Angels complete four-game sweep of Astros

Anthony Rendon homered, Jared Walsh and Justin Upton delivered key hits in a four-run eighth inning and the Angels defeated the Houston Astros 9-5 in Anaheim on Sunday to sweep the series.

The Angels have a won a season-high five straight and posted their first four-game sweep since 2017.

Los Angeles trailed by at least three runs in each game of the series before rallying as it went 7-3 on its homestand.

Houston, 3½ games behind the first-place A’s in the AL West, has lost five of seven.

“Just one of those weekends where whatever could go bad, went bad,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said. “But we’re still in a good position.”

Rockies 7, Dodgers 6: Matt Kemp hit a two-run, go-ahead homer in the eighth for visiting Colorado.

Braves 10, Nationals 3: Freddie Freeman hit his second career grand slam — and second of the weekend — as host Atlanta earned a split of its four-game series.

The game was delayed in the seventh when plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ejected Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo for yelling at the umpires from his luxury suite.

Mets 14, Phillies 1: Jacob deGrom struck out 12 over seven innings and Pete Alonso hit two of host New York’s five home runs.

Philadelphia has dropped two straight after winning 10 of 11.

Cardinals 7, Cubs 3: Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and visiting St. Louis moved to 1½ games behind NL Central-leading Chicago.

Cubs starter Jon Lester allowed five runs in 3 ⅓ innings and in his past five starts has a 9.26 ERA over 23 ⅓ innings.

White Sox 8, Royals 2: Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer and Dallas Keuchel threw five scoreless innings before leaving with back stiffness as visiting Chicago...