Recap Roundups
July 08, 2014
Cincinnati 4, Chi. Cubs 2
Jay Bruce went deep for the third straight game and Johnny Cueto won for the fourth time in his last five decisions as host Cincinnati edged Chicago in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
Baltimore 0, Washington 0
Tuesday's interleague game between the visiting Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals was postponed after rain held up the start of the contest for 2 1/2 hours.
Cleveland 5, NY Yankees 3
Michael Brantley homered among his three hits and had three RBIs and Nick Swisher hit a go-ahead two-run shot as host Cleveland defeated New York.
Detroit 14, LA Dodgers 5
Rajai Davis was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Justin Verlander recovered from a rough first inning as host Detroit scored 14 unanswered runs to win the series opener.
Chi. White Sox 8, Boston 3
Conor Gillaspie recorded three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth, and visiting Chicago defeated struggling Boston for the second straight night.
NY Mets 8, Atlanta 3
Jacob deGrom struck out 11 over seven shutout innings and host New York pounded out a season-high 18 hits to beat Atlanta for the second consecutive night.
Cincinnati 6, Chi. Cubs 5
Billy Hamilton knocked in the winning run with a broken-bat single in the bottom of the ninth as host Cincinnati rallied from a 5-0 deficit to finish a sweep of the day-night doubleheader.
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3
Evan Longoria had a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning and Tampa Bay held on to defeat visiting Kansas City for its 11th victory in 14 games.
Houston 8, Texas 3
Chris Carter slammed a pair of long home runs to lift visiting Houston to its first series win in Texas since June 30-July 2, 2006.
Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7
Domonic Brown homered and drove in three runs and Chase Utley added three RBIs as visiting Philadelphia beat Milwaukee for the second straight night.
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4
Kolten Wong belted a solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning as host St. Louis beat Pittsburgh with a walk-off blast for the second straight night.
Colorado 2, San Diego 1
Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run homer as host Colorado slipped past San Diego to even the three-game set at one game apiece.
Miami 2, Arizona 1
Marcell Ozuna delivered a two-run homer with two out in the top of the ninth inning as Miami rallied to even the series with host Arizona.
Toronto 4, LA Angels 0
Jose Reyes went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs to back seven strong innings from R.A. Dickey as Toronto halted a five-game skid and snapped Los Angeles' 11-game home winning streak.
Oakland 6, San Francisco 1
Sonny Gray worked seven strong innings while Coco Crisp and Derek Norris recorded two hits and an RBI apiece as host Oakland posted its season high-tying sixth straight victory.
Minnesota 2, Seattle 0
Sam Fuld homered while going 3-for-3 with two steals and Phil Hughes pitched 7 1/3 solid innings as visiting Minnesota blanked Seattle.