Lynn, Holliday lead Cardinals to 8-3 win over Indians
CLEVELAND—Lance Lynn pitched six scoreless innings and Matt Holliday had four RBIs, including a three-run homer, to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Cleveland Indians 8-3 on Tuesday night.
Lynn (2-3) held Cleveland to four hits and struck out nine. He received plenty of help from his offense, which scored all of its runs with two outs.
Holliday, who has reached base safely in each of his 30 games, had an RBI single in the fifth inning and put the game away in the eighth with his three-run blast off Scott Atchison.
Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter, returning after missing three games because of fatigue, was 2 for 5, including an RBI single
Carlos Carrasco (4-3) allowed four runs in 6 2-3 innings as the Indians failed again to win consecutive games. Cleveland has won two straight once, the second and third games of the season.
Blue Jays 10, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE — Edwin Encarnacion homered twice and drove in three runs, Mark Buehrle threw six innings of four-hit ball and Toronto defeated Baltimore.
Encarnacion tied the game with a solo shot in the sixth inning and capped a four-run seventh with a drive off Tommy Hunter. It was his 19th career two-homer game and second this season — both against Baltimore.
Josh Donaldson also homered and Ryan Goins had three hits for the Blue Jays, who scored the game’s final 10 runs.
Buehrle (5-2) gave up two runs in beating the Orioles for the third time this season. The left-hander is 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA against Baltimore and 2-2 with a 9.00 ERA against everyone else.
Rays 4, Yankees 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly during a two-run eighth inning and Tampa Bay rallied late to beat New York.
Kevin Kiermaier drew a one-out walk in the eighth from Nathan Eovaldi (3-1) and went to third on Steven Souza Jr.’s single. Dellin Betances entered and gave up Longoria’s sac fly. Souza scored on Betances’ wild pitch to make it 4-2.
Tampa Bay tied it at 2 on David DeJesus’ two-run single in the seventh.
Kevin Jepsen (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth before Brad Boxberger got the final three outs for his ninth save.
The Yankees loaded the bases with no outs in the first, but scored just twice on consecutive RBI singles by Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran off Chris Archer.
Eovaldi gave up four runs and six hits over 7 1-3 innings.
Tigers 2, Twins 1
DETROIT—Ian Kinsler’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Detroit to victory.
Anthony Gose hit a one-out double off Ryan Pressly (1-1), and Kinsler followed with a flare that dropped into shallow center field.
Angel Nesbitt (1-1) pitched the 10th for his first career win.
J.D. Martinez homered for the Tigers in the fourth inning, and Minnesota tied it in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Torii Hunter.
Alfredo Simon allowed a run and six hits in 7 2-3 innings for the Tigers. He struck out six and walked one.
Minnesota’s Kyle Gibson was impressive as well, allowing a run and five hits in seven innings. He struck out six.
Reds 4, Braves 3
CINCINNATI—Devin Mesoraco doubled home the winning run with one out in the ninth, sending Cincinnati to a victory over slumping Atlanta.
The Reds snapped a three-game losing streak with a late comeback.
The Braves let a 3-2 lead slip away in the seventh with the help of Mike Foltynewicz’s throwing error, and wound up losing for the fourth time in five games.
Pirates 7, Phillies 2
PHILADELPHIA—A.J. Burnett pitched seven strong innings in his return to Philadelphia, Andrew McCutchen homered and Pittsburgh won for the fourth straight time.
Burnett (2-1) gave up two runs, one earned, and six hits. The 38-year-old right-hander led the majors with 18 losses for the Phillies last year, and then declined a $12.75 million player option to pitch in Philadelphia this season, opting for a one-year, $8.5 million deal with the Pirates.
Josh Harrison broke out of a 2-for-27 slump that landed him on the bench Monday, connecting for a three-run shot against Sean O’Sullivan (0-2) in the fourth.