Sep 5, 2019 3 min read

Dakota Hudson pitched six innings of one-hit ball and hit a two-run single for his first big league RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rout the San Francisco Giants 10-0 on Thursday to open a three-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central.

Paul DeJong hit an early two-run homer, and Paul Goldschmidt singled and scored twice for the Cardinals, who for the sixth time in seven games.

San Francisco has lost five of six and eight of 10, dropping nine games back for the NL’s second wild card at 67-73.

Hudson (15-6) allowed a one-out single in the second to Kevin Pillar and walked Brandon Crawford, then retired 14 of his final 15 batters. He has won five straight starts.

Genesis Cabrera finished the four-hitter for his first big league save.

Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 1: Reynaldo Lopez pitched a one-hitter for his first complete game in 75 career big league starts, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 7-1.

Cleveland lost for the fifth time in seven games. The Indians began the day 5½ games behind AL Central-leading Minnesota and tied with Oakland for the second AL wild card, a half-game behind Tampa Bay.

After spitting four games against Chicago, the Indians headed to Minnesota for a three-game series.

A 25-year-old right-hander, Lopez (9-12) allowed an RBI double in the second to Kevin Plawecki that scored Jake Bauers, who had walked. Lopez struck out 11, walked three, retired his final 16 batters and threw 109 pitches. Lopez pounded his right fist into his glove when he struck out Franmil Reyes to end the game.

Detroit 6, Kansas City 4: Jordy Mercer put the Tigers ahead with their third home run of the fourth inning, and Detroit overcame a three-run deficit in a victory for the first time this year by beating the Kansas City Royals 6-4.

Kansas City built a 3-0 lead in the second against Matthew Boyd (8-10) when Whit Merrifield hit a two-run single and scored on Adalberto Mondesi’s double. Merrifield had four hits, one shy of his career high.

Detroit, which stopped a four-game losing streak, is a big league-worst 41-97. Kansas City at 51-90 also is on pace for more than 100 losses.

Oakland 10, LA Angels 6: Robbie Grossman hit a two-run triple over the head of center fielder Mike Trout as part of a seven-run eighth inning when the Athletics benefited from four consecutive walks, and Oakland rallied to beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 to complete a three-game sweep.

The A’s trailed 6-1 and had only four hits before batting around in the seventh, when the Angels used five pitchers.

Josh Phegley started the comeback with a two-run home run off Jose Suarez. Ty Buttrey (6-7) came on and allowed Marcus Semien’s single, followed by walks to Matt Chapman, Matt Olson and Mark Canha to force in a run. Jurickson Profar walked in another run, and Khris Davis added an RBI groundout.

Grossman, who flied out leading off the inning, followed with a first-pitch triple off Adalberto Mejia that sailed past Trout’s outstretched glove as he jumped for the ball near the fence.

Profar drove in three runs and Semien had four hits for Oakland.

The A’s moved a game ahead of Cleveland for the second AL Wild card. The Indians lost 7-1 to the Chicago White Sox earlier Thursday.