BALTIMORE — Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of five-hit ball, Adam Jones broke up a scoreless duel with a sixth-inning homer off Justin Verlander and the Baltimore Orioles beat the skidding Detroit Tigers 1-0 Friday night.

Tillman (5-1) struck out seven and walked two to win his fourth straight start and provide Baltimore with its second six-game winning streak of the season. Tillman has a 1.33 ERA with 32 strikeouts in his last four outings.

Darren O’Day worked the eighth and Zach Britton got three straight outs for his 10th save.

Verlander (2-4) went the distance, allowing four hits, striking out eight and walking two in eight innings. He came in 7-0 in eight career starts at Camden Yards.

It was the 10th loss in 11 games for the Tigers, who were blanked for the fourth time this season.

Neither team got a runner to third base until Jones drove a pitch over the center-field wall. It was the 200th home run of his career and fourth this season.

WHITE SOX 7, YANKEES 1: Chris Sale became the major leagues’ first eight-game winner, working quickly and efficiently in a six-hitter at New York.

Sale (8-0), the first White Sox pitcher to win his opening eight starts since Jon Garland in 2005, retired 15 consecutive batters from the fourth through the eighth innings.

BLUE JAYS 5, RANGERS 0: R.A. Dickey tossed eight innings, Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitzki homered and Toronto won at Arlington, Texas.

Dickey (2-4), a knuckleballer, struck out six and walked one while allowing three singles.

ATHLETICS 6, RAYS 3: Danny Valencia hit his first two home runs of the season in his first game back from a hamstring injury and Oakland ended a five-game skid with a win at St. Petersburg, Florida.

INDIANS 7, TWINS 6: Marlon Byrd’s two-run double in the eighth inning lifted Cleveland to a win at home, sending the Twins to their eighth straight loss.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CUBS 9, PIRATES 4: Addison Russell, David Ross and Kris Bryant homered in a win at home as Chicago stopped its first losing streak of the season – a two-game skid, both losses in a doubleheader sweep by San Diego on Wednesday.

Chicago leads the majors with a 26-8 record.

NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 3: Bryce Harper hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning for a win at Washington.

Harper, playing while he appeals a one-game suspension for his behavior following an ejection on Monday, walked his first two times up and singled in the fifth.

PHILLIES 3, REDS 2: Jeremy Hellickson struck out nine in seven innings and drove in the go-ahead run on a suicide squeeze in a win at Philadelphia.

BREWERS 1, PADRES 0: Junior Guerra pitched six innings of two-hit ball to help Milwaukee win at home.

The Brewers scored on Chris Carter’s sacrifice fly in the first, snapping a 23-inning scoreless streak by Padres pitching.

ROCKIES 5, METS 3: New York’s Matt Harvey was roughed up for 11 hits, three by Charlie Blackmon, in a loss at Denver.

INTERLEAGUE

ROYALS 5, BRAVES 1: Edinson Volquez pitched seven effective innings while Alcides Escobar had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run at Kansas City.

The World Series champion Royals had dropped 12 of their previous 16 games.