Houston Chronicle

Ramirez homers twice for Indians

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BALTIMORE — Jose Ramirez homered twice and drove in three runs, Corey Kluber won his third straight start and the Cleveland Indians beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles 7-3.

Ramirez hit a solo shot in the fourth inning and a two-run drive in the ninth. He has three homers in two games and a team-leading seven for the season.

Kluber (3-1) allowed three runs and six hits over seven-plus innings. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner walked none and struck out four to move past Charles Nagy into sixth place on Indians' career strikeout list with 1,238.

ATHLETICS 4, RED SOX 1: Khris Davis hit a tiebreakin­g, three-run homer off David Price with two outs in the eighth inning as Oakland beat visiting Boston.

YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 1: Luis Severino pitched threehit ball over seven innings, prized prospect Gleyber Torres went 0-for-4 in his big league debut and host New York beat Toronto.

DIAMONDBAC­KS 4, PADRES 2: Patrick Corbin struck out 11 in six innings, and Arizona became the first team in 15 years to win its first seven series of a season with a victory over visiting San Diego.

CUBS 9, ROCKIES 7: Nolan Arenado was initially called safe when he tried to score on a bases-loaded wild pitch, then was ruled out on a video review that ended a win for host Chicago over Colorado.

CARDINALS 9, REDS 2: Kolten Wong and Paul DeJong homered, Mike Mikolas tossed seven strong innings and host St. Louis completed its second sweep of woeful Cincinnati this season with a win.

BREWERS 4, MARLINS 2: Christian Yelich hit a tworun homer for host Milwaukee, which completed a four-game sweep of Miami.

GIANTS 4, ANGELS 2: Brandon Belt hung in for an epic 21-pitch at-bat before flying out, but later homered to lead San Francisco over host Los Angeles.

RAYS 8, TWINS 6: Slumping Carlos Gomez hit a tworun homer in the ninth inning and host Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep by beating Minnesota.

RANGERS 7, MARINERS 4: Nomar Mazara and Joey Gallo hit impressive home runs in the same inning as Texas won to avoid a sweep by visiting Seattle.

ROYALS 8, TIGERS 5: Mike Moustakas hit a tiebreakin­g, three-run homer in the seventh inning, and visiting Kansas City outlasted Detroit.

PHILLIES 3, PIRATES 2 (11): Aaron Altherr's RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted Philadelph­ia to a victory over Pittsburgh.

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