around the horn Sunday’s other games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Astros 6, Tigers 4
HOUSTON
Scott Feldman threw six strong innings while Jose Altuve had three hits and two steals.
Feldman (4-5) allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out four in his first win since May 26. The Astros have won three of their last four games. Altuve leads the major leagues with 116 hits and has a career high 36 stolen bases. He set a franchise record with a stolen base in six straight games with his swipe of second base in the first inning.
White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0
TORONTO
Moises Sierra hit a solo home run, Jose Quintana won back-to-back starts for the first time this season and Chicago won its third straight. Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single as the White Sox posted their first shutout of the season and won three straight for the first time in more than a month. Chicago swept a home series against Cleveland from May 26-28. They’d gone 8-17 since before Friday’s 5-4 victory began the current streak.
Twins 3, Rangers 2
ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Kendrys Morales had a tiebreaking double off closer Joakim Soria in the ninth inning and Minnesota snapped its 10-game road losing streak. Morales’ line drive landed just inside the foul line in left field, and a leaping security guard avoided touching the ball, allowing pinch-runner Sam Fuld to score from first base. A ground-rule double would have forced Fuld to stop at third, and Soria (1-3) struck out the final two hitters of the inning.
Royals 5, Angels 4
KANSAS CITY, MO.
Omar Infante delivered another big hit against the Angels, singling home the winning run for Kansas City with one out in the ninth inning. Lorenzo Cain hit three doubles for the Royals, finishing with four hits and two RBIs.
Rays 12, Orioles 7
BALTIMORE
Matt Joyce homered twice, had a career-high five hits and drove in four runs to power Tampa Bay. The Rays totaled 11 extra base hits — five homers and six doubles. The Rays trailed 4-3 before Kevin Kiermaier and Logan Forsythe went deep during a seven-run sixth inning that sent many in the crowd of 32,665 scattering toward the exits. Joyce doubled in the first inning, hit a solo shot in the third, singled in both the fifth and sixth innings and added a two-run drive in the seventh. His five hits and 12 total bases tied club records.
Red Sox 8, Yankees 5
NEW YORK
David Ortiz hit his 450th homer, a colossal three-run drive, and Dustin Pedroia had three RBIs during his second consecutive three-hit game.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Rockies 10, Brewers 4
MILWAUKEE
Colorado scored three runs in a wild fifth-inning that featured two Milwaukee errors, avoiding a season sweep to the Brewers. Wilin Rosario took advantage of the gaffes with runners on first and second. His shot to third was booted by normally sure-handed third baseman Aramis Ramirez. One run had already scored when the ball squirted into foul territory before shortstop Jeff Bianchi threw home high and offline trying to get Corey Dickerson. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy then threw errantly attempting to get Rosario at third and Rosario hustled home safely for a six-run lead.
Dodgers 6, Cardinals 0
LOS ANGELES
Clayton Kershaw completed a spectacular June with 13 strikeouts during seven innings of five-hit ball, and Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer. Kershaw (9-2) extended his career-best scoreless streak to 28 innings in his first home start since throwing his first career no-hitter June 18 against Colorado. The left-hander went 6-0 with an 0.82 ERA in June, yielding four runs in 44 innings and striking out 61. Matt Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez had run-scoring hits for the Dodgers, who took three of four from St. Louis in a rematch of last season’s NL championship series.
Reds 4, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO
Homer Bailey made a strong bid for another no-hitter for Cincinnati, shutting down San Francisco until Buster Posey’s two-out single in the seventh inning. Bailey has thrown no-hitters in each of the last two seasons, and did it against the Giants at home last July 2. He came close to pitching the latest gem at AT&T Park — the ballpark was the scene of Tim Lincecum’s no-hitter Wednesday against San Diego.
Braves 3, Phillies 2
PHILADELPHIA
B.J. Upton tripled and drove in two runs to lead streaking Atlanta to its first four-game sweep in Philadelphia in 50 years. Gerald Laird had two hits with a double and RBI for the Braves, who won for the sixth time in seven games and ended their road trip 8-3.
Padres 2, Diamondbacks 1
SAN DIEGO
Rookie Odrisamer Despaigne won his second straight start, Cameron Maybin keyed a rare offensive outburst and San Diego popped out of its one-day stay in last place in the NL West.
INTERLEAGUE
Athletics 4, Marlins 3
MIAMI
Nate Freiman hit a three-run homer in his 2014 debut and Oakland completed a three-game series sweep of Miami.
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