Turner hits for cycle as Nats down Rockies

Trea Turner hit his second career cycle, Stephen Strasburg earned his major league-leading 13th win and the Washington Nationals routed the Colorado Rockies 11-1 Tuesday night in Washington.

Turner led off the first inning with homer, singled in the second and tripled leading off the fifth. After grounding into a double play in the sixth, he doubled home a run during Washington’s eightrun seventh.

It was the fourth cycle for the Nationals since relocating to Washington in 2005, half of them by Turner against the Rockies. He’s the 26th player to hit for multiple cycles.

Strasburg (13-4) pitched six innings for his sixth straight win as the Nationals kicked off a 10-game homestand. He allowed three hits and two walks while striking out eight. The right-hander is 10-1 with a 3.17 ERA over his past 12 starts.

Colorado rookie Peter Lambert (2-2) gave up three runs and nine hits. He struck out eight with a walk but is winless in his last six games.

The Rockies, who have lost seven of eight, had exactly one baserunner in five of six innings against Strasburg.

Nationals catcher Yan Gomes began the night hitting .198 but had two hits, including an RBI single in the sixth to make it 3-0.

Strasburg singled his first time up, giving him hits in four straight at-bats.

METS 5, PADRES 2:

Robinson Canó hit three home runs, breaking loose from a season-long slump and leading New York over San Diego. The 36-year-old Canó drove in all five runs and went 4 for 4. The Mets’ Jason Vargas pitched onehit ball for six shutout innings.

CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 3: Paul Goldschmidt homered for the second straight night, José Martínez added his 10th home run this season and St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh. Goldschmidt, who hit a go-ahead grand slam in the 10th inning on Monday, delivered a tworun drive to the left-field seats in the third inning off Chris Archer (3-7).

RED SOX 5, RAYS 4:

Christian Vázquez hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning and Boston beat Tampa Bay. Vázquez snapped a 2-2 tie with his second career pinch-homer, a drive into the left-field seats off Colin Poche (2-4).

ROYALS 5, BRAVES 4:

Lucas Duda delivered Kansas City’s first pinchhit homer of the season to break a tie in the eighth inning, and the Royals beat Atlanta. Alex Gordon also homered for the Royals and drove in two runs.