Morton throws seven scoreless innings as Rays beat Athletics
Charlie Morton continued his stellar MLB season as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Oakland Athletics 6-2.
The 35-year-old right-hander pitched seven scoreless innings and allowed just two hits at Tropicana Field on Monday.
Morton – who lowered his ERA to 2.10 for the season – struck out seven and walked two while throwing 94 pitches against the Athletics.
He also tossed seven shut-out innings in his last start against the Detroit Tigers on June 5.
"I felt alright. They hit a few balls real hard. Got some great plays behind us," Morton told reporters after the game. "Guys swung the bats there. Another awesome team win."
Brandon Lowe, Ji-Man Choi and Kevin Kiermaier all finished with two RBIs for Tampa Bay in the victory.
The Rays improved to 41-24 with the win while the Athletics fell to 33-34.
Wacha inspires Cardinals
Michael Wacha threw six shut-out innings in the St Louis Cardinals' 4-1 win over the Miami Marlins.
DeShields doesn't produce
Texas Rangers outfielder Delino DeShields went 0 for five with three strikeouts against the Boston Red Sox. But, Texas came away with a 4-3 win in extra innings.
Desmond destroys ball
Ian Desmond smoked this ball for the longest home run this season in a 6-5 win for the Colorado Rockies against the Chicago Cubs.
Ian Desmond's 486 ft homer is the longest by any player this season. pic.twitter.com/WPmFEZ4lb8
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 11, 2019
The Arizona Diamondbacks led off their game against the Philadelphia Phillies with back-to-back-to-back homers.
The @Dbacks are the sixth team ever to hit back-to-back-to-back homers to lead off a game, and the first since the 2017 D-Backs. (h/t: @StatsbyStats) pic.twitter.com/wQIxpCz1SF
— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) June 11, 2019
Monday's results
Arizona Diamondbacks 13-8 Philadelphia Phillies
Texas Rangers 4-3 Boston Red Sox
Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees-New York Mets (postponed)
St Louis Cardinals 4-1 Miami Marlins
Atlanta Braves 13-7 Pittsburgh Pirates
Colorado Rockies 6-5 Chicago Cubs
Washington Nationals 12-1 Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Angels 5-3 Los Angeles Dodgers
Mets at Yankees
The 2019 Subway Series will begin with a doubleheader on Tuesday after Monday's game was rained out. Zack Wheeler (5-3, 4.61 ERA) is set to start for the Mets in game one, while Jason Vargas (2-3, 3.57 ERA) will pitch the night cap. The Yankees will counter with Masahiro Tanaka (3-5, 3.42 ERA) and James Paxton (3-2, 3.11 ERA).