Santa Fe New Mexican

A roundup of Tuesday’s baseball games.

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PHOENIX — Jake Lamb hit his second career grand slam in the seventh inning and the Arizona Diamondbac­ks rallied to beat Los Angeles 6-3 on Tuesday night, handing the major league-leading Dodgers their eighth loss in the last 52 games.

Lamb, who also connected for a solo homer in the sixth, was hitting .143 against left-handers this season when he drove Tony Watson’s 1-2 pitch off the right-field foul pole to put Arizona up 6-3.

RED SOX 2, RAYS 0

In St. Petersburg, Fla., Chris Sale struck out 13 in eight innings, and the Red Sox earned their seventh straight victory.

Sale (14-4) reached double digits in strikeouts for the 15th time this season. He allowed two hits, and Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the ninth for his 28th save.

INDIANS 4, ROCKIES 1

In Cleveland, Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer off Greg Holland with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting Corey Kluber and the Indians to the victory.

After Austin Jackson tied it with a two-out bloop RBI single, Gomes connected on the first pitch from Holland (2-3), driving it into the seats in center field to touch off a wild celebratio­n in Progressiv­e Field.

GIANTS 6, CUBS 3

In San Francisco, Buster Posey hit a three-run homer in the first that was upheld after review and later stole a base, Ty Blach won his second straight start and the Giants beat Chicago.

Replay showed Posey’s drive to left-center had just enough to clear the wall and left fielder Jon Jay’s outstretch­ed glove before being caught by a fan.

BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 2

In Toronto, Josh Donaldson hit two two-run homers for the Blue Jays, and J.A. Happ won his sixth straight decision against the Yankees.

Donaldson connected twice against CC Sabathia (9-5), who came in with an AL-best 2.29 ERA in 10 road starts. The 2015 AL MVP hit a drive to right-center in the first, and hooked one down the left field line in the third.

MARLINS 7, NATIONALS 3

In Washington, Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit his career-high and major league-leading 38th homer of the season and drove in three runs.

Stanton crushed a first-pitch fastball from A.J. Cole (1-2) deep into the center-field stands in the fifth for a 4-1 lead following singles by Miguel Rojas and Dee Gordon.

CARDINALS 10, ROYALS 3

In Kansas City, Mo., Yadier Molina, Jedd Gyorko and Randal Grichuk homered, leading St. Louis to its fourth straight win.

WHITE SOX 8, ASTROS 5

In Chicago, rookie Kevan Smith homered and drove in four runs, and the last-place White Sox stopped a six-game losing streak.

METS 5, RANGERS 4

In New York, rookie Chris Flexen got his first big league win and hit, and the Mets stopped a four-game losing streak.

PADRES 7, REDS 3

In Cincinnati, Jose Pirela had four hits and Yangervis Solarte had a homer among his three hits, powering the Padres to the victory.

TWINS 11, BREWERS 4

In Minneapoli­s, Brian Dozier hit his first career grand slam and Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario each homered twice, powering Minnesota to a two-game sweep of Milwaukee.

PIRATES 6, TIGERS 3

In Pittsburgh, Andrew McCutchen hit his 23rd homer, leading the Pirates to its fifth win in six games.

PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 2

In Atlanta, Odubel Herrera hit a two-run homer, Zach Eflin pitched seven strong innings following his recall from the minors, and the Phillies continued their season-long mastery of the Braves.

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