MLB roundup | Monday’s other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

White Sox 4, Twins 0

White Sox 2, Twins 1

MINNEAPOLIS

White Sox rookie Zach Stewart took a perfect game into the eighth inning and finished with a one-hitter as Chicago completed a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins. The Twins were 21 up and 21 down against Stewart until Danny Valencia’s leadoff double in the eighth spoiled the right-hander’s bid to become the 21st rookie in major league history to throw a no-hitter. The White Sox won the afternoon game as Philip Humber pitched seven scoreless innings and Juan Pierre had three hits.

Yankees 11, Orioles 10

NEW YORK

Jesus Montero broke a fifth-inning tie with his first major league home run, then hit a two-run drive in the seventh to give the Yankees their fifth straight win.

Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0 11 innings

TORONTO

Brett Lawrie homered in the 11th inning to help Toronto end a three-game losing streak. Lawrie homered to center off Dan Wheeler (2-2) with two outs in the 11th, his eighth homer since being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on Aug. 4.

Rays 5, Rangers 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

James Shields pitched a four-hitter for his major league-best 11th complete game to lead Tampa Bay.

Shields (14-10) struck out six and walked two.

Royals 11, Athletics 6

OAKLAND, Calif.

Billy Butler homered twice and drove in three runs, Alex Gordon doubled home the go-ahead run and Kansas City scored five times in the ninth inning.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 9, Braves 0

PHILADELPHIA

Cliff Lee threw a five-hitter for his sixth shutout of the season. Lee (16-7) struck out six, walked none and needed only 100 pitches to finish off the Braves. The Phillies increased their lead to 81/2 games over Atlanta and reduced their magic number for clinching their fifth straight NL East title to 16

Brewers 4, Cardinals 1

ST. LOUIS

Randy Wolf allowed one run over eight innings and Ryan Braun and Nyjer Morgan homered to lead Milwaukee. The Brewers won their fourth straight to move 101/2 games ahead of St. Louis in the NL Central, tying their largest lead of the season.

Diamondbacks 10, Rockies 7

DENVER

Geoff Blum homered and Wade Miley tossed seven strong innings for streaking Arizona.

Justin Upton homered and Paul Goldschmidt had three RBIs for Arizona, which has won three straight and 12 of 13.

Nationals 7, Dodgers

WASHINGTON

Michael Morse hit two of Washington’s four homers and John Lannan pitched into the sixth inning to break a four-start losing streak.

Cubs 4, Reds 3

CHICAGO

Matt Garza pitched eight strong innings and Aramis Ramirez had a tiebreaking two-run single for Chicago. Garza (8-10) gave up six hits and three runs — one earned — while striking out eight and walking three to win for just the second time at home since June 27. Carlos Marmol finished up for his 32nd save. Ramirez had his two-run single in the fifth, walked twice and scored a run. Starlin Castro added a single, walk and two runs.

Giants 7, Padres 2

SAN DIEGO

Pablo Sandoval homered twice, Madison Bumgarner struck out a career-high 13 in 81/3 innings and San Francisco remained seven games behind NL West-leading Arizona with 21 to play. The defending World Series champion Giants came into this three-game series with their biggest deficit of the season after losing two of three to the Diamondbacks in a weekend series. Sandoval’s 17th and 18th homers, both off Tim Stauffer (8-12), were enough to carry the Giants to their third win in eight games.

Marlins 9, Mets 3

MIAMI

Javier Vazquez pitched seven strong innings and Jose Lopez homered for Florida, which had 15 hits. Emilio Bonifacio and Gaby Sanchez both had three hits and two RBIs and Lopez and Logan Morrison had three hits each to help the Marlins win three straight for the first time since July 31-Aug. 2. Vazquez (9-11) gave up one run and six hits.

Associated Press