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Highlights of Monday's MLB games

[August 16, 2016] Aug 16 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games:

Mariners 3, Angels 2

Right-hander Felix Hernandez earned his 150th career victory in the Seattle Mariners' 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels in front of 35,840 at Angel Stadium on Monday.

Hernandez (7-4) amassed eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, induced 11 groundouts, issued four walks and conceded two runs on four hits. The American League's 2010 Cy Young Award winner retired 11-of-12 batters between the third and seventh innings.

The victory enabled Seattle to remain 5 1/2 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers in the American League West and two games behind the Boston Red Sox, who hold the second wild-card spot.

Rangers 5, Athletics 2

Adrian Beltre's 10th career grand slam turned around the game for Texas, who rallied for a victory over Oakland.

Texas, which came into the game on a 21-inning scoreless streak, saw that stretch extended to 24 by Oakland starter Ross Detwiler (1-1) as the A's built a 2-0 lead.

Elvis Andrus cut Oakland's advantage to 2-1 with an RBI single in the fourth inning before Beltre gave Texas the lead in the fifth.

Diamondbacks 10, Mets 6

Welington Castillo tied a career high with four hits, drove in two runs and had two of Arizona's seven doubles in its victory over New York at Chase Field.

Castillo had RBI singles in a three-run first inning and in the sixth inning for an 8-2 lead, and he doubled and scored in the third and fifth innings. Arizona had 16 hits, nine for extra bases.

Royals 3, Tigers 1

Ian Kennedy pitched 6 2/3 strong innings to collect his first victory since June 26 and suddenly resurgent Kansas City edged Detroit at Comerica Park.

Eric Hosmer, Raul Mondesi and Lorenzo Cain drove in the Royals' runs.

Rays 8, Padres 2

Drew Smyly held the Padres to one hit in seven innings and Tampa Bay opened a 10-game homestand with a win over San Diego at Tropicana Field.

Smyly (5-11) threw his fifth consecutive quality start, his only blemish a first-inning solo home run by Alexei Ramirez. The left-hander struck out four and walked two.

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Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0

Chad Green retired the first 12 hitters he faced, struck out a career-high 11 hitters in six outstanding innings and combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as the New York Yankees edged the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0.

Aaron Judge drove in the only run with an RBI double in the fourth inning for the Yankees (61-57), who won for the seventh time in 10 games.

Red Sox 3, Indians 2

David Ortiz and Jackie Bradley Jr each homered in a three-run sixth inning, and that was all Boston needed to post a victory over Cleveland at Progressive Field.

Marlins 6, Reds 3

David Phelps earned his first win of the season as a starter by allowing two runs and striking out eight batters in 5 1/3 innings as Miami beat Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.

Miami used six relievers to back up Phelps' effort.

Martin Prado went 3-for-5 while Chris Johnson and Marcell Ozuna each hit solo home runs to assist Phelps (6-6) in his third start of the season.

Nationals 5, Rockies 4

Bryce Harper, once again a force in the middle of Washington's lineup, doubled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as Washington came back to beat Colorado.

The loss was the fourth straight and 10th in 12 games for the Rockies. The Nationals kicked off a nine-game road trip with their third straight win and fourth in five games.

Pirates 8, Giants 5

Gregory Polanco drove in four runs with a home run and a single, helping make right-hander Ryan Vogelsong's return to AT&T Park a winning one in Pittsburgh's victory over San Francisco.

Center fielder Andrew McCutchen saved two runs with a diving catch and the Pittsburgh outfield threw out two Giants base runners, helping Vogelsong win on a night when he was roughed up for four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. (Editing by John O'Brien)

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