Indians equal franchise record
CHICAGO: Carlos Carrasco allowed three hits in a complete game, giving the Cleveland Indians their 14th straight win in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
Cleveland equalled their longest winning streak in franchise history and also won their 10th straight road game as the right-hander lost his shut-out with two outs in the ninth inning when Adam Engel homered.
Carrasco (14-6) faced 28 batters and threw 97 pitches in his eighth career complete game, throwing 76 strikes.
Carlos Santana hit a two-run home run as Cleveland added three runs in the eighth inning to break open a 1-0 game.
After not allowing a hit through four innings, the White Sox had leadoff singles in the fifth and sixth innings off Carrasco, but Avisail Garcia and Kevan Smith were both doubled off on the next at-bat.
Meanwhile, Alex Avila knocked an RBI triple in the ninth inning, capping a duel between Jose Quintana and Gerrit Cole and lifting the Chicago Cubs over Pittsburgh 1-0.
After Cole limited Chicago to two hits over eight innings, Avila scored pinch-runner Leonys Martin from second base with a drive to the right-field corner off reliever Daniel Hudson (2-6).
In Boston, Doug Fister gave up one run over seven innings, Jackie Bradley Jr hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and Boston beat Toronto 6-1 a day after the teams played a 19-inning marathon.
Eduardo Escobar had three hits and three RBIs, Brian Dozier and Ehire Adrianza both homered and Minnesota beat Tampa Bay 10-6.
Gio Gonzalez and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, and Washington beat the Marlins 8-1 for the eighth consecutive win over the Miami franchise.
In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman hit a tworun double during Atlanta’s five-run second inning against Cole Hamels and the Braves held off a rally to beat Texas 5-4 and split a doubleheader Wednesday night.
Nomar Mazara had a two-run homer in the nightcap for Texas, who won the first game 12-8 behind four hits from Elvis Andrus.
Pinch-hitter Adam Rosales doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Diamondbacks overcame a rare deficit to beat the Dodgers 3-1 for their franchiserecord 13th straight win.
In Detroit, Salvador Perez homered twice as Kansas City broke open a close game to rout Detroit 13-2.
Sean Manaea pitched six-plus innings of shut-out ball and Khris Davis homered as Oakland snapped a season-high eightgame losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Angels.
Robert Gsellman pitched well in a winning return from the minors and Travis d’Arnaud homered to help the New York Mets defeated Philadelphia 6-3 in a game shortened to six innings because of rain.