MLB roundup: Mariners make Rangers’ day rougher

ARLINGTON, Texas — Kendrys Morales hit two of Seattle’s four homers and the Mariners beat Texas 7-5 Friday night, handing the Rangers their seventh straight loss only hours after manager Ron Washington resigned unexpectedly.

Interim manager Tim Bogar took the familiar seat along the railing of the home dugout long occupied by Washington.

Morales went deep to right field against Scott Baker (3-4) to put the Mariners ahead 2-0 in the second inning. His sixth homer of the season was another two-run shot in the sixth.

Mike Zunino became the first Seattle catcher with 20 homers, and Brad Miller hit his 10th.

Hisashi Iwakuma (14-6) matched Felix Hernandez for the team lead in wins.

Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 1

LOS ANGELES — Dan Haren pitched well on two extra days of rest, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Haren allowed one run and four hits in six innings against his former team. The right-hander (11-11) struck out six and walked one, improving to 4-1 in his last six starts since Aug. 6.

Kenley Jansen worked a perfect ninth, becoming the fourth Dodgers reliever to save 40 games in a season and the first since Eric Gagne in 2004.

Vidal Nuno (0-5) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings, struck out five and walked two. The left-hander hasn’t won since June 27 against Boston. He retired a career-best 22 straight batters until giving up a two-out single to Adrian Gonzalez in the first.

Giants 8, Tigers 2

DETROIT — Jake Peavy pitched six innings without allowing an earned run — even remaining in the game after a rain delay of 2 hours, 42 minutes — and the San Francisco Giants routed the Detroit Tigers.

Pablo Sandoval homered for San Francisco, which is trying to chase down the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. The Tigers fell two games behind first-place Kansas City in the AL Central — and now trail Seattle by a half-game for the second wild card.

The Giants scored six runs in three innings against Rick Porcello (15-10) and led 6-0 when a severe storm came through downtown Detroit, delaying the game. When play resumed, Peavy (4-4) went back to the mound. He allowed two unearned runs in the fifth, but that was it.

ASTROS 4, ATHLETICS 3

OAKLAND, Calif. — Chris Carter hit his 36th homer and drove in three runs against his former team to help the Houston Astros beat the slumping Oakland Athletics.

Carter added an RBI single, Jon Singleton also homered and Jose Altuve had two hits for Houston, unbeaten in three games since firing manager Bo Porter on Monday. It was the Astros’ fifth straight win overall, two shy of their season high.

The loss dropped Oakland six games behind the first-place Los Angeles Angels in the AL West. Owners of the best record in the majors on Aug. 9, the A’s have gone 7-17 since.

ANGELS 7, TWINS 6, 10 INNINGS

MINNEAPOLIS — Kole Calhoun had three hits and scored four times, sliding into home for the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Angels a victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Calhoun singled to start the 10th, and Jared Burton (2-4) walked two in a row with one out to load the bases. Oswaldo Arcia caught Erick Aybar’s sacrifice fly and made a strong throw from right field, but it was a bit off line and not in time for catcher Josmil Pinto to pivot and tag the speedy Calhoun.

Huston Street (1-1 with the Angels) blew the save for the second time in 13 tries since his acquisition in the trade with San Diego, putting the first two batters on in the ninth inning before surrendering a two-out, two-run, game-tying double to Trevor Plouffe.

ROYALS 1, YANKEES 0

NEW YORK — James Shields took a two-hitter into the ninth inning and Nori Aoki lined a run-scoring single in the third following Chase Headley’s two-base error, leading Kansas City over New York.

Two starts after losing to the Yankees 8-1 in one of his worst outings this season, Shields (13-7) retired his first 11 batters before Brett Gardner’s double. Headley singled in the fifth, and Shields retired 11 straight before Derek Jeter singled softly with one out in the ninth.

Wade Davis relieved, and pinch-runner Antoan Richardson stole second before Gardner struck out swinging on a 3-2 fastball. Carlos Beltran took a called third strike, giving Davis his first big league save. Davis has fanned 92 batters in 62 1/3 innings this season.

Shields induced 12 groundouts and allowed three hits in 8 1/3 innings. Kansas City (78-61), which leads the AL Central, has won four in a row and is 17 games over .500 for the first time since 1989, according to STATS.

Michael Pineda (3-4) took the hard-luck loss.

BREWERS 6, CARDINALS 2

MILWAUKEE — Scooter Gennett drove in three runs and Mike Fiers pitched into the seventh inning as Milwaukee snapped its nine-game losing streak and trimmed St. Louis’ lead in the NL Central to three games.

Fiers (5-2) gave up two runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, improving to 5-1 in six starts since being called up from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 9.

Cardinals starter John Lackey (2-2) gave up all six runs and nine hits in six innings as St. Louis snapped a six-game winning streak.

Gennett had a two-run single in the third and an RBI double in the fifth, and Lucroy added a run-scoring single to put the Brewers up 4-0.

RAYS 3, ORIOLES 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Cobb and two relievers combined on a six-hitter against Baltimore for Tampa Bay’s AL-best 19th shutout this season.

The right-hander gave up six hits, one walk and struck out six. Brad Boxberger (4-1) fanned two in a perfect eighth, and Jake McGee struck out all three batters he faced for his 16th save.

Yunel Escobar’s run-scoring single snapped a scoreless tie in the eighth inning. Ryan Hanigan added a two-run single.

PIRATES 3, CUBS 3, 7 INNINGS, SUSPENDED

CHICAGO — The game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs was suspended by rain with one out in the top of the seventh inning.

The teams were tied at 3 when a storm rolled through the area. With more rain in the forecast, the game was called after a delay of 1 hour, 52 minutes.

The teams will resume their game Saturday afternoon before their regularly scheduled matchup.

RED SOX 9, BLUE JAYS 8, 10 INNINGS

BOSTON — Yoenis Cespedes had four hits, including a game-winning single that capped a three-run 10th inning, and Boston rallied to beat Toronto.

The Blue Jays, who lost outfielder Melky Cabrera to a season-ending pinkie injury, took an 8-6 lead in the top of the 10th. The first run scored on Dioner Navarro’s infield single. John Mayberry Jr. then scored from second on Danny Valencia’s sacrifice fly to deep right.

But in the bottom of the inning, Boston loaded the bases with none out against Casey Janssen (3-3) on singles by Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts and Christian Vazquez.

Will Middlebrooks singled in Betts, and the Red Sox tied it on Dustin Pedroia’s sacrifice fly. An error by second baseman Steve Tolleson loaded the bases before Cespedes hit a drive to deep center.

Tommy Layne (2-1) got the win.

PHILLIES 9, NATIONALS 8, 11 INNINGS

WASHINGTON — Rafael Soriano blew another save, and an error by Bryce Harper on a routine fly ball in the 11th inning led to the go-ahead runs, giving Philadelphia a win over Washington.

The Phillies rallied from a five-run deficit with two unearned runs in the eighth and then three that were fully earned in the ninth off Soriano, who was booed off the field as his late-season slump continues.

Then came an unearned pair of runs in the 11th off Craig Stammen (4-5), an inning that started with a two-base error when left fielder Harper ran into Denard Span after the center fielder had clearly called for a fly ball by Domonic Brown.

After a sacrifice bunt, Brown scored on a fielder’s choice grounder to first by Maikel Franco.

First baseman Tyler Moore tried to get Brown at home, but the throw was off target.

MARLINS 11, BRAVES 3

MIAMI — Jarred Cosart pitched into the eighth inning and Marcell Ozuna had four hits and four RBIs to lead Miami.

Giancarlo Stanton drove in two runs and Donovan Solano also had four hits for the Marlins, who had a season-high 18 hits.

Freddie Freeman hit his 18th home run for the Braves, who have lost three of four.

Cosart (4-1), who came into the game with the lowest ERA (0.65) in the majors since Aug. 12, retired 13 batters in a row during one stretch and allowed five hits and two runs in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one.

RED SOX 9, BLUE JAYS 8, 10 INNINGS

BOSTON — Yoenis Cespedes singled home the winning run in a three-run 10th inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays.

Toronto took an 8-6 lead in the top of the 10th. The first run scored on Dioner Navarro’s infield single that followed a single by Edwin Encarnacion and a double by John Mayberry Jr. Danny Valencia then hit a fly to Allen Craig in deep right field and, when Craig was slow throwing the ball in, Mayberry scored all the way from second.

Valencia was credited with a sacrifice fly.

But in the bottom of the inning, Boston loaded the bases with none out against Casey Janssen (3-3) on singles by Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts and Christian Vazquez.

ROCKIES 3, PADRES 0

DENVER — Tyler Matzek pitched a three-hitter for his first career shutout, Nolan Arenado and Drew Stubbs homered, and Colorado beat San Diego.

It was the third straight victory for Matzek (5-9) since snapping a five-game losing streak. The Padres managed only one extra-base hit against Matzek — a leadoff double by Abraham Almonte in the ninth that went over the head of left fielder Corey Dickerson.

He struck out six, including three in the third around Rymer Liriano’s single, the only other hit to reach the outfield.

METS 14, REDS 5

CINCINNATI — Curtis Granderson and Travis d’Arnaud each hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs, powering New York to its third straight victory.

The Mets hit five homers for the first time since 2006. Wilmer Flores and Dilson Herrera had solo shots, and Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer in the ninth. New York scored in every inning except the third, getting a season-high in runs and tying its season high with 18 hits.

Bartolo Colon (13-11) gave up two runs and seven hits, including Devin Mesoraco’s solo homer, in seven innings. He walked one, the 26th time in 27 starts this season that he has walked two or fewer.

INDIANS 2, WHITE SOX 1, 10 INNINGS

CLEVELAND — Pinch-hitter David Murphy drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded single in the 10th inning and Cleveland defeated Chicago.

Murphy lined a 1-2 pitch to center off Ronald Belisario to score pinch-runner Chris Dickerson and give the Indians their 11th walkoff win of the season.