Baseball-Highlights of Sunday's MLB games

July 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's Major League Baseball games. - - - Dodgers 1, Padres 0 Right fielder Yasiel Puig's run-scoring single in the sixth inning was the difference as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres on Sunday. The Dodgers (54-43) own the best record in the National League heading into the All-Star break, while the slumping Padres (41-54) have lost seven of nine games to the Dodgers this season. Dodgers lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu retired the first 11 batters. The Padres only hit three balls out of the infield against Ryu (10-5) before he completed his two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks in six innings. - - - Giants 8, Diamondbacks 4 San Francisco starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner and catcher Buster Posey each cracked grand slams in consecutive innings - the first battery in major league history to slam in the same game - as the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bumgarner (10-7) also recorded his first victory in four starts, allowing four runs and 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings. - - - A's 4, Mariners 1 Sonny Gray found a way to extend his run of solid starts and he also provided Oakland with a much-needed win as the Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners. The right-hander helped Oakland (59-36) avoid a sweep with another impressive pitching performance, allowing just one unearned run over 7 2/3 innings. Gray (10-3) has won each of his past three starts without giving up more than one earned run in any of them. - - - Red Sox 11, Astros 0 Clay Buchholz tossed his fifth career shutout, a three-hitter, while a balanced offensive attack carried the Boston Red Sox to a lopsided victory over the Houston Astros. Buchholz (4-5) struck out a career-high 12 batters and retired the last 17 batters he faced. He allowed three singles and did not issue a walk while tossing 109 pitches, 76 strikes. Catcher Jason Castro was the lone Astro to reach third base against Buchholz - - - Braves 10, Cubs 7 Third baseman Chris Johnson homered for the second straight day as the Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs in a high-scoring encounter. Johnson, who had two homers on Saturday, went 3-for-4 and slammed a three-run shot to center in the fourth as Atlanta raced to a 7-0 lead. - - - Twins 13, Rockies 5 The Minnesota Twins pounded out a season-high 18 hits to beat the Colorado Rockies. Second baseman Brian Dozier hit two homers, giving him 18 for the season in his first career multi-home run game. The game was closer than the final score indicates, as the Twins scored seven runs in the final three innings, including four in the ninth. - - - Angels 10, Rangers 7 Mike Trout was 2-for-4 with four RBIs for the Los Angeles Angels, who completed a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers. Tyler Skaggs (5-5) earned the victory, giving up six runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings for the Angels (57-37), who finished the first half of the season with a 19-4 run. - - - Mets 9, Marlins 1 Right-hander Jacob deGrom threw seven strong innings and singled home the go-ahead run in the fourth inning as the New York Mets completed their best homestand in four years by beating the Miami Marlins. The Mets (45-50) swept the three-game series to surge past the Marlins (44-50) and into third place in the National League East. New York finished the first half by going 8-2 on 10-game homestand, during which it outscored opponents 55-30. - - - Reds 6, Pirates 3 Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer and second baseman Kristopher Negron added a solo shot for his first career homer, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Second baseman Neil Walker hit his 13th home run for Pittsburgh (49-46), which went 2-5 on its final road trip prior to the break. - - - Royals 5, Tigers 2 Omar Infante had a two-run single with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to give the Kansas City Royals victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Royals averted a four-game sweep. It was Kansas City's first win at home over the Tigers in seven tries this season. - - - Rays 3, Blue Jays 0 The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays behind a strong performance by All-Star pitcher David Price. The left-hander pitched into the ninth, allowing five hits over eight shutout innings with five strikeouts as he improved to 9-7 with a 3.23 ERA. - - - Brewers 11, Cardinals 2 The Milwaukee Brewers halted a season-high seven-game losing streak with a win over the St Louis Cardinals. The Brewers snapped out of an offensive funk and got a stellar start from right-hander Wily Peralta, who went seven innings and allowed one unearned run on three hits while striking out five. - - - Nationals 10, Phillies 3 The Washington Nationals jumped out to an early lead and beat the Philadelphia Phillies. After right fielder Jayson Werth hit a three-run blast in the top of the first inning, the Nationals scored four runs and sent eight batters to the plate in the sixth to snare a 7-0 lead and complete control of the game. - - - Indians 3, White Sox 2 A two-run home run by catcher Yan Gomes in the eighth inning lifted the Cleveland Indians to a win over the Chicago White Sox. - - - Orioles 3, Yankees 1 (five innings) Chris Davis hit a two-run homer, and right-hander Kevin Gausman went the distance as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees in a rain-shortened, five-inning game. The game was stopped with the Orioles (52-42) batting in the bottom of the fifth and made official since New York (47-47) got to hit in the top of the inning. The umpires waited two hours and 22 minutes before the cancellation. (Editing By Andrew Both; Editing by John O'Brien)