Hamels shines in Rangers win

CHICAGO — Cole Hamels took advantage of an early lead and scattered four hits as the Texas Rangers salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Hamels, who no-hit the Cubs in his last Wrigley Field visit in 2015 while with the Phillies, worked eight innings for his longest outing since going eight on May 22. Hamels (10-2) struck out seven with an unearned run as the Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak. Mets 5, Phillies 0: Jacob deGrom recorded his first career complete game in scintillating fashion, allowing just one hit as the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. The 28-year-old, who lowered his ERA to 2.38, improved to 6-4 on the year after striking out seven and walking one. DeGrom has struck out at least six in 10 straight starts. Tigers 4, Royals 2: Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Detroit Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) got the win with an inning of scoreless relief. The Tigers took two of three games in the series. Rays 5, Orioles 2: The Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs, two from Evan Longoria, and snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The Rays picked up just their fourth win in 28 games, after the worst 27-game stretch by any American League team since 2003. Reds 1, Brewers 0: Billy Hamilton scored the winning run from third on a passed ball in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 over the Milwaukee Brewers. In the bottom of the ninth, Hamilton’s 24th stolen base put him at third and he raced home when Smith’s pitch skipped a few feet away from Jonathan Lucroy. Marlins 6, Cardinals 3: Ichiro Suzuki drew closer to a cherished major league milestone and Miami took the rubber game of a three-game series matching National League wild-card hopefuls. Suzuki’s three hits led the Marlins’ 13-hit attack against the Cardinals. He needs only six hits to reach 3,000, and nearly had a fourth hit. Braves 1, Rockies 0: Chase d’Arnaud delivered an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give Atlanta a walk-off victory over Colorado. Ender Inciarte singled leading off the Braves’ ninth against Gonzalez German and moved up on a sacrifice bunt and wild pitch. Then Jace Peterson drew a two-out walk to set the stage for d’Arnaud. German (2-1) got a quick strike, but then d’Arnaud connected with a fastball and lined the winning hit into left field. It was d’Arnaud’s third hit of the game. Indians 6, Twins 1: Chris Gimenez came off the bench to drive in a pair of runs and Josh Tomlin scattered six hits while allowing just one run over 7 2/3 innings as Cleveland stopped Minnesota. Gimenez delivered a two-out, two-run single in his first plate appearance of the day as the Indians made the most of a pair of costly sixth-inning Twins mistakes to extend a 2-0 lead into a 4-0 cushion. Tomlin (10-2) struck out four and walked one. Pirates 2, Nationals 1 (18 innings): Starling Marte had three hits, including a solo homer with two outs in the top of the 18th inning, to help Pittsburgh avoid a three-game sweep. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3: Josh Donaldson lined a two-run, tiebreaking double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to enable Toronto to avoid a sweep. Astros 8, Mariners 1: Jose Altuve went 4-for-5, including his 15th home run, and drove in three runs as the Astros’ designated hitter, and team mate Carlos Gomez added his second career grand slam in Houston’s lopsided win. Angels 8, White Sox 1: Albert Pujols hit two homers and drove in four runs to lead the Angels. Pujols has 17 homers this season and 577 for his career. His 1,187 career extra-base hits moved him past Frank Robinson into 10th place in that category. Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 5: Jake Lamb homered and drove in two runs and Robbie Ray pitched seven scoreless innings as the Diamondbacks hung on for a victory. Padres 5, Giants 3: Edwin Jackson was solid in his Padres debut, helping the Padres complete a three-game sweep of the first-place Giants.