Jun 25, 2017; Cleveland, OH, USA; Minnesota Twins left fielder Eddie Rosario (20) hits a home run during the fourth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Photo Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
CLEVELAND — Eddie Rosario had three hits, including a home run, and Ervin Santana pitched six scoreless innings as the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 4-0 victory on Sunday at Progressive Field.
The Twins, who were swept by Cleveland in a four-game series in Minnesota last weekend, returned the favor this weekend in Cleveland. They shut out the Indians in two of the three games and outscored them 13-2.
Santana (10-4) gave up nine hits, with seven strikeouts and no walks. Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (4-9) pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and a season-high three walks.
The Twins extended their lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning when Rosario led off the inning by hitting a line drive into the seats in right field for his 10th home run. Jason Castro’s run-scoring double in the sixth made it a four-run cushion.
Reds 6, Nationals 2
WASHINGTON — Scooter Gennett went 4-for-5, including a homer, and drove in two runs, and Tucker Barnhart was 2-for-4 with two RBIs as Cincinnati beat first-place Washington, salvaging the finale of the three-game series and breaking a four-game skid.
Gennett was 8-for-13 in the series with three RBIs. It was the second four-hit game for Gennett in less than a month as he had five hits (four home runs) on June 6 against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Reds starter Scott Feldman (6-5) gave up two runs in seven innings as last-place Cincinnati (31-43) won for just the second time in 15 games. The loser was Washington starter Tanner Roark (6-5), who gave up nine hits and six runs in six innings.
Marlins 4, Cubs 2
MIAMI — Right-hander Edinson Volquez maintained his perfect record against Chicago as Miami defeated the defending World Series champion Cubs.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a solo home run, his 20th long ball of the season, and Martin Prado added a two-run double to lead the Marlins, who split their four-game series against the Cubs. Volquez (4-8) is 8-0 with a 3.12 ERA against the Cubs in 13 career appearances.
Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery (1-4) took the loss, allowing four hits, two walks, three runs (none earned) in six innings. Chicago scored its runs on two sacrifice flies — by Anthony Rizzo in the fourth and Tommy La Stella in the fifth.
Rangers 7, Yankees 6
NEW YORK — Adrian Beltre and Shin-Soo Choo homered in the first two innings as Texas took a seven-run lead and held on for the victory over New York.
Beltre hit a two-run homer and Choo added a three-run shot off Michael Pineda (7-4). Drew Robinson also homered and Elvis Andrus preceded the homers with an RBI single as Texas won for the 11th time in 16 games.
Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer and Ronald Torreyes hit a solo homer for the Yankees. New York was unable to complete the comeback as Matt Bush ended his ninth save by striking out Sanchez with Aaron Judge on first base.
Brewers 7, Braves 0
ATLANTA — Right-hander Zach Davies bounced back from his worst outing with one of his best, the Milwaukee offense awoke from its slumber and the Brewers beat Atlanta.
Davies (8-4) had allowed a career-high eight runs in his last start but fired seven shutout innings against Atlanta to help the Brewers salvage one game in the three-game series. Davies scattered four hits and walked one batter, retired the last eight men he faced and silenced an Atlanta team that had scored 128 runs in June, the second most in the major leagues.
Atlanta starter Julio Teheran (6-6) continued to struggle at home. He lasted only three innings and allowed seven runs and seven hits, two of them homers, and two walks. In nine starts at SunTrust Park, Teheran is 1-6 with a 7.58 ERA. He is 5-0 with a 2.89 ERA on road games.
Orioles 8, Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Baltimore rallied to tie the game in the eighth, then won it with three in the ninth to take a three-game series against Tampa Bay.
In a tie game in the ninth, Rays closer Alex Colome (1-3) gave up an RBI double to Joey Rickard, then after loading the bases with an intentional walk, he hit Jonathan Schoop to bring in a second run. Rickard scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Jones.
The Rays had been 35-3 this season when leading after seven innings, and the Orioles had been 3-34 when trailing after seven. Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi served up a homer in his 11th straight appearance, matching the franchise mark set by Wilson Alvarez (1998).
Angels 4, Red Sox 2,
BOSTON — Los Angeles spoiled the Boston debut of Doug Fister by defeating the right-hander that it had recently waived.
Fister went six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. He was recently waived by the Angels after three minor league outings and the Red Sox claimed him off waivers on Friday.
Angels rookie right-hander Parker Bridwell (2-0) went 6 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits with no walks, four strikeouts and a hit batter. Juan Graterol contributed a two-run single for Los Angeles.
Athletics 5, White Sox 3
CHICAGO — Yonder Alonso and Khris Davis drove in runs in the eighth inning as Oakland rallied past Chicago to complete a three-game sweep.
The Athletics swept a three-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time since July 2005. They also won their first road series since April 10-13 at Kansas City.
Adam Rosales and Matt Joyce homered for two insurance runs in the ninth — the fourth time this season Oakland has hit back-to-back home runs. Melky Cabrera homered in the ninth for the White Sox, who have lost six of seven.
Blue Jays 8, Royals 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Francisco Liriano pitched six-plus sharp innings, Jose Bautista drove in four runs and Toronto rolled past Kansas City.
Liriano (4-3) picked up first victory since June 2 and only his second since April 29 as he stymied the Royals on six hits and two runs. The Blue Jays took control by pushing across five runs in the sixth inning.
Bautista homered with Ryan Goins aboard in the fifth to tie the score at 2. Bautista got the green light on a 3-0 Jason Hammel pitch and hammered it an estimated 450 feet to the left-field grass.
