DETROIT — Salvador Perez homered and drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Tuesday night. ADVERTISING DETROIT — Salvador Perez homered and drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the
DETROIT — Salvador Perez homered and drove in three runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Tuesday night.
The game was overshadowed by an afternoon announcement that Dave Dombrowski was being replaced as Detroit’s general manager by his top assistant, Al Avila. In 14 years with the Tigers, Dombrowski took one of the worst franchises in the game and took it to six postseason appearances including World Series losses in 2006 and 2012.
Detroit came into the season looking for a fifth straight AL Central title, but now trail the Royals by 12 1/2 games.
Danny Duffy (5-5) allowed one run on five hits and four walks in seven innings, only striking out two.
Justin Verlander (1-4) struggled in his ninth start of the season, allowing five runs on 10 hits in seven innings.
METS 5, MARLINS 1
MIAMI — Eric Campbell’s tiebreaking pinch single and Juan Lagares’ two-run triple highlighted a four-run eighth inning that helped send New York to a win over Miami.
Jonathan Niese (6-9) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings for the NL East-leading Mets, who won their fifth consecutive game.
Mets relievers Tyler Clippard and Jeurys Familia combined to pitch two scoreless innings to end the game.
NATIONALS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4
WASHINGTON — Wilson Ramos blooped a two-run single to right with one out in the bottom of the eighth that helped Washington to a victory over Arizona.
Ryan Zimmerman led off the eighth with a walk off David Hernandez (0-2) and went to third on Jayson Werth’s double. One out later, Ramos sliced his single that snapped a 3-3 tie and scored both Zimmerman and Werth.
Drew Storen (2-0) earned the win thanks to a perfect eighth.
RANGERS 4, ASTROS 3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Relievers Sam Freeman and Shawn Tolleson pitched out of trouble and Texas held off Houston.
Freeman relieved Yovani Gallardo (8-9) in the sixth inning, and allowed a single and a walk to load the bases with one out. Freeman then retired Luis Valbuena and Marwin Gonzalez.
REDS 3, CARDINALS 2
CINCINNATI — Anthony DeSclafani handled the St. Louis Cardinals for the second straight start, striking out a career-high nine, and Cincinnati turned a big first inning off John Lackey into a victory.
DeSclafani (7-7), the most experienced member of Cincinnati’s all-rookie rotation, gave up seven hits and two runs in six innings. It was his second straight impressive start over the NL Central leaders.
PHILLIES 6, DODGERS 2
PHILADELPHIA — Maikel Franco hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning to spoil Jimmy Rollins’ return to Philadelphia and lead the Phillies to a victory over NL West-leading Los Angeles.
Rollins got a prolonged standing ovation in his first game in front of a crowd that rooted for the shortstop his first 15 seasons. The 2007 NL MVP finished 2 for 5.
Franco connected off reliever Joel Peralta to put resurgent Philadelphia ahead 5-1. The Phillies have the worst record (42-65) in the majors, but they are 13-3 since the All-Star break.
BLUE JAYS 3, TWINS 1
TORONTO — Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki hit solo home runs, Marco Estrada pitched 6-plus innings to win consecutive starts and Toronto beat Minnesota.
Toronto’s sixth win in seven games moved the Blue Jays ahead of the Twins and into the second AL wild-card spot.
Minnesota has been held to just one run in four of its past five games, losing all four. The Twins are 5-12 since the All-Star break.
YANKEES 13, RED SOX 3
NEW YORK — Brian McCann and Chris Young hit three-run homers during a nine-run burst in the seventh inning and New York broke loose once again, romping past Boston.
Down 2-1 and held to three singles going into the sixth, the Yankees suddenly struck. The AL East leaders wound up scoring in double figures for the fourth time in seven games — they’d gone more than a month without doing it until a 21-5 rout at Texas last week.
CUBS 5, PIRATES 0
PITTSBURGH — Jake Arrieta pitched seven strong innings, Anthony Rizzo tied a career high with four hits and Chicago beat Pittsburgh for its sixth straight win.
Arrieta (12-6) allowed two singles — Andrew McCutchen in the fourth and Starling Marte in the seventh — while striking out five and walking three.
Tommy Hunter and Justin Grimm completed the three-hitter with one inning each as the Cubs (58-47) matched their longest winning streak of the season from May 11-16 and moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2008 season.
GIANTS 8, BRAVES 3
ATLANTA — Hunter Pence hit a tie-breaking three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Giants bounced back from a deflating loss with a win over Atlanta.
Braves starter Shelby Miller saw his frustrating winless streak extend to 14 starts when the Braves bullpen failed to protect a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning. Miller has a 3.14 ERA during the streak, which started after he lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning on May 17.
RAYS 11, WHITE SOX 3
CHICAGO — Chris Archer pitched seven strong innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays backed him with a season-high four homers while pounding Chris Sale and Chicago.
Archer (10-8) allowed two runs and six hits for his first win since June 23, and the Rays matched their highest home run total since Sept. 7.
Logan Forsythe, Mikie Mahtook, Asdrubal Cabrera and Richie Shaffer all went deep. Kevin Kiermaier and Rene Rivera each had three hits, and Tampa Bay improved to 5-0 against Chicago.
MARINERS 10, ROCKIES 4
DENVER — Nelson Cruz homered for the fifth consecutive game and Seattle spoiled Jon Gray’s major league debut with a victory over Colorado.
It is the second time this season Cruz has gone deep in five straight games. He also singled to extend his hitting streak to 15 games.
Gray, the third overall pick in the 2013 draft, had a rough beginning to his big league career. Seattle touched him for two runs during a 33-pitch first inning.
He allowed an unearned run in the fourth on two singles and an error that gave the Mariners a 3-1 lead.
BREWERS 4, PADRES 1
MILWAUKEE — Jimmy Nelson scattered three hits over 6-plus solid innings, Khris Davis drove in two runs and Milwaukee snapped a six-game losing streak with a win over San Diego.
The Padres scored an unearned run off Nelson (9-9) in the fourth, but the big right-hander, who threw a season-high 112 pitches, allowed nothing more. He walked one and struck out four before leaving with a 2-1 lead and two out in the seventh. Jeremy Jeffress retired pinch-hitter Brett Wallace to end the inning.
Davis, who struck out with runners in scoring position for Milwaukee in the first and fifth, knocked in a run with a two-out base hit in the third, snapping a 2-17 slump, and a sacrifice fly in the seventh.
Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his 24th save in as many chances.
INDIANS 2, ANGELS 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rookie Giovanny Urshela hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning after teammate Carlos Carrasco pitched one-hit ball through the first nine, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Lonnie Chisenhall led off the 12th with a single against Jose Alvarez (2-3), who was working his third inning of relief. Cam Bedrosian replaced him and got two outs before Urshela — the Indians’ No.9 hitter, drove a 1-0 pitch into the lower seats in the left field corner for his fourth h1omer after starting the road trip 1 for 20.
Zach McAllister pitched one inning for the victory and Cody Allen got three outs for his 22nd save in 24 chances.
Athletics 5, Orioles 0
OAKLAND, Calif.— Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to help Chris Bassitt earn his first win this season and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Brett Lawrie added an RBI triple and Eric Sogard scored twice as Oakland won for only the third time in 12 games.
Bassitt (1-4) gave up five hits and had a season-high seven strikeouts over seven innings. The 25-year-old rookie’s only other big league win came Sept. 22, 2014 against Toronto while he was with the Chicago White Sox. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the eighth and Fernando Abad worked the ninth to complete Oakland’s AL-leading 14th shutout.
