TORONTO (AP) – Carlos Carrasco struck out a season-high 14, Jason Kipnis and Rajai Davis hit solo home runs and the Cleveland Indians matched a franchise record by winning their 13th consecutive game Thursday night, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1.
Cleveland’s streak is the longest by any team this season, and the longest for the Indians since winning 13 straight in 1951. Cleveland also won 13 in a row in 1942.
Indians starting pitchers are 10-0 during the streak, and Cleveland has outscored its opponents 80-26.
Carrasco (4-2) allowed one run and three hits in 7 1/3 innings to win back-to-back starts for the first time since April 13 and 19. The right-hander was sidelined from April 25 to June 2 with a strained left hamstring.
Cody Allen got the last three outs for his 17th save.
R.A. Dickey (5-9) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings.
TIGERS 10, RAYS 7
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Cameron Maybin capped a dramatic eight-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking three-run double, and the Tigers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Rays 10-7.
Detroit trailed 7-2 entering the ninth and opened the inning with four consecutive hits off Ryan Garton, including Victor Martinez’s RBI single.
Erasmo Ramirez (7-7) replaced Garton and allowed Justin Upton’s run-scoring single, Steven Moya’s sacrifice fly and an RBI single to Jarrod Saltalamacchia that made it 7-6.
Jose Iglesias drew a walk to load the bases, and Ian Kinsler got another free pass on a 3-2 pitch to tie it 7-7.
Maybin’s drive to left-center cleared the bases to put Detroit up 10-7.
Winner Anibal Sanchez (5-8) gave up two runs in two innings. Francisco Rodriguez got the final three outs for his 22nd save.
METS 4, CUBS 3
NEW YORK – Yoenis Cespedes socked a colossal home run, Jeurys Familia pitched out of a huge jam in the ninth inning and rookie replacement Brandon Nimmo keyed a three-run rally in the seventh that sent the Mets past the Cubs 4-3 in their first meeting since last year’s NL Championship Series.
Chicago put runners on second and third with no outs against Familia, who got two strikeouts and a bases-loaded popup for his 27th save, most in the majors. He screamed and pumped his arms repeatedly after Javier Baez popped up to end it.
Baez’s throwing error at second base allowed Nimmo to score the go-ahead run, and the Mets overcame a 3-0 deficit to stop their four-game slide. New York, which swept Chicago last October to reach the World Series, had lost nine straight regular-season games to the Cubs dating to August 2014.
NATIONALS 13, REDS 4
WASHINGTON – Danny Espinosa hit a grand slam and a three-run homer to finish with a career-high seven RBIs, and the Nationals cruised past the Reds 13-4 for their fifth straight victory.
Espinosa’s second career slam put Washington up 8-1 in the third inning, and his next drive made it 13-1 in the fourth. Espinosa ranks second on the team with 15 homers despite usually batting eighth.
Gio Gonzalez (4-7) gave up four runs and struck out nine over six innings for the NL East-leading Nationals, whose current winning streak comes on the heels of a seven-game skid. Gonzalez was 0-6 with an 8.44 ERA in his previous seven starts.
YANKEES 2, RANGERS 1
NEW YORK – Chase Headley scored on a passed ball with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees won in their final at-bat for the second straight game to beat the Rangers 2-1.
Four New York pitchers combined to strike out 16 Rangers as the teams split the four-game series. Didi Gregorius, who had the winning home run Wednesday night, hit a solo shot in the fifth to tie the score after Shin-Soo Choo homered to lead off the game.
Aroldis Chapman (2-0) earned the win after pitching a scoreless ninth.
DODGERS 8, BREWERS 1
MILWAUKEE – Trayce Thompson, Yasmani Grandal and Corey Seager hit home runs to lead Los Angeles.
Kenta Maeda (7-5) held the Brewers to one run over six innings.
Thompson put the Dodgers in front in the second with a two-run homer off Zach Davies (5-4). Grandal extended the Dodgers’ lead in the fourth with a solo blast over the left-field bullpen. Seager’s homer in the fifth accounted for two of the Dodgers’ three runs in the inning.
WHITE SOX 6, TWINS 5
CHICAGO – J.B. Shuck’s two-out single scored the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and Todd Frazier hit his 23rd home run for Chicago.
Fernando Abad (1-2) got the first two batters in the eight before consecutive walks. Shuck’s career high-tying third hit of the game to left scored Avisail Garcia from second.
Nate Jones (4-2) allowed a hit while getting four outs and David Robertson worked around a single in the ninth for his 21st save.
ROYALS 4, CARDINALS 2
ST. LOUIS – Kendrys Morales homered and recorded his sixth straight multi-hit game to lead the Royals to a 4-2 victory over the Cardinals.
Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games and took the two-city, four-game series three games to one.
Brandon Moss and Jhonny Peralta homered for the Cardinals.
