In the Majors, David Ortiz tied Mickey Mantle on baseball’s career home run list while David Price improved to 16 and 8 as the Boston Red Sox beat up on Baltimore 12-2 with 16 hits…..The Toronto Blue Jays remained two games back in the American League East after a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay. The New York Yankees fell five games back after losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2. Kyle Hendricks of the Chicago Cubs had a no hitter into the 9th and allowed just the one hit, a home run, in a 4-1 win over St. Louis. In other play, it was Washington 8 NY Mets 1…..Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 2…..Atlanta 12 Miami 7…..Detroit 4 Minnesota 2…..Chicago White Sox 11 Cleveland 4….Oakland 16 Kansas City 3……Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 0….Texas 4 Houston 3 (12 innings)…….Seattle 8 Los Angeles Angels 1….Arizona 12 Colorado 9 and San Diego 4 San Francisco 0.
In the NFL, Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdown passes as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Washington 38-16……San Francisco, under new coach Chip Kelly, shut out the Los Angeles Rams 28-0.
