Sale, Red Sox stymie Jays

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 on Saturday.

Sale (11-3) struck out 11, boosting his major league-leading total to 166. He’s 2-0 with 24 strikeouts in 15 scoreless innings against the Blue Jays this season.

Mookie Betts walked three times and scored three runs for the AL East-leading Red Sox, who have won five of six. A INDIANS, TIGERS SPLIT: Jose Ramirez homered to cap Cleveland’s four-run rally in the sixth inning, and the Indians earned a split of a doubleheader at Detroit, beating the Tigers 4-1 in the nightcap. The Tigers won the opener 7-4. A REDS 5, CUBS 3: Righthander Jackson Stephens lasted five innings in his major league debut and drove in the goahead runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth, leading host Cincinnati to a victory over struggling Chicago. A BRAVES 4, ATHLETICS 3: Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking double off Santiago Casilla in the ninth inning to drive in Danny Santana — one of two unearned runs scored by Atlanta — and the Braves held on to win at Oakland. A CARDINALS 2, NATIONALS 1: Alex Mejia’s first two major league hits — including an eighth-inning home run — were the difference as host St. Louis defeated Washington. A BREWERS 8, MARLINS 4: Domingo Santana hit a tworun homer off Giancarlo Stanton’s glove, sparking a sevenrun second inning that lifted Milwaukee over visiting Miami. A ROYALS 11, TWINS 6: Mike Moustakas hit his 22nd home run as Kansas City rallied from a four-run deficit to beat visiting Minnesota in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. A 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 to defeat host Chicago. A RAYS 10, ORIOLES 3: Logan Morrison homered twice and finished with three RBIs as Tampa Bay won at Baltimore. A GIANTS 2, PIRATES 1: Denard Span scored on a wild pitch in the 11th inning to give San Francisco a victory at Pittsburgh. A METS 7, PHILLIES 6: Asdrubal Cabrera’s hit a two-run homer in the seventh to lift host New York past Philadelphia.

From wire reports