Martinez homers 4 times as Diamondbacks blank Dodgers

Bauer sharp again, Indians win 12th straight

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5, (AP): J.D. Martinez tied a major league record by hitting four home runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Monday night for their 11th straight victory.

Martinez became the 18th player in major league history to hit four homers in a game, and the 16th in the modern era. Earlier this year, Scooter Gennett accomplished the feat for Cincinnati.

Martinez hit a two-run shot in the fourth off Dodgers starter Rich Hill (9-7). Martinez added solo homers in the seventh and eighth innings before capping his power show with a two-run drive in the ninth.

Robbie Ray (12-5) struck out a career-high 14 in 7-2/3 innings. The last time Arizona won 11 in a row was June 18-30, 2003.

Indians 5, White Sox 3 In Chicago, Jose Ramirez homered again and Trevor Bauer earned his eighth straight win as the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 for their 12th victory in a row.

Ramirez connected a day after tying the major league record with five

Arizona Diamondbacks’ J.D. Martinez (right), hits a two-run home run as Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill (left), watches along with catcher Austin Barnes (second from left), and home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez during the fourth inning of a baseball game on Sept 4 in Los Angeles. (AP)

Dickerson hit his 26th home run and also doubled twice, powering Tampa Bay past Minnesota.

The Twins’ lead for the second wild-card spot was trimmed to a half-game by the Angels.

Logan Morrison, who got his 36th homer, and Kevin Kiermaier each added three hits for the Rays. Evan Longoria drove in three runs with a pair of singles.

Alex Cobb (10-9) gave up one run on three hits 5-2/3 innings. Jose Berrios (12-7) alllowed five runs on seven hits in five innings.

Nationals 7, Marlins 2 In Miami, Anthony Rendon drove in four runs, Daniel Murphy drove in three more and Washington overcame a camera-denting home run by Giancarlo Stanton to beat Miami.

Rendon and Murphy each homered, doubled and singled.

Stanton hit his major leagueleading 53rd home run, with the ball striking a TV camera just over the right-field wall.

Rangers 8, Braves 2 In Atlanta, Elvis Andrus, Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor homered, Andrew Cashner pitched six strong innings and Texas beat Atlanta.

The Rangers lead the majors with 215 homers, matching their total from last season.

Cashner (9-9) is 6-2 with a 2.62 ERA in his last 10 starts. R.A. Dickey (9-9) took the loss. Angels 11, Athletics 9, 11 Innings In Oakland, California, Los Angeles employed an American League-record 12 pitchers on Labor Day, and Kole Calhoun hit a two-run triple in the 11th inning to beat Oakland.

Fernando Salas (1-0), the ninth Angels pitcher, tossed a perfect 10th for the victory. Keynan Middleton came in as the third pitcher of the 11th and got his third career save as the Angels tried to move up in the wild-card race. The A’s have lost a season-worst seven in a row.

Three Angels pitchers didn’t record an out. The 12 pitchers overall topped the previous AL mark of 11 done four times, most recently by Tampa Bay in 2013. The Colorado Rockies set a major league record

Trevor Bauer #47 of the Cleveland Indians pitches against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sept 4 in

Chicago, Illinois. (AFP)

by using 13 pitchers in 2015 during a 16-inning game.

Astros 6, Mariners 2 In Seattle, Dallas Keuchel pitched effectively into the eighth inning as Houston won its fifth in a row.

Alex Bregman hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning for the AL West leaders.

Keuchel (12-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in 7-2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two in his longest outing since April 5. The left-hander started the season 9-0, but was 2-3 with a 5.35 ERA in his seven previous starts since coming off the disabled list on July 28.

Yankees 7, Orioles 4 In Baltimore, Starlin Castro homered and drove in three runs, Didi Gregorius also went deep and New York fueled its playoff push with a win over Baltimore.

After spotting the Orioles an early lead, New York bounced back for its fourth win in five games. The Yankees enhanced their position atop the AL wild-card race they’re 2 games behind AL Eastleading Boston.

Aaron Judge drew a career-high four walks, singled and scored a run to help the Yankees extend their wild-card lead over Baltimore to 4 = games.

The Yankees played without catcher Gary Sanchez, who began serving a suspension that was reduced to three games from four. The MLB suspension stemmed from an Aug. 24 brawl during a game against Detroit.

Rockies 4, Giants 3 In Denver, Carlos Gonzalez drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning, and Colorado halted a four-game skid.

The game at Coors Field was played in hazy conditions because of smoke from the Western wildfires.

San Francisco reliever Steven Okert (1-1) gave the Rockies their walkoff walk. Greg Holland (3-5) pitched a perfect ninth.

Charlie Blackmon hit his 33rd homer as the Rockies increased their lead to 1-1/2 games over Milwaukee for the second wild-card spot. Colorado is 8-0 at home against the Giants this season.

Reds 5, Brewers 4 In Cincinnati, Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting Cincinnati over Milwaukee.

Hamilton, who leads the majors with 58 stolen bases, sent a drive into the left-field seats for his fourth homer of the season. He connected off Josh Hader (1-3).

The last-place Reds opened a three-game series by stopping the playoff-contending Brewers. Raisel Iglesias (3-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.

Cardinals 2, Padres 0 In San Diego, Carlos Martinez threw a three-hitter and struck out 10, Yadier Molina hit a two-run single and St. Louis beat San Diego for its fourth victory in five games.

The Cardinals remained three games behind Colorado in the race for the NL’s second wild card.

It was the second career shutout and complete game for Martinez (11-10). Luis Perdomo (7-9) took the loss.

Mets 11, Phillies 7 In New York, Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera each homered and the Mets built a big lead, beating Philadelphia to end a four-game losing streak.

The Mets were up 10-0 by the fourth inning.

Rafael Montero (4-9) won his second straight start. New York chased Mark Leiter Jr (2-5) with a six-run fourth.

Royals 7, Tigers 6 In Detroit, Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar homered for Kansas City, which denied Detroit with its defense.

Alex Gordon reached well over the left-field fence to rob Mikie Mahtook of a three-run homer, while Lorenzo Cain’s sliding catch took two RBIs away from Jose Iglesias.

Since trading Justin Verlander and Justin Upton on Thursday, the Tigers are 0-5 and have been outscored 36-11.

The Tigers trailed 7-3 going into the ninth, but Nicholas Castellanos hit a three-run homer off Brandon Maurer with one out. Maurer struck out Efren Navarro before James McCann and Jeimer Candelario singled to put the potential winning run on base. Scott Alexander replaced Maurer and retired Mahtook for his third save in five chances.