Randal Grichuk drove in four runs to lift the White Sox to a 6-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals on Thursday, moving Chicago above .500 for the first time since winning its 2023 opener.

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Grichuk hit a two-run home run in the first inning and then drove in two more with a single in third as Chicago won its fifth straight game. The White Sox also won five straight from April 27-May 2.

The White Sox swept three games from the Royals to officially be the hottest team in baseball. The White Sox at 22-21 are at .500 after April for the first time since October 2022.

Chicago starter Anthony Kay (3-1) gave up six hits and two runs in six-plus innings. The left-hander walked two and struck out four while throwing 97 pitches.

Dodgers 5,
Giants 2

Emmet Sheehan threw six strong innings, Alex Call hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth and Los Angeles closed a four-game series with a victory over visiting San Francisco.

Will Smith opened the game with a home run and Teoscar Hernandez had three hits. Los Angeles had eight hits with a lineup that did not include Shohei Ohtani for the second consecutive game. Sheehan (3-1) allowed two runs on two hits.

San Francisco’s Jung Hoo Lee had a two-run inside-the-park homer. Landen Roupp (5-4) gave up four runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings as the Giants lost consecutive games following a 4-1 run.

Mariners 8,
Astros 3

Luke Raley and Mitch Garver hit home runs as Seattle defeated host Houston to take three of four games in the series.

Brendan Donovan went 3-for-5 with a double and triple for the Mariners. Luis Castillo (1-4) allowed three runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings.

Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-3 with a double and a homer for the Astros. Mike Burrows (2-5) surrendered seven runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.

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Brewers 7,
Padres 1

Luis Rengifo knocked in three runs and Kyle Harrison tossed five scoreless innings as Milwaukee topped visiting San Diego in the decisive game of a three-game series.

Harrison (4-1) fanned seven for the Brewers, who lost the shutout bid in the ninth inning. Andrew Vaughn had two hits and two RBIs.

Padres starter Griffin Canning (0-2) yielded six runs in 1 2/3 innings. Nick Castellanos was the only San Diego batter with two hits.

Reds 15,
Nationals 1

JJ Bleday homered twice and drove in six runs to help Cincinnati salvage a win in the three-game series against visiting Washington.

Matt McLain and Dane Myers also homered and Spencer Steer had two hits and scored three times. Elly De La Cruz had two hits for his sixth straight multi-hit game and scored twice. Chase Burns (5-1) allowed two hits over six shutout innings.

Washington left-hander Foster Griffin (4-2) was coming off three straight quality starts, but he was tagged for nine runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Mets 9, Tigers 4

Nolan McLean (2-2) tossed seven innings of three-run ball, lifting host New York past Detroit for its first series sweep of the season.

The Mets’ Juan Soto hit the go-ahead single in the fifth inning and added a homer leading off the seventh. A.J. Ewing, Marcus Semien, Brett Baty and Mark Vientos also went deep for New York, which overcame a two-run deficit in all three games of the series.

Gage Workman and Dillon Dingler hit home runs for the Tigers, who have lost eight of their past nine games. Keider Montero (2-3) yielded four runs in 4 2/3 innings.

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