UPDATE 1-Baseball-Highlights from Wednesday's MLB games

(Adds later games)
Aug 5 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights from Major League
Baseball games on Wednesday:
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White Sox 6, Rays 5 (10 innings)
Right fielder Avisail Garcia drew a bases-loaded walk
against Brad Boxberger to score center fielder Adam Eaton in the
10th inning to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay
Rays 6-5.
Garcia also hit a three-run homer in Chicago's five-run
first inning and finished with four RBIs.
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Angels 4, Indians 3
Pinch-runner Taylor Featherston scored on a wild pitch in
the bottom of the ninth inning to culminate a three-run rally
that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 win over the Cleveland
Indians.
The Angels combined two hits, two walks and two wild pitches
to nullify a 3-1 deficit against right-handed closer Corey Allen
(1-4).
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Orioles 7, Athletics 3 (10 innings)
First baseman Chris Davis belted a grand slam in the top of
the 10th inning, delivering the Baltimore Orioles a 7-3 victory
over the Oakland Athletics.
Left-hander Zach Britton (2-0), the fourth Orioles pitcher,
got the win with two innings of one-hit relief.
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Rockies 7, Mariners 5 (11 innings)
Michael McKenry hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning to
give the Colorado Rockies a 7-5 win over the Seattle Mariners.
It was McKenry's fourth homer of the season and the first
walk-off hit of his career.
The Rockies had scored twice in the ninth to send the game
into extra innings.
Yohan Flande (2-1) threw 16 pitches in the 11th and came
away with his second major league win in the four-hour,
six-minute marathon.
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Tigers 2, Royals 1
Matt Boyd recorded his first major league victory in his
Detroit Tigers debut, outdueling new Kansas City Royals ace
Johnny Cueto in a 2-1 win.
The 24-year-old left-hander, obtained in the trade last week
that sent David Price to Toronto, gave up one run on seven hits
and struck out two in seven innings.
Alex Wilson got the last out to notch his second save.
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Red Sox 2, Yankees 1
Steven Wright set a career high with nine strikeouts in
eight effective innings while David Ortiz homered as the Boston
Red Sox completed a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees.
In the longest of his 25 career outings, Wright allowed a
solo home run to right fielder Carlos Beltran among four hits.
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Giants 6, Braves 1
Madison Bumgarner struck out nine in 7-1/3 dominant innings
to improve to 12-6 as the Giants defeated the Braves 6-1.
Bumgarner allowed seven hits and did not walk a batter,
lowering his ERA to 3.28 in the 116-pitch outing.
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Blue Jays 9, Twins 7
Right fielder Jose Bautista hit a grand slam while
designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion added a three-run shot as,
the Toronto Blue Jays held on to defeat the Minnesota Twins 9-7.
Third baseman Josh Donaldson also hit a two-run homer for
the Blue Jays.
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Pirates 7, Cubs 5
Gregory Polanco and Andrew McCutchen both homered and then
also drove in runs in a decisive sixth inning as the Pittsburgh
Pirates beat Chicago 7-5, ending the Cubs' six-game winning
streak.
Polanco led off the bottom of the first inning with a home
run off Dan Haren to open the scoring, then hit an RBI-single to
break a 4-4 tie in a two-run sixth inning.
McCutchen hit a solo homer in the third inning then added a
sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it 6-4.
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Mets 8, Marlins 6
Juan Uribe slugged a three-run homer while Matt Harvey
pitched seven scoreless innings as the New York Mets defeated
the Miami Marlins 8-6.
Mets first baseman Lucas Duda matched Uribe with three RBIs,
hitting a two-run double in the third and adding a sacrifice fly
in the ninth.
Miami scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth before Mets
closer Jeurys Familia got the final out for his 29th save.
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Dodgers 4, Phillies 3
Brett Anderson pitched six strong innings and right fielder
Yasiel Puig hit a three-run homer as the Los Angeles Dodgers
beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3.
Second baseman Howie Kendrick had three hits for the
Dodgers, while Jeff Francoeur hit a two-run homer for the
Phillies.
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Diamondbacks 11, Nationals 4
Welington Castillo had two hits, including a three-run
homer, while Aaron Hill drove in two runs without any hits as
the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the slumping Washington Nationals
11-4.
Hill had a sacrifice fly in the third inning and a
bases-loaded walk in a four-run sixth.
Center fielder A.J. Pollock, left fielder Ender Inciarte and
first baseman Paul Goldschmidt all had three hits for Arizona.
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Brewers 8, Padres 5
Taylor Jungmann struck out eight over seven innings while
Jonathan Lucroy hit his fourth home run of the season as the
Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres.
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Cardinals 4, Reds 3 (13 innings)
Randal Grichuk's solo home run in the top of the 13th inning
lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to a come-from-behind, 4-3
victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Grichuk ended a long night for both teams when he launched
a 1-0 pitch from right-hander Dylan Axelrod (0-1) into the left
field seats. It was the center fielder's 13th homer this season.
Third baseman Matt Carpenter hit a game-tying solo homer in
the eighth for St. Louis.
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Rangers 4, Astros 3
The Texas Rangers did just enough to sweep the American
League West-leading Astros with a 4-3 victory.
The Rangers scored all four of their runs against Houston
starter Scott Kazmir (6-6), though only one was earned.
Houston managed only four hits but drew a season-high eight
walks.
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