Philadelphia Phillies' Domonic Brown (C) is tagged out by Milwaukee Brewers' catcher Jonathan Lucroy (L) as umpire Mark Carlson looks on after Brown tried to score on a double by Cody Asche in Philadelphia Monday. — AP NEW YORK — Rookie right-hander Lance McCullers capped a stellar month with seven strong innings and the Houston Astros defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-1 in the American League Monday. McCullers (4-2) allowed a solo home run to Royals catcher Salvador Perez in the seventh for his only blemish, and capped closed June with a 2.11 ERA. Jose Altuve and Chris Carter clubbed home runs for the Astros (45-34) who are on top of the American League West. The Royals, atop the AL Central, fell to 44-29. Rangers 8, Orioles 1: Texas first baseman Mitch Moreland hit two of his team's four home runs and the Rangers cooled down the Baltimore Orioles. Catcher Carlos Corporan and right fielder Shin-Soo Choo also went deep for Texas, which tied a season high for homers in a game. The Rangers (39-38) snapped Baltimore's (41-35) four-game winning streak. Staked with an early lead, Wandy Rodriguez (5-3) kept the Orioles lineup off-balance for most of his outing. The left-hander allowed one run on eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts over five-plus innings. Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 1: Clay Buchholz pitched eight strong innings and shortstop Xander Bogaerts drove in two runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays. Buchholz (6-6) allowed five hits, no walks and one run while striking out five to earn his fourth win in a row over six starts. The Red Sox (35-43) built a 3-0 lead against Dickey with two runs in the third and another in the fifth. The Blue Jays (41-37) scored a run in the sixth to cut the lead to 3-1. Indians 7, Rays 1: Cleveland rookie right-hander Cody Anderson took a perfect game into the seventh inning, and the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays. Angels 4, Yankees 1: Mike Trout homered, stole a base and made a couple of highlight-reel catches in center field to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a win over the New York Yankees. National League Brewers 7, Phillies 4: In a clash of the two teams with the worst records in the Major Leagues, the Milwaukee Brewers beat Philadelphia. Jonathan Lucroy led the Milwaukee (30-48) surge, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs. The Phillies (27-51) scored early but went silent to slip 24 games below .500, tying their season-worst mark. Diamondbacks 10, Dodgers 6: Welington Castillo doubled home the tiebreaking run, and Paul Goldschmidt added a two-run single in a four-run eighth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers. Shortstop Nick Ahmed and right fielder Yasmany Tomas hit two-run homers for the Diamondbacks, who scored 10 runs in the final four innings to overcome a 4-0 deficit. Los Angeles (43-35) used six relievers who combined to give up 10 runs in four innings. Inter-League Reds 11, Twins 7: Billy Hamilton reached base four times, recorded four steals to reach 40 for the season, and scored three times, sparking the Cincinnati Reds to a victory over the Minnesota Twins. A's 7, Rockies 1: Josh Reddick, Ike Davis and Billy Butler homered, and rookie Kendall Graveman threw seven shutout innings, leading the Oakland A's to a victory against the Colorado Rockies. — Reuters
