Lucroy Leads Brewers To Win, Cubs, Cardinals Have Night Off

Jonathan Lucroy and Ryan Braun seem to always have a good time when hitting at Citizens Bank Park. It was no different on Monday night.

Lucroy had four of the Brewers' season high-tying 16 hits and drove in two runs and Braun added three hits and an RBI, leading Milwaukee to a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night in a matchup of the two worst teams in baseball.

"That was kind of vintage Lucroy tonight," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.

Adam Lind and Aramis Ramirez each had a pair of RBI for the Brewers, who have won five of seven to improve to 30-48. Lucroy is batting .500 (22 for 44) in 11 games in Philadelphia while Braun is hitting .418 (38 for 91) in 23 games.

Astros 6, Royals 1

Houston's young hitters were disciplined Monday night against a veteran pitcher struggling with command, and it propelled the Astros to a win over the top team in the American League.

Chris Carter and Jose Altuve homered to back a solid start by rookie Lance McCullers in a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

In a matchup of teams with the best records in the AL, Houston snapped Kansas City's four-game winning streak. The Royals are 44-29 and the Astros are 45-34.

McCullers (4-2) allowed four hits and a run with six strikeouts in seven innings in his ninth major league start.

Athletics 7, Rockies 1

Josh Reddick and Ike Davis quickly helped the Oakland Athletics put a difficult weekend behind them. Reddick and Davis hit two-run homers in the first inning to back seven scoreless innings from Kendall Graveman, and the A's snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Monday night.

"That was really big," Graveman said. "It set the tone for the whole game."

Billy Butler also homered off David Hale (2-3) and scored three runs as power-starved Oakland matched its season high for homers. The power barrage helped the A's bounce back after getting swept in a three-game series by Kansas City to open a 10-game homestand.

Monday, June 29 Scoreboard

Texas 8, Baltimore 1

Milwaukee 7, Philadelphia 4

Boston 3, Toronto 1

Cincinnati 11, Minnesota 7

Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 1

Houston 6, Kansas City 1

Arizona 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Los Angeles Angels 4, New York Yankees 1

Oakland 7, Colorado 1

Tuesday, June 30 Schedule (All Times Central)

Chicago at New York, 6 p.m.

Texas at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto 6:07 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Los Angeles at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

New York at Los Angeles, 9:05 p.m.

Colorado at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.