6th straight HR for Stanton, but Marlins lose

MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton homered in his sixth consecutive game to give him a major league-leading 44, but the Miami Marlins fell 9-4 to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

Stanton hit a solo shot to deep left-center field off Madison Bumgarner (3-5) in the third inning, tying the game at 2. He has 11 homers in his past 12 games, and 23 in the past 35. Only Sammy Sosa (25 in 1998) and Barry Bonds (24 in 2001) have hit more in that span, according to Elias.

RED SOX 10, CARDINALS 4

In Boston, Xander Bogaerts had three hits, Hanley Ramirez, Sandy Leon and Jackie Bradley Jr. all added two RBIs and the Red Sox beat St. Louis.

Boston blew the game open courtesy of a wild fifth inning, tallying eight hits and eight runs against Cardinals starter Mike Leake and reliever Matt Bowman. It came an inning after the Red Sox turned their first triple play in six years.

INDIANS 8, TWINS 1

In Minneapolis, Carlos Santana hit two of Cleveland’s five home runs and Danny Salazar continued his strong second-half stretch in the Indians’ victory over Minnesota.

Santana, Jason Kipnis and Edwin Encarnacion all hit solo homers off Bartolo Colon (4-10) as Cleveland won its fifth straight overall and stayed unbeaten in eight games in Minnesota this season. Austin Jackson added a three-run shot and Santana homered from both sides of the plate for the Indians, who have outscored the Twins 56-16 at Target Field this season.

NATIONALS 3, ANGELS 1

In Washington, Gio Gonzalez allowed two hits in six scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick hit two solo home runs and the Nationals snapped Los Angeles’ winning streak at six.

Gonzalez (11-5) struck out four and issued three walks in lowering his home ERA to 1.79, now the best in baseball. The left-hander, who was three outs from a no-hitter July 31 at Miami, allowed his first hit two hits into the fifth against the Angels.

YANKEES 5, METS 4

In New York, Sonny Gray outpitched Jacob deGrom, Jacoby Ellsbury and Gary Sanchez homered, and the Yankees held off the Mets to sweep both Subway Series games in the Bronx.

Despite another late stumble by closer Aroldis Chapman, the Yankees kept the Empire State Building lit up in pinstripes with the win. The Mets will try to change the color scheme to blue and orange when the rivalry now shifts to Citi Field for two games beginning Wednesday night.

BRAVES 4, ROCKIES 3

In Denver, Brandon Phillips scored the goahead run on a rare error by Nolan Arenado, and Atlanta beat the Rockies.

Nick Markakis homered for the Braves, who snapped an 11-game skid in Denver.

RANGERS 10, TIGERS 4

In Arlington, Texas, Joey Gallo and Mike Napoli hit back-to-back homers and the Rangers beat Detroit to end Justin Verlander’s threegame winning streak.

The Rangers had just gone ahead 2-1 on Nomar Mazara’s RBI single in the fourth inning when Gallo hit his 34th homer, a towering drive that landed in the second deck of seats in rightcenter above the Texas bullpen and was estimated at 459 feet.

REDS 2, CUBS 1

In Chicago, Scooter Gennett’s sacrifice fly drove in Joey Votto to break a scoreless tie in the eighth, and Billy Hamilton singled in a run in the ninth and Cincinnati edged the Cubs.

After Votto walked for the third time and advanced to third on Adam Duvall’s single off reliever Pedro Strop (3-3), Gennett smacked a line drive to right that Jason Heyward caught on the run.

ASTROS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4

In Phoenix, Houston had six extra-base hits in the first four innings, building a big enough lead to top Arizona.

Houston jumped to an 8-0 lead in the fourth inning. Starting pitcher Brad Peacock couldn’t get out of the bottom of the fifth, so Francis Martes (5-2) came on and struck out all four batters he faced in 1⅓ innings for the victory.

RAYS 6, BLUE JAYS 4

In Toronto, Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer, Wilson Ramos added a solo shot and Tampa Bay beat the Blue Jays, snapping a four-game skid.

The Rays came in having scored 12 runs in their past 10 games. According to Elias, that is the lowest total for any AL team over a 10-game stretch since the designated hitter was introduced in 1973. The Rays suffered five shutout defeats in that span, and lead the majors with 10 scoreless losses.

BREWERS 3, PIRATES 1

In Milwaukee, Keon Broxton hit a pinch-hit home run, Manny Piña drove in two runs, Zach Davies pitched into the seventh and the Brewers beat Pittsburgh.