American League

Rangers 10, Tigers 4

Justin Verlander flopped in his Texas showdown with Yu Darvish. The Japanese star was about to do the same until he settled down after the pitching duel fizzled.

Geovany Soto ended Verlander's night with a three-run homer that capped a seven-run third, and Darvish needed a career-high 130 pitches to get through eight innings in Texas' win over Detroit on Thursday.

Darvish gave up a home run to Jhonny Peralta, the first batter he faced after the Texas outburst that sent a shell-shocked Verlander to the Detroit dugout in his shortest outing in nearly three years. The drive made it three straight games with two homers allowed for Darvish, and pulled Detroit to 8-4.

Then the right-hander retired 15 of the final 16 Tigers he faced, including 10 straight.

"The thing about Yu Darvish, he bends but he never breaks," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "That's a tremendous lineup he went through. After that third inning, he settled in and found something that was working and he continued to pitch."

Soto's drive just over the wall in left field came after Verlander walked in two runs — he had three previous bases-loaded walks in his career. Mitch Moreland's two-out double broke a 3-all tie before Soto's drive put Texas ahead 8-3.

"It wasn't much of a night to begin with but I'd definitely say the whole game kind of carry-over from my last start," said Verlander, who was coming off his worst outing of the year in a loss to Cleveland. "I'm not somebody who is going to go home and pout about this, I'm somebody who is going to figure it out and figure it out in a hurry."

Darvish (7-1) won his fifth straight decision despite allowing two home runs for the third start in a row. Baseball's strikeout leader matched his season low with six strikeouts, and didn't get the last one until Washington decided to bring him back out for the eighth even though he'd already thrown 115 pitches.

Verlander (4-4) gave up six hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 2 2-3 innings, his shortest outing since going two innings in a 14-6 loss to the New York Mets on June 22, 2010.

"It was one of those where I think everybody in the world was looking for the matchup and it didn't turn out too good," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "Those two guys out there and there were 12 runs scored — I don't think anybody expected that. We probably let down the audience a little bit."

Two nights after hitting two home runs in Oakland, Moreland had two doubles and three RBIs.

White Sox 5, Angels 4

Jeff Keppinger walked with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run — his first base on balls in 141 plate appearances this season — and the White Sox rallied with three runs in the eighth to beat the Angels for their season-high third straight road win.

The Angels' bullpen wasted a two-run lead as the club lost its second straight and dropped to 8-12 at home.

Matt Lindstrom (2-2) got the victory after facing one batter in the seventh, getting Mike Trout to fly out to right to end the inning.

Addison Reed pitched the ninth to earn his 13th save in 14 chances.

Dane De La Rosa (1-1) took the loss, giving up all three runs in the eighth.

Chicago closed to 4-3 after Alejandro De Aza scored when De La Rosa threw a wild pitch on a strikeout by Alex Rios. Alexei Ramirez tied the game 4-all on a single by Adam Dunn.

National League

Nationals 6, Padres 2

Stephen Strasburg pitched a career-high eight innings against his hometown Padres, and Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche homered to lead Washington to victory against San Diego.

Strasburg's 54th big league start was his first professional appearance at Petco Park. The big right-hander went to high school in suburban Santee and pitched for Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn at San Diego State before the Nationals took him with the first overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft. He pitched twice at Petco Park for SDSU.

He allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out four and walking three. He got the final out of the eighth on his 117th pitch.

Strasburg (2-5) had gone seven innings 10 times, including three this year.

In Strasburg's only other appearance against the Padres, he lasted just four innings in a 6-1 loss at Washington on May 15, 2012.

Edison Volquez (3-4) took the loss.

Reds 5, Marlins 3 (10)

NL RBI leader Brandon Phillips homered in the sixth inning and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, helping the Reds complete their second three-game sweep in a row by beating the Marlins.

Mat Latos and two relievers combined on a six-hitter. Aroldis Chapman (3-1) blew a save for the first time in nine chances.

J.J. Hoover gave up a run in the 10th but earned his third save.

Pinch-hitter Donald Lutz led off the 10th with a single against Steve Cishek (1-4). Following a walk, a bunt and an intentional walk, Phillips lifted a flyball for his second RBI of the night and 36th of the season.

Jay Bruce followed with a two-run double and finished with three RBIs.

Pirates 7, Brewers 1

Travis Snider homered for the first time in nine months and drove in three runs to lead the Pirates past the reeling Brewers.

Snider finished 3 for 5, including a 458-foot blast off Hiram Burgos (1-2) in the sixth inning that gave the Pirates the lead. The home run sailed over bushes in right-center field at PNC Park, bounced on a sidewalk outside the stadium and landed in the Allegheny River.

Francisco Liriano (2-0) allowed one run on six hits over 5 2-3 innings, striking out seven and walking three.

Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte, Garrett Jones and Russell Martin had two hits for Pittsburgh.

Burgos gave up three runs in six innings but Milwaukee's offense sputtered. The Brewers have lost 11 of 13.

Giants 8, Rockies 6

Angel Pagan broke a tie with a two-run single in the sixth, Matt Cain settled down after a shaky start and the Giants won their 10th straight over Colorado, rallying from a six-run deficit to beat the Rockies.

Brandon Crawford added a three-run double to help San Francisco and Marco Scutaro extended his hitting streak to 15 games.

The NL West-leading Giants also extended their mastery over the Rockies, improving to 31-9 since 2011.

Cain (3-2) struggled early, giving up homers on consecutive pitches to Todd Helton and Nolan Arenado in the second, along with a three-run homer to Wilin Rosario an inning later.