Kansas City on Thursday racked up their most runs and hits in a game for four years in their 15-7 win over Detroit, pushing the Royals’ huge lead in the American League Central division out to 13 games.
Elsewhere, San Diego beat Los Angeles to prevent the Dodgers from boosting their division lead, while Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh yet again to frustrate the Pirates’ ambition of making up ground in the National League Central.
Kansas City’s Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run homer, Paulo Orlando added a two-run shot and Kendrys Morales drove in four runs as the Royals wrapped up another series win. They are unbeaten in eight straight series.
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Ben Zobrist drove in two runs for the Royals, whose 15 runs and 20 hits were their most since piling up 21 hits in a 16-8 victory against Colorado in 2011.
Detroit have given up 61 runs over their past six games, going 1-5 in Toronto and Kansas City.
San Diego’s Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer to lift the Padres past the Dodgers 10-7.
With San Diego down 7-6 going into the eighth inning, Jim Johnson (2-6) walked lead-off hitter Justin Upton before Gyorko followed with his homer.
Yangervis Solarte had four hits for the Padres.
The Dodgers missed a chance to boost their NL West lead over San Francisco, which remained at 6.5 games.
Milwaukee’s Taylor Jungmann (9-5) gave up one run in six strong innings as the Brewers completed a sweep with a 5-3 win against Pittsburgh, beating the Pirates for the sixth straight time overall.
The three losses at Miller Park put the Pirates 6.5 games behind NL Central-leading St Louis, who host a vital three-game series against Pittsburgh over the weekend.
Chicago’s J.B. Shuck hit a two-run triple in the seventh inning to help the White Sox beat Minnesota 6-4.
Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez homered twice for the second straight night to power the Rockies to an 11-2 win against San Francisco.
Washington’s Bryce Harper walked all four times he came to the plate and scored each time as the Nationals routed Atlanta 15-1, sending the Braves to a ninth straight loss.
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