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Highlights of Sunday's MLB games

[July 10, 2017] July 9 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's Major League Baseball games:

Pirates 14, Cubs 3

Francisco Cervelli hit a grand slam and Andrew McCutchen followed with a home run in a 10-run first inning in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 14-3 rout of the Chicago Cubs on Sunday to conclude the first half of the season.

McCutchen followed Cervelli's third career grand slam with his 17th home run to stretch the lead to 10 and knock Cubs starter Jon Lester out of the game with two outs in the first. Lester (5-6) allowed four earned runs and six hits in the shortest outing of his career.

The Pirates sent 15 batters to the plate. Jose Osuna delivered a two-run double, Jordy Mercer hit a two-run single and Josh Bell added an RBI single while the Cubs committed two errors. It was the Pirates' highest-scoring inning since they put up 10 in the seventh against Colorado on May 17, 2009.

Phillies 7, Padres 1

Jerad Eickhoff turned in a solid outing in his first start since June 17 and Philadelphia hit six home runs, two coming from Freddy Galvis, in a win over San Diego.

The Phillies, whose six homers were the most they hit in a game since 2004, snapped a five-game losing streak and San Diego saw its stretch of five wins in six games disrupted before the All-Star break.

Astros 19, Blue Jays 1

Carlos Correa hit two home runs and had a career-best five RBIs and Brad Peacock pitched six scoreless innings as Houston defeated Toronto.

Yulieski Gurriel, Jose Altuve and Evan Gattis also homered for the Astros, who gained a split of the four-game series.

Correa had four hits, Altuve added three hits for his fifth consecutive game, and Gattis had four RBIs.

Cardinals 6, Mets 0

In his longest start since May 23, Lance Lynn fired seven shutout innings to lead St. Louis over the New York Mets at Busch Stadium.

Lynn (7-6) gave up three hits and a walk, striking out a season-low two. Two of the three hits were erased on double plays as New York never got a runner to second base.

Brewers 5, Yankees 3

Travis Shaw drove in four runs, including a three-run homer with one out in the top of the first inning, and Milwaukee beat the New York Yankees.

Stephen Vogt also homered for the Brewers, who won a series against the Yankees in New York for the first time since May 5-7, 1995.

Rays 5, Red Sox 3

Brad Miller had hit only two home runs in 147 at-bats this season, after getting 30 last year, but he came through with a two-run shot in the eighth to give Tampa Bay a win over Boston.

What started as a duel between Tampa Bay's Chris Archer and Boston's David Price saw two lead changes in the final three innings. Dustin Pedroia's two-run shot off Archer in the seventh gave Boston a 3-2 lead, but the Rays clawed back for the win, matching a season-high at four games over .500.

Nationals 10, Braves 5

Anthony Rendon was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Matt Wieters drove in three runs and Daniel Murphy was 2-for-5 with two RBIs as the bottom part of the order lifted Washington over Atlanta, earning a split of the four-game series.

The Nationals are 52-36 while the Braves are 9 1/2 games back at 42-45. The winning pitcher was Matt Grace (1-0), who came on in the fourth and allowed two runs (one earned) in 2 2/3 innings.

Orioles 11, Twins 5

Adam Jones homered twice and drove in five runs and Caleb Joseph added two hits and three RBIs as Baltimore went into the All-Star break with two straight wins.

Ubaldo Jimenez survived one bad inning thanks to Baltimore's highest offensive output since scoring a season-high 15 runs on June 17. Jimenez (4-4) allowed four runs on four hits and four walks in five innings.

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Jones had his first multi-homer game of the season and 11th of his career, taking Minnesota's Kyle Gibson deep twice. Seth Smith and Ruben Tejada each had three hits for the Orioles.

Dodgers 5, Royals 2

Clayton Kershaw allowed six hits and struck out 13 in a complete-game effort to win his 14th game of the season, and Justin Turner hit a pair of home runs as Los Angeles closed the first half of the season with their 26th win in their last 30 games.

Kershaw needed only 99 pitches, and he only had problems when Eric Hosmer was at-bat for the Royals. The first baseman had three of the Royals hits, a pair of singles and a two-run home run in the fourth.

Reds 2, Diamondbacks 1

Joey Votto and Scott Schebler had RBIs and right-hander Homer Bailey won his second straight game in Cincinnati's victory over Arizona.

Votto singled in a run in the third inning and Schebler broke a tie at 1 with a two-out double in the sixth inning that got past Diamondbacks right fielder David Peralta, who slipped when he broke for the ball with a runner on second.

A.J. Pollock homered for Arizona (53-36), which tied the best start in franchise history despite losing five of six entering the All-Star break.

Mariners 4, Athletics 0

Felix Hernandez pitched six scoreless innings and Nelson Cruz hit a home run as Seattle hut out Oakland.

Hernandez (4-3), who was making his fourth start since coming off the disabled list, lowered his ERA from 5.04 to 4.44. He was sidelined from April 26 through June 22 with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Rockies 10, White Sox 0

Kyle Freeland, who was born and raised in Denver, lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning in Colorado's rout of Chicago.

Freeland held the White Sox hitless for 8 1/3 innings before Melky Cabrera lined a single to left that finished Freeland's workday. Freeland was replace by Jordan Lyles after giving up the base hit.

Freeland, a 24-year-old rookie, was bidding to become the first Rockies pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Coors Field.

Angels 3, Rangers 0

Right-hander JC Ramirez pitched six shutout innings as Los Angeles salvaged the final game of the series with Texas.

Despite the win, the Angels (45-47) are below .500 at the All-Star break for the third time in the last five seasons. Texas (43-45) missed out on its chance to get to .500 for the first time since June 28 after suffering its second shutout of the season.

Marlins 10, Giants 8 (11 innings)

Pinch-hitter A.J. Ellis and Giancarlo Stanton hit home runs in the top of the 11th inning, lifting Miami to a win and a sweep of the three-game series.

Stanton also homered in the fifth inning and scored four times for the Marlins, who have five wins in their last six games.

The Giants will enter the All-Star break on a four-game losing streak.

Tigers 5, Indians 3

After losing five of their previous seven games, the Detroit Tigers, finished the first half of the season on a positive note with Michael Fulmer pitching into the seventh inning as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.

Jose Iglesias had three hits and Fulmer (9-6) gave up three runs, two earned, on seven hits with one strikeout and one walk in six-plus innings. Justin Wilson got the last five outs to pick up his 10th save.

Cleveland's Nick Goody (1-1), in relief of starter Corey Kluber, gave up three runs in one-third of an inning to take the loss.

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