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Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games

[June 14, 2017] June 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's Major League Baseball games:

Twins 20, Mariners 7

Eddie Rosario belted three home runs and Eduardo Escobar matched a career high with five hits as the Minnesota Twins set a franchise record with 28 hits en route to a 20-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

Minnesota scored seven runs in the third and seventh innings, collecting eight consecutive hits in the third. Eight Twins recorded multiple-hit games with Escobar, Kennys Vargas and Jason Castro finishing with four hits.

Kyle Gibson (4-4) allowed six runs and 12 hits in six-plus innings for Minnesota.

The teams combined for a Target Field-record 42 hits.

Seattle catcher Carlos Ruiz pitched the eighth inning, allowing a run and two hits, walking two and striking out one.

Angels 3, Yankees 2 (11 innings)

Eric Young Jr.'s infield single in the bottom of the 11th inning drove home Andrelton Simmons from third base to lift Los Angeles over New York.

Young sent the game into extra innings with a home run in the eighth inning that made it 2-2. The Yankees loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 11th before Keynan Middleton (2-0) entered and got Chris Carter and Brett Gardner to pop out to third.

New York starter CC Sabathia had won five consecutive starts going into the game, but had to leave after the fourth inning because of a strained left hamstring. The Angels' JC Ramirez gave up two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Red Sox 4, Phillies 3 (12 innings)

Andrew Benintendi ripped a long run-scoring single with one out in the 12th inning to give Boston a sweep of Philadelphia in the Fenway Park portion of their four-game series.

It was the second straight walk-off win for the Red Sox over the Phillies, sending Philadelphia to its seventh straight loss and 28th defeat in 37 road games. Fernando Abad (2-0) worked the final two innings for the win.

With one out in the 12th, Xander Bogaerts (three hits) was walked by Luis Garcia (1-1). Mitch Moreland, who hit a solo home run in the second inning, singled high off the Green Monster that sent Bogaerts to third. Benintendi lined his game-winning hit deep into the right-field corner.

Cubs 14, Mets 3

Jon Lester cruised to his 150th career victory as Chicago crushed five homers en route to a rout of New York.

Lester (4-4) allowed one run on five hits and one walk while striking out 10 over seven innings. He is the eighth active pitcher to reach 150 wins. Ian Happ delivered a grand slam in the seven-run second inning for the Cubs.

Anthony Rizzo, batting leadoff for the first time, smoked a homer in the first inning, drew a bases-loaded walk in the second and hit an RBI double in the third for Chicago. Jason Heyward (two-run homer in the sixth), Kris Bryant (solo shot in the seventh) and Javier Baez (two-run homer in the ninth) added blasts.

Nationals 10, Braves 5

Ryan Zimmerman, who missed the previous three games with a bad back, was 3-for-4, including two homers, and drove in four runs as Washington snapped a four-game losing streak.

Zimmerman hit a two-run homer off starter R.A. Dickey during a five-run sixth inning to give the Nationals a 6-5 lead. His homer came after Bryce Harper had an RBI single to pull Washington to within 5-4.

Dickey (4-5) allowed eight runs and eight hits (three homers) with six strikeouts in five innings plus five batters. Ryan Raburn and Michael A. Taylor had two hits for the Nationals.

Dodgers 7, Indians 5

Cody Bellinger was 3-for-4, with a double, two home runs and four RBIs, and Clayton Kershaw pitched seven strong innings as Los Angeles won its fifth straight.

Leading off the eighth inning, Bellinger broke a 2-2 tie by blasting a 2-1 pitch from Andrew Miller over the right field wall for his 16th home run. In the ninth, Bellinger walloped a three-run homer, his 17th, off Boone Logan.

Miller (3-1) took the loss, his first loss in 53 appearances for Cleveland, since he was acquired in a trade from the Yankees on July 31 of last year. Kershaw (9-2) pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits, with four strikeouts and two walks.

Rangers 4, Astros 2

Rougned Odor homered in consecutive plate appearances in the seventh and eighth innings as Texas rallied from an early deficit to defeat Houston.

Odor went 3-for-4 with three RBIs including his 10th and 11th homers on the season. With two outs in the eighth, Odor followed a single by Jonathan Lucroy with a two-run, opposite-field homer off the Astros' Luke Gregerson (2-2).

George Springer and Carlos Correa clubbed their 18th and 12th home runs in the first and fourth innings, respectively, for Houston, which has lost six of eight games since its 11-game winning streak.

Pirates 5, Rockies 2

Andrew McCutchen homered twice as Pittsburgh made it two straight victories over Colorado.

John Jaso added a two-run pinch-hit homer in the seventh inning for his fourth home run of the season and second as a pinch hitter. He is 6-for-15 as a pinch hitter this year.

Jaso was pinch hitting for Gerrit Cole, who earned the win (4-6). Cole snapped a four-start streak of subpar performances, throwing seven three-hit innings and allowing one run.

Diamondbacks 7, Tigers 6

David Peralta cracked the first pitch of the ninth inning for his sixth home run of the season to lift Arizona to victory after it blew a 6-0 lead.

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Justin Wilson (2-2) threw a fat first-pitch fastball that Peralta skipped off the top of the bullpen clubhouse in left center to save the Diamondbacks, who gave up six unearned runs in the sixth. Archie Bradley (2-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for Arizona's 40th win and one-time Tiger Fernando Rodney recorded his 17th save by pitching the ninth.

Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke allowed five unearned runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Royals 8, Giants 1

Whit Merrifield hit a bases-clearing triple in a six-run sixth inning and Jason Vargas became the American League's second nine-game winner to lead Kansas City over San Francisco.

Merrifield and Jorge Bonifacio drove in three runs apiece in a 15-hit attack for the Royals in a matchup of teams that went head-to-head in the 2014 World Series. San Francisco won the 2014 championship, but Tuesday's win improved the Royals' regular-season record against the Giants to 11-4.

The Royals scored seven of their eight runs off San Francisco Ty Blach (4-4), who had allowed a total of only seven runs in his previous five home starts this season. Vargas (9-3) allowed one run and five hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out six.

White Sox 6, Orioles 1

Derek Holland allowed one run over six innings while Matt Davidson hit his first career grand slam as Chicago handed Baltimore its sixth straight loss.

Holland (5-6) snapped a three-game losing streak as he gave up eight hits while striking out five and walking a pair. Baltimore right-hander Alec Asher (2-5) took the loss.

Asher gave up a leadoff single to Jose Abreu, hit Avisail Garcia with a pitch and walked Todd Frazier to load the bases with none out in the sixth. That set the stage for Davidson, who clubbed his team-leading 12th homer of the season.

Padres 6, Reds 2

Clayton Richard came within a pitch of throwing a complete-game shutout and rookie Franchy Cordero hit two home runs as San Diego defeated Cincinnati.

Pinch hitter Tucker Barnhart dropped a two-run double into right on a full-count, two-out pitch in the ninth to end Richard's bid for the third shutout of his career. Richard (5-7) allowed two runs on eight hits and struck out six in 8 2/3 innings.

Cordero, who hit his first major league homer Monday night against the Reds, connected on solo shots of 420 feet (off Reds starter Scott Feldman) in the third inning and 424 feet (off Tony Cingrani) in the eighth inning.

Rays 8, Blue Jays 1

Logan Morrison hit a three-run homer, Corey Dickerson had a home run among his four hits and Jacob Faria pitched effectively into the seventh inning as Tampa Bay defeated Toronto.

Taylor Featherston also homered for the Rays. Faria (2-0), making his second career start, allowed six hits, one walk and one run in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out eight.

Dickerson hit his 15th homer of the season to lead off the ninth against Aaron Loup, and Evan Longoria had two hits and two RBIs for Tampa Bay. Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada (4-5) allowed 12 hits, including two home runs, and six runs in 3 1/3 innings.

Cardinals 6, Brewers 0 (1st game)

Jose Martinez homered twice and drove in three runs as St. Louis blanked Milwaukee in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

Martinez launched a one-out solo homer to right-center in the fifth inning off emergency starter Brent Suter (0-1), who to that point had allowed one hit in his first big league start. An inning later, Martinez made it 5-0 with a sacrifice fly off Wily Peralta, finishing a two-run outburst. In the eighth, Martinez laced a 436-foot bolt into the seats in left-center for his first multi-homer game.

Lance Lynn (5-3) allowed three hits over five innings while walking four and striking out eight for the Cardinals.

Brewers 8, Cardinals 5 (2nd game)

Travis Shaw's tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth inning helped Milwaukee salvage a split of a day-night doubleheader and snap a three-game losing streak.

Domingo Santana and Jesus Aguilar led off the inning with walks against Trevor Rosenthal (1-3) before Shaw lined a 3-2 pitch up the middle, easily scoring Santana from second. Manny Pina added a run-scoring single and Keon Broxton tacked on a sacrifice fly, his third RBI of the game.

Jared Hughes (2-1) got the win despite allowing Matt Carpenter's game-tying homer in the seventh, his 12th of the year. Corey Knebel worked the ninth for his ninth save in 12 chances.

Marlins 8, Athletics 1

Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna homered to lead Miami past Oakland.

Stanton, who hit a two-run shot, leads the team with 17 homers. Ozuna, who went 3-for-3 with a solo blast, has 16 homers. They are tied for the team lead with 44 RBIs. The Marlins' Tyler Moore, playing for injured first baseman Justin Bour, went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs.

Jose Urena (5-2), who retired 14 consecutive batters from the second through the fifth innings, earned the victory.

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