German, Yanks roll
Domingo German pitched two-hit ball for seven innings, the longest start of his career, and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of the team’s four home runs in the Yankees’ 7-2 victory against the Seattle Mariners last night in New York.
Miguel Andujar and Aaron Hicks each belted a tworun shot off Marco Gonzales in the fifth. Hicks homered for the third straight day and finished with three hits from the leadoff spot as the Yankees boosted baseball’s best record to 48-22.
Indians 6, White Sox 3 — Mike Clevinger struck out 10 and allowed one run in 72⁄3 innings, and host Cleveland defeated Chicago.
Clevinger (6-2) beat Chicago for the third time this season and was in command after giving up a first-inning run. The right-hander retired 13 straight between the second and sixth while allowing five hits.
Rangers 4, Royals 1 — Cole Hamels (4-6) allowed four hits over seven innings, Delino DeShields doubled home two runs and Texas beat host Kansas City to extend its winning streak to a seasonhigh four games.
National League
Dodgers 4, Cubs 3 — Pinchhitting with two outs in the ninth inning, Kyle Farmer doubled sharply down the left field line to drive in two runs, and Los Angeles came back to edge host Chicago in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Brewers 3, Pirates 2 — Rookie Freddy Peralta (2-0) allowed two hits in six stellar innings, Jesus Aguilar hammered his 14th home run of the season and visiting Milwaukee cooled off Pittsburgh.
Cardinals 7, Phillies 6 — Matt Carpenter hit a tiebreaking solo homer with two out in the ninth, helping St. Louis edge host Philadelphia.
Interleague
Braves 11, Blue Jays 4 — Johan Camargo hit his first career grand slam and went 4-for-5 with five RBI, and Atlanta snapped Toronto’s home winning streak at seven games.
Camargo hit his seventh home run off Jaime Garcia (2-6) in the second, singled in the fourth, hit an RBI single in the fifth and doubled and scored in the eighth. He struck out in the ninth.
Nationals 9, Orioles 7 — Trea Turner went 4-for-4 with a homer, Anthony Rendon drove in three runs and host Washington extended its recent domination of Baltimore.
Adam Eaton had two hits and two RBI for the Nationals, who trailed 5-1 in the fifth inning before rallying to make it six straight wins over Baltimore.
Reds 9, Tigers 5 — Joey Votto ended a long homer drought with his third career grand slam, powering host Cincinnati to a victory that ended Detroit’s longest winning streak (five) in two years.
Elsewhere in baseball — San Francisco Giants closer Hunter Strickland broke his pitching hand punching a door in frustration after blowing the save and taking the loss Monday against Miami. The righty underwent surgery yesterday and is expected to be out 6-8 weeks.