Sale hot as White Sox rout Blue Jays

NEW YORK — Chris Sale pitched eight innings, Avisail Garcia, Dioner Navarro and Adam Eaton hit home runs, and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 Tuesday. Sale, who matched a career best by winning his first five decisions to open the season, had a one-hitter until Edwin Encarnacion hit his third homer of the season with one out in the seventh inning. Sale (5-0), who had pitched 22 innings without allowing an earned run before Encarnacion’s home run, also started the 2014 season 5-0. The White Sox left-hander allowed four hits, two walks and one run while striking out six as Chicago (15-6) extended their winning streak to five games. Athletics 5, Tigers 1: Rich Hill tossed seven shutout innings and Marcus Semien hit a two-run homer, leading Oakland past Detroit at Comerica Park. Hill (3-2), a journeyman left-hander on his seventh major league team, allowed just four singles and didn’t issue a walk while striking out eight. He has recorded 37 strikeouts in his five starts and has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his starts. Rays 3, Orioles 1: Tampa Bay are back at .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season, winning their third straight game Tuesday thanks to Kevin Kiermaier’s two-run homer in a victory over Baltimore at Tropicana Field. The Rays got out of all kinds of jams — turning three double plays, another runner picked off — and received production from the bottom of the order for the second game in a row. Red Sox 11, Braves 4: David Price recovered from one of the worst starts of his career to match his career high with 14 strikeouts and help Boston hand Atlanta their seventh straight loss. Price did not resemble the same pitcher who allowed a career-high-tying eight earned runs in his last start. In improving his record to 3-0, Price pitched eight innings and allowed two runs on six hits and two walks. Mets 4, Reds 3: Pinch-hitter Yoenis Cespedes tied the score with a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw in four days and David Wright laced the go-ahead RBI single three batters later as New York stormed back in the seventh inning to beat Cincinnati at Citi Field. The Mets (12-7) have won four in a row and 10 of their last 12. The Reds have lost three straight and 11 of their last 15. Rangers 10, Yankees 1: It was only a matter of time before the Texas Rangers starting hitting and scoring runs again, according to their manager. That time came Tuesday. The Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak while overpowering the New York Yankees 10-1 at Globe Life Park. Phillies 4, Nationals 3: Maikel Franco hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Washington 4-3 Tuesday, ending the Nationals’ eight-game home winning streak. The Franco double scored Andres Blanco, who doubled off Oliver Perez (1-1) for his third hit of the game. Franco came up limping after the hit but stayed in the game. Elsewhere it was: Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 2; Pirates 9, Rockies 4; Cubs 4, Brewers 3; Twins 6, Indians 5; Giants 1, Padres 0; Mariners 11, Astros 1; Marlins 6, Dodgers 3; Angels 9, Royals 4. — Agencies