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Dodgers hit 7 homers, defeat Mets on Turner’s shot in 11th

Buchholz cruises before injury, Diamondbac­ks blank Bucs 3-0

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NEW YORK, June 25, (AP): Justin Turner hit Los Angeles’ seventh home run of the game, a go-ahead drive in the 11th inning that lifted the Dodgers over the New York Mets 8-7 on Sunday.

Cody Bellinger and Kike Hernandez each homered twice as the Dodgers beat the Mets for the 12th straight time dating to 2016. Max Muncy and Joc Pederson also connected for Los Angeles. Hernandez and Muncy led off the game with back-to-back shots.

The Mets matched a team record for the most homers allowed in a game, and lost their sixth in a row overall.

Turner, a former Met, homered off Chris Flexen (0-1) with two outs to put the Dodgers up for good. Los Angeles had squandered a 7-4 lead in the eighth when Kevin Plawecki hit a tying three-run shot.

Daniel Hudson (2-2) picked up the victory with two scoreless innings.

Indians 12, Tigers 2 In Cleveland, Edwin Encarnacio­n hit an eighth-inning grand slam, helping the Indians to their season-high seventh straight win.

Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez and Jason Kipnis also connected for Cleveland, which outscored Detroit 26-3 in the three-game sweep. Ramirez finished with three hits, extending his streak of reaching base to 31 consecutiv­e games.

Adam Plutko (4-1) pitched six innings of two-run ball, becoming the second rookie starter to beat the Tigers Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers connects on a sixth inning home run against the New York Mets at

Citi Field on June 24, in the Flushing neighborho­od of the Queens borough of New York City. (AFP) in the series. Shane Bieber pitched seven of the series and swept the last set between pitched a perfect eighth and Fernando innings in Friday night’s 12-0 win. the teams in 2015. Atlanta ended Rodney finished the three-hitter

Tigers starter Matthew Boyd (4-6) a stretch of seven straight losses to the for his 17th save. allowed a season-high six runs in threeplus Orioles since 2012. Astros 11, Royals 3 innings in his shortest outing of the Mark Trumbo and Trey Mancini In Houston, Yuli Gurriel hit a grand season. homered for Baltimore. David Hess (24) slam in Houston’s eight-run second inning.

Detroit has lost five straight overall gave up five runs in four innings. and is 3-10 against Cleveland this season. Diamondbac­ks 3, Pirates 0 Gurriel finished with three hits as In Pittsburgh, Clay Buchholz pitched the AL West-leading Astros won for five solid innings before leaving with the 15th time in 17 games. Jose Altuve an injury, and the Diamondbac­ks completed drove in two runs and scored twice, and a four-game sweep of the Pirates. Evan Gattis connected for a pinch-hit

Buchholz (2-1) retired his first 11 batters homer. before Starling Marte doubled down Gerrit Cole (9-1) struck out eight the right-field line with two out in the while pitching five innings of one-run ball. The right-hander has struck out at least eight in 12 of his 16 starts.

Marlins 8, Rockies 5 In Denver, Derek Dietrich homered for the third straight game and tied a career high with four hits, leading Miami to the victory.

Drew Rucinski (2-1) got the win in relief of Caleb Smith, who exited in the second inning with left shoulder tightness. Kyle Barracloug­h earned his seventh save. The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 31 minutes by a strong storm that dropped heavy rain and hail on Coors Field.

Giants 3, Padres 2, 11 Innings In San Francisco, Hunter Pence hit a two-run double in the 11th inning, sending San Francisco to the win.

With one out and the bases loaded, Pence came up with the game-ending hit against Brad Hand (1-4). Pence raised his arms once the ball got past first baseman Eric Hosmer. Blue Jays 7, Angels 6, 10 Innings In Anaheim, Calif, Kendrys Morales connected for a pinch-hit homer in the 10th inning, lifting Toronto to the win.

Morales hit a two-out drive to right off Hansel Robles for his eighth homer. Robles (2-3) was making his Angels debut after he was claimed off waivers from the New York Mets.

Curtis Granderson, Aledmys Diaz and Devon Travis also homered for Toronto, which split the four-game series after dropping the first two. Ryan Tepera (5-2) got the win and Tyler Clippard earned his fourth save.

White Sox 10, Athletics 3 In Chicago, Yoan Moncada broke out of a slump with a three-run homer and six RBIs, and the White Sox salvaged a split of the four-game series.

Daniel Palka and Yolmer Sanchez also connected for the White Sox, who had lost nine of 10. Carlos Rodon (1-2) pitched a season-high eight innings in his fourth start after missing the beginning of the year while recovering from shoulder surgery last September.

Oakland set a modern major league record when Mark Canha hit a drive to left on Rodon’s first pitch of the fifth, extending the A’s streak to 25 straight road games with a homer. But Paul Blackburn (1-2) allowed six runs and eight hits in five-plus innings.

Red Sox 5, Mariners 0 In Boston, Chris Sale struck out 13 over seven dazzling innings and Mitch Moreland hit a two-run homer, leading Boston to the victory.

Sale (7-4) gave up four hits and walked one. Joe Kelly and Matt Barnes each pitched an inning to complete the four-hitter.

Jackie Bradley Jr had three singles and Rafael Devers added an RBI double for Boston, which struggled offensivel­y in a 7-2 loss Saturday night after putting up 14 runs and 20 hits in the series opener.

The Mariners fell to 1-5 on their 10game East Coast trip. Marco Gonzales (7-5) gave up five runs in six innings.

Reds 8, Cubs 6 In Cincinnati, pitcher Michael Lorenzen and Jesse Winker connected for pinch-hit homers in Cincinnati’s sevenrun seventh inning, sending the Reds to their seventh straight victory.

Lorenzen’s homer was the third of his career and second in two games by a Reds pitcher. Anthony DeSclafani hit a grand slam on Saturday — the first by a Reds pitcher since 1959.

Jackson Stephens (1-0) got the win as the Reds completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs for the first time in 25 years. Raisel Iglesias worked the ninth for his 13th save.

Anthony Rizzo and Albert Almora Jr. homered for Chicago, and Pedro Strop (3-1) got the loss.

Rays 7, Yankees 6, 12 Innings In St Petersburg, Fla, rookie Jake Bauers led off the 12th inning with a home run, finishing off Tampa Bay’s three-game sweep. The Yankees also lost catcher Gary Sanchez when he pulled up while running out a doubleplay grounder in the 10th. Manager Aaron Boone said Sanchez hurt his right groin/hip abductor and is probably headed for the disabled list.

Giancarlo Stanton homered while going 5 for 5 for New York. The Yankees had been the only team in the majors that hadn’t lost three in a row this year.

Bauers connected on the first pitch from Chasen Shreve (2-2). Ryan Yarbrough (7-3) pitched an inning for the win.

Braves 7, Orioles 3 In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single in the first, pinch-hitter Dansby Swanson belted a two-run homer in the eighth and the Braves earned their first win over the Orioles in six years.

Baltimore won the first two games fourth inning. Despite throwing just 53 pitches, he was pulled after experienci­ng tightness in his left side.

The injury occurred on a swing in the fifth. Buchholz called the early exit “more precaution­ary.”

David Peralta hit a two-run homer for Arizona, and John Ryan Murphy also went deep. Brad Boxberger worked the ninth for his 17th save.

Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams (6-5) allowed three runs in six innings.

Cardinals 8, Brewers 2 Weaver (4-6) allowed two runs, both in the first, and five hits in 5-2/3 innings. He struck out a season-high nine in his first victory since May 11.

Martinez’s 11th homer capped a fiverun fourth that made it 6-2 Cardinals.

Twins 2, Rangers 0 In Minneapoli­s, Jose Berrios struck out a career-best 12 in seven innings, and the Twins beat Bartolo Colon and the Rangers.

Eddie Rosario had two hits for Minnesota, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Bobby Wilson and Robbie Grossman each singled in a run.

Berrios (8-5) surrendere­d just three hits, two in the first inning, while improving to 3-0 in June. Trevor Hildenberg­er Arizona Diamondbac­ks starter Clay Buchholz pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of a baseball game on June 24 in Pittsburgh. (AP)

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