Baseball

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds will be getting a statue outside the San Francisco Giants' home stadium where he set baseball's career home run record, the team's CEO said Thursday.

DENVER (AP) — Clayton Kershaw struck out five to inch closer to 3,000, Shohei Ohtani hit his 28th home run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Thursday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga pitched five scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, helping Chicago to a 3-0 victory in his return from a strained left hamstring that had sidelined him since May 4.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Gausman threw eight innings of two-hit ball, Alejandro Kirk and Nathan Lukes drove in two runs apiece and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Thursday to win the three-game series.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Shota Imanaga returned from the injured list to throw five innings of one-hit ball, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday for a split of a four-game series.

CLEVELAND — Toronto starter Kevin Gausman pitched eight superb innings Thursday in the Blue Jays 6-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians that saw slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leave the game after being hit by a pitch.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shane Baz allowed three hits over a career-best eight innings, Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero hit back-to-back homers in the sixth, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Thursday for a three-game sweep.

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield didn’t get the chance to ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge, so former teammate Mike Timlin will do it for him.

DETROIT (AP) — Dietrich Enns pitched five scoreless innings in his return to the majors as the Detroit Tigers beat the Athletics 8-0 on Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins third baseman Royce Lewis will begin a rehab assignment on Friday with Triple-A St. Paul, two weeks after he strained his left hamstring .