White Sox end Tigers run

NEW YORK — Avisail Garcia and Jose Abreu homered during a five-run second inning, Jose Quintana pitched 7-1/3 strong innings and the Chicago White Sox ended the Detroit Tigers’ eight-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory Thursday. Garcia hit his third home run in three games while Abreu ended a 32-game homerless drought. The White Sox had lost six of their last seven. Quintana (9-8) gave up just two runs after allowing a leadoff homer to Ian Kinsler. He walked one and struck out three. Closer David Robertson collected his 26th save with a scoreless ninth. Detroit starter Jordan Zimmermann (9-5) was rocked in his first start since coming off the 15-day disabled list. He allowed six runs on six hits in 1-2/3 innings. Zimmermann had not started since June 30 because of a right neck strain. Rays 3, Royals 2 Brad Miller hit a three-run homer off Joakim Soria in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Rays to victory. Going into the inning the Rays had been held to just one hit behind a strong performance from Ian Kennedy, who struck out nine over six innings. Rays starter Drew Smyly gave up two runs and struck out 10. Smyly’s one mistake came in the top of the fourth inning when he gave up a two-run homer to left fielder Alex Gordon. Indians 9, Twins 2 Jason Kipnis, Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez all homered for the Indians, who halted their three-game losing streak while ending the Twins’ four-game winning streak. Cleveland reliever Dan Otero (3-1) picked up the win while Minnesota starter Hector Santiago (10-5) took the loss. Santiago was 6-0 with a 1.78 ERA in his previous six starts, but he gave up a first-inning home run to Kipnis and a three-run homer to Santana in the third. Cleveland reliever Dan Otero (3-1) picked up the win. Reds 7, Cardinals 0 Brandon Finnegan allowed two hits over six innings and Brandon Phillips had a pair of doubles and scored three times to lead the Reds to a shutout win. Finnegan (7-8) allowed only two baserunners, with neither advancing past second base. It was the second straight start in which Finnegan pitched six shutout innings. Raisel Iglesias allowed just three hits over his two innings to keep the shutout intact. That extended Iglesias’ scoreless streak to 22-2/3 innings. Giants 3, Phillies 2 (10 innings) Denard Span hit a home run in the top of the 10th inning off Severino Gonzalez to help the Giants avoid a series sweep. Santiago Casilla pitched a clean 10th inning to earn his 25th save. Mets 4, Yankees 1 Jay Bruce, who had been hitless in his first 10 at-bats since being obtained from the Cincinnati Reds, ended the drought with a three-run home run in the fifth inning to lead the Mets. Athletics 8, Angels 6 (10 innings) Yonder Alonso’s two-out double drove in the tie-breaking run in the 10th inning as the Oakland A’s earned an 8-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels. In other games it was: Rangers 5, Orioles 3; Braves 5, Pirates 2; Blue Jays 4, Astros 1; Dodgers 4, Rockies 2; Red Sox 3, Mariners 2 (11 innings).