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Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games

[June 15, 2016] June 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's Major League Baseball games:

Pirates 4, Mets 0

Jameson Taillon carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his second major league start and picked up his first career win by allowing two hits in eight shutout innings on Tuesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 4-0 at Citi Field.

Jung Ho Kang and Starling Marte hit two-run homers in the sixth and eighth innings, respectively, for the Pirates.

Taillon, who made his major league debut against the Mets last Tuesday, was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis before the game to fill the rotation spot vacated by injured Gerrit Cole. A six-pitch first inning against a depleted New York lineup missing five Opening Day starters provided an early hint that Taillon might flirt with history.

The Mets' only base runners in the first six innings were Kevin Plawecki, who was hit by a pitch in the third, and Yoenis Cespedes, who drew a walk in the fourth. The closest Taillon came to giving up a hit was on slow rollers to first base by Curtis Granderson in the fourth and Alejandro De Aza and Asdrubal Cabrera in the sixth.

Taillon's bid to throw the Pirates' first no-hitter since 1997 -- and to become the third pitcher in history to throw a no-hitter in his second career start -- ended in the seventh when Granderson led off with a clean single between second baseman Josh Harrison and shortstop Jordy Mercer, each of whom dived for the ball.

Cubs 4, Nationals 3

Albert Almora Jr. had an RBI double with one out in the top of the ninth inning to break a tie as Chicago beat the Washington in a matchup of division leaders.

Sacrifice flies by Anthony Rendon and Ben Revere helped the Nationals rally from a 3-1 deficit in the late innings.

Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. Chicago's John Lacker gave up two run and four hits in six-plus innings in his 400th career start.

Orioles 3, Red Sox 2

Manny Machado hit a two-run homer, Chris Tillman threw 120 pitches in seven strong innings and Baltimore held off Boston to reclaim first place in the American League East.

Jonathan Schoop added a solo home run for the Orioles, who have won five of eight meetings and hold a one-game lead over the Red Sox. Tillman allowed one run and five hits to improve to 9-1 and Zach Britton struck out four to get a five-out save.

Jackie Bradley Jr. homered for the Red Sox, who wasted a good outing from David Price. Price allowed three runs and five hits while getting 11 strikeouts in eight innings.

Blue Jays 11, Phillies 3

Josh Donaldson hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as Toronto rolled past Philadelphia.

Ezequiel Carrera, Kevin Pillar and Edwin Encarnacion also homered for the Blue Jays (36-31), who have won four of their past five games.

Cesar Hernandez homered for the Phillies (30-35), who have lost 14 of their past 18 games.

Royals 3, Indians 2

Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth and Kansas City beat Cleveland for its fourth straight victory.

Joakim Soria picked up the win by pitching 1 2/3 innings as Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis were unavailable.

Carlos Santana homered and Jason Kipnis had an RBI single for Cleveland. Josh Tomlin allowed a home run to Whit Merrifield among six hits in seven innings.

Astros 5, Cardinals 2

Doug Fister pitched 7 1/3 innings and had a two-run single to lead Houston past St. Louis.

Fister posted his sixth straight win by allowing two runs and five hits. Colby Rasmus homered and Marwin Gonzalez added an RBI double for Houston.

Jamie Garcia allowed eight hits and four runs (three earned) as St. Louis had its five-game winning streak stopped.

Rays 8, Mariners 7

Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer and Corey Dickerson had the tiebreaking single as Tampa Bay scored four times in the seventh inning to beat Seattle.

Dickerson had three hits for the Rays, who matched their biggest comeback of the season by rallying from a four-run deficit.

Seattle lost starter Taijaun Walker in the fourth inning with an aggravated Achilles tendon. Kyle Seager hit a two-run homer and Leonys Martin drove in two runs for the Mariners.

Reds 3, Braves 1

Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Cincinnati held on to beat Atlanta.

Bruce hit his 15th home run of the season and helped the Reds improve to 11-6 after an 11-game losing streak. Cincinnati secured the win when Blake Wood worked out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the ninth.

Julio Teheran allowed four base runners in seven innings and retired 20 of the last 22 batters he faced.

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Tigers 11, White Sox 8

Justin Upton had four RBIs, James McCann drove in a pair of runs and Miguel Cabrera had four hits as Detroit beat Chicago.

The Tigers scored seven runs over the third and fourth innings to build a 10-2 lead. Upton's two-run triple sparked a four-run fourth, which included a RBI double by J.D. Martinez, who had three hits.

Tyler Saladino drove in four runs for the White Sox.

Rockies 13, Yankees 10

Carlos Gonzalez had four hits, including a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Colorado held on for a victory over New York.

The Rockies held a 12-3 lead through seven innings but the Yankees erupted for seven runs on eight singles and roughed up Justin Miller and Miguel Castro.

The Yankees lost their third straight and have the same record as Colorado as Nathan Eovaldi allowed six runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.

Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 4

Joc Pederson homered twice and Chase Utley homered and drove in four runs as Los Angeles weathered the loss of right-hander Kenta Maeda for a victory over Arizona at Chase Field.

Pederson broke up right-hander Archie Bradley's no-hitter in the fifth inning, and Justin Turner and Pederson hit bases-empty homers in the sixth inning to put the Dodgers ahead for good.

Maeda was removed from the game with what the Dodgers called a right lower leg contusion after being struck by a Paul Goldschmidt line drive in the last of the sixth inning.

Jean Segura had four hits and scored twice for the Diamondbacks, who had a season-long three-game home winning streak broken.

Angels 5, Twins 4

Los Angeles did all of its damage early and a strong effort by the bullpen made it stand up in a win over Minnesota at Angel Stadium.

The Angels had six hits in the first two innings and 10 hits through five, all of them coming against former Angels pitcher Ervin Santana. Johnny Giavotella and Kole Calhoun both homered for L.A., but the Twins kept it close with early runs against Angels starter Jhoulys Chacin.

The Angels finished with 12 hits, including two each from Giavotella, Calhoun, Yunel Escobar, Jefry Marte and Gregorio Petit. Robbie Grossman, Joe Mauer and Juan Centeno had two hits apiece for the Twins.

Marlins 5, Padres 2

Jeff Mathis capped a five-run first with the third grand slam of his career and right-handed starter Tom Koehler allowed two runs over six innings Tuesday as Miami defeated San Diego at Petco Park.

Koehler gave up six hits and a walk while striking out eight. Right-handed closer A.J. Ramos picked up his 20th save.

Left-hander Drew Pomeranz, who gave up all five Marlins runs in the first, took the loss. The Padres have lost four straight.

Rangers 10, A's 6

Robinson Chirinos, Ryan Rua and Elvis Andrus hit home runs, and left-hander Martin Perez won his fifth straight start as Texas defeated Oakland at the Oakland Coliseum.

Perez gave up four runs on nine hits over seven innings while striking out two and walking none. He hasn't lost a game since May 18, an 8-1 defeat to Oakland at the Coliseum. Perez had lost nine straight decisions on the road before ending that skid Tuesday.

A's left-hander Eric Surkamp, who was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Nashville, gave up seven runs on seven hits, including two home runs, over 2 1/3 innings. He's winless in seven starts for the A's this season and has lost has past seven major-league starts. Khris Davis went 2-for-4 with a double, drove in two runs and scored once for the A's.

Giants 3, Brewers 2

Madison Bumgarner won a seventh consecutive game for the first time in his career, limiting Milwaukee to four hits in San Francisco's victory.

Angel Pagan, activated from the disabled list earlier in the day, broke a seventh-inning tie when he scored on a wild pitch, sending the Giants to the eighth win in their last nine meetings with the Brewers dating back to last season.

The Brewers' second straight defeat at the start of its nine-game trip came on a night when right-hander Matt Garza made his season debut.

(Editing by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru)

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