AROUND THE HORN
■ Cardinals: Rookie Dakota Hudson tossed six innings of five-hit ball, Royals counterpart Brad Keller allowed a no-hit bid to crumble in spectacular fashion, and the Cardinals went on to beat the Royals 6-0 in Kansas City, Mo. Keller carried a no-hit bid into the seventh before the Cardinals opened with five straight singles. They scored five runs in the frame to sweep the twogame series.
■ Phillies: J.T. Realmuto hit a grand slam, Bryce Harper went deep twice and the Phillies beat the Cubs 11-1 in Charlie Manuel’s first game as hitting coach, ruining Cole Hamels’ return home . ... RHP Jake Arrieta said he will likely have seasonending surgery soon because of a bone spur in his pitching elbow. Arrieta has pitched through pain for several starts but his inability to go more than five innings led him to shut it down. He’s scheduled for an MRI on Thursday and then will determine his course of action.
■ Athletics: Matt Chapman homered twice, including a pivotal drive in the ninth inning that followed a late collapse by the A’s bullpen, and the Athletics held on to beat the Giants 9-5 in San Francisco.
■ Angels: Albert Pujols reached yet another milestone as he became the all-time hits leader among players born outside the United States, passing Adrian Beltre with career hit No. 3,167 on an RBI single in the fourth inning of the Angels’ 7-4 victory over the visiting Pirates.
■ Brewers: Rookie Trent Grisham hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Brewers rallied to beat the Twins 6-5 in Milwaukee. The Brewers trailed 5-3 when Grisham, batting leadoff in his 11th game in the majors, blasted a 2-2 fastball from Sergio Romo into the right-field stands. The Twins hit three homers, extending their MLB-leading total to 233.
■ Yankees: Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer and the Yankees beat the Orioles for the 16th straight time this season, winning 6-5 in New York in their final meeting this year. The Yankees went 17-2 against the O’s, their most wins against any opponent in a season since going 17-5 over the Kansas City A’s in 1959.
■ Nationals: Anthony Rendon, Kurt Suzuki and Adam Eaton hit homers in a 10-run fifth that included an RBI single from Stephen Strasburg, and the Nationals tacked on another six runs in the next inning of what became a 17-7 victory over the Reds, completing a three-game series sweep.
■ Extra innings: Pirates RHP Jameson Taillon will miss the 2020 season after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his right elbow for a second time. The team said Taillon underwent Tommy John surgery in New York . ... Rafael Devers homered and singled, extending his hit streak to eight straight at-bats, and Xander Bogaerts connected twice to lead the Red Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Indians in Cleveland . ... Rays OF Avisail Garcia was placed on the 10-day injured list a day after sustaining an oblique strain against the Padres. Garcia has started 101 games, posting a .278 batting average, 17 home runs and 57 RBIs.