AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York’s C.C. Sabathia held Toronto scoreless into the seventh inning in his sparkling return from injury as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday, going a season-best 22 games over .500.
Sidelined since June 24 because of a groin strain, Sabathia (10-3) silenced a Toronto lineup minus All-Star slugger Jose Bautista, who injured a wrist on Monday.
New York got an early three-run homer from Andruw Jones. Sabathia’s successful return overshadowed an encouraging outing by Toronto starter Brett Cecil (2-2), who entered with a 6.75 ERA in five major league starts this year but held the Yankees in check for six innings and retired his final eight batters.
RANGERS 6, ATHLETICS 1
In Oakland, Roy Oswalt baffled Oakland’s hitters as Texas ended the A’s four-game winning streak.
Oswalt (3-1) struck out six and did not walk anyone in 6-1/3 innings, retiring 15 of the final 17 hitters he faced in his fifth start of the year.
Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre each hit solo home runs for the Rangers.
Athletics starter Bartolo Colon (6-8) took the loss.
ANGELS 13, TIGERS 0
In Detroit, Michigan, Mike Trout had another four-hit game for Los Angeles, including a 131m homer that was part of an early power show as Los Angeles routed Detroit.
Trout, Mark Trumbo and Albert Pujols all homered off Jacob Turner in the first two innings, while Alberto Callaspo and Kendrys Morales went deep later in the game.
It was the fourth four-hit game of Trout’s spectacular rookie season.
The Tigers were shut out for the first time in 159 games, a franchise record that began on July 17 last year — exactly a year ago.
Los Angeles starter Garrett Richards (3-1) pitched seven scoreless innings, easily outdueling Turner (0-1) in a matchup of top pitching prospects. The Detroit starter lasted only two innings, giving up seven runs.
WHITE SOX 7, RED SOX 5
In Boston, Kevin Youkilis hit his first homer at Fenway Park as a visitor, driving a three-run shot over the Green Monster to lead Chicago over Boston.
It has been less than a month since Boston traded one of their most popular players to Chicago, with the Fenway fans cheering him even as he rounded the bases to put Chicago up 6-2 with his homer off of Jon Lester (6-6) in the fourth inning.
Chicago’s Philip Humber (4-4) made his first start in a month and settled down after allowing two runs in a shaky first inning.
RAYS 4, INDIANS 2
In St Petersburg, Florida, Carlos Pena and Luke Scott gave Tampa Bay an early lead, setting up the win over Cleveland.
Pena hit a two-run homer, while Scott had an RBI triple off Josh Tomlin (5-6) to give the Rays a 3-0 first-inning lead.
Rays starter Matt Moore (6-6) took the win despite allowing five walks for his second straight start.
TWINS 6, ORIOLES 4
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, Joe Mauer had three hits and an RBI to help Minnesota beat Baltimore.
Mauer had two singles, a double and a walk to improve his batting average to .333, second in the AL behind the Angels’ Mike Trout.
The Orioles dropped their third straight, falling 10 games behind the Yankees in the AL East.
Minnesota’s Alex Burnett (3-2) pitched an inning for the win, while Baltimore’s Luis Ayala (2-3) gave up two runs in 2-2/3 innings for the loss.
MARINERS 9, ROYALS 6
In Kansas City, Missouri, Justin Smoak and Michael Saunders hit two-run homers, while Jesus Montero went three for four and drove in two runs as Seattle got at least one hit from every starter to beat Kansas City.
Smoak homered with Montero aboard in the three-run first inning. Montero’s double scored Casper Wells with the first run.
Saunders homered in the fifth inning after Miguel Olivo singled.
The Mariners scored three more runs in the second inning to chase Royals starter Ryan Verdugo (0-1), who yielded six runs in 1-2/3 innings in his big league debut.
Seattle’s Blake Beaven (4-6) worked six-plus innings, allowing seven hits after being recalled from the minors. He had gone 0-2 with a 15.43 ERA in two June starts.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, ATLANTA, Georgia
San Francisco’s Buster Posey drove in five runs with three hits as the Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 9-0 in the National League on Tuesday.
Posey had run-scoring singles in the first and third innings. His third hit was a three-run double off Luis Avilan after Braves starter Jair Jurrjens (3-3) departed in the fourth.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy made a pregame request for better pitching away from home with his staff’s road ERA sitting at 4.85; third-worst in the majors. San Francisco starter Barry Zito (8-6), who came in with a 5.19 road ERA, answered Bochy’s call by allowing no runs and one walk in seven innings.
NATIONALS 5, METS 4, 10 innings
In Washington, Pedro Beato threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded in the 10th inning that allowed the winning run to score, as Washington recovered from blowing a late lead and beat New York. The Nationals fell behind twice after leading 2-0 going into the ninth.
In the tenth, Bryce Harper tied the game with a run-scoring triple off Tim Byrdak (2-1) before Beato entered with the bases loaded.
His wild pitch into the dirt got away from the catcher, while Ryan Zimmerman ran in from third.
Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus (3-1) took the win.
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 2
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Francisco Rodriguez picked up a save on his first night as Milwaukee’s new closer, as the Brewers edged St Louis.
Rickie Weeks hit a mammoth home run for the Brewers.
Milwaukee’s Randy Wolf (3-6) won his first game since April 30, giving up two runs and one walk with six strikeouts over 6-2/3 innings.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke gave the closer job to Rodriguez before the game with John Axford continuing to struggle.
Joe Kelly (1-2) took the loss for the Cardinals.
REDS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 0
In Cincinnati, Ohio, Johnny Cueto (11-5) showed no signs of being bothered by a finger blister during six shutout innings, pitching Cincinnati past Arizona.
Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer that sent Cincinnati to their first victory without Joey Votto.
Votto had surgery earlier in the day to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, sidelining the former National League MVP for up to a month.
Arizona’s Trevor Bauer (1-2) had the roughest time in his four starts, lasting only three innings.
In other NL play it was:
‧ Phillies 3, Dodgers 2
‧ Pirates 6, Rockies 2
‧ Marlins 9, Cubs 5
‧ Padres 8, Astros 2
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