Mets slam Phillies
NEW YORK (AP) — Wilmer Flores launched a grand slam, Asdrubal Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate and even Bartolo Colon had two helpful hits while pitching the New York Mets to a 9-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Jose Reyes and Cabrera opened the Mets’ half of the first inning with consecutive home runs, only the second time the franchise has accomplished the feat. Trying to make a significant move in the crowded NL wild-card race, New York (65-63) opened a 10-game homestand by winning for the fifth time in its past six.
INDIANS 12, RANGERS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Kluber pitched six strong innings for a career-best sixth straight victory and Abraham Almonte hit two runscoring doubles, helping Cleveland rout Texas in a matchup of division leaders.
TIGERS 4, ANGELS 2
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched into the eighth inning and Justin Upton homered for the fourth time in five games to lead Detroit past Los Angeles.
MARINERS 3, WHITE SOX 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale struck out 14 but got outpitched by Felix Hernandez and the Seattle bullpen, and the Mariners beat Chicago to end a threegame skid.
NATIONALS 8, ROCKIES 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth and Daniel
Murphy hit solo homers and drove in two runs each, and Gio Gonzalez earned his 100th career victory in Washington’s win over Colorado.
ASTROS 5, RAYS 4
HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to lift Houston past Tampa Bay.
ROYALS 6, RED SOX 3
BOSTON (AP) — Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon homered, and Ian Kennedy allowed one run through five innings and Kansas City beat Boston.
Kansas City has won 11 of its last 12 games and is 18-6 in August.
CARDINALS 3, ATHLETICS 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jedd Gyorko homered and Luke Weaver pitched six strong innings to earn his first major league win as St. Louis beat Oakland.
YANKEES 14, ORIOLES 4
Rookie Gary Sanchez homered for the eighth time in nine games and drove in four runs to help New York beat Baltimore.
Mark Teixeira and Chase Headley also went deep for the surging Yankees, who moved five games over .500 for the first time this season.
BLUE JAYS 15,
TWINS 8
TORONTO (AP) — Russell Martin and Justin
Smoak each homered and drove in five runs and Toronto handed Minnesota its eighth straight loss.
PIRATES 5, BREWERS 3
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jordy Mercer’s first career grand slam capped a fiverun sixth inning that started with two errors by Milwaukee third baseman Jonathan Villar, and Pittsburgh held off the Brewers.
MARLINS 7, PADRES 6
MIAMI (AP) — Chris Johnson’s run-scoring ground-rule double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth gave the Miami Marlins a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.