D-Backs slugger Martinez dismantles Dodgers’ pitching in historic performance.
LOS ANGELES — J.D. Martinez tied a major league record by hitting four home runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the NL Westleading Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Monday night for their 11th straight victory.
Martinez became the 18th player in major league history to hit four homers in a game, and the 16th in the modern era. Earlier this year, Scooter Gennett accomplished the feat for Cincinnati.
Martinez hit a two-run shot in the fourth off Dodgers starter Rich Hill (9-7). Martinez added solo homers in the seventh and eighth innings before capping his power show with a two-run drive in the ninth.
Robbie Ray (12-5) struck out a career-high 14 in 7⅔ innings. The last time Arizona won 11 in a row was June 18-30, 2003.
INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 3
In Chicago, Jose Ramirez homered again, Trevor Bauer earned his eighth straight win and the Indians won their 12th in a row.
Bauer (15-8) gave up two runs on three hits, striking out nine in 61/3 innings.
PIRATES 12, CUBS 0
In Pittsburgh, Cubs ace Jake Arrieta exited in the third inning with a hamstring cramp, and the Pirates routed the NL Central leaders.
Arrieta (14-9) clutched his leg in obvious pain. The 2015 Cy Young Award winner tried to stretch out his right leg during a visit by manager Joe Maddon and the trainers, but a test pitch ended with Arrieta unable to let go of the ball.
Arrieta said he thinks he’ll be able to make his next scheduled start on Saturday against Milwaukee.
BLUE JAYS 10, RED SOX 4
In Boston, Steve Pearce had three hits as Toronto sent Red Sox starter Rick Porcello to his major league-leading 16th loss.
Boston fell for the fourth time in five games. Its lead in the AL East was trimmed to 2½ games over the Yankees.
Kendrys Morales hit a three-run shot for Toronto in the first inning. Jose Bautista connected for a solo drive in the third, and Raffy Lopez chased Porcello (9-16) with a tworun homer in the sixth.
Porcello, who had won five of his previous six starts, allowed seven runs and 10 hits in 5⅓ innings. He won the 2016 AL Cy Young Award.
RAYS 11, TWINS 4
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Corey Dickerson hit his 26th home run and also doubled twice, powering Tampa Bay past Minnesota.
The Twins’ lead for the second wild-card spot was trimmed to a half-game by the Angels.
Logan Morrison, who got his 36th homer, and Kevin Kiermaier each added three hits for the Rays. Evan Longoria drove in three runs with a pair of singles.
NATIONALS 7, MARLINS 2
In Miami, Anthony Rendon drove in four runs, Daniel Murphy drove in three more and Washington overcame a camera-denting home run by Giancarlo Stanton to beat the Marlins.
Rendon and Murphy each homered, doubled and singled.
Stanton hit his major leagueleading 53rd home run, with the ball striking a TV camera just over the right-field wall.
RANGERS 8, BRAVES 2
In Atlanta, Elvis Andrus, Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor homered, Andrew Cashner pitched six strong innings and Texas beat the Braves.
ANGELS 11, ATHLETICS 9 (11 INNINGS)
In Oakland, Calif., the Angels employed an American Leaguerecord 12 pitchers on Labor Day, and Kole Calhoun hit a two-run triple in the 11th inning to beat the Athletics.
ASTROS 6, MARINERS 2
In Seattle, Dallas Keuchel pitched effectively into the eighth inning as Houston won its fifth in a row.
Alex Bregman hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning for the AL West leaders.
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 4
In Baltimore, Starlin Castro homered and drove in three runs, Didi Gregorius also went deep and New York fueled its playoff push with a win over the Orioles.
After spotting the Orioles an early lead, New York bounced back for its fourth win in five games. The Yankees enhanced their position atop the AL wild-card race — they’re 2½ games behind AL East-leading Boston.
Aaron Judge drew a career-high four walks, singled and scored a run to help the Yankees extend their wild-card lead over Baltimore to 4½ games.
ROCKIES 4, GIANTS 3
In Denver, Carlos Gonzalez drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning, and the Rockies halted a four-game skid.
REDS 5, BREWERS 4
In Cincinnati, Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Reds over Milwaukee.
Hamilton, who leads the majors with 58 stolen bases, sent a drive into the left-field seats for his fourth homer of the season. He connected off Josh Hader (1-3).
CARDINALS 2, PADRES 0
In San Diego, Carlos Martinez threw a three-hitter and struck out 10, Yadier Molina hit a two-run single and St. Louis beat the Padres for its fourth victory in five games.
The Cardinals remained three games behind Colorado in the race for the NL’s second wild card.
METS 11, PHILLIES 7 In New York, Jose Reyes and
Asdrubal Cabrera each homered and the Mets built a big lead, beating Philadelphia to end a fourgame losing streak.
ROYALS 7, TIGERS 6
In Detroit, Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar homered for Kansas City, which denied the Tigers with its defense.
Alex Gordon reached well over the left-field fence to rob Mikie Mahtook of a three-run homer, while Lorenzo Cain’s sliding catch took two RBIs away from Jose Iglesias.
Since trading Justin Verlander and Justin Upton on Thursday, the Tigers are 0-5 and have been outscored 36-11.