Baseball-Highlights of Saturday's MLB games

June 25 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Saturday's Major League Baseball games: Indians 6, Tigers 0 Carlos Carrasco pitched a four-hit shutout while getting two home runs from Francisco Lindor, and one each from Carlos Santana and Yan Gomes to help the surging Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. Carrasco (3-2) only saw two Detroit runners get as far as second base as he struck out seven and walked one to lead the Inidians to an eighth straight win. He threw 117 pitches in his third career shutout. Cleveland jumped on Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez right away, getting two solo home runs in the first inning en route to a 4-0 lead. Mets 1, Braves 0 (11 innings) Pinch hitter Kelly Johnson hit a solo home run to lead off the 11th inning and give New York a shutout win over Atlanta at Turner Field. Johnson, who was acquired from the Braves on June 8, hit a 3-1 pitch from reliever Dario Alvarez off the top of the right-field fence to break a scoreless tie. It was Johnson's third homer of the year, his second with Mets. Marlins 9, Cubs 6 Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Bour drove in three runs each as Miami defeated Chicago at Marlins Park. The Marlins entered the fifth inning trailing 4-3 but took control with a four-run inning. Martin Prado had a tying single, Stanton had a go-ahead single and Bour had an RBI double. Miami has won two of three games in the series, which concludes Sunday. Chicago has suddenly slumped, losing five of its past six games. Brewers 6, Nationals 5 Chris Carter hit a three-run homer and Matt Garza picked up his first victory of the season as Milwaukee extended Washington's losing streak to a season-high seven games. Jonathan Villar had three hits and stole his 26th base of the season and Aaron Hill had two hits for the Brewers, who won their third in a row. Yankees 2, Twins 1 Starlin Castro's ground ball off shortstop Eduardo Escobar's glove allowed the tiebreaking run to score with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting New York over Minnesota. Orioles 5, Rays 0 (first game) Kevin Gausman pitched 7 2/3 innings of four-hit ball to pick up his first win this season as Baltimore extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to nine games in the first game of a doubleheader. Gausman (1-5) struck out seven without a walk, tying a career-high with 113 pitches. He lowered his ERA from 4.37 to 3.93. Orioles 8, Rays 6 (second game) Chris Davis homered and later singled in the go-ahead run, and Matt Wieters banged out two homers as Baltimore hit four blasts overall en route a victory over Tampa Bay to complete a sweep. The Orioles have won four straight games, including the first three of this series and sit a season-high 14 games over .500. Tampa Bay has dropped 10 in a row. Blue Jays 10, White Sox 8 Edwin Encarnacion drove in four runs as Toronto outlasted Chicago. The Blue Jays earned just their second victory in six games despite the White Sox's season-high seven home runs, all solo blasts. R.A. Dickey (5-8) gave up five runs -- four earned -- in 5 1/3 innings. Roberto Osuna earned his 15th save. Rockies 11, Diamondbacks 6 Tony Wolters went 3-for-3 with a double and his first career home run to lead Colorado over Arizona. Wolters had a career-high four RBIs and tied his career high with three hits as the Rockies broke a three-game losing streak and won for just the third time in nine games. Padres 3, Reds 0 Drew Pomeranz starred at the plate and on the mound, hitting a homer, driving in two runs and pitching seven shutout innings to lift San Diego over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. Pomeranz (7-7) allowed three hits as the Padres took the first three games of the four-game weekend series. Pirates 6, Dodgers 1 Andrew McCutchen led a five-run sixth inning that powered Pittsburgh to a win against Los Angeles at PNC Park. After the Pirates surrendered a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth, McCutchen cracked his second home run of the game, his 11th of the season, over the left-field wall with two men on and no outs in the bottom half of the inning. Right-hander Kenta Maeda, who allowed two hits in his previous five innings, served up a four-seam fastball that McCutchen turned into a 4-1 lead to chase Maeda from the game. Astros 13, Royals 5 Jose Altuve homered and had two doubles in the 15th four-hit game of his career as Houston blasted Kansas City. It was the second straight game the Astros scored 13 runs. They have won seven consecutive games and are 19-7 in their past 26 games. Phillies 3, Giants 2 Cameron Rupp capped a three-run seventh inning against San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner with a two-run home run, propelling the Philadelphia Phillies into a 3-2 victory. Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (5-6) and three relievers combined to limit the Giants to six hits, helping the Phillies beat the Giants for just the second time in their last 10 meetings. Rangers 10, Red Sox 3 Texas jumped on Boston starter Steven Wright and shaky defense for eight runs on the way to a victory over the Red Sox. Wright (8-5), the American League ERA leader entering the game, was tagged for eight runs (three earned) in 4 2/3 innings as the Rangers broke open the game by scoring five unearned runs in the fifth inning. Mariners 5, Cardinals 4 Seattle jumped out to a big early lead and held on to beat St Louis. Six singles over the first two innings allowed Seattle to pull out to a 5-0 lead before the Cardinals rallied to get within a run in the fifth. Athletics 7, Angels 3 Coco Crisp collected three hits, including two doubles, drove in two runs and scored four times to lead Oakland to a victory over Los Angeles in front of 40,643 at Angel Stadium. Danny Valencia added three hits and three RBIs with a two-run homer and a run-scoring single as the A's posted their third successive win and their fourth in five games. (Editing by John O'Brien)