Santana wins his fifth straight as Twins rout A’s
MINNEAPOLIS >> Ervin Santana struck out seven in six shutout innings and Brian Dozier hit two of Minnesota’s six home runs to lead the Twins to a 9-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Santana (5-0) lowered his ERA to 0.66 for the season and has allowed one run or fewer and gone at least six innings in all six of his starts. Fernando Valenzuela is the only pitcher to do it more when he went seven straight to start the 1981 season.
Miguel Sano, Jason Castro, Byron Buxton and Joe Mauer also went deep for the Twins, who have won three in a row and five of their last six. TIGERS 5, INDIANS 2 >> Miguel Cabrera hit his 450th homer in his first game off the disabled list and Detroit went on to a victory over Cleveland.
Cabrera missed the minimum of 10 days with a strained right groin. On a cold, damp night, he left the game for a defensive replacement after seven innings.
Corey Kluber (3-2) gave up five runs and seven hits with a walk in three innings. He struck out four before being removed with discomfort in his lower back. RED SOX 5, ORIOLES 2 >> Adam Jones received extended applause from Fenway Park fans a night after he was racially taunted, both teams were warned after Boston ace Chris Sale threw behind Manny Machado’s legs in the first inning and the Red Sox went on to beat Baltimore.
Machado homered out of Fenway Park for the second straight night, a seventh-inning drive, and the Orioles turned an usual triple play in the eighth inning on a popup to short left field. YANKEES 11, BLUE JAYS 4 >> Aaron Judge hit two more home runs after destroying a flat-screen television with a long drive during batting practice, and Brett Gardner also went deep twice to power New York past Toronto.
Injury substitute Aaron Hicks added a two-run shot, and Masahiro Tanaka (4-1) pitched into the seventh inning to win his fourth straight start. WHITE SOX 6, ROYALS 0 >> Jose Quintana gave up four singles over eight innings and Chicago beat Kansas City. DIAMONDBACKS 6, NATIONALS 3>> Jake Lamb and Chris Herrmann homered off Tanner Roark, and Arizona bounced back from an early deficit to beat high-scoring Washington. RAYS 3, MARLINS 1 >> Edinson Volquez struck out nine but allowed a career-high eight walks, and Tampa Bay took advantage of his historically uneven performance to beat Miami. CARDINALS 2, BREWERS 1 >> Carlos Martinez pitched effectively into the eighth inning and St. Louis once again beat Wily Peralta, topping Milwaukee. BRAVES 9, METS 7 >> R.A. Dickey’s floaters were more effective than Matt Harvey’s fastballs for the second time in a week, Ender Inciarte drove in three runs with three hits and Atlanta beat New York.