LUIS Arraez went 2-for-4 to raise his batting average to .401, leading the host Miami Marlins to their fifth straight win, a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night (Wednesday in Manila).
Arraez, who won an American League batting title last year for the Minnesota Twins, scored two runs and drove in one. He leads the majors in batting average. Miami also got a three-run double from Bryan De La Cruz and a solo home run from Jesus Sanchez.
Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo (5-4) tossed seven innings and allowed one run on two hits with eight strikeouts. Royals starter Zack Greinke (1-6) gave up four hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Miami broke the game open with a five-run fifth inning. Kansas City got on the board with one run in the sixth as Nick Pratto hit a leadoff double, advanced on a Matt Duffy groundout and scored on a Luzardo wild pitch.
In other games, it was the Brewers 4, Orioles 3 (10 innings); Phillies 1, Tigers 0; Rays 7, Twins 0; White Sox 3, Yankees 2; Diamondbacks 10, Nationals 5; Athletics 11, Pirates 2; Blue Jays 5, Astros 1; Red Sox 5, Guardians 4; Reds 9, Dodgers 8; Braves 6, Mets 4; Rangers 6, Cardinals 4; Giants 10, Rockies 4; Angels 7, Cubs 4; and Mariners 4, Padres 1.
Brewers 4, Orioles 3
(10 innings)
Rookie Joey Wiemer delivered a walk-off single with two outs in the 10th inning to give Milwaukee a win over visiting Baltimore in the opener of a three-game series.
Luis Urias drew a one-out walk in the 10th off Austin Voth (1-2). After Brice Turang struck out, Wiemer lined a 1-2 pitch to left to score Andruw Monasterio, who was placed on second to start the inning. Peter Strzelecki (3-4) pitched a scoreless 10th for the victory as Milwaukee improved to 4-0 in extra-inning games.
Aaron Hicks, signed May 30 after being released by the Yankees, hit a two-run homer for Baltimore, and Ryan O’Hearn also homered.
