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Kris Bubic scattered six hits over seven shutout innings and Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, two stolen bases and two runs as the Kansas City Royals completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Chicago White Sox with a 10-0 victory on Thursday.

Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, Jonathan India went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs and Maikel Garcia had two hits, including a two-run triple. Kansas City tied its season-high with 17 hits while extending its winning streak to six games.

Bubic (4-2) walked one and struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 1.69. He helped himself by inducing three inning-ending double plays.

Davis Martin (1-4) allowed four runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings for Chicago, which lost for the 17th time in 20 road games.

Twins 5, Orioles 2

Brooks Lee stroked a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the eighth as Minnesota wrapped up a three-game sweep of visiting Baltimore.

Ty France, who posted three of the Twins’ five hits, had a pair of RBI singles and Trevor Larnach poked a solo homer. Starter Bailey Ober allowed two runs (one earned) during his five-inning stint. Griffin Jax (1-2) struck out two in a scoreless eighth, and Jhoan Duran tossed a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Emmanuel Rivera delivered three hits for the Orioles, who have dropped five in a row. Yennier Cano (0-2) allowed two runs while getting just one out in the eighth. Baltimore starter Dean Kremer gave up two runs in seven innings.

Tigers 10, Rockies 2 (Game 1)

Casey Mize tossed six strong innings and Detroit scored five runs while batting around in the second inning to knock off Colorado in Game 1 of a doubleheader in Denver.

Mize (6-1) gave up one run and three hits while fanning eight. After allowing a leadoff single in the first, he set down the next 13 Rockies. Spencer Torkelson (three RBIs), Justyn-Henry Malloy, Andy Ibanez, Javier Baez, Gleyber Torres and Trey Sweeney each produced two hits.

Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (0-5) surrendered nine runs (five earned) and 11 hits before departing after three innings. Mickey Moniak’s double was the only extra-base hit among Colorado’s four safeties.

Tigers 11, Rockies 1 (Game 2)

Gleyber Torres ripped a bases-clearing double to highlight a six-run third inning and Colt Keith added a 450-foot homer as Detroit breezed to the doubleheader sweep of Colorado in Denver.

Keider Montero (1-1), the Tigers’ 27th man for the doubleheader, fired eight innings and gave up just one run and five hits. Spencer Torkelson posted three hits while Kerry Carpenter and Trey Sweeney added two apiece. Brewer Hicklin, a 29-year-old rookie appearing in his 10th major league game, produced his first two hits as Detroit wrapped a 7-3 road trip.

Tanner Gordon (0-1), the Rockies’ 27th man for the day, surrendered seven runs and 10 hits over 6 1/3 innings in his first outing of the season. Mickey Moniak notched two of Colorado’s five singles as the Rockies lost their sixth in a row to drop their big-league-worst record to 6-31.

Red Sox 5, Rangers 0

Brayan Bello and three relievers combined for a five-hit shutout while Rafael Devers went 2-for-3 with a home run as Boston defeated visiting Texas to collect back-to-back wins for the first time in May.

Bello allowed four hits and five walks over 4 2/3 innings before giving way to Justin Slaten (1-3), who retired all four batters he faced. Garrett Whitlock handled the seventh before Liam Hendriks closed it out without allowing a hit. Ceddanne Rafaela added two hits for the Red Sox.

Rangers starter Jack Leiter (2-2) allowed three hits, four walks and four runs during his 5 1/3-inning stint. Tucker Barnhart went 3-for-3 as Texas settled for five singles. Wyatt Langford stole two bases, but the Rangers left 10 on base.

–Field Level Media