Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Marco Scutaro blasted home runs as the Boston Red Sox crushed the Milwaukee Brewers 12-3.
Red Sox on the ramapge in MLB
Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Marco Scutaro blasted home runs as the
Boston Red Sox crushed the
Milwaukee Brewers 12-3 in MLB interleague action.
The American League East leaders were in charge from the first inning against the side which tops the NL Central standings as they built a 6-0 lead.
And Adrian Gonzalez legged out a triple for his 1,000th career hit as the Red Sox, who honoured newly-crowned Stanley Cup champions the Boston Bruins before the game with the NHL side taking over the infield, continued to dominate.
Jason Vargas allowed just three hits as the
Seattle Mariners saw off the
Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.
Vargas retired 15 straight at one point and claimed six strikeouts, with Justin Smoak and Adam Kennedy getting RBI singles.
Hiroki Kuroda hurled seven scoreless innings as Dioner Navarro's go-ahead homer in the eighth gave the
Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 win over the
Houston Astros.
Nick Swisher smashed a three-run blast in the eighth to help the
New York Yankees claim a 10-4 win over the
Chicago Cubs.
Hammered
Phil Humber went scoreless until the eighth inning as the
Chicago White Sox claimed a 8-2 success over the
Arizona Diamondbacks.
Miguel Cairo hammered a two-run homer in the sixth to earn a 2-1 win for the
Cincinnati Reds over the
Toronto Blue Jays.
Justin Verlander threw a complete game and allowed just one run to lead the
Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 success over the
Colorado Rockies.
Tyler Chatwood threw seven scoreless frames and Vernon Wells had three RBIs in the
Los Angeles Angels' 7-3 win over the
New York Mets.
James Shields conceded just four hits in a complete game as the
Tampa Bay Rays were 2-1 winners over the
Florida Marlins courtesy of Casey Kotchman's go-ahead single.
Skip Schumaker's walk-off homer gave the
St Louis Cardinals a 5-4 win over the
Kansas City Royals, for whom Alcides Escobar's blast a half-inning earlier proved in vain.
Elsewhere, the
Baltimore Orioles ended the
Washington Nationals' eight-game winning streak with a 7-4 victory.
The
Oakland Athletics edged out the
San Francisco Giants 2-1 and the
Cleveland Indians were 5-2 winners over the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
The
Minnesota Twins clinched a narrow 5-4 win over the
San Diego Padres, while the
Atlanta Braves saw off the
Texas Rangers 4-2.
