Tigers 6, Twins 3
Justin Verlander recorded his 2,000th strikeout, Ian Kinsler homered
for the fourth straight game and the Detroit Tigers complete a
three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 6-3 win on Wednesday.
Verlander (3-4) did not give up a run until the seventh as the
Tigers won their fourth straight. He was charged with three runs on
six hits in 7 1/3 innings while striking out 10.
Phillies 4, Marlins 2
Jeremy Hellickson settled down to throw six strong innings and
Cameron Rupp knocked in two runs as Philadelphia took the rubber
game of a series with Miami.
Hellickson (4-2) allowed two runs and five hits, striking out four
after a shaky start. David Hernandez and Hector Neris threw a
scoreless seventh and eighth, respectively, before Jeanmar Gomez
came on for his major-league-leading 16th save of the season.
Royals 3, Red Sox 2 (Game 1)
Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer, while Jarrod Dyson tripled, scored
the go-ahead run and threw out a runner at third base as Kansas City
edged Boston in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Alcides Escobar led off the first with a single and scored on
Hosmer's eighth home run and his second in as many games. Hosmer
hammered a 2-1 Steven Wright pitch over the center field fence, an
estimated 428 feet.
 Red Sox 5, Royals 2 (2nd game)
David pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Bradley Jr. and
Mookie Betts homered as the Boston Red Sox toppled the Kansas City
Royals to earn a doubleheader split.
Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer, while Jarrod Dyson tripled, scored
the go-ahead run and threw out a runner at third base in the eighth
inning.
A's 8, Rangers 1
Khris Davis homered again, and Oakland completed its first home
sweep of the season, taking three in a row from Texas.
The Athletics swept a series of three or more games at the Coliseum
for the first time since taking four in a row against the Toronto
Blue Jays in July 2014.
Davis, the hero Tuesday night's win with a walk-off grand slam, went
deep again as part of a 2-for-2 game with a two walks and two runs.
Rich Hill (6-3) went six innings, allowing one run on three hits and
one walk. He struck out six.
Braves 3, Pirates 1
The Braves became the last team in the major leagues to reach the
10-win mark, using a strong start by right-hander Julio Teheran to
end Pittsburgh's three-game winning streak.
Teheran (1-4) held the Pirates to five hits and struck out three in
7-2/3 innings.
Tyler Flowers had a home run and Chase d'Arnaud drove in another run
with a double in the ninth. Jung Ho Kang homered in the ninth for
the Pirates.
Rays 6, Blue Jays 3
Logan Morrison, Desmond Jennings and Kevin Kiermaier hit home runs
for Tampa Bay while Jake Odorizzi pitched five innings for his first
win of the season.
Morrison had three hits and Kiermaier had two RBIs.
Jimmy Paredes, Michael Saunders and Edwin Encarnacion homered for
Toronto.
Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey (2-5) allowed three home runs
among eight hits, one walk and five runs (four earned).
 Orioles 5, Mariners 2
Mark Trumbo and Matt Wieters both homered for the Orioles, and
Baltimore starter Chris Tillman stretched his winning streak to five
games.
Tillman allowed two runs on four hits in 6-1/3 innings. The
right-hander allowed just his second homer of the year, a solo shot
from Leonys Martin.
Cardinals 2, Rockies 0
Adam Wainwright had his best start of the season, shutting out
Colorado for 6-2/3 innings, and Matt Holliday drove in two runs to
lead St. Louis to a shut out victory.
Making his ninth start of the season, Wainwright snapped a streak in
which he had allowed at least three earned runs in all eight of his
previous starts. He still won three of the last four, getting a
no-decision in the other game.
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Astros 5, White Sox 3
Jose Altuve went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Jason Castro went 2-for-3
and scored three runs to lead Houston to a win against Chicago.
Doug Fister (4-3) allowed three runs on nine hits in 6-1/3 innings
to earn the win. Luke Gregerson, who had blown three of his past
four save opportunities, picked up his ninth save.
Nationals 7, Mets 1
Anthony Rendon laced a tie-breaking two-out single in the fifth
inning and left-hander Gio Gonzalez continued his mastery at Citi
Field by throwing 6-1/3 solid innings as Washington beat New York.
Ex-Met Daniel Murphy had two RBIs, via a third-inning single and a
seventh-inning sacrifice fly, for the Nationals. Danny Espinosa drew
a bases-loaded walk in the seventh while Wilson Ramos added a
two-run single in the ninth.
Jayson Werth scored three runs and reached base in all five plate
appearances (2-for-2 with three walks).
Indians 8, Reds 7 (12 innings)
Francisco Lindor's home run in the top of the 12th inning lifted the
Cleveland Indians to an 8-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
After Rajai Davis' second home run of the night, a two-run shot,
tied the score in the ninth, Lindor went deep on the first pitch
from Keyvius Sampson leading off the 12th.
Sampson (0-1) was recalled from Triple-A prior to Wednesday's game.
Giants 2, Padres 1
Johnny Cueto hurled a complete-game gem, and Hunter Pence smacked a
two-run homer as the streaking San Francisco Giants defeated the San
Diego Padres.
Cueto (6-1) was masterful as he notched his second nine-inning
victory over the Padres this season. He allowed one run, four hits
and two walks while striking out eight.

Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 2
Nathan Eovaldi allowed one hit in six innings and retired the final
18 hitters he faced to help the New York Yankees earn a 4-2 win over
the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Brett Gardner's first-inning, two-run homer gave the Yankees the
lead for good.
Jacoby Ellsbury had three of New York's 11 hits and drove in the
third run with a sixth-inning single against Arizona starter Shelby
Miller, who was in trouble from the start but wiggled out of several
jams.
Angels 8, Dodgers 1
The Los Angeles Angels broke open a tight game with a five-run fifth
inning, and they rode the right arm of Nick Tropeano to an 8-1 win
over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Mike Trout had three hits and a walk and scored three times to lead
an Angels offense that tallied 12 hits. Albert Pujols, C.J. Cron and
Rafael Ortega each had two hits, and Cron and Ortega both drove in
two runs.
Tropeano gave up one run on seven hits and two walks in seven
innings. He struck out four.
Cubs 2, Brewers 1 (13 innings)
Travis Wood worked out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the
bottom of the 12th, then drew a bases-loaded, two-out walk in the
top of the 13th as the Chicago Cubs rallied late to beat the
Milwaukee Brewers.
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