Chicago
Kris Bryant homered and Ben Zobrist had an RBI for the sixth game in a row as the Cubs took the matchup of division leaders. Chicago has won 10 of 11 to improve baseball’s best record to 23-6.
Russell finished with three RBIs. It was 5-all when the Cubs loaded the bases with two outs, and Russell hit a fly ball to right that landed barely fair as Bryce Harper ran toward the brick wall in pursuit. A review confirmed the ball was fair.
Toronto
Coming off a three-hit shutout against the Padres and facing the Blue Jays for the first time, Kershaw (4-1) allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings.
San Francisco
Pinch hitter Conor Gillaspie set up the winning hit with a one-out walk against Justin Miller (1-1). After Denard Span walked and Joe Panik struck out swinging, Duffy lined a 1-0 pitch from Miller past Gerardo Parra in left for his second hit of the day.
St. Louis
Detroit
Rougned Odor, Nomar Mazara and Mitch Moreland also went deep for the Rangers, who scored five runs in the sixth inning and overcame an injury-shortened start by A.J. Griffin..
Baltimore
Marcus Semien homered and drove in three runs in the opener, and the Athletics broke a four-game skid with an 8-4 victory.
Cleveland
Kennedy (4-2) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth and retired 14 in a row at one point. He struck out six while helping end Cleveland’s four-game winning streak.
Chicago
After a two-run, 36-pitch first inning, Sale (7-0) settled down to retire 19 of the next 20 batters.
Miami
Brett Oberholtzer (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Jeanmar Gomez tossed a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 11 chances.
Atlanta
Miller (1-3) allowed two runs on four hits and one walk. He was traded from the Braves to Arizona on Dec. 8.
Cincinnati
Houston
Cano got four hits. He leads the majors with 32 RBIs and tops the AL with 11 home runs.
Cano sent a pitch by Tony Sipp (0-2) into the seats in left field with one out in the 10th to give Seattle its fifth victory in six games. Cano has been especially good against the Astros, piling up 13 hits with four homers and 16 RBIs in six games.
