Indians rout Royals with 5 homers...Blue Jays' Encarnacion and Donaldson go deep twice

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Naquin hit two of the Indians' five homers and had a career-high six RBIs in an 11-4 win over Kansas City. Carlos Carrasco only allowed one hit in six shutout innings to improve to 7-3. The third-place Royals have fallen nine games back of the AL Central-leading Indians.

CHICAGO (AP) — Anthony Rizzo hit a pair of home runs to lead the Cubs to a 6-2 win over the Mets. Kyle Hendricks pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings to improve to 9-6 with a 2.27 ERA, third best in the majors. He hasn't allowed an earned run in his last three appearances.

DENVER (AP) — Chris Archer struck out 11 over six innings for his first win since June 6, Tim Beckham had a career-high five hits and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Colorado Rockies 11-3. Evan Longoria kept up his hot hitting with two doubles as the Rays took two of three at Coors Field.

PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kar-nah-see-OHN') each hit two-run homers and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4. Donaldson's homer off Patrick Corbin landed in the Chase Field swimming pool in the first inning.

UNDATED (AP) — Brad Richards is ending his 15-year NHL career, having won a pair of Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe trophy as the playoff MVP and a Lady Bing trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly play. Richards was a 10-time 20-goal scorer and finished with 298 goals and 634 assists for 932 points while playing for five teams.

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