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Highlights of Monday's early Major League games

May 25 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's early Major League baseball games: - - - Yankees 14, Royals 1 Chase Headley hit a two-run homer while Brian McCann and Brett Gardner hit three-run homers during an eight-run first inning and the New York Yankees snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a rout of the Kansas City Royals. New York saw 47 pitches in the first inning from Kansas City right-hander Jeremy Guthrie (4-3) and sent 13 men to the plate, falling a triple shy of getting a cycle in the opening inning. The Yankees extended it to 11-0 as McCann and Garrett Jones reached to start the second before Stephen Drew hit a towering drive into the right-field seats for his fifth home run. - - - Rockies 5, Reds 4 Nolan Arenado homered and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, lifting Colorado over Cincinnati. The Rockies won their third straight despite playing without two of their offensive centerpieces -- right fielder Carlos Gonzalez was scratched due to illness and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was given a day off. - - - Mets 6, Phillies 3 Wilmer Flores hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning and right-hander Bartolo Colon moved into a tie for the National League lead with seven wins the day after his 42nd birthday as New York beat Philadelphia. The Mets snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 18-6 at home. Flores' seventh homer of the season was the third of the game for the Mets, who also received solo shots from Lucas Duda in the third and Michael Cuddyer in the fourth. - - - Orioles 4, Astros 3 Steve Pearce hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning and Baltimore snapped Houston left-hander Dallas Keuchel's eight-game winning streak. It was Keuchel's first loss since Aug. 21, 2014, against the New York Yankees. With a 3-2 lead, Keuchel retired 11 in a row before allowing a single to Delmon Young in the seventh. One pitch later, Pearce gave Baltimore the lead with a two-run shot to center. From there, the Orioles' bullpen did now allow a hit. - - - Twins 7, Red Sox 2 Minnesota scored once in the first inning then tacked on six more in the second, staking right-hander Ricky Nolasco to an early seven-run lead as Minnesota breezed by Boston. Nolasco allowed two runs in the third inning then settled in after that, going a season-high 7 2/3 innings and scattering seven hits. He struck out five and improved to 5-1 this season. - - - Nationals 2, Cubs 1 Catcher Wilson Ramos' sixth-inning solo home run provided Washington right-hander Tanner Roark with all the margin he needed. Roark, a native of nearby Wilmington, Ill., earned the win in his first start of the year and fourth career appearance against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Washington right-handed reliever Drew Stroen allowed one base runner as he worked the ninth for his 15th save. - - - Giants 8, Brewers 4 A seven-run sixth inning, fueled by a string of singles and two errors by center fielder Carlos Gomez, led the San Francisco Giants to victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Brewers right-hander Kyle Lohse (3-5) breezed through his first five innings, allowing two first-inning singles and a solo home run to left fielder Nori Aoki in the third to go along with two walks. The wheels came off quickly in the sixth, however. Lohse opened the frame with his seventh strikeout then gave up a single to right fielder Hunter Pence, a walk to first baseman Brandon belt and a single to shortstop Brandon Crawford, loading the bases. Gomez then dropped the ball on third baseman Matt Duffy's fly ball to center field, allowing two runs to score and bringing Lohse's day to an end. - - - (Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes)