Kluber, Indians rout Orioles
BALTIMORE — Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter for his fifth career shutout, Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana homered, and the Cleveland Indians overpowered the Baltimore Orioles 12-0 Monday night for their season-high sixth straight victory.
Santana and Austin Jackson had three RBIs apiece for the AL Central leaders, whose recent surge has lifted them to a season-best six games over .500 (37-31).
Cleveland batted around in the fourth and fifth innings and sent eight men to the plate in a three-run sixth that made it 11-0. The Indians banged out a season-high 10 extra-base hits, including seven doubles.
Kluber struck out 11 and walked none in his 12th career complete game and second shutout of the season.
REDS 7, RAYS 3: Scott Schebler and Scooter Gennett homered, and Joey Votto snapped an eighth-inning tie with an RBI single, helping Cincinnati end a season-high ninegame losing streak with a victory at Tampa Bay. Schebler led off the fifth inning with his 19th homer, tying Votto for the team lead. Gennett went deep for the second consecutive day, his first homers since hitting four in a game against St. Louis on June 6, to make it 3-0 in the sixth.
MARLINS 8, NATIONALS 7: Marcell Ozuna singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and host Miami overcame an early six-run deficit to beat Washington. Miami’s Justin Bour tied the game at 6 in the third with a grand slam, his 18th homer. Giancarlo Stanton also hit his 18th of the season to make it 7-all in the seventh.
CUBS 3, PADRES 2: Willson Contreras hit a tying home run, Javier Baez scored the winning run on an error, and Wade Davis worked out of a ninth-inning jam to lead Chicago past San Diego at Wrigley Field.
ROYALS 4, RED SOX 2: Whit Merrifield drove in the goahead run in the seventh inning, and host Kansas City beat Boston to collect its eighth victory in nine games.
BRAVES 9, GIANTS 0: R.A. Dickey threw seven scoreless innings, Matt Adams hit another homer, and Atlanta sent visiting San Francisco to its seventh straight loss.
BLUE JAYS 7, RANGERS 6: Kendrys Morales drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the ninth inning, and Toronto rallied for a victory at Texas.
PIRATES 8, BREWERS 1: Andrew McCutchen hit a tworun homer, and Pittsburgh won at Milwaukee.