Aug 26, 2018 3 min read

Kendrys Morales became the seventh player in major league history to homer in at least seven consecutive games, going deep in the third inning of the Toronto Blue Jays’ 8-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Morales hit a two-run shot off Vince Velasquez, his 21st homer of the season. He has a chance to equal the major league record of homers in eight consecutive games, shared by Ken Griffey Jr., Dale Long and Don Mattingly.

Velasquez (9-9) allowed two runs and three hits in five innings for the victory as Philadelphia won for the second time in eight games.

Marco Estrada (7-10) allowed five runs and seven hits in two-plus innings as Toronto’s winning streak ended at five.

Tampa Bay 9, Boston 1: Blake Snell pitched two-hit ball over six innings and Tampa Bay won its eighth straight game, handing the major league-leading Red Sox their first sweep of the season, 9-1.

Snell (16-5) allowed one run and struck out eight. He has given up no more than one earned run in 14 consecutive starts at home, and he has a 1.08 ERA in four outings against the Red Sox this year.

Boston (90-42) has lost six of eight and was outscored 24-5 in the three-game set.

Cleveland 12, Kansas City 5: Jason Kipnis hit an inside-the-park homer and finished with four RBI, Edwin Encarnacion added a two-run shot and Cleveland beat Kansas City, 12-5, to snap a four-game skid.

Shane Bieber (8-2) allowed four runs for Cleveland on homers by Whit Merrifield, Salvador Perez and Lucas Duda. He departed after allowing six hits and striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings.

Right-hander Jorge Lopez (0-4) allowed five runs, all in the fourth inning, on five hits and three walks for Kansas City.

Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati Reds 0: Kyle Hendricks allowed two hits in seven innings, David Bote and Kyle Schwarber homered and Chicago beat Cincinnati, 9-0, to complete a four-game sweep.

Jason Heyward went 4 for 4 with a triple and drove in two runs for the NL Central-leading Cubs. Bote added two hits and three RBI.

Hendricks (10-10) struck out five and walked one. He has given up two runs in his last 14 innings.

The Cubs have homered in a season-high 11 straight games and won five straight.

St. Louis 12, Colorado 3: Matt Carpenter tied a St. Louis record with four doubles, pitcher Austin Gomber had a two-run infield single in a six-run first inning, and the Cardinals routed Colorado, 12-3.

Carpenter doubled twice in the first, had another in the third and lined his fourth in the seventh on a day when St. Louis pounded out 16 hits. The first baseman wound up 4 for 5 with two RBI.

Gomber threw six efficient innings and the Cardinals took two of three from the Rockies in a series between NL playoff contenders.