Arrieta rolls on, beats Bucs
Jake Arrieta dominated the Pittsburgh Pirates yet again, scattering two hits in seven shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 on Tuesday night.
Seven months after shutting the Pirates down in the NL wild-card playoff, Arrieta (6-0) allowed only singles to Sean Rodriguez in the second and Francisco Cervelli in the seventh while lowering his ERA to 0.84.
BLUE JAYS 3, RANGERS 1: Justin Smoak’s first two home runs of the season, a tying drive in the ninth and a two-run shot in the 10th, lifted host Toronto over Texas.
PHILLIES 1, CARDINALS 0: Aaron Nola allowed two hits in seven innings, and Ryan Howard’s homer provided all the scoring as Philadelphia won for the seventh time in eight games and dealt host St. Louis its fifth loss in six.
ROYALS 7, NATIONALS 6: Lorenzo Cain capped a threerun ninth with a two-out single, giving Kansas City a walkoff win over Washington.
INDIANS 7, TIGERS 3: Francisco Lindor hit a three-run homer off Justin Verlander, scored three times and fell a triple short of the cycle, leading host Cleveland past Detroit.
BREWERS 5, ANGELS 4: Chris Carter hit two long home runs, and Junior Guerra won his first major league start as Milwaukee rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Los Angeles at Miller Park.
BRAVES 3, METS 0: Matt Wisler wiped out New York with eight innings of one-hit ball, and Mallex Smith hit a homer off Matt Harvey as Atlanta won at New York.
DODGERS 10, RAYS 5: Trayce Thompson, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig homered as Los Angeles gave Scott Kazmir his 100th career victory with a win at Tampa Bay.
ORIOLES 4, YANKEES 1: Mark Trumbo hit two homers, and Chris Tillman scattered five hits over seven innings as host Baltimore extended New York’s skid to six games.
MARLINS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4: Ichiro Suzuki’s two-run pinch single put Miami ahead during a four-run sixth as it rallied to beat Arizona at home.
WHITE SOX 4, RED SOX 1: Jose Quintana threw eight innings, and Jose Abreu had three RBIs for host Chicago.
GIANTS 3, REDS 1: Jeff Samardzija went eight innings to win this third straight start for visiting San Francisco.