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Blue Jays humble Red Sox
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 16 - 06 - 2015

Detroit Tigers' left fielder Yoenis Cespedes goes up against the left field wall in an attempt to catch a home run hit by Cleveland Indians' Brandon Moss during the ninth inning of their baseball game in Detroit Sunday. — AP

NEW YORK — Sizzling Toronto earned its 11th straight win to match the longest winning streak in franchise history after routing Boston 13-5 Sunday.

Ryan Goins led the way with a career-high five RBIs as the Blue Jays completed a sweep of the three-game series and sent the floundering Red Sox to their sixth straight loss.

Nationals 4, Brewers 0: Max Scherzer was perfect through six innings and Clint Robinson had a two-run double as the Washington Nationals earned a split in their four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers with a 4-0 victory Sunday.

Scherzer plowed through the Brewers' lineup twice, striking out 11, before Carlos Gomez led off the seventh inning with a bloop single into short right field.

Rays 2, White Sox 1: Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep of Chicago by getting the better of one of the hottest pitchers in baseball, left-hander Chris Sale.

The Rays had been held to one hit in six innings by Sale before he gave up a two-run home run to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera in the bottom of the seventh.

Mets 10, Braves 8: Juan Lagares hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to cap the Mets stunning comeback against the Braves.

The Mets trailed 4-1 in the second inning and 8-3 in the fourth before producing their biggest come-from-behind victory of the season.

Rockies 4, Marlins 1: Jorge De La Rosa became the franchise leader in career wins, leading Colorado over Miami to break their four-game losing streak.

The Marlins had their three-game win streak snapped. Miami were looking for their first four-game home sweep since 2011.

Pirates 1, Phillies 0 (11 innings): Josh Harrison singled up the middle for the game's only run in the 11th inning to left Pittsburgh over Philadelphia.

Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis threw a routine groundball into the stands that set up Harrison's winning hit. The Phillies were swept for the second series in a row and the fifth time this season.

Yankees 5, Orioles 3: John Ryan Murphy had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, as New York salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the Orioles.

Stephen Drew added two hits for the first-place Yankees, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Tigers 8, Indians 1: Miguel Cabrera blasted another home run and J.D. Martinez hit a three-run home run as Detroit won a rain-prolonged victory over Cleveland.

Astros 13, Mariners 0: Rookie right-hander Lance McCullers worked five hitless innings and Houston scored multiple runs in three different innings against Seattle.

Twins 4, Rangers 3: Eddie Rosario's double to right-center field with two outs in the ninth inning snapped a tie and lifted Minnesota past Texas.
Diamondbacks 4, Giants 0: Right-hander Rubby De LaRosa allowed six hits over eight-plus innings as Arizona completed their first sweep in San Francisco since July 2007.

Athletics 8, Angels 1: Right-hander Sonny Gray allowed an unearned run and five hits in 7-2/3 innings as Oakland routed Los Angeles.

In other games it was: Cubs 2, Reds 1 (11 innings); Dodgers 4, Padres 2 (12 innings). — Agencies


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