Sale, Bogaerts lead Red Sox to win over Toronto
TORONTO » Chris Sale pitched seven shutout innings to win his third straight decision, Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-1, Saturday.
Sale (11-3) struck out 11, boosting his major leagueleading total to 166. He’s 2-0 with 24 strikeouts in 15 scoreless innings against the Blue Jays this season. TIGERS 7, INDIANS 4 » Nicholas Castellanos tripled to break a seventh-inning tie and the Detroit went on to beat Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader.
J.D. Martinez and Miguel Cabrera homered for Detroit. RANGERS 10, WHITE SOX 4 » Cole Hamels overcame a shaky start to win for the first time since April, and Texas hit three home runs.
Hamels (3-0) allowed two runs and two hits while striking out six in 6 2/3 innings for his first win since April 26. He retired 19 straight batters after giving up a double and a homer and hitting a batter with a pitch in the first inning of his second start since returning from a strained right oblique.
Elvis Andrus, Mike Napoli and Rougned Odor homered for the Rangers, who snapped a three-game losing streak. ROYALS 11, TWINS 6 » Mike Moustakas hit his 22nd home run and Alex Gordon connected for a three-run shot as Kansas City rallied from a four-run deficit in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Moustakas tied his season high for home runs and matched Jermaine Dye in 2000 for the club record before the All-Star Game. REDS 5, CUBS 3 » Jackson Stephens lasted five innings in his major league debut and drove in the go-ahead runs with a bases-loaded single to lead Cincinnati.
The Cubs’ fourth loss in five games dropped them to 40-41, well off their pace from a year ago (51-30) when they were on their way to an NL Central title and a World Series championship. BREWERS 8 MARLINS 4 » Domingo Santana hit a tworun homer off Giancarlo Stanton’s glove, sparking a seven-run second inning that lifted Milwaukee past Miami.
Santana tied it with a home run to right off Tom Koehler (1-3), who walked Travis Shaw to start the second. Stanton jumped and got the tip of his mitt on the ball, but it bounced off and fell into the seats. Stanton put his hands on his head as Santana circled the bases. BRAVES 4, ATHLETICS 3 » Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking double off closer Santiago Casilla in the ninth inning to drive in Danny Santana — one of two unearned runs scored by Atlanta — and the Braves held on for the win.
Santana had two hits and two runs and Matt Adams added a sacrifice fly in his return to the lineup as Atlanta won its second straight in this interleague series.