|
 Giants 9, Mets 0
Left-hander Madison Bumgarner threw a two-hit shutout, and Hunter
Pence hit two homers and collected four RBIs, as the San Francisco
Giants routed the New York Mets 9-0.
Catcher Buster Posey went 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and three
RBIs for the Giants (60-51), who moved within 2.5 games of the
first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West
Bumgarner improved to 13-8 on the season while the Mets (53-58) have
just eight hits in the first three games of a four-game series.
- - -
Yankees 8, Red Sox 7
The New York Yankees came from behind three times to score an 8-7
win over arch-rivals Boston.
Left fielder Brett Gardner broke a 7-7 tie with a solo homer leading
off the sixth inning, newly acquired infielder Stephen Drew drove in
four runs against his old team, and recently claimed reliever Esmil
Rogers tossed three innings of no-hit relief to give the Yankees the
win.
 - - -
Cardinals 3, Brewers 2
Dominated for six innings by Milwaukee starter Matt Garza, the St.
Louis Cardinals feasted on the Brewers' relievers and made a winner
of John Lackey in his first start with the club.
The Cardinals (59-51) bunched five of their six hits into the bottom
of the seventh inning, scoring all of their runs for a 3-2 win,
which brought them within a game of the Brewers (61-51) in the
National League Central.
Lackey (12-7), who was acquired on Thursday from Boston, pitched
seven innings and allowed seven hits and two runs.
- - -
Royals 4, Athletics 2
Right-hander James Shields flirted with perfection but settled for
his first victory since July 7, leading the Kansas City Royals to a
4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Shields (10-6) had a perfect game through five innings and allowed
just four hits and two runs over eight, both runs coming on solo
home runs by A's right fielder Josh Reddick.
Oakland (67-43) had their lead in the American League West trimmed
to just one game over the Los Angeles Angels.
- - -
Angels 7, Rays 5
The Los Angeles Angels opened with a five-run first inning and
needed every bit of it by the end, holding on to beat the Tampa Bay
Rays.
Mike Trout went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Angels (66-44). Tampa
Bay (54-57) fell 8.5 games behind Baltimore in the American League
East and remain five behind Toronto for the second wild-card spot.
- - -
Tigers 4, Rockies 0
Anibal Sanchez struck out a season high 12 batters over seven
two-hit innings and Victor Martinez hit a three-run home run to
power the Detroit Tigers to a 4-0 victory over the slumping and
injury-hit Colorado Rockies.
Jorge De La Rosa (11-7) had a five-game winning streak snapped for
the Rockies (44-67) as they were swept in the three-game series with
Detroit (61-47).
- - -
Orioles 1, Mariners 0
Chris Tillman threw seven innings of four-hit ball, Nick Markakis
homered and the Orioles took the three-game series against the
Seattle Mariners with a 1-0 victory.
Andrew Miller appeared for the second time in three games since
being acquired from Boston and pitched a perfect eighth for the
Orioles (62-48).
- - -
Indians 4, Rangers 3 (12 innings)
Michael Brantley led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a home
run as the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat the Texas Rangers.
Trailing 3-1, Indians right fielder David Murphy tied the game with
a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings
and help Cleveland complete a three-game sweep.
[to top of second column]
|
Prior to Murphy's homer, Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish and left-hander
Neal Cotts had held Cleveland to one run on four hits through eight
innings.
- - -
Padres 4, Braves 3 (10 innings)
Shortstop Everth Cabrera singled home Alexi Amarista from third with two
out in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Padres a 4-3 victory
over the Atlanta Braves.
The Padres' second straight, walk-off win over the Braves (58-54) gave
them a sweep of the three-game series.
- - -
Nationals 4, Phillies 0
Stephen Strasburg threw seven shutout innings and the Washington
Nationals scored an unearned run in the third to take the lead against
Cole Hamels en route to a 4-0 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Washington's (60-49) Strasburg allowed three hits with 10 strikeouts and
a walk to outduel Hamels (6-6), who gave up one unearned run and four
hits with six strikeouts in seven innings.
- - -
Cubs 7, Dodgers 3
Chris Coghlan and Luis Valbuena homered, and the Chicago Cubs posted a
7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Cubs, the last place team in the National League Central, took two
of three from the NL West-leading Dodgers (63-49), who beat them in nine
of the previous 10 meetings before the weekend series.
- - -
Twins 16, White Sox 3
The Minnesota Twins exploded for 12 runs in the final two innings and
finished with 23 hits in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox.
Danny Santana led all hitters with four RBIs and a career-high five hits
for Chicago (54-58)
- - -
Astros 6, Blue Jays 1
Scott Feldman tossed his first complete game of the season and the
Houston Astros rode a third consecutive strong start to a 6-1 win over
the Toronto Blue Jays and a four-game series victory.
Chris Carter gave Houston the lead with a two-run double in the third
inning and Matt Dominguez added two RBIs to beat the Blue Jays (60-53).
- - -
Reds 7, Marlins 3
The Cincinnati Reds pounded out 15 hits and stole three bases, beating
the Miami Marlins for the third time in the four-game series finale.
Todd Frazier finished 4-for-5 for the Reds (56-55), who entered this
series having lost 10 of their previous 12 games.
- - -
Diamondbacks 3, Pirates 2 (10 innings)
Tuffy Gosewisch scored the winning run from third base when Pittsburgh
were unable to convert what appeared to be an inning-ending double play,
giving the Arizona Diamondbacks an extra-inning victory.
The Pirates got the first out on the final sequence, but second baseman
Jayson Nix's relay throw to first base hit baserunner Nick Ahmed in the
left arm as batter Ahmed slid into second base.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
[© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
