BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Moore pitched seven innings of five-hit ball to stay unbeaten, Luke Scott and Matt Joyce homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Moore (8-0) gave up one run, struck out three and walked one. The left-hander has won nine straight decisions, breaking the franchise record of eight set last year by David Price.
The Rays' ninth win in 11 games put them a season-high three games...
| Tampa Bay | Baltimore | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab r h bi | ab r h bi | |||
| Jnnngs cf | 5 0 1 1 | Markks rf | 4 0 1 0 | |
| Joyce rf | 4 1 1 1 | Machd 3b | 4 1 1 0 | |
| Zobrist 2b | 4 0 1 0 | A.Jones cf | 4 0 2 1 | ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freddy Galvis and Erik Kratz each homered off closer Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth innings Sunday, rallying the Philadelphia Phillies past the Cincinnati Reds for a stunning 3-2 victory.
Chapman (3-2) blew his second straight save opportunity after converting his first eight chances this season. The 100 mph throwing left-hander walked pinch-hitter Delmon Young on four pitches to open the ninth.
Phillies pitcher Cliff...
| Cincinnati | Philadelphia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab r h bi | ab r h bi | |||
| Choo cf | 4 0 0 0 | Rollins ss | 4 0 0 0 | |
| CIzturs ss | 4 0 1 0 | Revere cf | 4 1 3 0 | |
| Votto 1b | 4 1 2 0 | MYong 1b | 3 0 0 0... |
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Locke (4-1) won his fourth straight decisions and gave up one run or fewer for the fifth time in his past eight outings. He struck out four and walked three.
The notoriously streaky Alvarez pushed his average above .200 for just the second time since the second...
| North Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | Pct. | GB | |
| Buffalo (Blue Jays) | 25 | 17 | .595 | — |
| Pawtucket (Red Sox) | 26 | 18 | .591 | — |
| Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees) | 21 | 20 | .512 | 3½ |
| Lehigh Valley (Phillies) | 18 | 25 | .419 | 7½ |
| Rochester (Twins) | 18 | 26... |
MIAMI (AP) — Ricky Nolasco struck out 11 and the Miami Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday.
The Diamondbacks scored once in the ninth. Mike Dunn, the Marlins' third pitcher of the inning, got pinch-hitter A.J. Pollock to ground out on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded to end it.
Marcell Ozuna broke a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the sixth.
Didi...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Masterson struck out a season-high 11 in seven shutout innings and Michael Brantley homered and drove in four runs off Felix Hernandez as the Cleveland Indians toppled yet another former Cy Young Award winner on Sunday with a 6-0 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Brantley hit a three-run homer in the second inning off Hernandez (5-3), who failed to go at least six innings for the first time this season.
Staked to an early lead,...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Masterson struck out a season-high 11 in seven shutout innings and Michael Brantley homered and drove in four runs off Felix Hernandez as the Cleveland Indians toppled yet another former Cy Young Award winner on Sunday with a 6-0 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Brantley hit a three-run homer in the second inning off Hernandez (5-3), who failed to go at least six innings for the first time this season.
Staked to an early lead,...
| Seattle | Cleveland | |||
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| ab r h bi | ab r h bi | |||
| MSndrs cf | 4 0 1 0 | Bourn cf | 4 2 2 0 | |
| Ackley 2b | 3 0 0 0 | Kipnis 2b | 4 1 2 0 | |
| Seager 3b | 4 0 1 0 | Brantly lf | 4 2 2 4 |
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