NEW YORK: Joaquin Arias, filling in at first base, went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as the San Francisco Giants jumped all over the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0.
Starter Tim Hudson (6-2) allowed only three hits and two walks over seven scoreless innings.
The Giants (37-20) took three-of-four from the Cardinals (30-27) and upped their healthy National League West lead to 7 1/2 games.
Blue Jays 4, Royals 0 Mark Buehrle became the first 10-game winner in the major leagues this season by hurling eight scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays split their four-game set with the Kansas City Royals.
Buehrle (10-1) did not allow a runner to reach third base and won his sixth consecutive decision.
Edwin Encarnacion went 2-for-3 and hit his 19th home run for the first-place Blue Jays (34-24).
The Royals (26-30) dropped their second straight contest after taking the first two games of the series and will continue their six-game road trip against the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday.
Scooter Gennett had three hits - including a solo home run in the fifth - and Kyle Lohse threw a complete game shutout as the Milwaukee Brewers took a three-game series from the Chicago Cubs.
Lohse (7-1) won his seventh consecutive decision by holding the Cubs (20-34) to three hits while striking out six. He also went 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs for first-place Milwaukee (34-23).
Starter Yu Darvish pitched eight shutout innings and Leonys Martin hit a solo home run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh as the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals to avoid a three-game sweep.
Darvish (5-2) was scratched from his previous start, on Tuesday, with stiffness in his neck. But he fanned 12 batters on Sunday and at one point struck out five batters in a row.
Sonny Gray allowed three runs over 6 2/3 innings, shortstop Jed Lowrie homered, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels and nemesis Jared Weaver.
The A’s (35-22) increased their lead in the American League West to 4 1/2 games over the Angels (30-26) and reversed their fortunes against Weaver.
Weaver (6-4) had gone 8-1 with a 0.87 ERA against the A’s in 11 starts since 2011 before facing them on Sunday.
Jon Lester tossed seven shutout innings and struck out 12, Brock Holt stroked 4 doubles as Boston Red Sox roared to their seventh straight victory.REUTERS
