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Reds 20, Cubs 5

Cincinnati: After getting a cortisone shot and a few days off, Kyle Farmer helped power the Cincinnati Reds to their highest-scoring game in 23 years. Farmer homered twice, had four hits and tied his career high with five RBIS in a of Chicago Cubs.

Nick Senzel also had four hits, and Brandon Drury, Tommy Pham and Albert Almora Jr. had three apiece. Drury Pham, Almora and Matt Reynolds each had three RBIS.

The Reds entered with a .217 batting average, 28th among the 30 teams, and finished with 20 hits in all.

Yankees 7, Rays 2

St. Petersburg, Fla.: Nelson Cortes took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning, Matt Carpenter sparked a go-ahead, three-run rally in his Yankees debut and New York beat Tampa Bay in the first meeting of the AL East rivals this season.

Cortes won his third straight start, striking out five and walking one in eight-plus innings. The 27-yearold left-hander lowered his ERA to 1.70, retiring 14 in a row during one stretch. He threw 77 strikes among a career-high 109 pitches.

Tigers 4, Guardians 3

Detroit: Miguel Cabrera hit a game-ending single in the ninth inning with his third hit, lifting Detroit over Cleveland.

Jonathan Schoop hit a one-out double in the final inning, advanced on a wild pitch from Trevor Stephan (2-2) and scored on Cabrera’s 3,029th hit. The 39-year-old Cabrera was swarmed by teammates near first base and doused with a bucket of water.

Phillies 4, Braves 1

Atlanta: Aaron Nola struck out 10 while pitching shutout ball into the ninth inning for his first victory since opening day.

J.T. Realmuto homered as the Phillies prevented the World Series champion Braves from posting their first three-game winning streak of the season.

Philadelphia had lost each of Nola’s last eight starts.

Royals 3, Twins 2

Minneapolis: Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a double and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.’s double, as Kansas City rallied for three runs in the eighth inning.

Josh Staumont worked a scoreless inning and picked up the win. Scott Barlow escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and stranded two on base in the ninth to earn his fifth save as the Royals snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Brewers 4, Cardinals 3

St. Louis: Josh Hader escaped a ninth-inning jam in his 37th straight scoreless appearance and Milwaukee held off St. Louis for its third straight win.

Tyrone Taylor drove in a run for the seventh game game in a row and Luis Urías homered as the NL Central leaders increased their edge over to 4 1/2 games.

Red Sox 16, White Sox 7

Chicago: Trevor Story kept up his hot hitting with a three-run homer and four RBIS, and Boston took two of three from Chicago.

Story has seven homers and 21 RBIS in his last seven games, raising his season totals to nine homers and 32 RBIS.

Boston outscored Chicago 33-13 in the series.

Teams use social media to spread gun violence facts

The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays used their social media accounts during Thursday night’s game between the teams to spread information about how gun violence affects American life.

The move was made in response to recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo. Several notable sports figures — including Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr — have used their platform over the past few days to plead for action to combat gun violence.

MLB’S social media accounts are usually used during games to show video highlights, relay baseball statistics or exchange witty jokes with other accounts about the action on the field. On Thursday, that was replaced by posts like “Firearms were the leading cause of death for American children and teens in 2020.”

Both accounts then posted a link to the source of their information.

“In lieu of gave coverage and in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Rays, we will be using our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence.” the Yankees said in a statement. “The devastating events that have taken place in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities across our nation are tragedies that are intolerable.”

The Rays also released a statement, saying that the recent shootings “cannot become normal.”

“We all deserve to be safe — in schools, grocery stores, places of worship, our neighborhoods, houses and America. The most recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde have shaken us to the core. The Tampa Bay Rays are mourning these heartbreaking tragedies that took the lives of innocent children and adults.

“This cannot become normal. We cannot become numb. We cannot look the other way. We all know, if nothing changes, nothing changes.”

Yankees sign Carpenter, bring up Manny Bañuelos

St. Petersburg, Fla.: Matt Carpenter was inserted to the New York Yankees’ lineup as the designated hitter after agreeing to a one-year contract on Thursday, a week after he was released from the Texas Rangers’ minor league system.

Carpenter entered the lineup for a series opener at Tampa Bay when center fielder Aaron Hicks was scratched shortly before game time with hamstring tightness. Aaron Judge was moved from DH to center.

Injury-hit New York also selected the contract of 31-year-old left-hander Manny Bañuelos from Triple-a Scranton/wilkes-barre.

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