Madison Bumgarner allowed Arizona’s only hit with one out in the eighth inning and matched a career high with 14 strikeouts to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Diamondbacks 4-0 on Sunday night.
Jake Lamb broke up Bumgarner’s bid with a single. Lamb also reached on an error in the fifth when right fielder Gregor Blanco dropped a flyball.
Nationals 3, Mets 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Murphy kept answering the Citi Field boos with booms, hitting his seventh home run this year for Washington against the team that let him go last winter.
Murphy tops the majors with a .348 batting average at the All-Star break, boosted by the damage he has done to the Mets. He homered three times and drove in 10 runs as the NL East leaders took three of four in this series, opening a six-game edge over New York.
Murphy lined a two-run drive off the facing off the upper deck in the first inning. Overall, he is 22 for 52 (.423) with 21 RBIs vs. his old club.
Jose Reyes hit two home runs for the Mets, including a leadoff shot in the first inning. Steven Matz (7-5) fell to 0-4 in his last eight starts.
Cubs 6, Pirates 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kris Bryant hit an RBI single in the eighth inning, sending the Cubs to a sorely needed victory.
Pinch hitter Matt Szczur doubled to left field with one out against Tony Watson (1- 3). Bryant, who had three hits and reached four times, followed with his tiebreaking hit.
NL Central-leading Chicago stopped a five-game losing streak. Pittsburgh lost for just the second time in 11 games heading to the All- Star break.
Yankees 11, Indians 7
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer, and the Yankees overcame a shaky outing by Masahiro Tanaka.
New York scored four runs in the second and six in the fifth, moving to .500 (44- 44) going into the All-Star break. The Yankees won three of four from the AL Central-leading Indians.
Tanaka took an 11-1 lead into the fifth, but was charged with seven runs (three earned) and fell one out short of qualifying for his seventh win. Nathan Eovaldi (7-6), demoted to the bullpen last week, allowed one hit over the final 4 1/3 innings for his first career win in relief.
Blue Jays 6, Tigers 1
TORONTO (AP) — All- Star Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer for Toronto, and R.A. Dickey won back-to-back starts for the first time in a month.
Donaldson is the sixth player in American League history to hit at least 20 home runs and score 80 runs or more before the All-Star break.
Dodgers 3, Padres 1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kenta Maeda struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings, leading the Dodgers to the win.
Maeda (8-6) allowed a run on Derek Norris’ homer in the fifth and two hits. He retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced and struck out six straight near the end of his outing.
Adrian Gonzalez homered for Los Angeles, and Howie Kendrick had three hits. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth for his 27th save.
Mariners 8, Royals 5
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
— Robinson Cano and Adam Lind homered during Seattle’s five-run seventh inning. Cano’s two-run shot to deep right field for his 21st homer extended the Mariners’ lead to 5-0. Lind hit a three-run shot a few batters later.
Orioles 4, Angels 2
BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy homered and the Orioles beat Tim Lincecum and the Angels.
Adam Jones and Pedro Alvarez had three hits apiece for the Orioles, who improved to 33-14 at home and reached the All-Star break in first place in the AL East with a 51-36 record.
Tillman (12-2) issued a season high five walks and struck out five. Zach Britton got three outs for his 27th save in 27 opportunities.
Twins 15, Rangers 5
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Max Kepler hit Minnesota’s first grand slam this season, one of four homers for the Twins.
Minnesota won three of four at Texas after taking the last two games of its home series against the Rangers the previous weekend.
Kepler’s slam came with two outs in the fifth off A.J. Griffin (3-1), putting the Twins up 6-0.
Cardinals 5, Brewers 1
MILWAUKEE (AP) — St. Louis right-hander Mike Leake struck out a season high 10 over seven innings, and Matt Adams and Randal Grichuk homered.
Aledmys Diaz scored from first on a single in the fifth to snap a tie, and the Cardinals entered the All-Star break having cut a 12-game deficit to the NL Centralleading Cubs to seven.
Braves 2, White Sox 0
CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Foltynewicz struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings, leading Atlanta to the victory.
Foltynewicz (3-3), who grew up in the far southwest suburbs of Chicago, allowed five hits and walked none. He struck out the side in the seventh on 12 pitches.
Astros 2, A’s 1
HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Marisnick scored the winning run on an errant throw in the 10th inning, helping the Astros rally for the win.
Marisnick led off the 10th with a single off Liam Hendricks (0-2). He stole second on George Springer’s strikeout before reaching third on a groundout by Marwin Gonzalez.
Marlins 7, Reds 3
MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton’s 20th homer helped the Marlins complete their first series sweep of Cincinnati since 2003.
Stanton, who will compete Monday in the All-Star Home Run Derby, was batting .193 on June 15, but he goes into the break with an average of .233 and 50 RBIs. His two-run homer in the fifth gave Miami a 4-3 lead.
Phillies 10, Rockies 3
DENVER (AP) — Maikel Franco and Cameron Rupp hit long home runs for Philadelphia, and rookie Zach Eflin got his second big league win.
The Phillies have won 10 of 13 games. Rupp tied his career high with four RBIs, including a two-run homer that traveled 465 feet in the seventh inning. Franco added a three-run shot in the eighth that went 471 feet.
Eflin (2-2) allowed two runs in six innings.
Colorado’s Tyler Chatwood (8-5) gave up four runs in five innings.
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