AMERICAN LEAGUE
Buck Showalter earned his 1,000th victory as a major league manager and Brian Matusz ended his 11-month losing streak as the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Tuesday night.
Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy homered off struggling Phil Hughes (1-4), giving the Orioles their first win in five tries against the Yankees this year.
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Showalter, whose first win came 20 years ago across the street at old Yankee Stadium when New York’s Scott Sanderson beat Boston ace Roger Clemens, improved to 1,000-958 in 14 seasons with the Yankees, Arizona, Texas and Baltimore. He joined Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland, Mike Scioscia and Bobby Valentine among active managers in the 1,000-win club.
Matusz (1-3) allowed six hits in 6-1/3 innings to win for the first time since beating Oakland on June 6 last year. He had been 0-12 with a 10.47 ERA in 14 starts since, the longest active losing streak in the majors and one short of the Orioles record set by Mike Boddicker from 1987 to 1988.
RAYS 3, MARINERS 1
In St Petersburg, Florida, Matt Joyce had two of Tampa Bay’s three hits, a solo homer and an RBI triple, to help the surging Rays beat Seattle for their ninth victory in 10 games.
Tampa Bay rookie Matt Moore (1-1) scattered seven hits over five innings to get the win, which kept the first-place Rays atop the AL East standings.
Michael Saunders hit a solo homer and Jesus Montero went four-for-four for Seattle, but the Mariners were none-for-five with runners in scoring position. They have lost four straight following a four-game winning streak.
Joyce tripled off starter Hector Noesi (1-3) and scored on Luke Scott’s sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead in the first. Joyce’s team-leading sixth homer made it 3-1 in the third.
Burke Badenhop and Joel Peralta combined for three scoreless innings out of Tampa Bay’s bullpen. Fernando Rodney struck out the side in the ninth to earn his eighth save in eight opportunities.
The Rays played without third baseman Evan Longoria, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a partially torn left hamstring. The three-time All-Star is expected to be sidelined for four to eight weeks.
BLUE JAYS 8, RANGERS 7
In Toronto, Brett Lawrie homered leading off the ninth inning to give the Blue Jays a comeback victory over Texas.
Francisco Cordero blew a save opportunity in the top of the ninth, but Lawrie won it in the bottom half against Mike Adams (0-1) with a shot that bounced off the top of the wall in left-center, his third.
It was the second Blue Jays homer of the game to bounce off the wall and out: Kelly Johnson’s three-run shot in the third did the same.
Jose Bautista also connected for Toronto, who rallied from 5-0 down to beat the team with the best record in baseball.
Cordero (1-1) allowed Michael Young’s tying single in the ninth.
Rangers outfielder Josh -Hamilton (back) sat out for the second straight game and remains day to day.
TIGERS 9, ROYALS 3
In Detroit, Michigan, Austin Jackson had four hits and Rick Porcello pitched eight strong innings to lead the Tigers past Kansas City.
The Tigers scored five runs in the first and won for only the third time in 11 games. Porcello (2-2) took advantage of the offensive support to snap out of his slump, allowing three runs and seven hits. In his previous two starts, the right-hander was 0-2 with a 15.26 ERA.
Luke Hochevar (2-2) yielded nine runs on 12 hits and three walks in four innings.
In other AL play, it was:
‧ Athletics 5, Red Sox 3
‧ Angels 4, Twins 0
‧ White Sox 7, Indians 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, DENVER, COLORADO
Ted Lilly threw six solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Dee Gordon, Andre Ethier and A.J. Ellis in a 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
Lilly gave up four hits and two runs, while the Dodgers pounded out 11 hits off Rockies right-hander Jhoulys Chacin and then held on despite a shaky bullpen performance.
Lilly (3-0) improved to 9-2 against the Rockies. Javy Guerra worked the ninth for his eighth save in 10 chances.
Chacin (0-3) allowed seven runs in 4-2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked four.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, NATIONALS 1
In Washington, Trevor Cahill took a four-hit shutout into the eighth inning to help Arizona beat -Washington to stretch the Nationals’ losing streak to five games.
Teenager Bryce Harper went none-for-three in his home debut for the Nationals. Harper, the No. 1 pick in the 2010 draft, is two-for-nine since being recalled from the minors on Saturday.
Cahill (2-2) allowed one run and six hits in 7-1/3 innings.
Justin Upton had two hits and two RBIs, while John McDonald and Miguel Montero each had two hits and an RBI for the Diamondbacks.
Jordan Zimmermann (1-2) gave up four runs, three earned, in 6-1/3 innings for Washington, who have scored only seven runs during their skid.
CARDINALS 10, PIRATES 7
In St Louis, Missouri, Adam Wainwright worked seven innings for his first win since September 2010, and the Cardinals got big nights at the plate from David Freese and Matt Holliday.
Freese’s sixth home run and third in five games was a tiebreaking three-run shot off Charlie Morton (1-2) in the fifth. Holliday homered in the sixth off Jared Hughes to cap a three-hit night with two RBIs.
Allen Craig had two hits and an RBI in his season debut after rehabbing from knee surgery performed in the fall of last year shortly -after he belted three homers in the World Series. Wainwright (1-3) allowed four runs and five hits.
Jose Tabata and Pedro Alvarez each hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh.
MARLINS 2, GIANTS 1
In San Francisco, Giancarlo Stanton homered for the second time in three games to help back Ricky Nolasco’s third-straight win, helping Miami earned their second victory in 10 games.
Hanley Ramirez had an RBI single in the fourth that ended Matt Cain’s home scoreless streak to start the season at 21 innings.
Nolasco (3-0) outdueled Cain (1-2) in the Marlins’ sixth victory against the Giants in their last eight meetings — a stretch that includes Nolasco’s 2-1 win over Cain on Aug. 12 last year in South Florida.
Struggling Miami closer Heath Bell pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save in six chances and first since walking a career-high four batters and taking his third loss Thursday in a 3-2 road loss to the Mets.
Pablo Sandoval homered for the Giants.
In other NL play, it was:
‧ Padres 2, Brewers 0
‧ Phillies 4, Braves 2
‧ Astros 6, Mets 3
‧ Cubs, Reds postponed
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