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Indians 7, Royals 3

Kansas City, Mo. — Pinch-hitter Shelley Duncan’s RBI double sparked a four-run 10th inning and the surprising Cleveland Indians widened their AL Central lead Monday night with a 7-3 victory over the second-place Kansas City Royals.

Rookie left-hander Tim Collins (1-1) walked Carlos Santana leading off the 10th and Duncan hooked a two-base hit barely fair into the left-field corner. Grady Sizemore, in his second game back from knee surgery, added an RBI single and was 3 for 5 after going 2 for 4 on Sunday in his first game since May 16, 2010.

Joe Smith (1-0) got the victory with 1 1-3 innings of hitless relief as the surging Indians won their fourth in a row.

Rays 5, White Sox 0

St. Petersburg, Fla. — David Price allowed four hits in eight dominant innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the slumping Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Monday night.

Price (2-2) struck out nine and walked two. The left-hander entered 0-4 with a 4.88 earned-run average in four starts against the White Sox.

Felipe Lopez homered and drove in three runs, helping Tampa Bay win for sixth time in seven games. Ben Zobrist had a two-run homer.

Edwin Jackson (2-1) gave up four runs and 11 hits in seven innings for the White Sox, who have lost five in a row. Jackson, while with Arizona, walked eight during a 149-pitch no-hitter against Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field last June 25.

Joel Peralta pitched the ninth to complete the four-hitter.

Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 1

Boston — Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched one-hit ball for seven sharp innings, Jed Lowrie got four more hits and the Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games with a win over the Blue Jays.

Matsuzaka (1-2) gave up a clean single to centre to Jose Bautista with two outs in the first. The Red Sox righty walked Travis Snider with two outs in the second, then set down his final 16 batters.

In his previous start, Matsuzaka allowed seven runs in two innings. Yunel Escobar homered off Tim Wakefield in the ninth for Toronto’s other hit.

Lowrie homered, and now has 15 hits in his last 24 at-bats. Kevin Youkilis and Jacoby Ellsbury also homered.

Ricky Romero (1-2) allowed five runs in 4 1-3 innings.

Twins 5, Orioles 3

Baltimore — Francisco Liriano took a two-hitter into the seventh inning, and the Twins beat Baltimore to extend the Orioles’ losing streak to eight games.

Drew Butera had a career-high three RBIs for the last-place Twins (6-10), who have won two in a row for the first time this season.

Liriano (1-3) gave up two runs, five hits and five walks in 7 1-3 innings.

Matt Capps worked the ninth for his second save — the second in two games — despite allowing a pinch-hit solo homer to Luke Scott. Capps took the closer role from Joe Nathan, who blew two save opportunities last week at Tampa Bay.

Orioles starter Chris Tillman (0-2) permitted three runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. It was decent performance, but he got little support from an offence that has scored only 19 runs during the eight-game skid.

Rangers 7, Angels 1

Arlington, Tex. — C.J. Wilson struck out nine in seven strong innings and the Texas Rangers returned home with a 7-1 victory over the AL West rival Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Adrian Beltre homered for the second straight night and Mitch Moreland drove in three runs. Ian Kinsler snapped an 0-for-19 slide with a pair of extra-base hits before scoring on a suicide squeeze by Elvis Andrus, who had been in an extended slump before his three hits.

The Rangers, back from a nine-game road trip, had lost four of five as Los Angeles won five in a row to enter the three-game series tied with Texas atop the division at 10-5. Texas has started a season with seven consecutive home victories for the first time.

National League – Stingy Lincecum guides Giants

Giants 8, Rockies 1

Denver — Tim Lincecum took a no-hitter into the seventh inning at Coors Field and San Francisco routed the Colorado Rockies 8-1 on Monday.

Spotted an early eight-run cushion thanks to homers by Pat Burrell, Nate Schierholtz and Freddy Sanchez, Lincecum cruised through Colorado’s lineup, dominating baseball’s best team over the season’s first 2 1 / 2weeks until Carlos Gonzalez broke up his no-hit bid with a clean single in the seventh.

Lincecum (2-1) allowed one run and three hits over 7 2-3 spectacular innings. He walked three, struck out 10 and allowed just four balls out of the infield, none in the first six innings.

The Rockies entered the night with a 12-3 mark and a four-game lead over San Francisco in the NL West, but right-hander Esmil Rogers (2-1) allowed eight runs and six hits over three innings in just the second loss by a Rockies starter this season.

Dodgers 4, Braves 2

Los Angeles — Ted Lilly pitched seven scoreless innings and James Loney had two RBIs, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.

Lilly (1-2) recorded his first victory of the season in four starts, after signing a three-year, $33 million contract in October. The 35-year-old left-hander scattered four hits, struck out six and did not allow a runner past second base.

Matt Guerrier pitched a perfect eighth and Jonathan Broxton gave up two runs in the ninth on an RBI groundout by Freddie Freeman and a double by Nate McLouth before getting the final out.

Tim Hudson (2-2) gave up four runs and six hits in six innings and struck out four. All 13 runs allowed this season by the right-hander have come during the first three innings.

Cubs 1, Padres 0, 10 innings

Chicago — Pinch-hitter Tyler Colvin doubled home Geovany Soto with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Cubs over the Padres.

Soto reached on a fielder’s choice with two outs, then scored from first when Colvin lined a shot to right.

Carlos Marmol (1-1) struck out two in 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win for the Cubs.

Chad Qualls (0-1) allowed a run while getting two outs for San Diego.

Pirates 9, Reds 3

Cincinnati — Andrew McCutchen doubled home two runs as part of Pittsburgh’s biggest offensive showing this season, and the Pirates took advantage of another slow-starting Cincinnati pitcher, beating the Reds.

The Pirates scored three runs in the first off left-hander Travis Wood (1-2), the second game in a row that a Reds starter couldn’t get going.

Kevin Correia (3-1) gave up four hits during his second career complete game.

Pittsburgh took three of four in the series, giving the defending NL Central champs their comeuppance before a crowd of 12,777 that groaned a lot. The Pirates have won their first three road series for the first time since 2002, when they dropped 89 games.

Brewers 6, Phillies 3, 12 innings

Philadelphia — Ryan Braun drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the Brewers beat the Phillies.

Brandon Kintzler (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn his first win in the majors.

The NL East-leading Phillies rallied against closer John Axford of Simcoe, Ont., in the ninth, tying it at 3 on an RBI single by Pete Orr of Newmarket, Ont., with one out.

But the Brewers held on and snapped a three-game losing streak to become the fifth straight team to beat Philadelphia in a series opener. The Phillies haven’t lost a series, however.

Rickie Weeks led off the 12th with a walk against Kyle Kendrick (0-1). Carlos Gomez sacrificed and reached safely on Kendrick’s wild throw that allowed Weeks to reach third.

Braun followed with a sac fly to deep centre. He thought he’d hit a three-run homer and looked frustrated when the ball didn’t go out. Yuniesky Betancourt also had a sac fly and Jonathan Lucroy singled in a run to make it 6-3.

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