Indians outduel Yankees
NEW YORK — Corey Kluber outpitched Luis Severino in a marquee matchup of All-Stars, and slumping Jose Ramirez homered twice to power Cleveland past New York 6-2 on Monday night for its fifth consecutive victory.
Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking homer off Severino in the seventh inning, and Austin Jackson also went deep for the AL Central leaders, who increased their cushion to seven games over idle Minnesota.
Coming off three consecutive shutouts in a sweep of Kansas City, the defending AL champions ran their scoreless streak to 30 innings before Chase Headley homered against Kluber leading off the third. The 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner went eight innings and allowed only three hits.
Kluber struck out seven and walked one as the Indians (74-56) won for the 14th time in 18 games.
RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 5: Christian Vazquez had four hits, including a two-run home, Eduardo Nunez added a solo shot, and Boston beat host Toronto, snapping a four-game losing streak. Boston leads the second-place Yankees by 3½ games after New York lost against Cleveland.
NATIONALS 11, MARLINS 2: Giancarlo Stanton went 0-for-3 against Max Scherzer, Howie Kendrick hit a three-run triple, and Washington routed visiting Miami, halting the Marlins’ four-game winning streak. Scherzer (13-5) allowed one run and five hits, including Christian Yelich’s home run, and had 10 strikeouts in his return from the 10-day disabled list.
ORIOLES 7, MARINERS 6: Adam Jones hit a home run, Welington Castillo had three hits and two RBIs, and Baltimore beat visiting Seattle for its fifth consecutive victory. The Orioles jumped past Seattle (66-66) to within 1½ games of idle Minnesota for the final AL wild-card spot.
TIGERS 4, ROCKIES 3: Nicholas Castellanos had three hits, including a two-run triple, and Jordan Zimmermann rebounded from early trouble to help Detroit beat host Colorado.
PHILLES 6, BRAVES 1: Rhys Hoskins ended his homer streak but drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning double as Philadelphia defeated visiting Atlanta.
CUBS 6, PIRATES 1: Mike Montgomery pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning and helped himself at the plate, leading Chicago to a victory over visiting Pittsburgh.
RAYS 12, ROYALS 0: Kansas City extended its scoreless streak to an AL record-tying 43 innings, getting shut out for a fourth consecutive game in a loss to visiting Tampa Bay.