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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tigers 8, White Sox 5

DETROIT

Prince Fielder homered, Rick Porcello pitched six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers bounced back with a victory over the White Sox. Detroit allowed 23 hits in an 11-4 loss to the White Sox on Tuesday, but it was the Tigers who did the slugging early on in this game. Fielder lined a two-run shot to right field in the first inning for his 16th homer of the year. Alex Avila’s two-run single in the third put Detroit ahead 5-1. Conor Gillaspie and Gordon Beckham homered for Chicago. Porcello (6-6) allowed three runs and seven hits. Joaquin Benoit pitched the ninth for his eighth save in eight chances. Dylan Axelrod (3-6) allowed seven runs and 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. The Tigers extended their AL Central lead over second-place Cleveland to 3 1/2 games. Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez had three hits each for Detroit. Cabrera’s run-scoring single in the sixth pushed his major league-leading RBI total to 93. Chicago’s Alex Rios was hitless a night after going 6 for 6, and the White Sox never led Wednesday. After Gillaspie’s homer in the second, the Tigers made it 3-1 on Austin Jackson’s RBI triple in the bottom of the inning. Axelrod’s problems continued in the third when Avila lined a single to right with the bases loaded. The ball landed just in front of a diving Rios, and two runs came home. Axelrod has allowed 29 earned runs in 28 innings in his last six starts. Porcello won his second straight start — he blanked Cleveland for seven innings last week.

Orioles 6, Rangers 1

BALTIMORE

Wei-Yin Chen returned from the disabled list to pitch seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Orioles got a three-run homer from Nolan Reimold in a victory over the Rangers. Manny Machado had three hits and an RBI for the Orioles, who won for only the third time in nine games. Baltimore will seek a split of the four-game series tonight. Chen (4-3) had not pitched since May 12 because of a strained right oblique. The left-hander allowed one run, walked three and struck out four. Major league home run leader Chris Davis went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in his last 17 at-bats. He hasn’t gotten a hit since Major League Baseball announced he was the leading vote getter in All-Star fan balloting.

Yankees 8, Royals 1

NEW YORK

Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer, Lyle Overbay added a grand slam and the Yankees snapped out of their offensive funk. Ivan Nova delivered another impressive pitching performance and the Yankees, held to one run each of the previous three days, stopped a three-game slide. They watched two more players get banged up, though, when slumping Travis Hafner and speedy Brett Gardner left with injuries. Hafner came out with a bruised left foot, while Gardner departed with a bruised right leg after getting hit by a pitch for the second time. The team said X-rays on both were negative and they were day to day. Nova (4-2) yielded only four singles and a double in eight innings for his second win in three solid starts.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nationals 5, Phillies 1

PHILADELPHIA

Gio Gonzalez tossed seven sharp innings, the Nationals hit a pair of consecutive homers off Cliff Lee and Washington beat the Phillies. Anthony Rendon and Wilson Ramos hit back-to-back shots off Lee to start the fifth and Ryan Zimmerman and Jayson Werth did it to open the sixth. Gonzalez (7-3) gave up one run and six hits, striking out five to win his fourth straight start. The lefty has eight quality starts in a row. Lee (10-3) had allowed nine homers in his first 135 2-3 innings this year before yielding four in a span of eight batters. Darin Ruf hit a solo shot for the Phillies, who failed to reach .500 for the first time since June 7.

Mets 7, Giants 2

SAN FRANCISCO

Former Giants prospect Zack Wheeler pitched seven sharp innings, Marlon Byrd homered again and the New York Mets completed their first sweep in San Francisco since 1994. Daniel Murphy and John Buck each had two hits and drove in two runs as the Mets won their fourth in a row, including three straight over the slumping World Series champions. The Giants have lost 16 of 19. Wheeler (3-1), a former Giants’ first-round draft pick, took a shutout into the seventh. He allowed one run and three hits overall, striking out five and walking three. Matt Cain (5-6) lasted less than an inning for the first time in his career, giving up three runs on two hits while getting just two outs.

Reds 6, Brewers 2

MILWAUKEE

Mike Leake scattered four hits over 8 1/3 innings and Brandon Phillips had three RBI, lifting the Reds. The Reds put the leadoff runner on base in each of the first seven innings and snapped a three-game losing streak. Leake (8-4) bounced back from a rare rough start in his last outing and seemed to get stronger as the game progressed. He allowed four walks while striking out two, retiring 13 consecutive batters from the fifth to ninth innings. Milwaukee starter Johnny Hellweg (0-3) had trouble throwing strikes and was battered for his fourth consecutive appearance. The right-hander, who made his major-league debut on June 28, allowed four runs on four hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings.

Marlins 6, Braves 2

MIAMI

Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run double Wednesday to end a 10-game RBI drought, and the Marlins broke a five-game losing streak. Stanton had been in a 3-for-26 slump before he put the Marlins ahead in their four-run first inning against Paul Maholm (9-8). Placido Polanco added three hits and three RBIs. Jacob Turner (3-1) allowed four hits and two runs in seven innings. Steve Cishek allowed two singles in the ninth to complete a six-hitter. The Braves won two of three games in the series but missed a chance for their first road sweep since April 12-14 at Washington. Miami improved to 3-12 against the Braves at Marlins Park since it opened in 2012. With thousands of youngsters in the stands on camp day, announced attendance was 23,921 — the Marlins’ largest home crowd since April 27. Miami is last in the major leagues in attendance.

INTERLEAGUE

Angels 13, Cubs 2

CHICAGO

Josh Hamilton hit two home runs, Albert Pujols also connected and Los Angeles went deep a season-high five times in a rout of the Cubs. Mark Trumbo and Brendan Harris also homered for the Angels. All five of the Angels’ home runs were no-doubters. They hit a pair during a five-run first inning and then followed with three more in a six-run fifth, providing more than enough support for C.J. Wilson (9-6). The Angels have won 11 of 14. Once 12 games under .500, they are now within two games of the break-even mark — since June 12, they have the best record in baseball at 17-8.

Associated Press