CLEVELAND — The Minnesota Twins hit five home runs, including three by Max Kepler, who had six RBIs, as the Minnesota Twins routed the Cleveland Indians 12-5 Monday night at Progressive Field.
Kepler is the fifth player in Twins history to hit three home runs in a game, the first since Justin Morneau, on July 6, 2007, vs. the White Sox. The other Twins to do it: Bob Allison in 1963, Harmon Killebrew in 1963 and Tony Oliva in 1973.
Kepler hit a two-run homer off Danny Salazar in the first inning, and a two-run homer off Salazar in the third. He grounded out in the fourth, and hit a two-run homer off Cody Anderson in the sixth. In his fifth at bat in the eighth inning Kepler grounded out to first.
Kepler got one more at bat, his sixth, and he singled.
Twins starter Jose Berrios (2-1), recalled from Triple-A Rochester earlier in the day, pitched six innings, giving up three runs and four hits with five strikeouts and no walks.
Salazar (11-4) gave up six runs in two innings, the shortest start of his major league career.
Royals 3, Rays 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Danny Duffy took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out a franchise-record 16 batters in Kansas City’s win.
Duffy (7-1) got within six outs of the Royals’ first no-hitter in nearly 25 years, but Desmond Jennings led off the bottom of the eighth with a double to left field.
His 16 strikeouts broke the record of 15 set by Zack Greinke in 2009 against Cleveland, and also set a Tropicana Field record.
Rays starter Chris Archer (5-15) matched Duffy’s scoreless showing until the seventh, when Kendrys Morales hit a solo home run, his 17th on the season, with one out.
The Rays saw their four-game winning streak end, and the Royals ended their four-game losing streak.
Cubs 5, Marlins 0
CHICAGO — Addison Russell supplied a two-run single in the first inning and Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks took it from there en route to a complete-game shutout.
The win was the fourth in five games for the Cubs while the Marlins saw a two-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a three-game Wrigley Field series.
Hendricks (10-7) gave up seven hits, struck out five and walked three to claim his fifth win in six starts and third shutout outing in his last four.
Yankees 6, Mets 5 (10 innings)
NEW YORK — Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning lifted the Yankees to a win in the first Subway Series game of the season at Citi Field.
The Yankees snapped a four-game losing streak, and the Mets have lost six of eight on their current homestand.
Adam Warren (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings. Dellin Betances notched his first save after navigating his way out of a first-and-third, one-out jam in the bottom of the 10th.
Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius hit a game-tying, two-run single in the eighth inning off Addison Reed.