TORONTO — Mark Buehrle became the first nine-game winner in the majors, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind hit back-to-back home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 on
TORONTO — Mark Buehrle became the first nine-game winner in the majors, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind hit back-to-back home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 on Tuesday night.
Juan Francisco also homered for the AL East-leading Blue Jays, who have won 13 of 15 and are 19-7 in May.
Buehrle (9-1) allowed four runs, three earned, and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. Casey Janssen finished for his eighth save in eight chances.
Encarnacion connected for the 14th time in May, matching Jose Bautista’s team record for home runs in a month. Bautista hit 14 homers in June 2012.
TIGERS 6, ATHLETICS 5
OAKLAND, Calif. — Pinch-runner Rajai Davis scored on Austin Jackson’s fielder’s choice groundout in the eighth inning and Detroit halted a three-game losing streak.
J.D. Martinez drew a one-out walk off Oakland reliever Fernando Abad (0-2). Davis was brought in to run and the speedy outfielder took second on a passed ball. He then stole third when A’s catcher Derek Norris was throwing the ball back to Abad.
ANGELS 6, MARINERS 4
SEATTLE — Jered Weaver gave up three runs over six innings for his fifth win in six starts and C.J. Cron homered to lead Los Angeles.
Weaver (6-3) gave up seven hits and a walk while striking out five. Weaver has lasted at least six innings in nine of his 11 starts this season, and this was the first time in eight outings he allowed more than two runs.
Cron led off the seventh inning with his third homer since making his major league debut on May 3.
Ernesto Frieri pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
TWINS 4, RANGERS 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Texas closer Joakim Soria bobbled a slow-bouncing ball hit by Minnesota’s Danny Santana to the left of the mound with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, allowing the winning run to score.
The day began ominously for the Rangers when star pitcher Yu Darvish was scratched from his scheduled start with stiffness in his neck. Fill-in Scott Baker gave up three hits over six innings and Chris Gimenez hit a tiebreaking two-out RBI single in the sixth off Phil Hughes.
ASTROS 3, ROYALS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Collin McHugh held light-hitting Kansas City at bay over seven innings, and Houston earned its first four-game winning streak since last September.
The Astros own the worst record in the AL, but have won four in a row on the road for the first time since taking six straight away from Minute Maid Park last May 29-June 3.
Houston rookie George Springer’s homer streak ended at four games. He hit two flyballs to the warning track and finished 1 for 4.
CARDINALS 6, YANKEES 0
ST. LOUIS — Lance Lynn threw a five-hit shutout in his first career complete game and the St. Louis Cardinals got home runs from Allen Craig and Matt Holliday in a victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
Holliday and Matt Adams had three hits and an RBI apiece and Craig drove in two runs in the interleague matchup. The Cardinals have won 10 of 13, shaking off a 12-inning loss in the series’ opener, and ended the Yankees’ three-game road winning streak that matched their best of the year.
DODGERS 6, REDS 3
LOS ANGELES — Andre Ethier drove in Los Angeles’ first four runs with a homer and a bases-loaded triple, and Zack Greinke tied a season high with 11 strikeouts.
Greinke (8-1) allowed three runs, eight hits and no walks in 7 2/3 innings. The 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner was lifted after giving up a two-run homer by Devin Mesoraco on his 104th pitch — ending Greinke’s streak of 22 consecutive starts in which he had allowed fewer than three earned runs. It was the longest such streak since the dead-ball era..
BREWERS 7, ORIOLES 6
MILWAUKEE — Pitcher Yovani Gallardo delivered a pinch-hit double that drove home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, foiling Baltimore’s strategy and sending Milwaukee to victory.
With the pitcher’s spot on deck and knowing Milwaukee was out of position players, the Orioles intentionally walked Mark Reynolds with two outs and no one on base in the 10th.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke sent up Gallardo — a starting pitcher who was 1 for 14 this season — to bat for reliever Francisco Rodriguez (2-1).
GIANTS 4, CUBS 0
SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Hudson turned in another vintage performance to start this season, tossing seven scoreless innings to lead San Francisco past Chicago.
Hudson (5-2) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked none. The 38-year-old has allowed two earned runs or fewer in nine of his 10 starts, and he has pitched at least seven innings eight times.
Buster Posey drove in two runs, and Michael Morse and Pablo Sandoval singled home a run each to help the Giants (33-19) hold on to the best record in the majors.
RED SOX 6, BRAVES 3
ATLANTA — Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run single during a four-run rally in the seventh inning and Boston beat Atlanta in the latest comeback following its longest losing streak in 20 years.
Jon Lester (5-6) snapped a personal two-game losing streak by giving up three runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings. Koji Uehara retired the Braves in order in the ninth for his 11th save.
METS 4, PIRATES 2
NEW YORK — Juan Lagares drove in two runs, Vic Black gave the bullpen a boost and New York finally managed some timely hits in its first game with a new batting coach.
Daniel Murphy doubled twice and light-hitting Ruben Tejada reached base all four times up to help the Mets win for only the fourth time in 13 games. The victory came one day after hitting coach Dave Hudgens was fired and replaced by Lamar Johnson, who had been New York’s minor league hitting coordinator.
PADRES 4,
DIAMONDBACKS 3
PHOENIX — Tommy Medica hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning and Eric Stults pitched six effective innings for San Diego.
Stults was sharp early before giving up a couple of runs that allowed Arizona to tie the game at 3-all.
Medica had a run-scoring single in San Diego’s three-run third inning and lined a solo homer to left off Evan Marshall (2-1) in the eighth to put the Padres back up.
ROCKIES 6, PHILLIES 2
PHILADELPHIA — Wilin Rosario hit a go-ahead, three-run homer and Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong innings to lift Colorado to victory.
Drew Stubbs went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI for the Rockies, who had lost four of five while being outscored 16-0 in their two previous games.
Ben Revere hit his first career homer in his 1,466th at-bat, and Darin Ruf also went deep for the Phillies.
The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 22 minutes due to rain.
WHITE SOX 2, INDIANS 1
CHICAGO — Gordon Beckham homered, Conor Gillaspie singled home another run and the Chicago White Sox outlasted the Cleveland Indians despite the departure of ace Chris Sale after just three innings in a game twice delayed by rain Tuesday night.
Beckham finished 2 for 4, adding a double in the first inning.
Mike Aviles went 1 for 2 with a walk and drove in Cleveland’s run.
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