernandez had two hits for the Dodgers, who suffered their largest shutout loss since 1965, an 18-0 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.
In other games, it was the Mariners 9, Rangers 2; Tigers 4, Twins 0; Phillies 4, Cardinals 1; Athletics 3, Mets 1; Orioles 5, Blue Jays 4; Marlins 7, Nationals 6; Yankees 8, Giants 4; White Sox 3, Red Sox 2; Braves 5, Rays 4
Guardians 6, Royals 3; Reds 5, Pirates 2; Angels 4, Astros 1; Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 4; and Padres 2, Rockies 0.
Mariners 9, Rangers 2
Bryan Woo pitched seven strong innings, retiring the final 12 batters he faced, and Cal Raleigh went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run as Seattle defeated visiting Texas.
Julio Rodriguez went 2-for-5 with a run-scoring triple and Luke Raley was 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs as the Mariners won their third consecutive game and their fourth in their past five. Woo (2-0) allowed one run on six hits, with one walk and seven strikeouts.
Rangers starter Kumar Rocker (0-2) allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits, walked two and fanned two over 3 1/3 innings.
Tigers 4, Twins 0
Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs, and Detroit cruised to a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Justyn-Henry Malloy also drove in a run for Detroit, which won for the seventh time in its past eight games. The Tigers will go for a three-game sweep of Minnesota on Sunday.
