American League

Rays 2, White Sox 1

Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run homer off Chris Sale in the seventh inning, helping Tampa Bay complete a three-game sweep on Sunday.

Sale (6-3) struck out 12 over 6 2/3 innings to became the first pitcher since Boston's Pedro Martinez in 2001 to strikeout 12 or more in four straight starts. The left-allowed two runs and three hits during a 125-pitch outing.

After Steven Souza Jr. opened the seventh with a walk, Cabrera hit a high fly into the left-field seats off Sale to make it 2-1. It was Cabrera's third homer this season, and first since May 19. He has just two extra-base hits over his last 19 games.

C.J. Riefenhauser (1-0) threw a scoreless seventh to get his first major league win. After Steve Geltz pitched the eighth, Kevin Jepsen got the final three outs for his fifth save.

Astros 13, Mariners 0

Rookie Lance McCullers and four relievers combined for a two-hitter and Evan Gattis tied a career high with four hits, as Houston cruised past Seattle.

McCullers (3-1) struck out four and didn't allow a hit through five, but he needed 90 pitches to get through those innings because of four walks. He was replaced by Tony Sipp for the sixth inning and Austin Jackson doubled with one out in the inning.

Joe Thatcher allowed one hit in the seventh, Will Harris threw a perfect eighth and Josh Fields completed the shutout.

Colby Rasmus had three RBIs as the Astros built a 10-0 lead by the fourth inning on a day where all but one player in the starting lineup had a hit.

Seattle starter Roenis Elias (3-4) was roughed up for seven hits and a career-high eight runs in 3 1/3 innings in his shortest start of the season.

Twins 4, Rangers 3

Byron Buxton went 0 for 4 in his major league debut, but scored the winning run in the ninth inning to lift Minnesota.

Buxton reached on a fielder's choice and scored from first base one out later on Eddie Rosario's double to center.

Casey Fien (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings and Glen Perkins pitched a perfect ninth for his American League-leading 22nd save as the Twins snapped a five-game losing streak.

Eduardo Escobar opened the ninth with a double to left field, and the 21-year-old Buxton — selected No. 2 in the 2012 draft — bunted back to Shawn Tolleson (1-1), who threw out Escobar at third base.

Joey Gallo and Leonys Martin homered for Texas.

The Twins' Brian Dozier opened the game with a home run, his 10th career leadoff shot and third this season.

Athletics 8, Angels 1

Sonny Gray lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.60 with 7 2/3 impressive innings to lead Oakland.

Eric Sogard drove in three runs and the A's capitalized on three errors.

Gray (8-3) yielded an unearned run and five hits, struck out nine and did not walk a batter. The right-hander has issued only nine walks in his last eight starts after giving up career-high seven on May 3 at Texas.

Gray is 5-1 with a 2.22 ERA in eight career starts against the Angels, including back-to-back wins in April.

Matt Shoemaker (4-5) was charged with four runs — three earned — and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He is 0-4 with a 5.17 ERA in six home starts this season, including a 6-3 loss to the A's on April 20, when he worked three-plus innings.

National League

Nationals 4, Brewers 0

Max Scherzer struck out a Nationals-record 16 and pitched a one-hitter, losing his perfect-game bid on a bloop single that barely fell in during the seventh inning to lead Washington to a win over Milwaukee.

Carlos Gomez got Milwaukee's only hit, leading off the seventh with a broken-bat looper to right field just beyond the outstretched glove of second baseman Anthony Rendon. Scherzer looked the other away after the ball dropped.

After losing his last two starts, Scherzer (7-5) rebounded with the most overpowering game of his career, which includes a Cy Young Award, two All-Star selections and a lot of strikeouts. In the first season of a $210 million, seven-year contract, Scherzer got his second complete game in his 211th career start.

Scherzer set a career high for strikeouts and broke the Washington mark of 14 set by Stephen Strasburg.

The Nationals scored two runs off rookie Taylor Jungmann (1-1), who labored through five innings in his second career start. Clint Robinson added a two-run double with two outs in the seventh off Jeremy Jeffress.

Pirates 1, Phillies 0 (11)

Josh Harrison singled home Neil Walker with two outs in the 11th to lift Pittsburgh.

Walker singled off Jonathan Papelbon (1-1) to start the late rally. Jose Tabata reached when Philadelphia shortstop Freddy Galvis threw a routine grounder into the stands. Harrison followed with a crisp shot up the middle as the Pirates won their fourth straight.

Antonio Bastardo (2-1) picked up the win with an inning of scoreless relief. The Pirates have swept six series this season, the most of any team in the majors.

Former teammates A.J. Burnett and Cole Hamels spent most of the afternoon overwhelming opposing batters. Burnett, who spent a forgettable season with Philadelphia in 2014 before returning to Pittsburgh in the offseason, scattered five hits in nine shutout innings to drop his ERA to 1.89.

Hamels was just as dominant, giving up four singles in seven innings to go with one walk and 12 strikeouts.

Diamondbacks 4, Giants 0

Rubby De La Rosa took an eight-hitter into the ninth, and Arizona chased Chris Heston after five innings in his first start coming off a no-hitter.

Heston pitched his gem against the New York Mets on Tuesday in his 13th major league start. His shot at matching Johnny Vander Meer's record of throwing consecutives no-hitters in 1938 ended with one out in the second when Jake Lamb doubled.

The rookie right-hander gave up three runs — two earned — on seven hits. He walked four and struck out two. Heston (6-5) had won four of his previous five decisions.

Chris Owings drove in two runs for Arizona.

De La Rosa (5-4) won for the first time since May 12, a span of six starts. He gave up eight hits, walked two and struck out six in eight-plus innings.

Rockies 4, Marlins 1

Jorge De La Rosa became Colorado's career leader in victories, pitching seven innings to prevent a four-game sweep.

Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado homered to give the Rockies a 3-0 lead in the first inning. That was one more run than they totaled while losing first three games of the series.

De La Rosa (4-2) allowed four hits and one run to lower his ERA to 4.91. He improved to 73-47 with the Rockies, surpassing Aaron Cook, who went 72-68 for Colorado. De La Rosa pitched around four walks and two errors.

Three relievers combined to complete a five-hitter, and John Axford struck out the side in the ninth for his 12th save in as many chances.

The Marlins went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Cubs 2, Reds 1

Starlin Castro drove in the winning run for the second straight night with an RBI single in the 11th inning to lift the Cubs.

Chris Coghlan doubled just out of the reach of left fielder Kristopher Negron with out in the 11th inning and scored the winning run on Castro's single to left-center off reliever Burke Badenhop (0-2).

Chicago took three of four in this series.

Castro's RBI single in the ninth gave the Cubs the win Saturday night.

Joey Hamilton had a career-high five stolen bases — the most in a game since Jacoby Ellsbury stole five on May 30, 2013, and also tied a Reds record. Hamilton leads the majors with 31 steals.

Brian Schlitter (1-2), called up from Triple-A Iowa before the game, got two outs in the 11th for the victory.

Dodgers 4, Padres 2 (12)

Adrian Gonzalez had a two-run single with two outs in the 12th inning, lifting Los Angeles past San Diego.

Alberto Callaspo opened the 12th with a double, then Kike Hernandez and Joc Pederson walked. Gonzalez followed with his 12th and 13th RBIs in 12 games against his former team this season.

Josh Ravin (2-0) worked two innings for the win. Kenley Jansen pitched the 12th for his ninth save in 10 chances.

Dale Thayer (2-2), the Padres' sixth pitcher, took the loss.

Pederson saved the game in the ninth with a running, over-the-shoulder catch while crashing into the wall on Justin Upton's two-out drive to center field with two on.