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Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games

[May 31, 2017] May 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's Major League Baseball games:

Red Sox 12, White Sox 7

Light-hitting Deven Marrero belted a pair of home runs and had five RBIs to help Chris Sale escape with a victory in his return to Chicago as the Boston Red Sox went deep six times and outslugged the White Sox 13-7 on Tuesday night.

Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a three-run homer and an RBI double, and Xander Bogaerts had four hits, including a solo homer. Mitch Moreland had a two-run homer, Mookie Betts hit a solo shot and Sam Travis had three of Boston's 16 hits.

Sale (6-2), who spent his first seven seasons with Chicago, allowed six runs (five earned) on 10 hits in five innings -- his shortest, shakiest outing this season. The lanky left-hander, traded to the Red Sox last December for four prospects, struck out nine to boost his major-league-leading total to 110.

Nationals 6, Giants 3

Left-hander Gio Gonzalez pitched into the seventh inning and aided his own cause with an RBI single to help Washington outlast San Francisco.

The incident-free game began hours after the National League announced that Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and Giants reliever Hunter Strickland were suspended four and six games, respectively, for their roles in a fight late in Washington's 3-0 victory Monday.

Indians 9, Athletics 4

Trevor Bauer struck out a career-high 14, the most by an American League pitcher this season, and rookie Bradley Zimmer had a double, a home run and a career-high four RBIs as Cleveland defeated Oakland.

Bauer (5-4) pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk. He and three relievers combined for 19 strikeouts. Jason Kipnis also homered and Jose Ramirez had his third consecutive three-hit game for Cleveland.

Astros 7, Twins 2

Jose Altuve had four hits, Alex Bregman homered and Mike Fiers pitched six strong innings in his second chance in the rotation as Houston beat Minnesota.

Altuve's two-run single in the fifth broke a 2-all tie and sent Houston to its eighth win in nine games. Fiers (2-2) allowed two runs, five hits and three walks while striking out eight.

Yankees 8, Orioles 3

Luis Severino had another dominant outing, and Brett Gardner and Matt Holliday each hit a pair of solo homers as New York routed Baltimore.

The Yankees can hand the Orioles only their second series loss at Camden Yards this season in the finale Wednesday. Baltimore has lost eight of its past nine games.

Dodgers 9, Cardinals 4

Los Angeles scored four runs in the third inning, three in the fifth and two in the ninth to erase an early three-run deficit en route to its sixth consecutive victory.

Chase Utley had three hits for the Dodgers. Enrique Hernandez drove in a pair of runs, and Logan Forsythe reached base five times, collecting two hits and knocking in a run for Los Angeles.

Padres 6, Cubs 2

Austin Hedges hit a two-run homer and a two-run double, and Hunter Renfroe added a tiebreaking, two-run double in a four-run fifth inning as San Diego handed Chicago its fifth straight loss.

Padres rookie right-hander Dinelson Lamet (2-0) picked up his second win in as many major league starts, holding the Cubs to two runs on five hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in five innings.

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Royals 1, Tigers 0

Eric Skoglund permitted two hits and no runs while pitching into the seventh inning in his major league debut as Kansas City blanked Detroit.

Skoglund (1-0) walked one and struck out five to beat Justin Verlander (4-4). Skoglund left to deafening applause when manager Ned Yost removed him with one out in the seventh.

Diamondbacks 3, Pirates 0

Robbie Ray pitched his first career shutout as Arizona defeated Pittsburgh.

In his 72nd start dating to 2014, Ray (5-3) yielded four hits while striking out 10 on 115 pitches, extending his scoreless streak to 24 2/3 innings. He didn't issue a walk.

Rangers 9, Rays 5

Elvis Andrus collected five RBIs in his final two at-bats as Texas rallied past Tampa Bay.

The Rangers trailed 5-2 going into the seventh before Andrus tied the game with a three-run homer. An inning later, he capped a four-run frame with a two-run single to left field.

Mets 5, Brewers 4 (12 innings)

Jay Bruce's RBI single in the 12th inning lifted New York over Milwaukee.

Bruce, who was hitless in his first five at-bats, laced a clean single up the middle off Wily Peralta (5-4) and past diving shortstop Orlando Arcia to score T.J. Rivera and cap a marathon that lasted 4 hours, 24 minutes.

Mariners 10, Rockies 4

Kyle Seager homered and drove in four runs as Seattle pounced on starter Tyler Anderson to defeat Colorado.

Jean Segura had four hits, and Ben Gamel, Seager and Guillermo Heredia each had three for the Mariners, who banged out a season-high 19 hits, six for extra bases. Seattle won its third straight, one shy of its season high.

Blue Jays 6, Reds 4

Kendrys Morales hit a two-run, go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as Toronto defeated Cincinnati.

Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Russell Martin also homered -- all in the four-run fourth inning for the Blue Jays. Toronto's J.A. Happ, starting for the first time since April 16 (shoulder), allowed three hits and two runs on two solo homers in four innings.

Angels 9, Braves 3

Albert Pujols hit his 599th career home run as part of a nine-run third inning -- all against Bartolo Colon -- as Los Angeles routed Atlanta.

Colon (2-6) wasn't solely to blame for the Braves' implosion as the defense committed three errors, including one by Colon, which resulted in seven of the nine runs being unearned. The Angels had six hits in the inning, including Pujols' eighth home run of the season.

Marlins 7, Phillies 2

Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna homered to lead Miami over Philadelphia.

Marlins starter Justin Nicolino did not allow a hit, walk or run in three innings but was forced to leave with a 7-0 lead after suffering a contusion on his left index finger. Phillies starter Vince Velasquez (2-5) sustained a right elbow flexor strain and departed after 1 1/3 frames.

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