Baseball-Highlights of Wednesday's MLB games

(Adds later games) July 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Wednesday's Major League Baseball games: - - - Brewers 6 Braves 5 Carlos Gomez hit two home runs - including a three-run, go-ahead shot in the eighth inning - as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. The Brewers trailed 4-0 after the Braves hit two home runs in the third inning - a three-run shot by Cameron Maybin and a solo blast by Kelly Johnson. Khris Davis hit a two-run homer for the Brewers in the fourth inning, and Gomez hit a solo homer in the sixth inning and the winner in the eighth. - - - Mets 4, Giants 1 All-Star Jacob deGrom pitched eight shutout innings and combined with two relievers on a five-hitter as New York beat San Francisco. Eric Campbell singled and scored off right-hander Jake Peavy in the seventh inning, then belted a two-run, game-clinching home run off reliever Jean Machi in the ninth, enabling the Mets to win two out of three in a series that featured two shutouts. - - - Twins 5, Orioles 3 Brian Dozier's sixth-inning home run kick-started the Twins' offense as Minnesota earned its first sweep of Baltimore since 2007. One of five players competing in the American League's Final Vote campaign for the last spot in next week's All-Star Game, Dozier had two hits and stole two bases. Joe Mauer followed with a solo home run into the seats in left field, the first time this season Minnesota hit back-to-back home runs. - - - Tigers 5, Mariners 4 Rookie Jefry Marte went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs and Nick Castellanos delivered the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh inning as Detroit beat Seattle. Castellanos also hit an RBI single in the first inning, and Marte homered in the fourth inning to put Detroit up 4-2. Dustin Ackley drove in two runs for Seattle, and Mark Trumbo went 3-for-5 and scored twice. - - - Indians 4, Astros 2 David Murphy's two-run double in the eighth inning broke at 2-2 tie and lifted Cleveland past Houston. With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Francisco Lindor doubled off Joe Thatcher. Michael Brantley drew a walk. Murphy then ripped a line drive over the head of right fielder Preston Tucker. The ball bounced off the wall for a double, driving in both runners and giving Cleveland a 4-2 lead. - - - Red Sox 6, Marlins 3 Rick Porcello snapped a career-worst seven-game losing streak with a little help from his offense, and Boston stretched its winning streak to a season-high four games with a win over Miami. Porcello lasted six innings, allowing two runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out four as Boston swept the two-game series. David Ortiz had two hits, including a two-run homer in the Red Sox's four-run third inning. Koji Uehara picked up his 21st save by throwing a scoreless ninth inning. - - - Pirates 5, Padres 2 Gregory Polanco delivered his second winning hit in as many games, driving home Travis Ishikawa from first base with a two-out single off the right field wall in the eighth inning to give Pittsburgh a victory over San Diego. Pittsburgh won its fifth straight, and San Diego lost its fifth in a row. - - - Yankees 5, A's 4 Mark Teixeira hit solo home runs in consecutive at-bats, and New York held off Oakland. Both home runs came off reliever Evan Scribner, who came on after Oakland starter Scott Kazmir exited with left triceps tightness in the third inning. - - - Cardinals 6, Cubs 5 Jhonny Peralta's two-run homer in the ninth helped lift St. Louis to a come-from-behind victory over Chicago. Peralta lined a 1-2 pitch off reliever Pedro Strop into the left-field basket for his 12th homer of the year and scored pinch runner Pete Kozma. - - - White Sox 7, Blue Jays 6 (11 innings) Adam Eaton drilled a walk-off solo homer on the second pitch in the 11th inning to give Chicago a victory against Toronto at U.S. Cellular Field. Eaton's sixth homer of the season came off right-handed closer Roberto Osuna, who had picked up his fourth save the night before after cementing the closer's role for Toronto. - - - Diamondbacks 7, Rangers 4 Arizona took advantage of scoring opportunities with two outs to beat Texas and complete a two-game sweep of the interleague series. The Diamondbacks scored all seven of their runs with two outs, with homers from A.J. Pollock and Welington Castillo the big blows. - - - Royals 9, Rays 7 Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson homered and Alcides Escobar stroked four hits as Kansas City held on to beat Tampa Bay. The victory, however, may have been costly for the Royals as All-Star left fielder Alex Gordon was carted from the field in the fourth inning with a left groin injury. He was taken for a MRI to determine the severity of the injury. - - - Dodgers 5, Phillies 0 Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete-game shutout, leading Los Angeles to victory over Philadelphia at Dodger Stadium. Catcher A.J. Ellis and shortstop Jimmy Rollins homered as the National League West-leading Dodgers bounced back from a 7-2 thrashing by the Phillies on Tuesday. Kershaw, who hasn't allowed a run by the Phillies in 31 innings, struck out 13 and scattered eight hits. - - - Angels 3, Rockies 2 A single by Johnny Giavotella with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth gave Los Angeles a win over Colorado and a sweep of their two-game series. - - - Reds at Nationals, postponed The series finale between Cincinnati and Washington was rained out. A makeup date was not immediately announced. (Editing by Steve Keating)