ATHLETICS 11, ORIOLES 1

BALTIMORE -- Brandon Moss hit a grand slam and Scott Kazmir threw seven scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-1 Sunday in a game that featured another bench-clearing confrontation between the teams.

John Jaso also had four RBI for the A's, who took two out of three in the series and improved to a major league-best 22-12 on the road.

For the second time in three games, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was in the middle of a dugout-clearing scrum.

This time, Oakland left-hander Fernando Abad threw inside to Machado in the eighth. The bat flew out of Machado's hands and went down the third base line. Both players exchanged words before the benches and bullpens emptied. Machado and Abad were ejected.

On Friday, Machado didn't like the force of the tag by Oakland third baseman Josh Donaldson and the two had to be separated.

Staked with an early lead, Kazmir (7-2) dominated the Orioles' lineup. He allowed 4 hits with 7 strikeouts and no walks.

MARINERS 5, RAYS 0 Felix Hernandez struck out a career-high 15 in seven innings before Endy Chavez keyed a five-run ninth with a tiebreaking RBI single, leading the visiting Mariners over Tampa Bay. James Jones had a two-run triple for the Mariners.

ASTROS 14, TWINS 5 Chris Carter and Jon Singleton hit their first career grand slams to power the visiting Astros over the Minnesota Twins. Carter's slam in the seventh inning sailed over the limestone overhang in right field and gave Houston a 9-3 lead. Singleton lined a fastball off Glen Perkins over the right-field wall that made it 14-5 in the ninth.

ROYALS 2, YANKEES 1 James Shields kept making critical pitches to escape trouble, Lorenzo Cain and Mike Moustakas drove in runs and the host Royals squeaked out victory over the Yankees. The Royals have won the last seven games that Shields (7-3) has started, and he's earned the victory in four of those.

ANGELS 4, WHITE SOX 2 C.J. Wilson bounced back strongly from his shortest outing of the season, taking a three-hit shutout into the eighth inning, and Josh Hamilton drove in three runs to lead the host Los Angeles Angels over the Chicago White Sox.

INDIANS 3, RANGERS 2 Lonnie Chisenhall had two hits and scored twice and Cleveland Indians starter Justin Masterson picked up his first road victory of the season over the Texas Rangers. Chisenhall singled and scored in the fifth and sixth innings, raising his average to .365, highest in the majors among players with at least 150 plate appearances.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

REDS 4, PHILLIES 1 Homer Bailey hit a two-run single and pitched eight effective innings to lead host Cincinnati to the victory. Billy Hamilton added a two-run home run for the Reds, who won their second consecutive against the reeling Phillies after a three-game losing streak. Bailey (7-3) allowed 6 hits and 1 run while matching his season high in innings.

BREWERS 1, PIRATES 0 Yovani Gallardo pitched seven crisp innings for visiting Milwaukee, and Jonathan Lucroy doubled and scored on Aramis Ramirez's groundout in the seventh. Gallardo (4-4) gave up four hits and a walk. He struck out a season-high eight.

MARLINS 4, CUBS 3 Giancarlo Stanton scored the go-ahead run on Pedro Strop's wild pitch in the eighth inning, and visiting Miami snapped Chicago's five-game winning streak. Marlins starter Henderson Alvarez left the game because of a left hip injury and is day to day.

GIANTS 6, METS 4 Gregor Blanco doubled, singled and drove in three runs, and the surging Giants earned their fifth consecutive victory. Curtis Granderson tagged Tim Lincecum with two home runs, the biggest highlights of visiting New York's season-high sixth consecutive loss.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, BRAVES 5 Arizona right-hander Chase Anderson pitched seven innings to become the third pitcher since 1998 to win his first five major league starts. David Peralta and Paul Goldschmidt each hit two-run home runs in host Arizona's six-run seventh inning.

DODGERS 6, ROCKIES 1, (5 1/2) Hanley Ramirez hit a home run, Clayton Kershaw struck out nine and the Dodgers won a game cut short by rain in the sixth inning. The Dodgers broke it open with four runs in the top of the sixth. The game was then delayed 1 hour, 35 minutes before it was called.

NATIONALS 6, PADRES 0 Jordan Zimmermann took a perfect game into the sixth inning and finished with a two-hitter and a career-high 12 strikeouts for visiting Washington. Ian Desmond hit his second two-run home run in as many games.

INTERLEAGUE

CARDINALS 5, BLUE JAYS 0 Jaime Garcia and two relievers combined on a three-hitter, Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta hit home runs, and the visiting Cardinals beat the Blue Jays. Garcia (2-0) allowed 3 hits in 7 innings, walked 3 and struck out 4 to win for the first time in three starts.

Sports on 06/09/2014