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RED SOX 1, TWINS 0
BOSTON — Rubby De La Rosa matched his first career Fenway Park start with another seven impressive innings and A.J. Pierzynski had a sacrifice fly, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Mike Napoli helped get a runner trying to score with a heads up play in a Red Sox victory that came after two one-run losses. Boston is 9-15 in one-run games.
De La Rosa (2-2) gave up only a single in the third inning as he combined with three relievers on a three-hitter. He walked three and struck out three.
Andrew Miller struck out the only batter he faced, Burke Badenhop got two outs and Koji Uehara three outs to remain perfect in 15 save chances. He extended his streak to 31 straight saves over the past two regular seasons.
Kevin Correia (3-8) gave up five hits, walking one and striking out two in six innings.

INDIANS 4, ANGELS 3
CLEVELAND — Carlos Santana and Asdrubal Cabrera homered, and Cleveland ended Jered Weaver’s unbeaten streak at Progressive Field.
Santana’s leadoff homer in the fifth inning broke a 3-all tie and moved the Indians (36-35) over the .500 mark. Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the first.
Both home runs came off Weaver (7-6), who lost for the first time in 10 career starts at the Indians’ ballpark. Weaver was 6-0 and allowed 11 earned runs in 60 1-3 innings in nine starts at Progressive Field coming into the game.
Trevor Bauer (2-3) allowed three runs in 6 2-3 innings for his first win since May 20.
Carlos Carrasco pitched 2 1-3 innings for his first career save.

RAYS 5, ORIOLES 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jerry Sands, Yunel Escobar and Ryan Hanigan homered to lead Tampa Bay past Baltimore.
Sands’ first homer since Sept. 20, 2011, a two-run, pinch-hit shot off Brian Matusz, snapped a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning. Escobar hit a solo homer in the first and Hanigan added a two-run drive in the fourth for a 3-0 lead against Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen.
Sands went deep on a 2-0 pitch after Matusz replaced Darren O’Day (2-1), who departed with a runner on and two outs.
Adam Jones homered for the second straight day for Baltimore, hitting a two-run shot in the sixth.
Jake McGee (3-0) got the last two outs in the top of the eighth, giving up a tying infield RBI single to Nelson Cruz. Delmon Young had a pinch-hit homer in the ninth off Juan Carlos Oviedo, who got the last three outs for his first save.

CARDINALS 6, METS 2
ST. LOUIS — Allen Craig and Matt Adams each had two RBIs and St. Louis got effective work from rookie pitchers subbing for ace Adam Wainwright.
Carlos Martinez allowed an unearned run in four innings in his second career start and Nick Greenwood (1-0) allowed a run on two hits in 3 1-3 innings to win in his major league debut for the Cardinals, who have won seven of eight.
Matt Holliday had two hits, including a single for his 1,000th career RBI in a four-run fifth that put the Cardinals up 6-1.
Jacob deGrom (0-4) gave up six runs on 12 hits in 4 1-3 innings in his seventh career start.
Mets manager Terry Collins batted the pitcher eighth for the first time in franchise history, but New York mustered just five hits and lost for the 10th time in 13 games.