HOUSTON -- Evan Gattis hit two home runs and the Houston Astros won their 10th consecutive game, boosting the best record in the American League by beating the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Sunday.
The Astros extended their top run since a 12-game winning streak in 2004.
At 18-7, Houston set a team record for its best record through 25 games. The Astros are coming off a 70-92 season, which followed three consecutive years of at least 106 losses.
Gattis, one of several newcomers on the Astros, hit a go-ahead solo shot in the eighth inning. It was his fifth homer in six games.
Gattis, connected off Carson Smith (0-1) to break a 6-6 tie. Smith made his big league debut last year and this was his 21st appearance in the majors -- he had not allowed a run in 19 1/3 innings until Gattis homered. Gattis hit a three-run homer in the first.
Pat Neshek (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth and Luke Gregerson earned his sixth save. Like Gattis, both relievers joined the Astros in the offseason.
ORIOLES 4, RAYS 2 Adam Jones got four hits, including a tiebreaking single in the seventh as Baltimore took two of three in a series shifted to Tropicana Field from Camden Yards. Jimmy Paredes' RBI double with two outs made it 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Jones was up next and he delivered a two-run single, tying his career high for hits in a game.
TIGERS 6, ROYALS 4 Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Anibal Sanchez (2-3) carried a perfect game into the sixth inning and visiting Detroit a split of the four-game series. Alex Avila also drove in three runs for the Tigers, who dropped the first two games of the series before squeaking out a 2-1 victory behind David Price on Saturday night.
INDIANS 10, BLUE JAYS 7 Pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn's tiebreaking, two-run double capped a six-run fifth, and Jason Kipnis had four hits. Kipnis also homered and drove in two runs for the host Indians, who trailed 6-1 after a six-run fourth that included Devon Travis' first career grand slam.
TWINS 13, WHITE SOX 3 Trevor Plouffe hit his first grand slam in the majors and drove in career-high five runs. Brian Dozier added a career-high four hits as the host Twins won for the seventh time in nine games. Avisail Garcia had three hits for Chicago, which has lost five consecutive.
ATHLETICS 7, RANGERS 1 Stephen Vogt hit a solo homer and a three-run drive, and Sonny Gray (4-0) extended his shutout streak against host Texas to 23 2/3 innings with 6 2/3 innings of two-hit ball despite a career-high seven walks. Gray also hit a batter and threw a wild pitch.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CARDINALS 3, PIRATES 2 Kolten Wong homered off Radhames Liz (1-2) in the 14th inning, giving the host Cardinals extra-inning victories in three consecutive games for the first time since July 2006, when they twice beat Houston before the All-Star break and then won at Dodger Stadium when play resumed. St. Louis became the first major league team to sweep a three-game series with three walkoff victories since Cincinnati against the Boston Braves from June 4-7, 1925, according to STATS.
NATIONALS 1, METS 0 Doug Fister (2-1) combined with four relievers on a five-hitter and Ryan Zimmerman blooped an RBI single in the first off Dillon Gee (0-2). Visiting Washington now has won five of six following a six-game losing streak.
PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 2 Ryan Howard had two RBI hits and rookie Severino Gonzalez (1-1) earned his first big league victory, allowing two runs in five innings as visiting Philadelphia broke a five-game losing streak. The Marlins, who had won four in a row, missed a chance to climb above .500 for the first time this year.
BRAVES 5, REDS 0 Julio Teheran (3-1) gave up just three singles in six sharp innings as host Atlanta gained a four-game split. Cody Martin, Michael Kohn and Luis Avilan combined for three innings of one-hit relief.
BREWERS 5, CUBS 3 Aramis Ramirez homered and broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single off Pedro Strop (0-1). Milwaukee, a big league-worst 7-18 following a 2-13 start, took two of three against the host Cubs for its first series victory of the year.
PADRES 8, ROCKIES 6 Light-hitting Jedd Gyorko drove a two-run homer an estimated 438 feet and Justin Upton and Derek Norris also hit two-run shots as host San Diego completed a three-game sweep. Colorado's Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon each homered twice.
DODGERS 1, DIAMONDBACKS 0 (13) Catcher Yasmani Grandal threw out a runner at the plate after an errant pitch in the top of the 13th inning, then homered off Evan Marshall (0-2) leading off the bottom half for the host Dodgers.
INTERLEAGUE
GIANTS 5, ANGELS 0 Tim Lincecum pitched three-hit ball over eight innings, and host San Francisco completed a three-game sweep. Lincecum (2-2) walked one and struck out four in eight scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 2.40. Jean Machi struck out Mike Trout and Albert Pujols in a hitless ninth for San Francisco.
Sports on 05/04/2015