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Highlights of Wednesday's MLB games

[September 01, 2016] Aug 31 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Major League Baseball games on Wednesday:

Yankees 5, Royals 4 (13 innings)

Brian McCann's sacrifice fly in the 13th inning scored Didi Gregorius as New York edged Kansas City.

Gregorius led off the inning with an infield single off first baseman Eric Hosmer's glove, advanced to third on Starlin Castro's double down the left field and came home on McCann's sacrifice fly.

Ben Heller (1-0) worked a spotless 12th inning to pick up the victory, and Dellin Betances earned his seventh save.

Tigers 3, White Sox 2

Pinch hitter Tyler Collins hit a game-winning sacrifice fly to bring in rookie JaCoby Jones in the bottom of the ninth as the Tigers beat the White Sox.

Francisco Rodriguez (3-4) tossed an inning of scoreless relief to pick up the win.

Detroit starter Justin Verlander gave up back-to-back homers to Jose Abreu and Avila in the fourth but only allowed one other baserunner in his seven-inning stint. He walked none and struck out nine.

Red Sox 8, Rays 6

Boston's Aaron Hill, mired in an 0-for-20 slump, singled home the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning to help the Red Sox to victory over Tampa Bay.

Jackie Bradley, who hit his 22nd home run, provided insurance with an RBI double.

Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam to wipe out a 4-1 deficit in the fifth inning.

Junichi Tazawa (3-2) wound up with the win and Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save.

Rangers, 14, Mariners 1

Rougned Odor hit two home runs and matched a career high with five RBIs while Carlos Gomez hit his third career grand slam to power the Texas Rangers to a 14-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

Odor had a two-run home run in the seventh and followed with a three-run shot in the eighth.

Gomez's home run was part of the Rangers' five-run fourth and the first of five Texas homers.

Left-hander Martin Perez (9-10) earned the victory by pitching six shutout innings, giving up seven hits and walking three while striking out four.

Felix Hernandez (9-5) gave up six runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three for Seattle.

Astros 4, Athletics 3

Jose Altuve stroked a game-tying, RBI triple and Evan Gattis followed with a run-scoring single as the Astros fashioned a two-out, eighth-inning rally to beat Oakland.

The Astros rallied against right-hander Liam Hendriks (0-3) after left-hander Ross Detwiler stifled their lineup for seven listless innings.

Detwiler allowed just one run on three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over seven innings.

Rockies 7, Dodgers 0 (1st game)

Colorado starter Tyler Anderson muffled the Dodgers in the first game of a doubleheader.

The 26-year-old left-hander pitched 6-1/3 innings, allowing six hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Dodgers 10, Rockies 8 (2nd game)

Andrew Toles hit his first career grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning to highlight a five-run rally that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 10-8 win over the Colorado Rockies and a split of a doubleheader.

It was the second grand slam of the game. Stephen Cardullo, whose first career homer was a pinch-hit blast in the first game, put the Rockies ahead 5-1 with his first career grand slam in the first inning of the nightcap.

The Dodgers were trailing 8-2 before they packed eight runs into the final two innings. Toles sealed the win with his grand slam off closer Adam Ottavino (0-1).

Luis Avilan (1-0) retired the side in order in the eighth and Kenley Jansen earned his 40th save.

Giants 4, Diamondbacks 2

Buster Posey drove in two runs with a double and a sacrifice fly, and left-hander Matt Moore recorded his first home victory since being traded last month.

Joe Panik had three singles in a nine-hit attack for the Giants.

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Angels 3, Reds 0

Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco needed just 94 pitches to shut out the Cincinnati Reds.

Nolasco (5-12), who gave up just four hits while striking out seven without walking a batter, threw his fifth career shutout, his first since Sept. 9, 2012, when he blanked the Washington Nationals while pitching for the Miami Marlins.

Blue Jays 5, Orioles 3

Jose Bautista and Russell Martin each hit first-inning homers to give Toronto a lead they never lost as the Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles.

Bautista led off the game with a homer and Martin added a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Jays a 3-0 lead after just five batters.

Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez (13-2) allowed one unearned run and five hits in six innings.

Nationals 2, Phillies 1

Wilson Ramos drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning single as the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies.

Jayson Werth homered for the Nationals, while Freddy Galvis homered for the Phillies.

Gio Gonzalez (10-9) went six innings and allowed one run on Galvis' homer in the fifth. Gonzalez surrendered just one other hit while striking out four and walking one.

Mets 5, Marlins 2

Kelly Johnson's three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the red-hot New York Mets to a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins.

Right-hander Addison Reed (4-2) earned the win with a perfect eighth before Jeurys Familia notched his team-record 44th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

Wilmer Flores hit a two-run homer in the first for the Mets while Johnson, Jay Bruce, Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d'Arnaud all had two hits apiece.

Indians 8, Twins 4

Corey Kluber pitched eight strong innings and Carlos Santana and Roberto Perez homered as the Cleveland Indians completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with an 8-4 victory.

Kluber (15-8) gave up three runs on six hits with 11 strikeouts and two walks.

Twins starter Pat Dean (1-5) held Cleveland to two runs through four innings, but was removed from the game in the middle of a five-run Cleveland fifth inning.

Braves 8, Padres 1

Matt Wisler turned in his second strong outing since being recalled from the minor leagues, pitching the Atlanta Braves to an 8-1 win over the San Diego Padres.

Wisler (6-11) allowed one run and four hits in six innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters. The right-hander has allowed two runs in 14 innings since his return from three weeks in Triple-A.

Cubs 6, Pirates 5

Kris Bryant went 2-for-4 with his National League-leading 36th home run of the season as the Chicago Cubs held on to complete a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Cubs starter Jason Hammel (14-7) allowed one run and three hits, striking out six and walking three.

Pittsburgh starter Ryan Vogelsong (3-4) gave up five runs and six hits, walked three and struck out three as the Pirates suffered their third straight loss.

Brewers 3, Cardinals 1

Kirk Nieuwenhuis had two hits, including his 13th home run of the season, and Matt Garza struck out eight batters as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Garza (5-6) held the Cardinals to three hits with a pair of walks over seven innings of work.

Rookie right-hander Luke Weaver (1-2) struck out 10 for St. Louis. He scattered four hits and a pair of walks over six innings.

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