Young, Red Sox ding Chi-town
BOSTON — Chris Young hit two homers, including a tiebreaking three-run shot after the batter in front was walked intentionally, to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Young added an RBI double and had a solo homer to help the AL East-leading Red Sox complete a four-game sweep of the White Sox.
Chicago lost its sixth consecutive game, and 23rd in its last 27. The White Sox were swept in a four-game series in Fenway Park for the first time since July of 1988.
Doug Fister (2-5) allowed three runs and eight hits over 6.1 innings, striking out a season-high seven for his second straight win. Craig Kimbrel, the third reliever, pitched the ninth for his 27th save.
MARLINS 4, BRAVES 1: Jose Urena pitched six strong innings, Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer and visiting Miami avoided a three-game sweep with a victory over Atlanta. Urena (10-5) won for the third time in four starts, allowing one run and three hits.
CARDINALS 13, REDS 4: Jose Martinez hit his first grand slam during visiting St. Louis’ nine-run fourth inning, and the Cards overcame Adam Wainwright’s rough return from the disabled list.
RAYS 2, BREWERS 1: Steven Souza Jr. homered off Milwaukee reliever Jacob Barnes leading off the ninth inning to lift Tampa Bay to a win in St. Petersburg.
Souza’s 24th home run helped the Rays salvage a win in a three-game series in which they scored only two runs. It was Souza’s first walkoff homer with the Rays.
ORIOLES 12, TIGERS 3: Jonathan Schoop, Chris Davis and Trey Mancini homered in succession during a fourrun first inning that sent Baltimore past Detroit at Camden Yards. Joey Rickard and Manny Machado also connected for the Orioles, who led 8-0 after four innings and cruised to their seventh win in nine games.
MARINERS 8, ROYALS 7: Nelson Cruz homered twice and drove in four runs as visiting Seattle built a big lead, then held off Kansas City in the first game of a doubleheader.
TWINS 6, RANGERS 5: Max Kepler, Brian Dozier and Eddie Rosario homered to help host Minnesota dig out of a fiverun hole and beat Texas.
NATIONALS 9, CUBS 4: Matt Wieters hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Carl Edwards Jr. in Washington’s five-run eighth inning, helping the Nats beat Chicago at Wrigley.
Bryce Harper started the winning rally with a one-out infield single against Mike Montgomery. Ryan Zimmerman doubled against Edwards and Daniel Murphy was walked intentionally to load the bases.
Washington then grabbed control in a span of two pitches. Edwards (3-3) hit Anthony Rendon, tying it at 4, and Wieters followed with a drive over the wall in center for his third career grand slam.
PIRATES 5, PADRES 4: Sean Rodriguez homered in the 12th inning to give host Pittsburgh a win over San Diego.
ASTROS 7, BLUE JAYS 6: Juan Centeno hit an RBI single with two outs that capped a four-run rally in the ninth inning, lifting host Houston over Toronto. PHILLIES 3, ROCKIES 2: Cameron Rupp hit a two-run double in the ninth inning, and Philadelphia rallied to a win in Denver.
GIANTS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Jeff Samardzija pitched into the seventh inning to win his third consecutive start and host San Francisco beat Arizona.
A’S 11, ANGELS 10:
Bruce Maxwell’s tworun single completed a dramatic five-run, two-out comeback in the eighth inning, and Oakland stunned the host Angels. —AP