MILWAUKEE (AP) – A.J. Pollock drove in eight runs and Matt Beatty knocked in seven, with both players hitting early grand slams in a startling power show that sent the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers 16-4 on Sunday. Pollock homered twice and doubled while Beaty went 4 for 6 and scored three times. Their slams came against Alec Bettinger (0-1), who gave up 11 runs in his big league debut after never pitching above Double-A. This was the first time in franchise history that the Dodgers had two players with at least seven RBIs in the same game. The last time it happened for any major league team was on Aug. 22, 2007, when Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vazquez each had seven RBIs for the Texas Rangers in a 30-3 blowout of Baltimore. The last time two Dodgers hit grand slams in the same game came when Adrian Beltre and Shawn Green did it in a 12-3 victory over the Marlins on May 21, 2000. Pollock’s eight RBIs matched the highest single-game total by any player in the history of American Family Field, which opened in April 2001 as Miller Park. He shares the record with Josh Willingham (2009) and Yasmani Grandal (2015). All three did it as visiting players. Chris Taylor scored five runs, going 3 for 3 for the Dodgers. Jacob Nottingham hit two homers for the Brewers, who reacquired him from Seattle earlier in the day. Julio Urias (4-0) allowed one run in seven innings. He struck out 10 and walked none. YANKEES 2, TIGERS 0 NEW YORK (AP) – Corey Kluber handcuffed Detroit batters to earn his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018, and New York completed its first series sweep this season to get back to .500. Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher who won AL Cy Young Awards with Cleveland in 2014 and 2017, before injuries wrecked his 2019 and 2020 seasons. The 35-year-old right-hander allowed two hits in eight innings, walked one and struck out 10 to reach double digits for the 47th time but first since Sept. 24, 2018. Kluber retired his final eight batters, reaching the Yankees’ season high for innings, and lowered his ERA to 3.03. Aroldis Chapman struck out two in a perfect ninth that included Detroit’s lone flyout to remain perfect in six save chances. New York finished a three-game sweep and with eight wins in 11 games improved to 14-14, its first time at .500 since the Yankees were 5-5. Detroit has lost five straight and 10 of 11, dropping to a major league-worst 8-21. The Tigers are batting a big league-low .195. NATIONALS 3, MARLINS 1 WASHINGTON (AP) – Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead Washington over Miami. The three-time Cy Young Award winner hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, dashing to be with wife Erica for the birth of their third child. Scherzer (2-2) carried a shutout into the ninth inning before Isan Diaz led off with a home run. The right-hander struck out nine without a walk. Ryan Zimmerman hit a three-run homer as Washington improved to .500 with its fourth straight win. Marlins rookie Trevor Rogers (3-2) hadn’t allowed a run in his past two games, but gave up three runs in five innings. BLUE JAYS 7, BRAVES 2 DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) – Marcus Semien homered and drove in four runs as Toronto finished off a three-game sweep of Atlanta. Blue Jays newcomer George Springer exited early with leg fatigue. He was the designated hitter for the fourth consecutive game since making his Toronto debut after being slowed by a strained oblique and quadriceps strain. Ryan Borucki (3-1) won in relief. Ian Anderson (2-1) lasted just four innings, allowing four runs and six hits. Atlanta catcher Travis d’Arnaud went on the 60-day injured list with a torn ligament in his left thumb.
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