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Highlights of Sunday's MLB games

[April 10, 2017] April 9 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's Major League Baseball games:

Angels 10, Mariners 9

The Los Angeles Angels scored seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday to beat Seattle Mariners 10-9 and sweep a three-game series at Anaheim, Calif.

Albert Pujols started the ninth-inning rally for the Angels with his 592nd career home run, and he added a two-run single later in the inning. Cliff Pennington's long single to right scored Mike Trout with the game-winner. The rally was only the seventh time in team history the Angels came back after trailing by seven runs.

Diamondbacks 3, Indians 2

Patrick Corbin pitched six scoreless innings, Chris Owings homered and Arizona equaled the best start in franchise history by beating Cleveland at Chase Field.

Corbin gave up four hits and struck out three to give Arizona a sweep of the defending American League champions and its best start since 2000.

Giants 5, Padres 3

Johnny Cueto continued his domination of San Diego and Hunter Pence and Buster Posey connected on San Francisco's first back-to-back homers this season in a win at Petco Park that snapped a four-game losing streak.

The Pence and Posey homers capped a five-run, two-inning assault of Clayton Richard.

Dodgers 10, Rockies 6

Los Angeles built an early four-run lead and brushed aside Colorado to avoid being swept in a three-game series.

Corey Seager homered for the Dodgers, who banged out 15 hits, including five for extra bases, and showed some offensive life after being held to three runs while losing the first two games of the series.

Rangers 8, A's 1

Joey Gallo, filling in for injured Adrian Beltre, hit a three-run homer and had a career-high five RBIs as Texas beat Oakland for its first series win of the year.

Gallo went 1-for-25 last year in a brief stint with Texas but already has two homers and seven RBIs this year. He smacked a three-run homer off Sean Manaea in the second inning and capped a three-run sixth when he lined a two-run single off Frankie Montas.

Astros 5, Royals 4 (12 innings)

After Jake Marisnick, a defensive substitution in the eighth inning, sent the game into extra innings with his solo home run in the ninth, Evan Gattis turned his career-high third walk of the game into a walk-off winner for Houston against Kansas City.

Gattis followed a leadoff infield single by George Springer in the 12th inning and walks to Jose Altuve (intentional) and Brian McCann. Matt Strahm (0-2) sailed his 3-2 pitch to Gattis high to force home Springer.

Pirates 6, Braves 5 (10 innings)

Starling Marte hit a two-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning to lift Pittsburgh over Atlanta and complete a weekend series sweep.

Freddie Freeman went 4-for-5 with two solo homers, and Dansby Swanson added a solo homer for Atlanta, which lost its fourth in a row.

Phillies 4, Nationals 3

After watching a three-run lead disappear on one swing in the ninth inning, Philadelphia recovered to beat Washington on a walk-off single by Cesar Hernandez.

The Phillies hadn't won a series against the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park since taking two of three in April 2015. It took a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth by Hernandez, scoring Daniel Nava -- who walked to lead off the inning and advanced on a Freddy Galvis single -- to reverse that trend.

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Cubs 7, Brewers 4

Jake Arrieta struck out 10 and Kris Bryant had his second three-hit day in a row as Chicago clinched a second consecutive series victory by beating Milwaukee.

Bryant reached in all four of his plate appearances, singling three times and drawing a walk in the seventh. After starting the season 0-for-13, he went 7-for-12 in the three games at Milwaukee.

Yankees 7, Orioles 3

New York scored four runs off Darren O'Day in the ninth inning and avoided a three-game sweep.

New York also snapped Baltimore's four-game winning streak to start the season.

Reds 8, Cardinals 0

Scott Feldman authored a nice rebound from a shaky Opening Day start with six scoreless innings, and Adam Duvall banged out three hits to lead Cincinnati over St. Louis at Busch Stadium.

Feldman, who couldn't make it out of the fifth inning in absorbing a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia on Monday, gave up four hits and a walk while fanning six.

Red Sox 7, Tigers 5

Sandy Leon lined a tiebreaking, two-run single in the middle of a four-run, eighth-inning rally to lift Boston over Detroit and snap a two-game losing streak.

Nick Castellanos had given Detroit a brief 4-3 lead when he led off the seventh with his second home run of the season, but the Tigers' erratic bullpen couldn't hold the lead. Bruce Rondon gave up a walk and a single to begin the eighth, with both runners advancing on left fielder Justin Upton's throwing error. Mitch Moreland was walked intentionally and reliever Kyle Ryan walked in the tying run.

Twins 4, White Sox 1

Ervin Santana gave up two hits in six innings and Minnesota defeated Chicago.

Jorge Polanco finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run as Minnesota continued a hot start and won the rubber game of the series. Miguel Sano added a two-run homer as part of a two-hit day.

Rays 7, Blue Jays 2

Tampa Bay is off to its best start ever at 5-2, closing out a four-game series with a win over struggling Toronto at Tropicana Field.

The Rays got a strong start from Jake Odorizzi, who gave up two hits in the first inning, then didn't allow another hit in six innings. Tampa Bay's bats did the rest with three home runs against the Blue Jays.

Mets 5, Marlins 2

Noah Syndergaard threw seven impressive innings, and Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto each hit long solo homers to help New York beat Miami.

Syndergaard (1-0), who left his first start on Opening Day after six shutout innings due to a popped blister on his right middle finger, allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks. He struck out nine.

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