Highlights of Monday's MLB games

[June 07, 2016]  June 6 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games:

Tigers 11, Blue Jays 0

Michael Fulmer stretched his scoreless streak to 22 1/3 innings and James McCann and Justin Upton homered as the streaking Detroit Tigers pounded the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0 on Monday at Comerica Park.

Fulmer allowed just two hits -- singles by Darwin Barney -- while tossing six scoreless innings in Detroit's fourth straight victory. He walked three and struck out five while winning his fourth consecutive start.

Fulmer's streak is the third longest by a rookie pitcher in franchise history. John Hiller tossed 28 2/3 scoreless frames in 1967 and Victor Santos had a 25-inning streak in 2001.

Toronto starter J.A. Happ allowed six runs on six hits in five innings. It was just the second time in 12 starts that he allowed more than three runs. The Blue Jays had won 10 of their last 13 games.

Orioles 4, Royals 1

Baltimore's Mark Trumbo and Matt Wieters each hit solo homers in the decisive seventh inning to support a solid performance by starter Mike Wright, leading the O's past Kansas City.

Manny Machado got his 15th home run of the season for the Orioles, who have won five of six and sit atop the American League East. The Royals, meanwhile, lost their fifth straight after enduring a four-game weekend road sweep by the Cleveland Indians.

Wright allowed one unearned run on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks over seven innings. Despite the loss, Royals starter Danny Duffy continued a string of effective performances since rejoining the rotation in mid-May. He allowed two runs on five hits and tied a career-high with nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Yankees 5, Angels 2

Carlos Beltran hit a three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and New York rallied for a victory over Los Angeles.

The Yankees had little going against Matt Shoemaker through the first 6 2/3 innings as they struggled to hit his changeup. New York was finally able to connect on Shoemaker's changeup in a span of three pitches in the seventh. Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs and six hits over seven innings for his eighth no-decision of the season.

Shoemaker allowed four runs and eight hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six without a walk, giving him 39 strikeouts since his last free pass. Pujols had an RBI single in the first and Kole Calhoun lifted a sacrifice fly for the Angels, who have dropped 12 of their last 15 visits to New York.

Cubs 6, Phillies 4

Jon Lester pitched eight shutout innings and Jason Heyward homered as Chicago held on to beat Philadelphia.

Dexter Fowler and Kris Bryant had three hits apiece and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs for the Cubs, who won for the fifth time in six games to improve their major league-best record to 40-16.

Philadelphia's Freddy Galvis hit a three-run homer off reliever Justin Grimm in the ninth, and Tommy Joseph followed with a solo shot off Hector Rondon. Rondon, who earned his 11th save, retired the next two hitters but allowed a single to pinch hitter Odubel Herrera. Another pinch hitter, Ryan Howard, grounded out to end the game, as the Phillies fell for the ninth time in 11 games.

Rangers 6, Astros 5

Rougned Odor's walk-off double scored Adrian Beltre from first base in the ninth inning as Texas squeaked past Houston.

Odor was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, including a third-inning home run and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the seventh as Texas held off Houston. Right-hander Sam Dyson earned the victory, pitching a scoreless ninth for the Rangers, who extended their winning streak to seven games over Houston this season. Texas has won 11 consecutive over Houston at Globe Life Park, dating to 2015.

Houston's Jose Altuve was 3-for-5 with a three-run home run that erased Texas' early lead. Luis Valbuena and Jason Castro each had two hits for the Astros.

Rockies 6, Dodgers 1

Local product Tyler Chatwood effectively silenced the Los Angeles bats, pitching Colorado to a win at Dodger Stadium.

Chatwood, who grew up in the Redlands -- a suburb of Los Angeles in the Inland Empire region, and was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in 2008, limited the Dodgers to one earned run on one hit in eight innings, walking four and striking out five. It was Chatwood's fifth straight road win and he's still undefeated away from Coors Field.

Rookie Trevor Story broke the game open with a three-run home run in the sixth inning. Despite his struggles as of late, Story still made it a little harder for the Dodgers' Corey Seager to catch up to him in the rookie home run race, belting his 16th of the season.

Indians 3, Mariners 1

Cleveland's Rajai Davis hit his sixth home run of the season on a night when starter Trevor Bauer controlled the Seattle bats on the way to a win.

With a dominating curveball and a fastball that touched 97 miles per hour, Bauer (4-2) allowed just one run off five hits over 7 2/3 innings to lead the Indians to their sixth consecutive win, Cleveland's longest streak of the season.

Seattle suffered its fourth loss in a row to fall four games behind Texas in the American League West.

Padres 7, Braves 2

Yangervis Solarte broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run homer in the third inning and left-handed starter Christian Friedrich allowed two runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings as San Diego defeated Atlanta at Petco Park in the opener of a three-game series between the last-place teams in the National League's East and West divisions.

The loss was the fifth straight and sixth in seven games for the 16-41 Braves. The win was the Padres' fourth in six games on their current homestand.

Braves right-handed starter Williams Perez suffered the loss. The right-hander allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings before leaving the game with triceps soreness.

Rays 6, Diamondbacks 4

Desmond Jennings had three hits, including a solo homer, and Chris Archer struck out 12 in six innings to lead Tampa Bay to a victory over Arizona at Chase Field.

Archer gave up bases-empty homers to Ray and David Peralta among his five hits allowed while tying a season high in strikeouts he set on Opening Day against the Toronto Blue Jays. He yielded three runs, walked three and threw 115 pitches.

D-backs starter Robbie Ray had two hits for Arizona, which has lost 17 of its last 25 games after the team was 17-18 on May 10.

Mets, Pirates postponed

The Mets-Pirates game was postponed by rain following a delay of about one hour, 35 minutes. A makeup date was not immediately announced. The scheduled starting pitchers were pushed pack to Tuesday -- left-handers Steven Matz for the Mets and ex-Met Jonathon Niese for the Pirates.

(Editing by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru)

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