AROUND THE HORN | Tuesday’s other MLB games

AMERICAN LEAGUE

White Sox 5, Tigers 3, 1st game; Tigers 10, White Sox 6, 2nd game

DETROIT

Miguel Cabrera had three hits and scored twice to help the Detroit Tigers to a win over the Chicago White Sox and a split of their doubleheader. Drew VerHagen (2-2) allowed one run in five innings for Detroit in the nightcap, then left the game after a 61-minute rain delay. Hector Santiago (1-1) yielded four earned runs in 42/3 innings. Detroit scored two runs in the second, then Cabrera led off the bottom of the third with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dawel Lugo to put the Tigers up 3-0. Dylan Cease pitched five solid innings in the opener, and Abreu homered and drove in three runs. Welington Castillo also homered for Chicago, and Jake Rogers went deep for Detroit. Cease (2-4) allowed two runs and seven hits, striking out six with one walk. Alex Colome allowed a run in the ninth but held on for his 22nd save in 23 chances.

Royals 6, Red Sox 2

BOSTON

Jorge Soler hit a pair of long two-run homers over the Green Monster, Jakob Junis pitched six effective innings and the Kansas City Royals snapped their seven-game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox. Ryan O’Hearn also homered for Kansas City, which had lost eight in a row to the Red Sox — its longest slump ever against Boston. Christian Vazquez had two hits with an RBI double for Boston, which halted its eight-game losing skid a night earlier. Junis (7-10) escaped a couple of early jams and gave up one run on seven hits, striking out four with one walk.

Rays 7, Blue Jays 6, 10 innings

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Kevin Kiermaier scored the winning run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays came back from a six-run deficit to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Kiermaier led off the 10th by stretching a hit into a double off Buddy Bosher (0-2), and scored the game-ending run after a walk and Willy Adames’ bunt. First baseman Brandon Drury fielded the bunt and threw to third in an unsuccessful attempt to force Kiermaier. After two strikeouts, Bosher’s pitch to Austin Meadows bounced through catcher Danny Jansen and Kiermaier scored. Diego Castillo (2-6) got the win after one inning of relief.

Yankees 9, Orioles 4

BALTIMORE

The New York Yankees continued their home run binge against the Baltimore Orioles, hitting six more and getting three RBIs from Austin Romine. Mike Tauchman and DJ LeMahieu went back-to-back in the third inning and Brett Gardner and Cameron Maybin did the same in the ninth. Didi Gregorius also connected, and Romine contributed a solo shot and a two-run double.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Mets 5, Marlins 0

NEW YORK

Zack Wheeler pitched eight efficient innings, Wilson Ramos and Pete Alonso homered, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins for their 12th win in 13 games. After throwing seven scoreless innings against the White Sox a day after the deadline, Wheelr cruised through eight on 99 pitches against the Marlins, allowing eight hits and striking out five. Todd Frazier had a two-run double in the first inning and Ramos added a three-run shot in the third. Alonso smoked a solo shot in the fifth, his second connection in two games after going nine without one. Alonso has 36 homers for the season.

INTERLEAGUE

Athletics 11, Cubs 4

CHICAGO

Cubs lefty Jon Lester was tagged for a career high-tying 11 runs in only four innings, with Dustin Garneau and Stephen Piscotty hitting three-run homers that led the Oakland Athletics over Chicago. Garneau’s drive to the back row of the bleachers in left field was the big blow in an eight-run, second-inning burst. The A’s went on to their seventh win in nine games. Kris Bryant homered as the NL Central-leading Cubs had their four-game winning streak end.

Reds 8, Angels 4

CINCINNATI

Tucker Barnhart hit two of Cincinnati’s five home runs, Aristides Aquino included one among his three hits and came up with a clutch catch as the Reds beat the Los Angeles Angels. Jose Iglesias hit a two-run homer and Eugenio Suarez added a solo shot, helping Cincinnati overcome home runs by Justin Upton and Mike Trout and send the Angels to their sixth consecutive loss, matching their season-worst losing streak.

Astros 11, Rockies 6

HOUSTON

Zack Greinke labored through six innings but wound up with a win in his Astros debut as Houston hit four home runs. Playing in front of a season-high crowd of 43,243, the AL West leaders won their fifth straight. Yuli Gurriel hit two homers, Yordan Alvarez added a two-run drive and Carlos Correa homered and drove in three runs. Greinke (11-4), a six-time All-Star who was traded from Arizona on Wednesday, yielded seven hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts. He left with the game tied at 5, tagged by Raimel Tapia’s three-run homer in the sixth.

Braves 12, Twins 7

MINNEAPOLIS

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman hit first-pitch homers off Minnesota ace Jose Berrios and the Atlanta Braves routed the Twins. The first three batters in Atlanta’s lineup — Acuna, Ozzie Albies and Freeman — combined to go 10 for 16 with nine runs and eight RBIs. Acuna scored four runs and Freeman drove in four. Acuna sent the first pitch by Berrios into deep center field for his sixth leadoff homer of the season and the 14th of his career. Freeman made it 4-0 when he hit Berrios’ first offering for a three-run shot in the fourth inning.

Associated Press