Sale fans 15; Chicago extends win streak

• AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Sale gave up one run, three hits and walked two in 7 1/3 innings while finishing one strikeout shy of the team record Jack Harshman set against Boston on July 25, 1954. Sale matched Detroit's Max Scherzer for the most in a game this season, set May 20 against Pittsburgh.

"I didn't know what the record was," Sale said. "That's something I'm not really worried about. I knew I had quite a few there late in the game, but it's the same thing just like any other day. You go out there and you try not to focus on all the external stuff that might get in the way of you doing your job."

Red Sox 7, Tigers 4: Felix Doubront pitched six innings of four-hit ball, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered to lift host Boston over Detroit.

Twins 5, Athletics 4: At Minneapolis, Justin Morneau drove in two runs for Minnesota, including the tying double in the eighth, as the Twins sent Oakland to its sixth straight loss.

Indians 8, Royals 5: Jose Lopez had three RBIs, Jason Kipnis drove in two runs and Josh Tomlin gave up four runs and four hits in five innings as Cleveland broke a three-game losing streak by beating Kansas City.

Blue Jays 6, Orioles 2: Edwin Encarnacion and Kelly Johnson homered, Drew Hutchison struck out a career-high nine in seven shutout innings and host Toronto beat Baltimore to end a five-game losing streak.

Angels 9, Yankees 8: At Anaheim, Calif., Mark Trumbo hit a game-ending homer to left, and Los Angeles overcame Jered Weaver's first-inning injury exit for its seventh consecutive victory by beating New York.

• NATIONAL LEAGUE

Phillies 8, Mets 4: Ty Wigginton drove in a career-high six runs with a homer and a pair of two-out hits and Cole Hamels won his eighth straight decision to lead Philadelphia at New York.

Cardinals 8, Braves 2: Lance Lynn allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, as St. Louis stretched host Atlanta's losing streak to eight.

Marlins 5, Nationals 3: Giancarlo Stanton hit his 11th home run in May, one short of the Marlins' record for a month and host Miami beat Washington.

Rockies 9-7, Astros 7-6: At Denver, Jordan Pacheco blooped a tiebreaking, two-run single after an eighth-inning misplay in the opener of Houston's first doubleheader since 2006.

Dexter Fowler capped a big day at the plate with a game-ending triple off Brett Myers with one out in the 10th inning in the second game, to help Colorado sweep Houston on the day.

Cubs 11, Padres 7: Alfonso Soriano hit a go-ahead homer and host Chicago stopped its 12-game losing streak with a victory over San Diego.

Giants 4, Diamondbacks 2: Barry Zito outpitched Trevor Cahill and Brandon Belt hit an RBI triple to help host San Francisco beat Arizona.

Pirates 4, Reds 1: James McDonald scattered five hits over eight shutout innings and host Pittsburgh climbed back to .500 by beating Cincinnati.

Brewers 3, Dodgers 2: Aramis Ramirez tied the game with a homer and singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning to lead Milwaukee at Los Angeles.