Kershaw dominates in pitchers’ duel
LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw outdueled Stephen Strasburg with seven sharp innings, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers edge the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Wednesday.
Kershaw (8-2) allowed three hits and struck out nine in his first win since May 17. Pedro Baez got two outs before Kenley Jansen finished for his 10th save.
Strasburg (7-2) struck out eight in six innings in his first loss since April 29. The ace right-hander was 5-0 with a 2.75 ERA in his previous six starts.
• Rockies 8, Indians 1 — At Denver: Kyle Freeland pitched 6 1/3 effective innings, Nolan Arenado drove in three runs and the Rockies earned their fourth straight win.
Charlie Blackmon added two RBIs for the Rockies, who lead the NL with 38 wins. Ian Desmond had three hits and scored two runs.
Freeland (7-3) allowed one run and six hits, struck out five and walked none while lowering his ERA to 3.34.
• Yankees 8, Red Sox 0 — At New York: CC Sabathia beat Rick Porcello in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners, and Chris Carter drove in four runs to lead the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox.
Sabathia (7-2) has won five straight starts for the first time since April 2012. He allowed five hits in eight innings in his longest outing since April 2015.
Jonathan Holder finished with a perfect ninth. Boston’s final 15 hitters went down in order.
• Marlins 6, Cubs 5 — At Chicago: Marcell Ozuna hit his 15th homer, J.T. Realmuto also went deep and the Marlins avoided a threegame series sweep.
Solo homers by Realmuto in a three-run fourth and Ozuna in the fifth against John Lackey (4-6) helped stake Miami to a 5-2 lead.
Dee Gordon added two hits and scored two runs, and the Marlins won for the eighth time in 11 games. They stopped the Cubs’ seasonhigh win streak at five.
• Tigers 4, Angels 0 — At Detroit: Buck Farmer outlasted Alex Meyer in an unexpected pitchers’ duel, and Justin Upton hit a three-run homer for Detroit in the eighth inning.
Farmer (2-0) allowed three hits in 6 2/3 innings. Detroit pushed across an unearned run in the third, and Upton gave the Tigers some insurance with a drive to left off Yusmeiro Petit. Detroit has won five of six. • Braves 14, Phillies 1 — At Atlanta: Mike Foltynewicz pitched seven scoreless innings, Nick Markakis drove in five runs and the Braves stopped the Phillies’ four-game winning streak.
Markakis had two-run doubles in the seventh and eighth as the Braves scored a combined 10 runs in the two innings. Dansby Swanson hit a three-run homer.
The Braves, who lost the first two games of the fourgame series, beat the Phillies for the first time in six tries this season.
• Rays 3, White Sox 1 — At St. Petersburg, Fla.: Jacob Faria got the win in his major league debut, and Tampa Bay snapped a season-high four-game slide.
Faria (1-0) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings. Tommy Hunter, Jose Alvarado and Alex Colome finished the four-hitter, with Colome getting three outs for his 16th save.
Tampa Bay’s Tim Beckham had two hits and drove in a run.
• Royals 7, Astros 5 — At Kansas City, Mo.: Jason Vargas tossed five solid innings for his eighth victory and Cheslor Cuthbert drove in three runs, helping the Royals to the win.
The anticipated pitching duel between Vargas (8-3) and Dallas Keuchel, who have the two best ERAs in the majors, never materialized. Keuchel was scratched with an illness.
Instead, the Astros started right-hander Dayan Diaz (01), who gave up three runs and four hits, including Lorenzo Cain’s solo homer, in 2 2/3 innings.
• Marlins 6, Cubs 5 — At Chicago: Marcell Ozuna hit his 15th homer, J.T. Realmuto also went deep and the Marlins avoided a threegame series sweep.
Solo homers by Realmuto in a three-run fourth and Ozuna in the fifth against John Lackey (4-6) helped stake Miami to a 5-2 lead.
Dee Gordon added two hits and scored two runs, and the Marlins won for the eighth time in 11 games. They stopped the Cubs’ seasonhigh win streak at five.
• Orioles 9, Pirates 6 in 11 innings — At Baltimore: Trey Mancini tied the game with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and then hit a three-run drive for Baltimore in the 11th.
The Orioles trailed 6-1 in the eighth before rallying for a second straight night. Adam Jones hit a solo shot in the eighth, Mancini’s pinch-hit home run capped a four-run ninth and the rookie belted the winning shot against Wade LeBlanc (3-2) in the 11th.
Mychal Givens (6-0) worked the 11th for Baltimore.
• Mets 4, Rangers 3 — At Arlington, Texas: Jay Bruce homered twice and the Mets scored the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning on a throwing error by second baseman Rougned Odor.
With two on and two outs, Jose Reyes hit a chopper up the middle. Odor fielded the ball but bounced his throw to second while fading away from the bag. Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was unable to hold on for an inningending forceout as pinchrunner Matt Reynolds scored from second base.
The Rangers, who are 4-12 since their 10-game winning streak last month, tied it at 3 when Robinson Chirinos hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth off Jerry Blevins (3-0).
• Mariners 6, Twins 5 — At Seattle: Mike Zunino hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the ninth inning, a two-run shot that gave the surging Seattle Mariners a comeback victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Kyle Seager and Carlos Ruiz also homered for the Mariners, who overcame a three-run deficit and won for the ninth time in 10 games.
Ben Gamel singled with two outs in the ninth off closer Brandon Kintzler (21). Zunino, who hit a solo shot in the third, sent a 2-1 pitch over the center-field wall for his fourth home run.
• Diamondbacks 7, Padres 4 — At Phoenix: Jake Lamb and Brandon Drury homered in a five-run third, and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored five times in an inning for the second consecutive night to beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Wednesday.
Zack Greinke labored through five innings for his eighth win. Arizona came back from a two-run deficit to win its eighth straight home game, improving to 238 at Chase Field.
The winning streak is the best for the Diamondbacks since they won eight home games in a row in July 2012.