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Highlights of Thursday's MLB games

[April 07, 2017] April 6 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games:

Cubs 6, Cardinals 4

Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run home run in the top of the seventh inning off Brett Cecil as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Thursday.

Schwarber's 404-foot shot down the right field line left Cardinals starter Lance Lynn with a no-decision after a solid outing in his first game since October 2015. Lynn, who sat out last year after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November 2015, worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and two runs. He walked one and fanned four.

Chicago's John Lackey pitched six innings, yielding six hits and four runs -- three earned. He issued two walks and whiffed seven.

Twins 5, Royals 3

Jason Castro delivered an RBI double and Miguel Sano added two hits as Minnesota swept Kansas City to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2007.

Castro was 3-for-6 in the series and drove in three runs. Jorge Polanco added two hits for Minnesota, which scored 14 times after the sixth inning during the series.

Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez homered for Kansas City, which saw its pitching staff issue 23 walks in the series.

Reds 7, Phillies 4

Michael Lorenzen hit a tiebreaking homer as a pinch hitter, and Adam Duvall hit a two-run shot as Cincinnati beat Philadelphia.

Lorenzen became the first major league pitcher since Micah Owings for the Reds in 2009 to hit a pinch-hit home run.

Daniel Nava homered twice for Philadelphia.

Rockies 2, Brewers 1

Mark Reynolds and Nolan Arenado slugged solo home runs while Antonio Senzatela pitched five solid innings in his major league debut as Colorado edged Milwaukee.

Pitching above the Double-A level for the first time in his career, Senzatela scattered two hits and walked three. Reynolds homered in the third off Milwaukee starter Chase Anderson, and Arenado hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth off Neftali Feliz.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered in the seventh for Milwaukee.

White Sox 11, Tigers 2

Geovany Soto homered twice as Chicago routed Detroit.

Matt Davidson also homered and tripled for the White Sox. Right-hander James Shields allowed one run and two hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Detroit's Matt Boyd was tagged for five runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Dodgers 10, Padres 2

Yasiel Puig crushed a pair of home runs, Brandon McCarthy pitched six innings, and Los Angeles blew out San Diego.

Puig, who was demoted to the minors last season, hit two two-run home runs and also scored three times. McCarthy allowed two runs and five hits after missing most of last season recovering from an elbow injury.

Jered Weaver allowed four runs and five hits in five innings in his debut for San Diego.

Athletics 5, Angels 1

Ryon Healy keyed a four-run third inning with a two-run home run, and Andrew Triggs combined with three relievers on a five-hitter, leading Oakland past Los Angeles.

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Healy hit his third home run of the season after Marcus Semien delivered a run-scoring single aided by center fielder Mike Trout's fielding error. Triggs allowed an unearned run and four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Angels starter Tyler Skaggs allowed five earned runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Diamondbacks 9, Giants 3

Jake Lamb hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and David Peralta and Paul Goldschmidt also homered in Arizona's win over San Francisco.

Lamb hit his second homer of the season, off Jeff Samardzija, to give Arizona a 5-3 lead to open the sixth. A.J. Pollock had a two-run double and Peralta doubled in a run in a three-run eighth inning.

Aaron Hill homered, Buster Posey had two doubles and an RBI, and Brandon Crawford hit an RBI single for the Giants.

Mariners 4, Astros 2

Jarrod Dyson slapped an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning to help Seattle salvage the finale of a four-game set against Houston.

Dyson drove in pinch runner Taylor Motter, and Jean Segura added a run-scoring single that scored Guillermo Heredia with two outs in the ninth. Edwin Diaz notched the save, and Dan Altavilla earned his first career victory by striking out the side in a scoreless eighth inning.

George Springer and Marwin Gonzalez homered for the Astros.

Blue Jays 5, Rays 2

Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam to power Toronto past Tampa Bay.

Jays starter Marcus Stroman struck out five while allowing one run on six hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.

Rays starter Blake Snell held Toronto to four hits in 6 2/3 innings, but one of them was Morales' slam.

Marlins 4, Nationals 3 (10 inning)

Miami got two-out RBI hits in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings to come back and beat Washington in 10 innings.

J.T. Realmuto (three hits) had a two-run homer in the eighth to make it 2-2, pinch hitter Tyler Moore tied the game with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth, and Justin Bour drove in the winning run in extra innings.

Ryan Zimmerman, Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth all recorded two hits for Washington, and Gio Gonzalez pitched six scoreless innings before a rain delay denied him a chance to continue.

Mets 6, Braves 2

Matt Harvey tossed 6 2/3 strong innings in his first regular-season start since undergoing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, and New York beat Atlanta.

Harvey, who made his final start last season on July 4 and went under the knife two weeks later, allowed just two runs Thursday -- both on solo homers by Matt Kemp. He gave up three hits and no walks while striking out four.

Travis d'Arnaud's two-run double in the fifth put the Mets ahead for good.

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