Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith each had three hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to their 10th straight victory, 7-1 over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
Betts had three singles and scored four times, Freeman added a pair of doubles and a single and Smith went 3 for 4 with two RBIs.
Chris Taylor and Miguel Rojas homered as Los Angeles improved to 14-1 in August to open a 10-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.
The Dodgers have outscored opponents 61-22 during the win streak.
Clayton Kershaw limited NL Central-leading Milwaukee to three hits and one run – Mark Canha’s homer – over five innings with two walks and two strikeouts in his second start back from the injured list.
Rojas’ second-inning home run put the Dodgers up 2-1 and Betts scored later in the frame when J.D. Martinez reached on interference by catcher William Contreras with the bases loaded.
Smith followed singles by Betts and Freeman in the fourth with a sacrifice fly and Freeman doubled home Betts in the sixth before he scored on Smith’s single.
Cubs win on Morel’s walk-off homer
Christopher Morel drilled a dramatic three-run home run in the ninth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the rival Chicago White Sox.
The Cubs entered the ninth trailing 3-1 but got a leadoff double from Cody Bellinger against Gregory Santos. After Dansby Swanson walked, Morel drove a 1-2 pitch into the bleacher sets in right-centre field for his 19th home run.
Morel’s blast was the Cubs’ first hit with runners in scoring position all night after they were 0 for 6.
Nick Madrigal hit a pinch-hit home run in the eighth to set the stage for Morel’s heroics.
Gavin Sheets had a two-run homer for the White Sox, who had won six straight at Wrigley Field.
Detmers flirts with no-hitter in Angels’ win
Reid Detmers took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Shohei Ohtani homered in the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-0 win over the Texas Rangers.
Detmers held Texas hitless until Marcus Semien lined a double into the left-centre field gap with one out in the eighth on his 108th and final pitch.
Detmers, who threw a no-hitter last season as a rookie, finished with five strikeouts and four walks.
Ohtani took Jon Gray deep in the first inning for AL-best 42nd home run.
The Rangers were shut out for the ninth time this season and had a nine-game home winning streak snapped.