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Highlights from Tuesday's MLB games

[August 31, 2016] Aug 30 (The Sports Xchange)

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3

Matt Wieters hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Orioles (72-60) pulled within three games of first-place Toronto (75-57) in the American League East race.

Brad Brach (8-2) got the victory thanks to 1-1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Zach Britton came on the ninth and earned his 39th save.

Nationals 3, Phillies 2

Trea Turner collected two hits and helped back a strong outing from starter Max Scherzer in a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Scherzer (15-7) was near-untouchable early and merely terrific late as he pitched eight innings, gave up two runs on three hits and a walk.

He struck out 11 to hit the double-digit strikeout mark for the 12th time this season, a franchise record.

Tigers 8, White Sox 4

JaCoby Jones had two hits and knocked in two runs in his major league debut and Ian Kinsler drove in four runs, powering the Detroit Tigers to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Jones, whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day, drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning double and added an RBI single the following inning.

Kinsler supplied a two-run homer and two-run single, while J.D. Martinez had three extra-base hits, including a solo homer.

Todd Frazier hit his 33rd homer for the White Sox. Matt Albers (2-6) was charged with the loss after giving up three runs in one-third of an inning.

Mets 7, Miami 4

Jose Reyes collected four hits and Curtis Granderson hit two homers -- one as a pinch-hitter and one after remaining in the game as the right fielder -- as the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 in a battle of National League wild-card contenders.

The Mets (68-64) have won eight of their last 10 games to move ahead of the Marlins (67-65) in the NL East.

The two teams began 2-1/2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the race for the second NL wild-card spot.

Indians 5, Twins 4

Jason Kipnis and Rajai Davis homered and the Cleveland bullpen pitched seven scoreless innings as the Indians beat the Minnesota Twins.

The loss is the 12th in a row for the Twins, the third longest losing streak in team history.

Cleveland trailed 4-1 in the second inning as starter Josh Tomlin only recorded five outs before being removed from the game.

Dan Otero pitched 2-2/3 hitless and scoreless innings, while Andrew Miller got the last five outs of the game to pick up his 12th save.

Braves 7, Padres 3

Julio Teheran struck out eight and walked none over seven innings in a 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres that ended an eight-start winless streak.

Teheran (4-9) allowed a two-run homer by Oswaldo Arcia, but just five other hits while lowering his ERA slightly to 3.12.

Teheran came in getting a major league-worst 2.9 runs of support per game, but the Braves scored five times in the third inning while ending the game early for Padres starter Edwin Jackson (3-5).

Rays 4, Red Sox 3

Evan Longoria hit his 30th career home run against Boston to snap a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning as the Rays came from behind to stun the Red Sox.

Luke Maile tied the game with a two-run shot off Boston starter Drew Pomreanz with two outs in the seventh.

Clay Buchholz (5-10) then served up Longoria's 21st homer of the year.

The shot made a winner of reliever Enny Romero (2-0), who worked a perfect seventh with two strikeouts. Erasmo Ramirez pitched a perfect eighth and Alex Colome the ninth for his 29th save.

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Cubs 3, Pirates 0

Right-hander Kyle Hendricks scattered three hits over seven shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hendricks (13-7) struck out four and walked one before Carl Edwards blanked Pittsburgh in the eighth and closer Aroldis Chapman worked a one-two-three ninth for his 31st save of the season.

Rangers 8, Mariners 7

Rougned Odor was 3-for-5, including a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth in the Texas Rangers' 8-7 comeback victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Texas right-handed reliever Matt Bush, who was on the hook for the loss after giving up Seattle's go-ahead run on Robinson Cano's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, instead earned the victory, improving to 6-2.

Astros 3, Athletics 1

Colby Rasmus made a triumphant return from the disabled list and Evan Gattis blasted a home run in support of Colin McHugh, who pitched six scoreless innings in the Houston Astros victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Rasmus, sidelined since Aug. 5 following surgery to remove a cyst in his right ear, smacked his 13th home run while Gattis blasted his 22nd home run.

McHugh (9-10) outdueled Athletics right-hander Kendall Graveman (10-9) and allowed just five baserunners over his six innings while recording five strikeouts.

Cardinals 3, Brewers 1 (10 innings)

Randal Grichuk's 10th-inning RBI single to shallow right right drove in the go-ahead run as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers.

Jhonny Peralta opened the 10th with a single before Yadier Molina hit a ground-rule double off Corey Knebel (0-2), setting the stage for Grichuk's go-ahead hit.

The Brewers loaded the bases in the 10th against Matt Bowman before Zach Duke struck out pinch-hitter Manny Pina.

Yankees 5, Royals 4 (10 innings)

Jacoby Ellsbury's two-out, 10th-inning infield single scored pinch runner Aaron Hicks as the New York Yankees outlasted the Kansas City Royals.

Ellsbury's sharp grounder ricocheted off pitcher Joakim Soria to third baseman Christian Colon for his fourth hit, matching his career high.

The Royals loaded the bases in the 10th with one out but failed to score as Chasen Shreve, called up from the minors before the game, got the final two outs for his first save.

Angels 4, Reds 2

C.J. Cron hit two home runs and drove in three runs to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

Cron hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning and added a solo drive in the third to increase his season total to 14. Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons added three hits apiece for the Angels.

Right-hander Jered Weaver (10-11) allowed two runs and eight hits in 6-1/3 innings, issued no walks and collected five strikeouts.

Diamondbacks 4, Giants 3

Zack Greinke pitched six strong innings in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

Greinke (12-4) improved to 4-0 in six starts in San Francisco by limiting the Giants to two runs (one earned) on six hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out one.

Welington Castillo capped a four-run fifth inning against Giants starter Johnny Cueto with a two-run single.

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