Riley, Holmes lead Braves to another series win with an 8-1 rout of the Red Sox
Austin Riley hit a three-run homer, Grant Holmes pitched six scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves routed the Boston Red Sox 8-1 Sunday to win another series. The first-place Braves took two of three from Boston for their 13th win in 15 series this season. Mike Yastrzemski also homered for Atlanta, which jumped ahead 5-0 through two innings against Brayan Bello (2-5) on his 27th birthday.
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Burger blasts a homer, drives in 4 as Eovaldi powers the Rangers past the Astros 8-0
Jake Burger homered and tied a career high with four RBIs and Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings to lead the Texas Rangers to an 8-0 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Kyle Higashioka hit a solo homer in the ninth inning and drove in a season-high three runs as the Rangers got their offense going after managing just one run while losing the first two games of the series. Eovaldi (5-4) allowed five hits and struck out eight in his return after being scratched from a start on Monday because of left side tightness.
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NFL's accelerator program includes 2 Broncos staffers
The Broncos will have two participants in the NFL's accelerator program this week.
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