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Baseball Highlights: Tanaka, Yankees stymie Blue Jays

[September 06, 2016] The Sports Xchange

NEW YORK -- Masahiro Tanaka dodged trouble for 6 2/3 innings and three relievers combined to escape a seventh-inning jam as the New York Yankees held on for a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday afternoon.

Jacoby Ellsbury tied a season-high with three RBIs by hitting a two-run homer and an RBI single off R.A. Dickey (9-14). Rookie first baseman Tyler Austin added a two-run double which turned out to be the winning runs.

Jose Bautista had an RBI single and Edwin Encarnacion added a two-run base hit for Toronto.

The Yankees (71-65) won for only the fifth time in their last 16 home meetings with the Blue Jays and little was easy about it, especially in the seventh.

Tyler Clippard pitched a hitless eighth and Dellin Betances did the same in the ninth for his ninth save.

Tigers 5, White Sox 3 (11)

CHICAGO -- Justin Upton drilled a three-run homer in the 11th inning to power Detroit over Chicago.

Miguel Cabrera finished 4-for-5 with two home runs as the Tigers improved to 5-3 in extra innings and won for the sixth time in last last seven games. Chris Beck (1-1) sustained the loss after allowing Upton's go-ahead homer with two outs in the 11th -- a towering shot to right-center field for his 21st homer of the yeaer.

Francisco Rodriguez got the final three outs while allowing a run to pick up his 39th save. Justin Verlander set a career high with his 11th consecutive quality start but did not factor into the decision. Verlander limited the White Sox to two runs and eight hits in seven innings. He walked one and struck out 11 to secure his sixth career 200-strikeout season and his first since 2013.

Chris Sale also got a no-decision despite pitching at least eight innings for the fourth straight start. Sale held the Tigers to two runs and six hits in eight innings.

Padres 2, Red Sox 1

SAN DIEGO -- Edwin Jackson pitched seven shutout innings and Adam Rosales hit a two-run homer off Drew Pomeranz in the bottom of the fourth inning as San Diego defeated Boston at Petco Park.

The loss kept the Red Sox a game behind division-leading Toronto in the American League East race.

Jackson, who replaced Pomeranz in the San Diego rotation after the Padres traded the left-hander to Boston on July 14, allowed four hits and two walks with 11 strikeouts.

The shutout bid ended when pinch-hitter Chris Young homered off Brad Hand in the eighth.

Angels 10, A's 7

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mike Trout banged out three hits for the sixth time in his last 11 games and Los Angeles took advantage of rookie Raul Alcantara's wildness in the opener of a three-game series.

Kole Calhoun smacked his 16th home run and Albert Pujols had a two-run double, helping the Angels win for the eighth time in nine games overall and seventh time in their past nine road outings.

Cardinals 12, Pirates 6

PITTSBURGH -- St. Louis solidified its National League wild-card standing by blistering Pittsburgh at PNC Park.

St. Louis pounded out 14 hits against five Pirates pitchers to win its second consecutive game and hand Pittsburgh its season-worst seventh loss in a row. The Cardinals (72-64) hold the second NL wild-card spot but climbed within a half-game of San Francisc, which is in the first wild-card position.

Adam Wainwright (10-8) won for the first time in nine starts, dating to July 16, giving up four runs and seven hits in five innings. He also had a game-best three RBIs.

Twins 11, Royals 5

MINNEAPOLIS -- Brian Dozier homered three times for Minnesota but the collective bats of Kansas City were too much in a victory for the visitors at Target Field.

Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer each homered and the Royals pounded out 16 hits as Kansas City started a critical six-game road trip with a win.

The Royals trail the Baltimore Orioles by four games for the second wild-card spot in the American League and their next 13 games are against teams that are currently under .500.

Nationals 6, Braves 4

WASHINGTON -- Trea Turner went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs and Max Scherzer won his fourth start in a row as Washington scored five runs in the third inning and beat Atlanta.

Turner had a double in the first inning, a two-run homer in the third and a run-scoring single in the fourth. Scherzer (16-7) allowed two earned runs and seven hits with five strikeouts in seven innings and improved to 3-0 against the Braves this year. He leads the majors with 243 strikeouts.

The first-place Nationals (80-57) remained 8 1/2 games ahead of the New York Mets in the National League East. The Braves (54-84) had their season-high six-game winning streak end.

Rockies 6, Giants 0

DENVER -- Chad Bettis pitched a complete-game shutout and Carlos Gonzalez hit a grand slam as Colorado beat slumping San Francisco.

Bettis (12-7) threw a two-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts. It was the Rockies first complete game of the season. The loss was the fifth in seven games for the Giants, whose 16-31 record since the All-Star break is the worst in the majors. That slide includes 18 losses in 25 road games.

Gonzalez's grand slam highlighed a six-run explosion in the third against Matt Moore (2-4). It was his sixth career grand slam and second this season.

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Mariners 14, Rangers 6

SEATTLE -- Franklin Gutierrez had three hits and drove in four runs as Seattle survived another rough start from Felix Hernandez to beat Texas.

Gutierrez went 3-for-4 with his 14th home run of the season and came a triple short of hitting for the cycle on a day when the Mariners piled up 14 hits and chased Texas starter Cole Hamels in the second inning.

Gutierrez and Robinson Cano each homered for the Mariners, who used a six-run sixth inning to pull away. Dae-Ho Lee added two hits and three RBIs.

Rougned Odor hit his 30th home run, and his sixth in six games, as the Rangers tried to rally from an early 7-0 deficit. His leadoff shot in the sixth pulled Texas within 8-6.

Orioles 7, Rays 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Davis went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lead Baltimore over Tampa Bay.

Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (6-11) pitched a complete game and retired 25 of the final 26 batters he faced.

Davis hit a solo homer, his 34th of the season, off Rays starter Matt Andriese in the top of the fourth inning and added a two-RBI single in the top of the fifth.

Baltimore (75-62) erased an early three-run deficit and blew the game open with five runs in the fifth inning.

Davis' short single to center plated both runners to give the Orioles a 4-3 lead. Right fielder Mark Trumbo and second baseman Jonathan Schoop added RBI singles to finish the surge.

Cubs 7, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE -- A four-run eighth inning helped Chicago break open a tight game and cruise over Milwaukee.

Chris Coghlan drove in a pair of those runs, and three on the day, while going 2-for-2 after entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh.

Chicago also got two hits each from Jorge Soler, Javier Baez and Miguel Montero.

Reigning National League Pitcher of the Month Kyle Hendricks continued his recent run of success, holding Milwaukee to five hits and two runs with six strikeouts in six innings of work. Hendricks (14-7) hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in his last 19 starts.

Mets 5, Reds 0

CINCINNATI -- Matt Reynolds and Kelly Johnson homered and Bartolo Colon pitched six shutout innings, lifting bleary-eyed New York in the opener of a three-game series.

Colon (13-7) allowed only five hits over his six innings in the 11th shutout win this season for New York.

The Mets beat the Nationals in a nationally televised game Sunday night and didn't arrive at their hotel in Cincinnati until approximately 4 a.m. As a result, manager Terry Collins chose to rest several regulars, including Curtis Granderson, Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera and Jose Reyes.

Jay Bruce went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in his first game in Cincinnati since being traded to the Mets in July. He received a standing ovation from fans in right field in the first inning and was well-received prior to each of his at-bats.

Phillies 6, Marlins 2

MIAMI -- Freddy Galvis hit a two-run home run as Philadelphia further damaged Miami's fading playoff hopes.

The Phillies (61-76) snapped a six-game losing streak and sent Miami (68-70) to its fourth straight loss. The Marlins have also lost nine of their last 10 games, putting them further behind in their pursuit of the second and final NL wild-card berth.

Miami made three errors in a sloppy performance. In addition, shortstop Miguel Rojas left the game because of a groin injury.

Jerad Eickhoff (10-13) earned the win, allowing six hits, no walks and two runs in six innings.

Astros 6, Indians 2

CLEVELAND -- Alex Bregman had two hits, including a home run and two RBIs, and Jose Altuve and Colby Rasmus had two hits each as Houston beat Cleveland at Progressive Field.

The loss snaps Cleveland's six-game winning streak.

Houston starter Mike Fiers (10-6) pitched five innings, allowing two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and two walks.

Dodgers 10, Diamondbacks 2

LOS ANGELES -- Corey Seager had three hits, including a double and a home run, drove in three runs and scored twice to lead Los Angeles to a rout of Arizona at Dodger Stadium.

Adrian Gonzalez, Joc Pederson, Justin Turner and Yasmani Grandal each added a home run for the Dodgers, who extended their lead in the National League West to four games over the second-place San Francisco Giants.

The Dodgers beat up on Arizona's Zack Greinke, who was making his first start in Dodger Stadium against his former teammates. Greinke (12-5) served up five home run balls and allowed eight runs in just 4 2/3 innings.

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