Ishikawa powers Pirates past Royals

Miami - Ishikawa, who was 1 for 13 with one RBI in nine games since the Pirates signed him on July 5, hit a two-run double in a four-run second inning and a two-run homer in the fifth.

Travis Ishikawa had three extra-base hits and drove in four runs to power the Pittsburgh Pirates past Kansas City 10-7 in an interleague match on Monday.
Also, the Los Angeles Angels won both games of a doubleheader against Boston, Washington beat the New York Mets to widen the gap between the top teams in the National League East division, while Atlanta downed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 7-5.
Ishikawa, who was 1 for 13 with one RBI in nine games since the Pirates signed him on July 5, hit a two-run double in a four-run second inning and a two-run homer in the fifth.
Pirates starter AJ Burnett (8-3) won despite giving up a season-worst five earned runs in his first start since his inaugural trip to the All-Star Game.
Angels slugger Albert Pujols hit three home runs to help the Angels sweep a doubleheader from Boston, and to take over the Major League Baseball homers lead from teammate Mike Trout.
Pujols, Kole Calhoun, and David Freese homered during an 11-1 win in the first game. Pujols caught and passed Mike Schmidt for 15th place in MLB history, hitting his 549th career homer in the seventh inning. Trout also homered and rookie Andrew Heaney (4-0) pitched seven strong innings to guide the Angels to 7-3 in the night game. Heaney won his fourth straight decision in his first month with the Angels, yielding five hits without a walk.
Clint Robinson hit a two-run double as the Washington Nationals scored five runs in the first three innings to set up a 7-2 victory over the Mets.
A day after leaving 25 men on base and going 1 for 26 with runners in scoring position in an 18-inning victory at St. Louis, the Mets' troubled offense left 10 men on and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
New York starter Matt Harvey (8-7) gave up five runs in seven innings. He did better with the bat, driving in both of New York's runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth.
San Diego notched a season-best fifth consecutive win by defeating San Francisco 4-2.
Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer with a 409-foot drive off 40-year-old Tim Hudson (5-8) in the third inning for his fourth homer in seven games and 10th overall.
Ian Kennedy (5-9) pitched six strong innings to snap a four-start losing streak, and end the Giants' six-game winning streak.
Cincinnati's Todd Frazier connected for the first time since he won the All-Star Home Run Derby, as the Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 5-4. Detroit's Ian Kinsler homered twice, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, as the Tigers won 5-4 against Seattle. Colorado's Ben Paulsen hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give the Rockies an 8-7 win against Texas after blowing a seven-run lead. - AP