Baseball-Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games

(Adds later games) July 28 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's games in Major League Baseball. - - - Mets, 4, Padres 0 Rookie right-handed pitcher Noah Syndergaard retired the first 18 batters he faced and ended up allowing three hits over eight shutout innings as the New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 4-0 at Citi Field. The win was the third straight for the Mets (52-48) while the Padres (47-53) had a three-game winning streak snapped. Syndergaard (5-5) struck out nine in lowering his ERA to 2.70. He walked one batter or fewer in eight of his 13 career starts, including zero on Tuesday, and threw eight innings in three of his last five starts. - - - Phillies 3, Blue Jays 2 Shortstop Andres Blanco drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and left-hander Adam Morgan pitched six innings as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2. It was the fifth win in a row for the Phillies (38-63) and the second loss in a row for the Blue Jays (50-51), who got a home run from second baseman Devon Travis before Travis left the game in the third inning with a shoulder injury. Ken Giles entered in the ninth for Philadelphia because Jonathan Papelbon had been traded to the Washington Nationals earlier in the evening. - - - Marlins 4, Nationals 1 Jose Fernandez improved his career home record to 15-0, leading the Miami Marlins past the Washington Nationals 4-1 at Marlins Park. Fernandez (4-0) struck out five batters and allowed four hits and one run in six innings. He pitched around four walks, which tied his career high. In 23 career home starts, Fernandez has a 1.19 ERA. His streak of unbeaten home starts to start a career is the longest in the majors since 1914. His mark of 15 consecutive home wins to start a career is one short of the Major League record. - - - Orioles 7, Braves 3 Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs -- all in the first two innings -- as the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to four games with a 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves in an interleague match-up. Davis belted a three-run homer in the first that gave the Orioles (50-49) the lead for good and followed that with a two-run shot the following inning, both off Braves starter Julio Teheran. That was the 10th multi-homer game of Davis' career and the third this season. - - - White Sox 9, Red Sox 4 Jose Abreu had an overturned replay review for a two-run home run after center fielder Mookie Betts tumbled into Boston's bullpen and the ball fell out of his glove, helping the Chicago White Sox spoil Pedro Martinez's number-retirement night with a 9-4 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday. Left fielder Melky Cabrera went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple and single, first baseman Abreu had three hits, and catcher Geovany Soto added a solo homer and reached base five times with three walks for the suddenly surging White Sox, who won their sixth straight. - - - Rays 10, Tigers 2 The Tampa Bay Rays won back-to-back games swinging the bats, with an unlikely spark in backup catcher Curt Casali, who hit two home runs for the second straight night in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers at Tropicana Field. Casali, just the second player in Rays history with back-to-back multi-home run games, had six home runs in a span of 19 at-bats, with more bombs in that span than all Rays catchers totaled last season. - - - Royals 2, Indians 1 Eric Hosmer's home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the streaking Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the fading Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night at Progressive Field. The Royals won four in a row while the Indians lost six in a row and were outscored 37-10 in those games. - - - Reds 4, Cardinals 0 Reds frst baseman Joey Votto busted up a scoreless tie in the top of the sixth inning with a three-run homer, giving starter Mike Leake all the support required to post a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. - - - Rockies 7, Cubs 2 DJ LeMahieu went 3-for-4 and scored twice, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. LeMahieu, who also drew a walk, kicked off a four-run first with an RBI double, and the Rockies jumped to a quick lead never trailed on the way to their second win in three games. - - - Pirates 8, Twins 7 Kang Jung-ho's solo homer in the top of the ninth inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Kang's blast, which travelled 411 feet into the second deck in left field, came off All Star closer Glen Perkins, who entered with the game tied in the ninth following a crazy eighth inning where each team scored four runs. - - - Astros 10, Angels 5 Second baseman Jose Altuve recorded a career-high five RBIs as the Houston Astros erased a three-run deficit en route to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. Altuve posted run-scoring hits in three consecutive at-bats and finished 3-for-5 with a double and a run. He hit a game-tying single in the second inning, a go-ahead single in the fourth and a two-run double in the sixth inning that provided the Astros (56-45) some needed insurance. - - - Yankees 21, Rangers 5 Buoyed by a record 11-run second inning, the Yankees pummeled the Texas Rangers 21-5 on Tuesday at Globe Life Park. New York (57-42) are 4-1 on their 10-game road trip, having scored 42 runs during their four-game winning streak. They racked up 19 hits against Texas, but perhaps more impressive was the outing of rookie Diego Moreno out of Triple-A and the bullpen. The 28-year-old right-hander, called up before the game, came on with two outs in the first inning and did not give up a hit in 5 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up his first Major League win. - - - Brewers 5, Giants 2 Right fielder Gerardo Parra had a single, double and triple, and right-hander Wily Peralta came off the disabled list to win for the first time since May 6, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday. First baseman Adam Lind returned to the Milwaukee lineup after a two-game absence to drive in two runs, helping the Brewers end the Giants' seven-game winning streak. Milwaukee also beat San Francisco for the first time in eight tries dating back to last season. - - - Athletics 2, Dodgers 0 Oakland Athletics right-hander Sonny Gray tossed a two-hit shutout, leading the A's to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Right fielder Josh Reddick homered as the A's (45-56) snapped a four-game losing streak. The Dodgers (56-45) have lost three in a row. - - - Diamondbacks 8, Mariners 4 The Arizona Diamondbacks' David Peralta, Chris Owings, Ender Inciarte and Nick Ahmed each drove in a pair of runs to lead the Diamondbacks to an 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday. It was Arizona's fifth win in six games. Starting pitcher Zack Godley (2-0) earned the win in his second career start despite giving up a pair of mammoth home runs to Seattle designated hitter Nelson Cruz (440 feet) and catcher Mike Zunino (452). Godley allowed three runs off seven hits over six innings. (Compiled by Peter Rutherford)