Baseball Roundup: Tigers Get Best of Sale, White Sox

Detroit — J.D. Martinez homered and drove in three runs, Mike Pelfrey ended an 18-start winless string and the Detroit Tigers beat Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox 7-4 Saturday.

White Sox left fielder Jason Coats, making his major league debut, exited in the seventh inning after colliding with center fielder J.B. Shuck. Coats was bleeding from a cut in his mouth, was tested for a concussion and was listed as day to day.

Martinez hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth that helped Pelfrey (1-5) post his first win since last Aug. 12. He allowed two runs on five hits and three walks in six innings, striking out three. Francisco Rodriguez got the final out for his 14th save.

Sale (9-2) failed again to become the first 10-game winner in the majors.

Yankees 8, Orioles 6

Baltimore — Starlin Castro and Austin Romine each had two RBIs, Alex Rodriguez had three hits and New York squandered most of a seven-run lead before escaping with a victory over Baltimore.

New York led 7-0 before the Orioles hit three homers in a six-run seventh. The Yankees then received a strong showing from the back end of their bullpen to make the advantage stand up.

Indians 7, Royals 1

Cleveland — Francisco Lindor hit one of Cleveland’s three home runs, leading the Indians into first place in the AL Central .

Lindor, whose two-run homer came in the seventh inning, became the first Indians player to record three extra-base hits in a game this season.

Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 3

Chicago — Jason Hammel allowed one hit over seven innings and snapped a tie with a two-run single to lead sizzling Chicago past Arizona .

Dexter Fowler added his 17th career leadoff home run, Anthony Rizzo hit his 13th homer and Hector Rondon pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 10th save for the Cubs, who have won four straight and 10 of 11.

Arizona went up 2-0 on Jake Lamb’s 10th homer in the first following a walk. But Hammel (7-1) settled down and allowed only one more walk, retiring his last 13 batters.

Reds 6, Nationals 3

Cincinnati— Stephen Strasburg gave up Joey Votto’s two-run homer and limped off the field a few pitches later, and the Reds overcame a pair of rain delays while rallying to beat Washington for their fourth straight win.

Strasburg walked Zack Cozart to start the bottom of the sixth inning, gave up Votto’s homer, and grabbed his right calf on a pitch to Brandon Phillips. He left a few pitches later, limping slightly.

Astros 6, Athletics 5 (12)

Houston — Carlos Correa had three hits and his RBI single with one out in the 12th lifted Houston over Oakland. After Jed Lowrie hit a tying home run with two outs in the ninth for Oakland, the Astros came back to win.

Mets 6, Marlins 4

Miami — Michael Conforto ended an 0-for-20 skid with an RBI single in the eighth and scored the tiebreaking run on pinch hitter Matt Reynolds’ two-out single later in the inning to help New York rally past Miami.

Conforto also hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth. The left fielder was a last-minute addition to the lineup when slugger Yoenis Cespedes was scratched because of a sore right hip, the latest in a wave of injuries for the Mets.

Brewers 6, Phillies 3

Philadelphia — Domingo Santana hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, Jonathan Villar went deep for the third straight game and Milwaukee beat Philadelphia .

Santana connected off Hector Neris (1-3) leading off the eighth for his fourth homer and first since returning from the disabled list on Friday. Villar had three hits and two RBIs.

Pirates 8, Angels 7

Pittsburgh — Gregory Polanco and Matt Joyce hit home runs during a five-run seventh inning, New Hampshire native Jeff Locke got his career-best fourth straight win and Pittsburgh held off Los Angeles.

Polanco made it 4-3 by leading off the seventh with a 461-foot drive to right field, his ninth, off Fernando Salas (2-2).

Rays 7, Twins 4

Minneapolis — Evan Longoria homered for the third straight game, and Matt Andriese worked five innings in a rain-shortened start to pick up his fourth win as Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.

l Tonkin put the game out of reach to give Tampa Bay its second consecutive win.

Cardinals 7, Giants 4

St. Louis — Rookie Aledmys Diaz lined a tying, three-run shot off the foul pole in the fifth inning, one of four homers in a span of nine at-bats against Jeff Samardzija, and St. Louis rallied past San Francisco.

Brandon Moss got the long-ball binge started with his 11th leading off the fifth. Stephen Piscotty and Matt Adams hit consecutive homers in a matter of three pitches to open the sixth for a 6-4 cushion.

The rally rescued Michael Wacha, who left trailing 4-0 after five seemingly on track for a seventh consecutive loss. Wacha has allowed 23 earned runs in his last 23 innings.