INTERLEAGUE

Strasburg wins 14th game as Nats beat Indians

Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson rounds second base during the seventh inning of Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson rounds second base during the seventh inning of Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

CLEVELAND -- Stephen Strasburg shut down Cleveland for seven innings and bounced back from his only loss this season, leading the Washington Nationals to a 4-1 victory over the Indians on Wednesday.

Strasburg (14-1) began the season with 13 consecutive victories before he was beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 21. The powerful right-hander shook off that blemish, holding the Indians to three hits as the Nationals recovered after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth and losing on Tuesday night.

Washington rookie Trea Turner drove in three runs and Daniel Murphy hit his 20th home run off Carlos Carrasco (7-4), who was done in by one bad inning.

Nationals reliever Blake Treinen stopped Cleveland's threat in the ninth, getting a game-ending double play for his first major league save.

Strasburg had little trouble handling the Indians, who came in with the majors' best record since June 1 but couldn't generate enough offense against the Nationals' ace. He walked one and struck out seven.

The Indians failed to turn a double play in the second and it cost Carrasco, who didn't help himself with three walks in the inning.

After he walked the first two batters, Carrasco got Ryan Zimmerman to hit a hard grounder to shortstop Francisco Lindor, whose throw to second was dropped by Jason Kipnis on the transfer. With two outs, Ben Revere battled Carrasco for 13 pitches before walking and Turner lined a two-run single to left.

PADRES 8, BLUE JAYS 4 Adam Rosales hit a two-run home run, Alex Dickerson and Brett Wallace each hit solo shots, and San Diego beat host Toronto, avoiding a three-game sweep.

RAYS 3, DODGERS 1 Evan Longoria's two-run home run helped visiting Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles.

ROCKIES 3, ORIOLES 1 Nick Hundley broke up Dylan Bundy's no-hit bid with a sixth-inning home run, and Colorado used a strong pitching performance by Jon Gray to beat host Baltimore.

PIRATES 10, MARINERS 1 Gerrit Cole pitched a three-hitter for his first career complete game and Andrew McCutchen had a three-run home run as Pittsburgh beat visiting Seattle.

CUBS 8, WHITE SOX 1 Javier Baez hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the seventh, Addison Russell added a grand slam and the host Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox.

BRAVES 9, TWINS 7 Freddie Freeman homered, doubled and tied a career high with five RBI as visiting Atlanta held off Minnesota.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MARLINS 11, PHILLIES 1 Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run home run in the first inning to lead a 16-hit attack, and host Miami won the rubber game of its series against Philadelphia.

REDS 2, GIANTS 1 Jay Bruce homered in his career-high fifth consecutive game to lead visiting Cincinnati over San Francisco.

CARDINALS 5, METS 4 Yadier Molina and pinch-hitter Kolten Wong each hit an RBI double in the ninth inning, and St. Louis ended Jeurys Familia's streak of 52 consecutive saves in rallying past host New York.

DIAMONDBACKS 8, BREWERS 1 Yasmany Tomas hit two home runs as visiting Arizona beat Milwaukee.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS 4, RED SOX 3 Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning that bounced off the top of the wall, lifting Detroit to a victory over host Boston for a three-game series sweep.

ATHLETICS 6, RANGERS 4 Khris Davis homered twice, Coco Crisp also went deep and visiting Oakland beat Texas.

ASTROS 4, YANKEES 1 Lance McCullers struck out 10 in six solid innings, Colby Rasmus broke out of a slump with a two-run home run and host Houston beat New York.

ROYALS 7, ANGELS 5 Raul Mondesi had a bunt single for his first big league hit, with two runs scoring on the play on pitcher Matt Shoemaker's throwing error, as Kansas City rallied for a victory over visiting Los Angeles.

Sports on 07/28/2016

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