Baseball-Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games

April 8 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's Major League Baseball games - - - Brewers 10, Phillies 4 Ryan Braun, who had neither a home run nor an RBI at the start of play, homered three times and drove in seven runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies. Braun, suspended the final 65 games of last season for violating Major League Baseball's drug prevention and treatment program, hit a three-run homer in the third, a solo shot in the fourth and added a three-run shot in the eighth. - - - Rays 1, Royals 0 Chris Archer and three Tampa Bay relievers combined to shutout the Kansas City Royals. Joel Peralta (1-1) struck out second baseman Danny Valencia to end the eighth inning with the bases loaded to pick up the victory. Closer Grant Balfour worked around a leadoff single in the ninth to log his second save. James Loney drove home right fielder Wil Myers with a two-out, ninth-inning single. - - - Cardinals 7, Reds 5 Matt Holliday's two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the sixth put St Louis ahead 6-5 as the Cardinals rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat Cincinnati. The Cardinals improved to 5-3 while the Reds fell to 2-6. - - - Pirates 7, Cubs 6 Starling Marte scored the winning run on catcher Russell Martin's eighth-inning sacrifice fly as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Cubs. Tony Watson (2-0) worked the seventh and earned the win as the Pirates (5-2) won their fifth in seven games Starlin Castro homered twice and had four RBIs for Chicago (2-5) in the loss. - - - Indians 8, Padres 6 David Murphy had a double, a home run and four RBIs, center fielder Nyjer Morgan added three hits, and right-hander Corey Kluber pitched six solid innings to lead the Cleveland Indians to a win over the San Diego Padres. Murphy's three-run home run in the fourth inning gave Cleveland a 6-2 lead. Murphy doubled home another run in the sixth inning, giving him six hits and five RBIs in seven at-bats. - - - Giants 7, Diamondbacks 3 First baseman Brandon Belt smacked his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot in the first inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants to a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Angel Pagan ran his hitting streak to eight games with two hits and left fielder Michael Morse shone on his San Francisco debut with a two-run single and ground-rule double as the Giants ran their record to 6-2 with their fourth win over the Diamondbacks in five early season matchups. - - - Orioles 14, Yankees 5 Adam Jones, designated hitter Delmon Young and catcher Matt Wieters hit two-run home runs and the Baltimore Orioles enjoyed their most productive showing of the season with a victory over the New York Yankees. Baltimore (3-5) had its first multi home run game of the season and generated 20 hits while Wei-Yin Chen pitched five innings to get the win. - - - Mets 4, Braves 0 The 41-year-old Bartolo Colon tossed seven shutout innings to lead the New York Mets to victory. Colon struck out five and run support from Ruben Tejada who had two RBIs. - - - Blue Jays 5, Astros 2 Melky Cabrera homered in his fourth consecutive game to drive in two runs, and catcher Dioner Navarro drove in two runs with two doubles as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Houston Astros. Jose Bautista also hit his fourth homer of the season for the Blue Jays (4-4), who took the opener of the three-game series and handed the Astros (3-5) their second loss in a row. - - - Nationals 5, Marlins 0 Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez pitched six scoreless innings, and third baseman Anthony Rendon had two hits and three RBIs in Washington's win over the Miami Marlins. Gonzalez (2-0) held the Marlins to three hits and two walks as the Nationals improved to 5-2 and dropped Miami to 5-3. - - - White Sox 15, Rockies 3 White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu hit his first two major league home runs and drove in five runs, and Chicago buried the Colorado Rockies. The White Sox hit six homers in a game for the first time since June 24, 2009, against the Los Angeles Dodgers. - - - Rangers 10, Red Sox 7 Robinson Chirinos' solo home run ignited a five-run third inning, and the Texas Rangers hung on for a win over the Boston Red Sox. First baseman Prince Fielder and designated hitter Adrian Beltre both recorded two hits and two RBIs, and left fielder Shin-Soo Choo had two hits, two walks and two runs for the Rangers, who led 8-0 and had to survive to win for just the second time in five games. (Editing by John O'Brien)