MIAMI — Mark Reynolds hit two home runs to help power the Colorado Rockies to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins in a record-setting home run contest Monday night.
Trevor Story, Nick Hundley, and Charlie Blackmon also homered for the Rockies, who salvaged the final game of a four-game series with Miami.
Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs and Giancarlo Stanton had one for the Marlins.
The eight solo home runs accounted for all of the runs scored in the game, setting the Major League record. The previous mark was five.
The eight home runs were also the most ever in a game at Marlins Park since it opened in 2012. Five of the game’s first 13 batters hit home runs.
Jorge De La Rosa (4-4) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings to earn the win for the Rockies.
PIRATES 1, GIANTS 0: Jeff Locke followed consecutive horrible starts with 62/3 scoreless innings, Erik Kratz hit his first home run since 2014 and Pittsburgh ended the Giants’ eight-game winning streak.
Locke (6-5) allowed five hits, no walks and struck out three, helping the Pirates to just their second win in 12 games. He had allowed 18 runs and 20 hits over 82/3 innings during his previous two outings.
Madison Bumgarner (8-3) was the tough-luck loser, allowing one run in eight innings while having his seven-game winning streak snapped.
CARDINALS 3, CUBS 2: Brandon Moss and Jhonny Peralta homered against John Lackey as visiting St. Louis stopped a five-game slide.
Aledmys Diaz added an RBI single and Jaime Garcia (5-6) pitched into the seventh inning as the Cardinals got back on track following their first winless homestand of at least two series since 1983.
DIAMONDBACKS 3, PHILLIES 1: Shelby Miller threw 62/3 sharp innings, Jake Lamb hit a two-run homer and Arizona won at Philadelphia to complete a four-game sweep.
Miller (2-6) allowed one run and five hits, striking out five in his first start since May 24.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
INDIANS 7, RAYS 4: Francisco Lindor and Juan Uribe homered in the eighth inning as Cleveland won at home.
Lindor hit the first pitch from Erasmo Ramirez (7-5) into the lower deck in right field for his eighth homer of the season, breaking a 4-all tie. Uribe homered in his third straight game, a two-run shot off Ramirez.
Carlos Santana also homered for the AL Central-leading Indians, who have won four straight.
Evan Longoria’s two-run homer in the first and a solo home run by Brad Miller in the sixth helped Tampa Bay build a 4-2 lead, but the Rays dropped their fifth in a row.
RANGERS 4, ORIOLES 3: Shin-Soo Choo hit a go-ahead two-run single, Ian Desmond homered halfway up the hill in center field as the host Rangers won a makeup game matching the American League’s top two teams.
Texas extended its season-best winning streak to seven games, the last four being one-run decisions.
Since the makeup of an April 17 rainout counted as a series, the AL West-leading Rangers stretched their club record to 10 consecutive series wins – the longest in the American League since Tampa Bay’s 10 in a row three years ago.
ASTROS 10, ANGELS 7: Doug Fister (8-3)threw seven solid innings and Jose Altuve, Jason Castro and Carlos Correa each hit home runs to help Houston win at home. The Astros have won Fister’s last 10 starts.
TIGERS 8, MARINERS 7: Justin Upton homered in the 12th inning to give Detroit a win at home.
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