Indians’ Bieber improves to 5-0

PITTSBURGH — Unbeaten Shane Bieber racked up 11 more strikeouts and the Cleveland Indians blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Thursday to cap a three-game sweep and extend their win streak to a season-high six games.

The righthander allowed six hits and walked none in six innings, throwing 99 pitches. Bieber (5-0) has struck out a major league-best 65 in 402⁄3 innings, an average of 14.4 per nine innings.

Oliver Perez, Nick Wittgren, James Karinchak and Brad Hand finished the shutout. Hand recorded his seventh save in as many opportunities.

BLUE JAYS SWEEP PHILLIES: Rowdy Tellez homered and hit a goahead two-run single in a seven-run sixth inning, and host Toronto rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat Philadelphia 9-8 and sweep a doubleheader. In the first of the seven-inning games, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. chopped a single over a drawn-in infield in the seventh to give Toronto a 3-2 win.

RAYS 10, YANKEES 5: Tampa Bay Rays completed its first sweep at Yankee Stadium in six years and took over first place in the AL East, getting a threerun homer from Mike Zunino in a victory over New York.

WHITE SOX 9, TIGERS 0: Lucas Giolito matched his career high of 13 strikeouts in seven dominant innings, hot-hitting Tim Anderson stroked his fourth home run of the series, and Chicago beat visiting Detroit to cap its first four-game sweep of the Tigers in 15 years.

DODGERS 6, MARINERS 1: Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-high 11 in seven strong innings, Cody Bellinger homered for the second straight game, and Los Angeles defeated host Seattle.

TWINS 7, BREWERS 1:

Jose Berrios pitched onehit ball over six scoreless innings, Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer, and Minnesota beat visiting Milwaukee.

RED SOX 7, ORIOLES 1:

Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits over seven innings, Xander Bogaerts and Mitch Moreland homered, and Boston extended host Baltimore’s skid to a season-high five games.