American League

White Sox 7, Indians 6 (first game)

Indians 5, White Sox 1 (second game)

Six home runs and a dominant pitching performance by an unlikely candidate allowed the Cleveland Indians to earn a doubleheader split.

Rajai Davis' two-run homer in the fifth inning put Cleveland ahead to stay, Jose Ramirez hit his second long ball of the day and Juan Uribe also went deep to lead the Indians to a 5-1 victory over Chicago in the second game Monday night.

Davis' shot to left field off Erik Johnson (0-2) on a 3-0 fastball snapped a 1-all tie. That was enough offense for Cody Anderson (1-3), brought up as the 26th man for the doubleheader. He struck out a career-best nine over seven innings as the Indians snapped a three-game skid.

"Arm felt good and it was feeling good all season," Anderson said. "Finally put one together."

In the opener, Brett Lawrie broke a fifth-inning tie with a three-run homer, Todd Frazier hit his 14th of the season and the White Sox held on for a 7-6 victory.

Ramirez homered on the last pitch he saw in the opener and the first of the second game for Cleveland, which had been struggling offensively.

"He hasn't had the best week, a little bit of a dry spell," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He had some pretty good swings."

The second game featured two pitchers called up from Triple-A, and Johnson tired. He allowed five runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings and was optioned back to Charlotte after the game.

"It looked better. I think this is the best I've seen in a while of just letting it go, control, things like that," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "They got him for the home runs."

Frazier doubled and scored on Melky Cabrera's single in the third for the White Sox, but Anderson was dominant from there, retiring the final 13 batters he faced.

"He missed some bats. He had some strikeouts and no walks," Francona said. "Yeah, that was really good. One, we needed the win, and it's nice to see him pitch like that."

In the first game, Austin Jackson had three hits and two RBIs, Mat Latos (6-1) allowed three runs over six innings and David Robertson pitched a hitless ninth for his 12th save.

Marlon Byrd's two-run homer in the fifth off Latos tied it at 3 a half-inning before Lawrie sent Mike Clevinger's fastball into the left-field seats.

"I saw a bunch of pitches, sliders and curveballs, and it allowed me at 3-2 to get a fastball and I didn't miss it," Lawrie said.

Lawrie also singled and walked three times. Frazier's solo shot in the first was his second in two days and gave him the AL lead.

Clevinger (0-1) gave up seven hits over five innings in his second big league start.

"I felt like, especially with this offense scoring those runs, I was killing the momentum," Clevinger said. "This one was on me."

Mike Napoli had a solo homer and an RBI groundout in the makeup of an April 10 rainout. Ramirez's two-run homer in the eighth off Matt Albers got the Indians within a run.

Angels 2, Rangers 0

Albert Pujols hit a two-run home run, the 569th of his career, and Nick Tropeano threw 6 2/3 strong innings to help Los Angeles beat Texas.

The Angels have won eight of their last 11 games.

Pujols' homer in the third inning tied him for 12th in career homers with Rafael Palmeiro.

Tropeano (3-2) allowed four hits and one walk while striking out six. He has held opponents to two runs or fewer in seven of nine starts and lowered his ERA to 2.86.

Texas' Derek Holland (3-4) pitched 6 2/3 innings, matching his longest outing of the season, and allowed two runs on seven hits.

Joe Smith earned his sixth save of the season. Angels relievers stranded two runners in the seventh inning, three in the eighth and one in the ninth.

Royals 10, Twins 4

Salvador Perez had a career-high five hits, including a double, a triple and an RBI, to lead Kansas City past Minnesota.

Paulo Orlando added three hits and two RBIs in the rain-delayed game for the Royals, who put All-Star outfielder Alex Gordon on the disabled list earlier in the day with a fractured right wrist.

Ricky Nolasco (1-3) gave up six runs on eight hits and struck out three in 2 2/3 innings for the Twins (11-33), who have the worst record in the majors.

Peter Moylan (1-0) picked up the win in relief of Ian Kennedy, who gave up two runs on five hits in 3 1/3 innings of a start that had to be cut short thanks to the 41-minute rain delay in the third inning.

Athletics 5, Mariners 0

Rich Hill pitched eight innings to win his fourth straight start, Stephen Vogt hit a leadoff homer in the seventh inning to snap a scoreless tie and Oakland ended a four-game skid.

Taijuan Walker (2-4) held the A's to two hits through six innings, but then Vogt opened the seventh by driving a 3-1 pitch deep over the right field wall for his fourth homer.

Hill (7-3) allowed six hits over the first three innings, then retired 14 consecutive batters before Chris Taylor's bloop single to shallow center with one out in the eighth. Hill allowed eight hits, struck out six and walked none, throwing 81 of 107 pitches for strikes.

The A's broke it open with four unearned runs in the eighth, aided by two throwing errors from shortstop Taylor, called up Sunday to replace injured Ketel Marte.

National League

Cardinals 4, Cubs 3

Randal Grichuck hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth to lift St. Louis to a win over Chicago.

Matt Adams tied the score with a two-run homer off in the seventh for St. Louis' major league-leading ninth pinch-hit homer of the season. It also ended a streak of 13 innings of one-run pitching by Chicago starter John Lackey against his former team.

Grichuk drove a 2-2 pitch off of Adam Warren (3-1) for the win.

Trevor Rosenthal (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth.

The Cubs' Ben Zobrist had three singles and a walk, extending his streak to 29 starts with reaching safely. He is hitting .387 during that span.

St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright pitched in and out of trouble throughout his six innings, scattering seven hits and stranding eight runners, while throwing 68 of his 108 pitches for strikes.

Lackey gave up three runs in seven economical innings. He struck out nine while throwing just 87 pitches.

Miguel Montero's second single of the game tied it at 1-1 in the fourth, breaking a 26-inning scoreless streak Wainwright had against the Cubs dating back to May 13, 2014.

Javier Baez followed with a bunt, but was awarded an infield single after Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong failed to backup first on the play, setting up a fielder's choice from Addison Russell that made it 2-1 Cubs.

Anthony Rizzo drove in his 35th run of the year with a broken-bat single in the fifth.

Aledmys Diaz gave the Cardinals' an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the third.

Giants 1, Padres 0

Brandon Belt scored from first base when pinch-hitter Hunter Pence's bloop double to short right field fell between two San Diego players with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give San Francisco the win.

Johnny Cueto (7-1) allowed two hits in his third complete-game win over the Padres this season. The right-hander struck out six and didn't walk a batter while becoming the first Giants pitcher since Jason Schmidt in 2004 to win seven times in his first 10 starts.

Cueto appeared headed for a no-decision before Pence's game-ending hit.

Belt led off the ninth with a single against Brad Hand (1-1). Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco both struck out swinging before Pence lofted a shallow fly on a 1-1 pitch. The ball dropped between right fielder Matt Kemp and second baseman Alexi Amarista as they chased in vain.

Dodgers 1, Reds 0

Clayton Kershaw tossed a two-hitter for his third shutout of the season, pitching Los Angeles past Cincinnati for its eighth straight win over the Reds.

Kershaw (7-1) struck out seven, ending his franchise-record streak of six starts in a row with at least 10 strikeouts. He gave the bullpen some much-needed rest after the Dodgers used a combined 13 relievers in consecutive extra-inning games at San Diego last weekend.

The left-hander retired his final 17 batters after issuing just his fifth walk of the season to Joey Votto leading off the fourth. Kershaw threw 102 pitches.

The Dodgers won back-to-back games for the first time since taking three in a row May 12-14. They needed just 2 hours, 11 minutes, to beat the Reds after outlasting San Diego in 5:47 on Sunday.

Brandon Finnegan (1-3) allowed five hits in his first career complete game for Cincinnati. The left-hander, who struck out two and walked four, hasn't won since April 16.

Pirates 6, Rockies 3

Pirates starter Ryan Vogelsong was carted off the field after getting struck in the head by a pitch in the second inning of Pittsburgh’s win over Colorado.

With the bases loaded and Pittsburgh leading 1-0, Rockies starter Jordan Lyles (1-2) hit Vogelsong in the left cheek with a 92 mph fastball. Vogelson was making his second start of the season, filling in because of a rainout Sunday.

The Pirates later said he was admitted to the hospital for injuries to his left eye. Vogelsong was replaced by Wilfredo Boscan (1-0), who got the win in relief.

Besides hitting Vogelsong, the right-hander walked three, allowed two stolen bases, threw a wild pitch and gave up six runs over 2 1/3 innings.

Interleague

Marlins 7, Rays 6

Ichiro Suzuki had four hits, including a single in Miami’s two-run eighth inning, and the Marlins rallied past Tampa Bay.

The 42-year-old Suzuki has 10 hits in the past three games to raise his average to .417 and increase his career hit total to 2,960.

Struggling Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton put the ball in play in all three at-bats and reached on a single and walk. Marcell Ozuna had three hits for Miami, including his ninth homer.

The Marlins trailed 6-5 in the eighth, but their first two hitters singled off Erasmo Ramirez (6-2). Pinch hitter Cole Gillespie’s sacrifice fly tied the game, and Suzuki singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Martin Prado then hit a one-hopper that deflected off the glove of reliever Alex Colome. He had to settle for an out at first as the go-ahead run scored.

David Phelps (3-2) pitched a perfect eighth. A.J. Ramos pitched around a one-out single in the ninth for his 14th save.

Tigers 5, Phillies 4

Miguel Cabrera hit two of Detroit’s four solo homers, then scored the tiebreaking run on Victor Martinez’s seventh-inning single to lift the Detroit past Philadelphia.

J.D. Martinez and Nick Castellanos also homered for Detroit, which has won seven of eight.

Maikel Franco and Tommy Joseph hit solo shots for the Phillies, who fell to 14-4 in one-run games this season.

Cabrera, who is 6 for 6 over his last two games, doubled with one out in the seventh. After moving to third on a wild pitch, he scored on Victor Martinez’s hit off Colton Murray (0-1).

Justin Wilson (1-1) got the win in relief for Detroit, and Francisco Rodriguez struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 13th save in 14 chances.