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Baseball-Highlights of Saturday's MLB games

Aug 19 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Major League Baseball games on Saturday: Dodgers 3, Tigers 0 Adrian Gonzalez lined a single to right that scored Curtis Granderson from second with two outs in the seventh, breaking a scoreless tie and starting Los Angeles on its way to a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Los Angeles' latest win streak stands at six games with 21 wins in its last 24 games and 52 victories out of its last 61. Detroit has lost six straight. Ross Stripling (3-4) earned the victory with two scoreless relief innings. Brandon Morrow pitched the eighth and Kenley Jansen earned his 33rd save for working the ninth. Yankees 4, Red Sox 3 CC Sabathia came off the disabled list and outpitched Chris Sale and became the American League's all-time leading left-hander in strikeouts in leading the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Sabathia (10-5) passed Mickey Lolich with his 2,680th career strikeout en route to working six innings and allowing two hits. Tyler Austin crashed a three-run homer in his first career at-bat against Sale (14-5) in the second inning and Todd Frazier hit his second homer in as many nights for the Yankees. Cubs 4, Blue Jays 3 Javier Baez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs hung on for a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Ian Happ scored on Baez's single up the middle after drawing a walk and advancing on a groundout. Anthony Rizzo's RBI single provided an insurance run in the seventh inning. Pinch-hitter Albert Almora Jr. scored after he had reached base with a single. Happ also homered and had an RBI single for the Cubs. Angels 5, Orioles 1 Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena each homered twice in the first four innings as Los Angeles defeated Baltimore. Angels starter JC Ramirez (11-10) dodged some trouble in the early innings as the Orioles put runners in scoring position in the first and third but came away allowing only one run. He went 5-2/3 innings before leaving with right forearm irritation in the sixth. Indians 5, Royals 0 Trevor Bauer, Bryan Shaw and Cody Allen combined on a seven-hitter as Cleveland beat skidding Kansas City. Bauer (12-8) gave up seven hits and two walks in 6-1/3 innings with four strikeouts. Shaw and Allen did not allow a baserunner. Jason Vargas (14-7) yielded four runs, six hits and three walks while striking out seven in 4-2/3 innings. Astros 3, Athletics 0 Collin McHugh worked six shutout innings and a reconfigured bullpen closed out Houston's victory over Oakland. McHugh (1-2) earned his first victory on the season in his sixth start after missing three-plus months with an elbow injury. The Astros turned three double plays behind McHugh, who allowed six hits and walked one batter while striking out three, and six overall. Marwin Gonzalez delivered a two-run single in the fourth inning and Alex Bregman homered in the ninth. Twins 5, Diamondbacks 0 Jose Berrios posted seven scoreless innings, and Minnesota exploded for five runs in the fourth inning against Zack Greinke to beat Arizona. Joe Mauer had three hits, a walk and an RBI for the Twins, and Brian Dozier added a pair of hits. Berrios (11-5) allowed two hits and struck out seven batters, lowering his ERA to 3.99. Greinke (14-6) lasted only four innings, giving up five runs (four earned), seven hits and a season high-tying four walks. He struck out four. Pirates 6, Cardinals 4 Starling Marte was 3-for-5 with one of three Pittsburgh homers and Chad Kuhl did not let a long rain delay bother him as the Pirates snapped a six-game losing streak. Pittsburgh pounded out 12 hits and rode a five-run second inning. Kuhl (6-8) retired 11 of the 13 batters he faced after the delay, with only one hit. He gave up one run on three hits, with six strikeouts and one walk, in five innings. Mets 8, Marlins 1 Wilmer Flores and Kevin Plawecki each hit two-run homers during a seven-run sixth inning as New York snapped a five-game losing streak. New York's Rafael Montero (2-8) allowed one run, six hits and three walks while striking out five in six innings. Marcell Ozuna had three singles, including an RBI in the sixth that broke a scoreless tie, for the Marlins, who equaled a team record by hitting into five double plays. The five double plays induced by the Mets also tied a team mark. Mariners 7, Rays 6 Mitch Haniger's grand slam got Seattle an early lead en route to its fourth straight victory. The Mariners had a 7-2 lead in the sixth inning and held off a rally from Tampa Bay, which had scored nine runs in its previous 10 home games. Logan Morrison had a pinch-hit solo home run in the bottom of the ninth -- his 29th of the season -- to get Tampa Bay within a run. Edwin Diaz regrouped to strike out Kevin Kiermaier and pinch hitter Corey Dickerson hit a weak ground ball as he recorded his 27th save. Reds 11, Braves 8 Scott Schebler broke out of a 2-for-40 slump and Scooter Gennett hit his third grand slam of the season as Cincinnati opened up a seven-run lead and held off Atlanta. Schebler was 3 for 4 with a double, walk, two runs scored and a RBI in his first start since late July after coming off the disabled list. Gennett's slam, his 21st homer of the year, gave him five RBIs for the game. The Braves lost despite three homers, the last a three-run pinch shot by Matt Adams in the ninth inning off Blake Wood. Atlanta got the tying run to the plate, but Michael Lorenzen got Matt Kemp, just off the disabled list, to bounce into a force at third base to end the game. Rangers 17, White Sox 7 Texas second baseman Rougned Odor homered twice and Mike Napoli homered and had four RBIs as the Rangers rallied for a 17-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Chicago led 5-0 in the first inning before Texas mounted its biggest comeback of the year. Brewers 6, Rockies 3 Pinch hitter Jesus Aguilar hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, highlighting a three-run uprising that gave the Milwaukee Brewers victory over the Coloardo Rockies. Aguilar connected for his 12th homer off Rockies closer Greg Holland (2-4) on a 3-2 slider. It was the sixth straight slider of the at-bat, and Aguilar drove it an estimated 449 feet over the fence in center. Padres 3, Nationals 1 Padres shortstop Yangervis Solarte hit a first-inning, two-run homer off Stephen Strasburg to lead the Padres to a 3-1 victory. Strasburg (10-4), who had been out since his last start on July 23 because of a nerve impingement in his left elbow, allowed two runs, four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in six innings. He threw 91 pitches, with 61 strikes. Phillies 12, Giants 9 Pinch hitter Ty Kelly capped a seven-run sixth inning with a grand slam, helping the Philadelphia Phillies rally for a 12-9 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Rhys Hoskins had a three-run home run and Cameron Rupp a solo shot for the Phillies, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Denard Span drove in three runs, the first with a leadoff inside-the-park homer in the first inning, for the Giants.