Highlights of Monday's MLB games

[May 31, 2016]  May 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games.

Cubs 2, Dodgers 0

Travis Wood rode to the rescue with four innings of hitless relief while Jason Heyward delivered a go-ahead RBI single as the Chicago Cubs ran their winning streak to six games with Monday's 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Wood got an emergency call in the third inning after starter Jason Hammel experienced cramping in his right hamstring as he warmed up.

Mets 1, White Sox 0

Matt Harvey threw seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in his best start of the season and Neil Walker's leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the New York Mets to a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Memorial Day.

Harvey began the afternoon with the second-highest ERA in the National League at 6.08, but he looked like the Harvey of 2013 on Monday. The right-hander, who allowed one hit over nine innings in his only other start against the White Sox on May 7, 2013, retired the first 13 batters he faced before J.B. Shuck's clean single to right.

Red Sox 7, Orioles 2

Xander Bogaerts had two doubles and two RBIs, Blake Swihart had three hits and Steven Wright allowed two runs in a complete-game effort as Boston beat Baltimore before a crowd of 43,926.

Jackie Bradley broke a tie with a solo homer to center in the sixth off starter Tyler Wilson to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. David Ortiz hit a solo homer to lead off the eighth against rookie lefty Ashur Tolliver as Boston built the margin to 4-2. It was the 14th homer of the year for Ortiz.

Braves 5, Giants 3

Mike Foltynewicz out-pitched Jeff Samardzija and last-place Atlanta beat San Francisco 5-3.

Foltnewicz allowed just three hits and Mallex Smith hit a bases-loaded triple off Samardzija in the second inning on a humid afternoon when the temperature hit 90 degrees.

It was just the third loss in 18 games for the Giants, who lead the National League West with a 32-21 record. The Braves are just 5-21 at home and 14-36 overall -- the worst record in the majors.

Astros 8, Diamondbacks 3

Houston catcher Jason Castro had two hits and three RBIs and right-hander Collin McHugh threw his first career complete game in the Astros' 8-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

Castro singled in a run in a four-run second inning and doubled in two runs in the third inning as the Astros scored all their runs and had 11 of their 13 hits in the first four innings to ruin Arizona left-hander Edwin Escobar's first major league start.

Cardinals 6, Brewers 0

Matt Holliday had three hits including his ninth home run of the season and Carlos Martinez struck out eight over eight shutout innings as St. Louis beat Milwaukee 6-0.

Holliday also scored twice and drove in three runs, part of a Cardinals' 12-hit attack that took advantage of a number of defensive miscues by the Brewers, who were charged with two wild pitches, a passed ball and an error.

Athletics 3, Twins 2

Kendall Graveman pitched six solid innings and ended his five-game losing streak as the Oakland A's defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 at the Oakland Coliseum on Monday afternoon.

Graveman gave up two runs on six hits over six innings. He struck out five, walked three and threw 85 pitches. Coco Crisp hit a leadoff home run for the A's, who won their third straight game and ended the Twins' four-game winning streak.

Mariners 9, Padres 3

Kyle Seager and Lee Dae-ho each hit home runs, accounting for five runs as the Seattle Mariners routed the San Diego Padres 9-3 at Safeco Field.

Seager gave the Mariners their first lead, at 4-2, with a two-out, two-run homer in the sixth. Seattle scored four runs in the inning to rally from a 2-0 deficit. Designated hitter Adam Lind had a two-run single with the bases loaded in the eighth, then Lee piled it on with a three-run shot for a 9-2 Mariners lead.

Reds 11, Rockies 8

Cincinnati Reds staggered into Coors Field with the worst road record in the majors and just one win in their past 13 games. And as if on cue, they trailed by four runs after three innings.

But the Reds took the lead with a five-run uprising in the fourth and went on to beat the Colorado Rockies 11-8.

Royals 6, Rays 2

Lorenzo Cain singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth and Eric Hosmer capped the inning off with a three-run homer as Kansas City bested Tampa Bay.

Alcides Escobar's one-out single started the game-winning rally. Rookie Whit Merrifield, who has hit safely in his first nine career starts, moved him to third with a single. Cain fell behind in the count 0-2 to Erasmo Ramirez before singling on the seventh pitch, scoring Escobar.

Angels 5, Tigers 1

Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin earned his first American League victory as Los Angeles used a late rally to defeat Detroit in front of 38,541 at Angel Stadium.

Chacin (1-1) retired the first 17 batters he faced, amassed 10 strikeouts and conceded just one run, one walk and four hits in his first complete-game victory in five years.

Rangers 9, Indians 2

Elvis Andrus had three hits and Ian Desmond and Nomar Mazara homered as the Texas Rangers rolled to a 9-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians Monday at Progressive Field.

In winning for the eighth time in their last 10 games, the Rangers got contributions from up and down their lineup. Eight of the nine starters for Texas had at least one hit and five of the nine drove in runs.

Pirates 10, Marlins 0

Gregory Polanco hit his first career grand slam and Jeff Locke pitched his first career shutout to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 10-0 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night at Marlins Park.

First baseman David Freese went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs as Pittsburgh (29-21) snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 14-12 on the road.

Blue Jays 4, Yankees 2

Marco Estrada pitched eight shutout innings, Ryan Goins doubled and homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays held on to defeat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night.

Edwin Encarnacion had two RBIs for the Blue Jays (27-26) in the opener of a three-game series.

Brian McCann hit a two-run homer for the Yankees against left-handed reliever Aaron Loup in the ninth.

Nationals 4, Phillies 3

Daniel Murphy's hot hitting again lifted the Washington Nationals on Monday night, allowing them to overcome not only an injury to reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper but yet another shaky outing by Jonathan Papelbon against his former team.

Murphy, the major leagues leading hitter with a .396 average, contributed a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning, as the Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3.

(Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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