AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland pitcher Justin Masterson shut down New York for eight scoreless innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 win over the Yankees in the clash of American League divisional leaders on Wednesday.
Masterson (7-6) struck out six and got just his second win since April. He turned it over in the ninth to the bullpen, but reliever Vinnie Pestano gave up three runs before closer Chris Perez got three outs for his 21st save.
New York’s Derek Jeter got hit No. 2,997 of his career and also drew a walk from Masterson, who was backed up by two sensational plays from All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera in the eighth.
Rookie Lonnie Chisenhall hit his first career homer for Cleveland, which scored two runs in the first off starter Phil Hughes (0-2), but left the bases loaded twice and stranded 13 runners.
Tigers 5, Angels 4
Miguel Cabrera homered during a three-run seventh inning, which lifted the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the American League on Wednesday.
Cabrera greeted reliever Michael Kohn (0-2) by hitting a tiebreaking, two-run shot; his 18th homer of the season.
Victor Martinez drove in two runs as the Tigers avoided a three-game sweep, having scored just one run over the first two games of the series.
Detroit starter Brad Penny (6-6) settled in after allowing three runs in the first. He gave up six hits over 6-1/3 innings and won for only the second time in nine starts. Jose Valverde worked a perfect ninth for his 21st save.
The Angels lost their first game in five.
In other AL play, it was:
‧ Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 4
‧ Rays 12, Twins 5
‧ Rangers 13, Orioles 5
‧ Athletics 2, Mariners 0
‧ Royals 4, White Sox 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, MIAMI
Mike Stanton hit a homer in the 10th inning to complete Florida’s comeback from an early four-run deficit, giving the Marlins a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League on Wednesday and averting a series sweep.
With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Stanton hit a 2-1 pitch from Danys Baez (2-4) into the seats behind left field. He had been hitless in his previous four at-bats, striking out twice and grounding into a bases-loaded double play.
The home run was Stanton’s 17th this season and the first walkoff homer of his career.
The Marlins won for only the second time in their past 17 games decided by one run. They also ended a streak of seven consecutive losses to the Phillies.
Florida’s Edward Mujica (6-2) pitched a perfect 10th to take the win.
Mets 5, Dodgers 3
In Los Angeles, Ruben Tejada, filling in for the injured Jose Reyes, doubled home two runs as New York made it four straight wins by defeating Los Angeles.
Carlos Beltran doubled twice and scored twice, while Justin Turner got a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning for the Mets, who have scored 166 runs with two outs this season — second in the majors behind Boston.
New York starter Jonathon Niese (8-7) allowed five hits over seven -innings to notch a career-best four straight outings on the road.
Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (6-10) gave up four runs over six innings, dropping to 1-5 with a 5.75 ERA in seven career starts against the Mets.
Nationals 5, Cubs 4
In Washington, Wilson Ramos’ suicide squeeze drove in Michael Morse in the seventh inning to lift Washington over Chicago.
Ramos pulled off the tiebreaking sacrifice after missing the signal earlier in the count, when he swung at a Kerry Wood (1-4) pitch with Morse charging home, but managed to foul it off.
Danny Espinosa and Ryan -Zimmerman homered for the Nationals and Carlos Pena and Aramis Ramirez homered for the Cubs — all four coming with a man on base.
Ryan Mattheus (2-0) pitched one inning to get his second major league win — and second in five days — for the Nationals, whose past 10 wins have either been by one run or in extra innings.
Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 22nd save for Washington, which has won three straight.
In other NL play, it was:
‧ Braves 9, Rockies 1
‧ Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 1
‧ Reds 9, Cardinals 8, 13 innings
‧ Giants 6, Padres 5, 14 innings
‧ Astros 8, Pirates 2
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