Wacha, Cards fall to Strasburg, Nats

WASHINGTON-Stephen Strasburg (9-0) won his 12th consecutive decision dating to last season, pitching six innings of one-run ball as the Washington Nationals salvaged a four-game split, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-2.

Strasburg improved to 12-0 in 15 starts since losing to the Mets on Sept. 9, and the Nationals have won all 15 of those games. The 12 consecutive winning decisions is a franchise record for a starter, breaking a mark shared by Livan Hernandez (2005) and Dennis Martinez (1989).

 

ASTROS 8, ANGELS 6

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Pinch-hitter Carlos Correa had a three-run homer off Mike Morin (1-1) in the 13th inning.

Correa got a run-scoring hit in the 13th inning for the second time in six games, following up his game-ending single against Baltimore on Tuesday.

Albert Pujols had three hits for the Angels, who blew an eighth-inning lead and stranded 14 runners while losing for the fourth time in five games.

Michael Feliz (3-1) pitched the 12th
for Houston.

 

YANKEES 2, RAYS 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Starlin Castro's two-run, seventh-inning homer off Jake Odorizzi was the Yankees' only hit of the game, enough to give New York a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

According to Baseball Reference data going back to 1913, the Yankees' only other one-hit win was when Charlie Mullen had an RBI single to beat Cleveland in six innings in a doubleheader nightcap on July 10, 1914.

 

RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 3

TORONTO-Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI double off Drew Storen in the 11th as Boston avoided a three-game sweep.

Blake Swihart drew a one-out walk against Gavin Floyd (2-4) to start the rally.

Clay Buchholz (3-5) pitched one inning in his first relief appearance since Aug. 17, 2008.

Koji Uehara finished for his first save as Boston became the first AL team to reach 30 wins.

ORIOLES 6, INDIANS 4

CLEVELAND-Hyun Soo Kim's first major league home run broke a seventh-inning tie against Jeff Manship (0-1), and Nolan Reimold added a leadoff homer in the ninth.

Chris Tillman (7-1) allowed three homers and four runs in six innings but improved to 6-0 in his last seven starts. Darren O'Day worked out of bases-loaded, one-out trouble in the eighth, and Zach Britton got out of a jam in the ninth for his 14th save.

Mark Trumbo hit a three-run double in the first.

 

MARLINS 7, BRAVES 3

ATLANTA-Derek Dietrich hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer and drove in four runs before getting hurt on a foul ball hit into Miami's dugout.

Dietrich's homer landed deep in the lower section of the right-field seats in the sixth, giving Miami a 3-1 lead. A former Georgia Tech star, Dietrich added a two-run double off Eric O'Flaherty in the seventh inning, then was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Christian Yelich in the ninth.

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