Porcello wins 20th game

NEW YORK — Rick Porcello pitched seven strong innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors, Xander Bogaerts and Hanley Ramirez homered and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 13-3 Friday night. The Red Sox (79-61) extended their lead in the American League East to two games over the Blue Jays (77-63), who played sloppy defense that included two errors in losing their fourth game in a row. Porcello (20-3) allowed six hits, one walk and two runs. He struck out seven in winning his sixth straight decision. Tigers 4, Orioles 3: Victor Martinez drilled a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth, lifting Detroit past Baltimore at Comerica Park. Martinez led off the inning against reliever Brad Brach (8-3) with his blast to right-center as the Tigers tied the Orioles for the second wild-card spot in the American League. J.D. Martinez reached base four times and drove in two runs and Erick Aybar added an RBI double for Detroit. Yankees 7, Rays 5: Mark Teixeira hit a grand slam with two outs in the fourth inning and New York withstood three rain delays to run their winning streak to six games with a victory over Tampa Bay. The Yankees matched their season high with their second six-game winning streak in a game that featured delays totaling a combined 94 minutes. New York also won six straight May 18-24 and remained two games back in the wild-card race and four behind in the AL East. Marlins 4, Dodgers 1: Jose Fernandez tied a career high with 14 strikeouts, improved to 28-2 at home and outpitched Clayton Kershaw as Miami defeated Los Angeles at Marlins Park. This was Kershaw’s first appearance since he injured his back on June 26, and he was clearly off his game, negating what could have been a great pitching matchup. Reds 4, Pirates 3: Jose Peraza delivered a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to lift Cincinnati to a victory over Pittsburgh at PNC Park. An inning after allowing a one-run lead to slip away, the Reds regained it by playing small ball in the ninth. Eugenio Suarez began the inning with a single to left off closer Tony Watson (2-5) before Ramon Cabrera bunted him to second. Cardinals 4, Brewers 3: Even though Carlos Martinez was far from dominant, he was good enough to deliver a 4-3 win for St. Louis over Milwaukee, thanks to two-run homers from Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty. Martinez (14-7) allowed nine hits, walked one and hit two batters over seven innings, not recording a 1-2-3 inning until the seventh. He had only one strikeout and needed 102 pitches to get through the seventh. Nationals 5, Phillies 4: Trea Turner smashed a solo homer to center with two outs in the ninth off Frank Hermann as Washington beat Philadelphia. The winning pitcher was Mark Melancon (2-1), who tossed a scoreless ninth, while Hermann (0-2) was tagged with the loss. It was the second homer of the game for Turner, who has eight homers. It was the first walk-off homer of his career. Cubs 2, Astros 0; Mets 6, Braves 4; White Sox 7, Royals 2; Indians 5, Twins 4; Mariners 3, Athletics 2; Rockies 4, Padres 1; Rangers 2, Angels 1; Giants 7, Diamondbacks 6 (12 innings). — Agencies