Braves’ potent bats steamroll Marlins
ATLANTA — Chris Johnson’s two-run, go-ahead double was the big hit in a four-run sixth inning that helped the Braves to a 11-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
The Braves set a season high with 16 hits and matched their high for runs.
The game was tied at 3 before the Braves opened the sixth with three straight hits off Dan Jennings (0-1), loading the bases. Ryan Webb struck out Dan Uggla and Reed Johnson before Johnson gave Atlanta the lead with his double past first baseman Logan Morrison.
Jordan Schafer and Andrelton Simmons added run-scoring infield singles to cap the big inning.
Morrison hit a two-run homer in the first inning.
Kris Medlen (6-7) gave up three runs and nine hits and two walks in six innings as the NL Eastleading Braves took their fourth straight win. The Marlins’ three-game winning streak ended.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 3, Pirates 1 at Pittsburgh: Jonathan Pettibone pitched neatly into the sixth inning, and Philadelphia snapped Pittsburgh’s nine-game winning streak.
Pettibone (4-3) won for the first time since May 14, a span of nine starts, by limiting Pittsburgh’s offense to Garrett Jones’ homer in the sixth. In 5 ¦ innings, Pettibone gave up three hits.
Brewers 4, Nationals 0 at Washington: Stephen Strasburg had hitters flailing at curveballs for seven scoreless innings, getting all eight of his strikeouts with the same pitch in a magnificent outing that was wasted when Milwaukee scored off Washington’s bullpen.
Strasburg put on a gem of a performance that dropped his ERA to 2.24 and nearly overshadowed the game’s actual outcome.
Mets 9, Diamondbacks 1 at New York: Jeremy Hefner and the New York Mets handed Patrick Corbin his first loss, breaking away from the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-1 on a drizzly Tuesday night and sending the NL West leaders to their season-worst fifth straight defeat.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tigers 7, Blue Jays 6 at Toronto: Torii Hunter drove in the tiebreaking run with a two- out infield single in the eighth inning, and Detroit rallied from a 4- 0 deficit to beat Toronto.
Hunter had four singles and Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run home run, his 26th, as the Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak.
Colby Rasmus homered and drove in four runs for the Blue Jays, who failed to extend their seven-game home winning streak.
White Sox 5, Orioles 2 at Chicago: Adam Dunn and Conor Gillaspie homered while John Danks pitched into the eighth inning to help Chicago snap Baltimore’s four-game winning streak.
The White Sox ended a five-game losing streak of their own and avoided falling a season-high 16 games below .500.
Mariners 9, Rangers 2 at Arlington, Texas: Kendrys Morales homered twice and tied a career high with six RBIs to lead Seattle past Texas.
Rays 8, Astros 0 at Houston: AL Cy Young Award winner David Price pitched three-hit ball for seven innings in his return from the disabled list and Desmond Jennings homered and drove in four runs as Tampa Bay beat Houston for the second straight night.
Yankees 7, Twins 3 at Minneapolis: Robinson Cano homered for the third straight game and Phil Hughes gave up one run on six hits in seven innings, lifting New York over Minnesota.
Indians 6, Royals 5 at Kansas City, Mo.: Carlos Santana and Asdrubal Cabrera each drove in a pair of runs, and the Cleveland Indians took advantage of some wild pitching by Kansas City.
INTERLEAGUE
Red Sox 4, Padres 1 at Boston: Brandon Snyder hit a bases-loaded double and John Lackey struck out six over eight strong innings for Boston in a win over slumping San Diego.
Lackey (6-5) scattered six hits and walked just one while moving above .500 for the first time since late in 2011.
METS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 1