TORONTO -- Chris Sale struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Saturday.Jackie Bradley Jr. and Dustin Pedroia each added two-run doubles for Boston.It was Sale's 11th start this season with 10 or more strikeouts. His season-best 13 came in Toronto on April 20. The left-hander allowed four hits, one walk and hit two batters in winning his third straight decision to improve to 11-3 with a 2.61 ERA.Steve Pearce homered for the Blue Jays, who will try to avoid the sweep in Sunday's finale.Astros 7, Yankees 6HOUSTON -- Yuli Gurriel lined a two-run double with two outs and two strikes in the eighth inning to give Houston a comeback victory over New York.Gurriel, whose two-run homer gave the Astros a short-lived lead in the fifth inning, rifled a fastball down the third-base line and into the right-field corner off fellow Cuban countryman Aroldis Chapman. Gurriel was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.Chapman came... [More]

TORONTO -- Chris Sale struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Saturday.Jackie Bradley Jr. and Dustin Pedroia each added two-run doubles for Boston.It was Sale's 11th start this season with 10 or more strikeouts. His season-best 13 came in Toronto on April 20. The left-hander allowed four hits, one walk and hit two batters in winning his third straight decision to improve to 11-3 with a 2.61 ERA.Steve Pearce homered for the Blue Jays, who will try to avoid the sweep in Sunday's finale.Astros 7, Yankees 6HOUSTON -- Yuli Gurriel lined a two-run double with two outs and two strikes in the eighth inning to give Houston a comeback victory over New York.Gurriel, whose two-run homer gave the Astros a short-lived lead in the fifth inning, rifled a fastball down the third-base line and into the right-field corner off fellow Cuban countryman Aroldis Chapman. Gurriel was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.Chapman came... [More]

TORONTO -- Chris Sale struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, Xander Bogaerts had three RBIs and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Saturday.Jackie Bradley Jr. and Dustin Pedroia each added two-run doubles for Boston.It was Sale's 11th start this season with 10 or more strikeouts. His season-best 13 came at the Rogers Centre on April 20. The left-hander allowed four hits, one walk and hit two batters in winning his third straight decision to improve his record to 11-3 and his ERA to 2.61.Steve Pearce homered for the Blue Jays, who will try to avoid the sweep in the finale on Sunday.Tigers 7, Indians 4 (Game 1)DETROIT -- Nicholas Castellanos had three hits, including a go-ahead triple in the seventh, and Detroit downed Cleveland in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.J.D. Martinez and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back homers for Detroit, which has won four of its last five. Jose Iglesias added a two-run double. Shane Greene (2-2) recorded one out and got the... [More]

1B Miguel Cabrera remained in the cleanup spot for the second straight game and also homered for the second consecutive night. He ripped a solo blast off Kansas City starter Ian Kennedy for one of the team's two runs. Cabrera finally reached double digits in homers, making him the fourth Tiger this season with at least 10 long balls. All but three of Cabrera's homers have gone to the opposite field. He's also fourth on the team in slugging percentage a .454.

1B Miguel Cabrera hit his ninth homer of the season on Tuesday, a three-run shot off Kansas City starter Matt Strahm. It landed in the right-field stands, his sixth opposite-field homer this season. Cabrera now has 26 career homers and 115 RBIs against the Royals. He hit in the cleanup spot for the first time this season, though it's uncertain if he'll stay there because of the imminent return of designated hitter Victor Martinez.

WASHINGTON -- Trea Turner had two hits, two runs and four of his team's seven steals, and Max Scherzer allowed one run while collecting two hits and an RBI at the plate as the Washington Nationals ran past the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Tuesday.Scherzer (9-5, 2.06 ERA) gave up two hits in six innings and has allowed two runs or fewer in his last seven starts. He struck out six Tuesday after fanning at least 10 in his previous six outings.Turner has a major-league-leading 32 steals this year. Michael A. Taylor was 2-for-3 with two steals for first-place Washington.Chicago's Jake Arrieta (7-6), who has gone less than five innings in three of his last four starts, took the loss. He allowed six runs (five earned) and walked six in four-plus innings.Giants 4, Rockies 3 (14 innings)SAN FRANCISCO -- Denard Span's two-out single scored Gorkys Hernandez from second base in the 14th inning, giving San Francisco a victory and handing Colorado its seventh straight loss.Six Giants relievers shut out the Rockies... [More]

WASHINGTON -- Trea Turner had two hits, two runs and four of his team's seven steals, and Max Scherzer allowed one run while collecting two hits and an RBI at the plate as the Washington Nationals ran past the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Tuesday.Scherzer (9-5, 2.06 ERA) gave up two hits in six innings and has allowed two runs or fewer in his last seven starts. He struck out six Tuesday after fanning at least 10 in his previous six outings.Turner has a major-league-leading 32 steals this year. Michael A. Taylor was 2-for-3 with two steals for first-place Washington.Chicago's Jake Arrieta (7-6), who has gone less than five innings in three of his last four starts, took the loss. He allowed six runs (five earned) and walked six in four-plus innings.White Sox 4, Yankees 3CHICAGO -- Jose Abreu's two-run single off Dellin Betances in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Chicago a victory over New York.Yankees relievers Domingo German and Tyler Clippard each walked two batters in the eighth as the White... [More]

WASHINGTON -- Trea Turner had two hits, two runs and four of his team's seven steals, and Max Scherzer allowed one run while collecting two hits and an RBI at the plate as the Washington Nationals ran past the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Tuesday.Scherzer (9-5, 2.06 ERA) gave up two hits in six innings and has allowed two runs or fewer in his last seven starts. He struck out six Tuesday after fanning at least 10 in his previous six outings.Turner has a major-league-leading 32 steals this year. Michael A. Taylor was 2-for-3 with two steals for first-place Washington.Chicago's Jake Arrieta (7-6), who has gone less than five innings in three of his last four starts, took the loss. He allowed six runs (five earned) and walked six in four-plus innings.White Sox 4, Yankees 3CHICAGO -- Jose Abreu's two-run single off Dellin Betances in the bottom of the ninth inning gave Chicago a victory over New York.Yankees relievers Domingo German and Tyler Clippard each walked two batters in the eighth as the White... [More]

WASHINGTON -- Trea Turner had two hits, two runs and four of his team's seven steals, and Max Scherzer allowed one run while collecting two hits and an RBI at the plate as the Washington Nationals ran past the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Tuesday.Turner has a major-league-leading 32 steals this year. Scherzer (9-5, 2.06 ERA) gave up two hits in six innings and has allowed two runs or fewer in his last seven starts. He struck out six Tuesday after fanning at least 10 in his previous six outings.Michael A. Taylor was 2-for-3 for first-place Washington.Chicago's Jake Arrieta (7-6), who has gone less than five innings in three of his last four starts, took the loss. He allowed six runs (five earned) and walked six in four-plus innings.Rangers 2, Indians 1CLEVELAND -- Adrian Beltre's solo home run with two outs in the ninth inning lifted Texas over Cleveland.With the score tied at 1-1, Indians closer Cody Allen (0-4) entered the game and retired the first two batters of the ninth inning. However, Beltre... [More]

1B Miguel Cabrera hit second in the Tigers' batting order Sunday for the first time this season, going 1-for-5 with a strikeout. After the game, manager Brad Ausmus said he will continue to consider hitting Cabrera second in the order.

1B Miguel Cabrera was pulled after seven innings Sunday to give him a few minutes of rest. He'll be back in the starting lineup Monday in Seattle. Cabrera's seventh home run of the season Saturday broke a tie with Carl Yastrzemski and put him nine home runs shy of Jose Canseco and Adam Dunn, who share the 35th spot all-time.

1B Miguel Cabrera hit his 453rd career homer Saturday. He moved past Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski into sole possession of 36th place on the all-time list. He is 10 shy of Jose Canseco and Adam Dunn, who are tied for 35th.

DH Miguel Cabrera served as Detroit's designated hitter Friday night in the absence of DH Victor Martinez, placed on the disabled list with an irregular heartbeat. "It may be depending on the opposing pitcher," manager Brad Ausmus said of his DH situation. "There may be some kind of rotation. Kevin Rand came and said Miggy's hip was bothering him. So I just figured the obvious choice would be Miggy. As long as he's able to hit. Of course, Miggy being Miggy, said, 'Why don't you DH Alex (Avila)?' I said that's a good idea and I might some time but I figure if we can get you off your feet rather than standing for nine innings, maybe we can knock this thing out." Cabrera doubled and scored a run in the five-run fifth but also had a key walk to help Detroit score five times in the fourth. He may be back at first base Saturday.

1B Miguel Cabrera may not be a horse all the time these days, but he's not a dead horse either. Without a home run since May 20, Cabrera ended a 22-game drought with a walkoff two-run home run in the ninth Friday night that gave Detroit a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. It was his sixth home run of the season and seventh career walkoff blast. The lack of home runs contributed to Cabrera driving in just 12 runs in those 22 games, but he still had a .316 batting average (25x79) with 10 doubles in that time.

DETROIT -- Miguel Cabrera's first home run since May 20 went just over the fence into the seats in right field with one out and one on in the ninth inning Thursday night to give the Detroit Tigers a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.Reliever Tommy Hunter (0-2) gave up a one-out single to Alex Avila in the ninth and pinch-runner Andrew Romine watched halfway between first and second as Cabrera's high fly ball on a 97-mph fastball went into the seats. It was Cabrera's sixth home run this season and seventh career walkoff.Closer Justin Wilson (3-2) picked up the win after pitching a four-batter ninth. He gave up a two out bloop single to left then struck out his second batter, Evan Longoria, to end the inning.Steven Souza Jr. launched a 1-0 Francisco Rodriguez changeup into the seats in left with one out in the eighth to bring Tampa Bay to a 3-3 tie.Phillies 1, Red Sox 0PHILADELPHIA -- Ty Kelly hit a pinch-hit one-out RBI double in the eighth inning to spoil Chris Sale's strong outing as... [More]

1B Miguel Cabrera has not hit a home run since May 20 and only two since coming off the disabled list May 2, but manager Brad Ausmus professes not to be worried "in any way, shape or form. I think every year we've had this discussion about Miguel Cabrera. Is Miggy finally getting older" Is he struggling? The last two years kind of speak for themselves. Last year he had an unbelievable last two months, between he and (Justin) Upton (they) carried us offensively. I am not worried about Miguel Cabrera at all. I wish I struggled to hit .270." Cabrera doubled to right center (it was about two inches shy of being an RBI double) and singled to left in four at-bats Wednesday night.

1B Miguel Cabrera had a pair of doubles Tuesday night but it looked on both like he's having problems running. Cabrera never acknowledges any health issues until they're over so you have to watch every move to see if there's any sign of injury or illness. He was slow out of the box on his second double to right, which looked initially like it was going to be caught. He was very slow on his first double, to right center. Cabrera turned a sparkling 3-2-3 double play with the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh to get Detroit out of a jam.

1B Miguel Cabrera drove in the 1,581st run of his career Saturday against the Red Sox, placing him one RBI shy of Al Kaline for 41st in MLB history. Cabrera went 1-for-4 with an RBI, driving in a run on a groundout in the fifth inning. He is a career .306 hitter (72-for-235) in his career vs. the Red Sox.

1B Miguel Cabrera, who came into Friday batting .304 with five homers and 27 RBIs in his last 27 games, went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in the loss to the Red Sox.

1B Miguel Cabrera keeps moving up the lists in various hitting categories as he moves toward a Hall of Fame career. Cabrera had a pair of doubles, good for three RBIs on Friday night, to become just the 39th player in major league history to have 1,000 or more extra-base hits. He also added a sacrifice fly for a four-RBI night. Cabrera has 532 doubles and 451 home runs plus 17 triples for his extra base total of 1,000. He entered the game hitting just .260 with five home runs and 22 RBI. "Right now, I don't think there's anything wrong with Miggy," manager Brad Ausmus said pregame. "I feel like we've talked about Miggy in this vein every year I've been here. And every year he seems to end up hitting."