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Highlights of Sunday's MLB games

[July 18, 2016] July 17 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's Major League Baseball games:

Rangers 4, Cubs 1

Cole Hamels took advantage of an early lead and scattered four hits as the Texas Rangers salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Hamels, who no-hit the Cubs in his last Wrigley Field visit in 2015 while with the Phillies, worked eight innings for his longest outing since going eight on May 22.

Hamels (10-2) struck out seven with an unearned run as the Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak.

Mets 5, Phillies 0

Jacob deGrom recorded his first career complete game in scintillating fashion, allowing just one hit as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0.

The 28-year-old, who lowered his ERA to 2.38, improved to 6-4 on the year after striking out seven and walking one. DeGrom has struck out at least six in 10 straight starts.

Tigers 4, Royals 2

Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals.

Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) got the win with an inning of scoreless relief. The Tigers took two of three games in the series.

Rays 5, Orioles 2

The Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs, two from Evan Longoria, and snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

The Rays picked up just their fourth win in 28 games, after the worst 27-game stretch by any American League team since 2003.

Reds 1, Brewers 0

Billy Hamilton scored the winning run from third on a passed ball in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 over the Milwaukee Brewers.

In the bottom of the ninth, Hamilton's 24th stolen base put him at third and he raced home when Smith's pitch skipped a few feet away from Jonathan Lucroy.

Marlins 6, Cardinals 3

Ichiro Suzuki drew closer to a cherished major league milestone and Miami took the rubber game of a three-game series matching National League wild-card hopefuls.

Suzuki's three hits led the Marlins' 13-hit attack against the Cardinals. He needs only six hits to reach 3,000, and nearly had a fourth hit. But his infield single in the third was erased after a replay review revealed he was barely nipped at first.

Giancarlo Stanton snapped a 3-3 tie for the Marlins in the seventh with an RBI double off reliever Jonathan Broxton (1-2), scoring Christian Yelich. Stanton scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Don Kelly for a two-run advantage.

Braves 1, Rockies 0

Chase d'Arnaud delivered an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give Atlanta a walk-off victory over Colorado.

Ender Inciarte singled leading off the Braves' ninth against Gonzalez German and moved up on a sacrifice bunt and wild pitch. Then Jace Peterson drew a two-out walk to set the stage for d'Arnaud.

German (2-1) got a quick strike, but then d'Arnaud connected with a fastball and lined the winning hit into left field. It was d'Arnaud's third hit of the game.

Indians 6, Twins 1

Chris Gimenez came off the bench to drive in a pair of runs and Josh Tomlin scattered six hits while allowing just one run over 7 2/3 innings as Cleveland stopped Minnesota.

Gimenez delivered a two-out, two-run single in his first plate appearance of the day as the Indians made the most of a pair of costly sixth-inning Twins mistakes to extend a 2-0 lead into a 4-0 cushion.

Tomlin (10-2) struck out four and walked one.

Pirates 2, Nationals 1 (18 innings)

Starling Marte had three hits, including a solo homer with two outs in the top of the 18th inning, to help Pittsburgh avoid a three-game sweep.

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The homer came off Washington reliever Oliver Perez (2-3) and came on the first pitch of the at-bat. It was the longest regular-season game in terms of innings in Nationals franchise history.

Pittsburgh reliever Jonathon Niese struck out Danny Espinosa with two runners on base in the bottom of the 18th to end the game.

Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3

Josh Donaldson lined a two-run, tiebreaking double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to enable Toronto to avoid a sweep.

Justin Smoak reached safely on an infield single with one out against A's reliever John Axford in the ninth. Junior Lake lined a single to center, moving pinch runner Andy Burns to second. Then with two outs, Donaldson hammered his 96-mph fastball down the left-field line.

Roberto Osuna pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 19th save.

Astros 8, Mariners 1

Jose Altuve went 4-for-5, including his 15th home run, and drove in three runs as the Astros' designated hitter, and team mate Carlos Gomez added his second career grand slam in Houston's lopsided win.

Houston starter Collin McHugh tossed six scoreless innings despite loading the bases twice. He allowed four hits and four walks while striking out 10. McHugh (6-6) beat the Mariners for the third time this season.

Seattle (46-46) left 10 runners on base and committed four errors. The Mariners also hit into five double plays.

Angels 8, White Sox 1

Albert Pujols hit two homers and drove in four runs to lead the Angels.

Pujols has 17 homers this season and 577 for his career. His 1,187 career extra-base hits moved him past Frank Robinson into 10th place in that category.

Before Sunday's outburst, Pujols had just one home run in his previous 16 games.

Right-hander Jered Weaver (8-7) retired 13 of the final 15 batters he faced to pick up his third win in four decisions. Weaver allowed one run, six hits and one walk in seven innings and had one strikeout to help Los Angeles secure its third consecutive victory and its seventh in nine games.

Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 5

Jake Lamb homered and drove in two runs and Robbie Ray pitched seven scoreless innings as the Diamondbacks hung on for a victory.

Lamb's RBI single started a three-run first inning, and he later hit a solo homer in the fourth. He was 7-for-12 with two doubles, a triple and a homer in the three-game series.

The Dodgers scored all their runs in the final two innings, when Justin Turner drove in four with a two-run homer in the eighth inning and a two-run single in the ninth.

The Dodgers trailed by one run and had runners at the corners with one out in the ninth, but reliever Jake Barrett struck out Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor to end the game.

Padres 5, Giants 3

Edwin Jackson was solid in his Padres debut, helping the Padres complete a three-game sweep of the first-place Giants.

Jackson (1-1), making his first start since 2014 with the Chicago Cubs, had a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings. The veteran right-hander surrendered three runs (two earned) and one hit as the Padres notched their first three-game sweep of the season. Jackson walked five and struck out four.

Jackson was chased after Conor Gillaspie's three-run, pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning pulled the Giants to within 4-3. Brandon Maurer pitched the ninth for his third save.

All-Star Game starter Johnny Cueto (13-2) took his first loss since April 21 for San Francisco. He was charged with four runs and six hits in six innings as he struck out four and walked three.

(Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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