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ATLANTA -- Dan Uggla drove in five runs, three on a homer in the ninth inning, to help the Washington Nationals rally from the franchise's biggest deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 13-12 on Tuesday night and snap a seven-game losing streak. The Nationals twice trailed by eight runs but chipped away at the lead as Jose Lobaton hit a three-run homer in a four-run fifth, Denard Span hit a solo homer in the sixth and Uggla had a two-run triple and Reed Johnson a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh. Washington's previous biggest comeback was on June 17, 2006, when it trailed the New York Yankees by seven runs. Uggla, released last year by the Braves and still owed over $18 million at the time, was booed in every at-bat, but he quieted the crowd with his first homer for Washington, a blast into the seats in left field off closer Jason Grilli (0-1). A.J. Pierzynski went 4 for 4 with four RBIs and Freddie Freeman went 4 for 6 for the Braves. MARLINS 4, METS 3 MIAMI -- Michael Morse hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that sent the Miami Marlins to victory. It was the Marlins' first win against the Mets this season in six tries. Miami has won six of seven overall. Steve Cishek, who blew a save in Monday's 3-1 loss to New York by allowing a three-run homer to Daniel Murphy in the ninth, walked leadoff hitter Curtis Granderson before earning his second save of the year in four opportunities. Bryan Morris (3-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. Juan Lagares hit a three-run double and Murphy had three hits for the Mets (15-6), who lost for only the third time in 16 games. YANKEES 4, RAYS 2 NEW YORK -- The revelation that ace Masahiro Tanaka will be out at least a month because of a mild forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis overshadowed the New York Yankees' victory behind Brian McCann's two doubles that drove in three runs. Chase Whitley (1-0) was making a spot start that was meant to give Tanaka and others extra rest. But the right-hander from Alabama could find himself in the rotation for a while after giving up six hits and one run in five gritty innings. He was pitching at the same time general manager Brian Cashman was explaining Tanaka's injuries. Brett Gardner had an RBI groundout against Jake Odorizzi (2-2) in the Yankees' second win over Tampa Bay in this series and 10th in 12 games overall. Chris Martin yielded a two-out single in the ninth before finishing for his first career save. ROYALS 11, INDIANS 5 CLEVELAND -- Kendry Morales' three-run homer capped a six-run seventh inning for the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City's big inning came after Cleveland had taken a 5-3 lead on Brandon Moss' three-run homer in the sixth. Alcides Escobar's two-run double off Scott Atchison (0-1) tied the game. Escobar scored the go-ahead run from second on Mike Moustakas' infield hit and Morales later hit his third homer of the season to dead center off Bryan Shaw. Brandon Finnegan (1-0) picked up his first career win despite allowing Moss' home run. The Royals had a season-high 18 hits. Cleveland manager Terry Francona met with his team for a pep talk following Monday's defeat, but the Indians lost for the eighth time in 11 games. TWINS 3, TIGERS 2 MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Pelfrey turned in his second consecutive strong start, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and the go-ahead single in the seventh inning. Pelfrey (2-0) begrudgingly started the season in the bullpen after spending most of 2014 on the disabled list. He struck out seven and allowed one earned run on three hits over seven innings. The big right-hander has won his last two starts while allowing only one earned run in 14 innings. Eduardo Escobar clapped his hands and pumped his fists as he stood on second base after his seventh-inning double scored Eduardo Nunez to tie the game. Suzuki followed with a single up the middle off Anibal Sanchez (1-3) to give Minnesota the lead. MARINERS 2, RANGERS 1 ARLINGTON, Texas -- J.A. Happ doubled his season strikeout total with nine in 6 2-3 innings and Rickie Weeks homered for Seattle. Happ (2-1) allowed only one run and walked one. In 20 2-3 innings over his first three starts, the left-hander had nine strikeouts, three in seven innings of a loss to the Rangers. Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his sixth save in seven chances, and second in as many nights in Texas. Nelson Cruz had three hits for Seattle, including a triple and double in the same game for the second time in his career. The other was at Boston in June 2009 while playing for the Rangers. CUBS 6, PIRATES 2 CHICAGO -- Dexter Fowler had three hits and two RBIs, Travis Wood tossed seven strong innings and the Chicago Cubs won their fourth straight. Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Junior Lake and Addison Russell each had an RBI as the Cubs scored all their runs with two outs. Wood (2-1) extended his solid start to the season by allowing two runs and five hits. He lowered his ERA to 3.04. Starling Marte accounted for Pittsburgh's offense with a two-run homer in the fourth. Pirates starter Jeff Locke (2-1) took the loss after giving up six runs, five earned, and eight hits in 3 2-3 innings. REDS 4, BREWERS 2 CINCINNATI -- Johnny Cueto gave up three hits over eight innings during his latest dominant performance against the Milwaukee Brewers, and Brandon Phillips had a two-run homer. Joey Votto and Marlon Byrd added solo homers off Kyle Lohse (1-4) as the Reds clinched the series. Half of their 10 wins this season have come against Milwaukee, the worst team in the majors. The Brewers fell to 4-17, the worst start by a National League team in 18 years, according to STATS. The 1997 Cubs had an identical record. The 2010 Orioles were the last team in the majors to open a season 4-17. Cueto (2-2) gave up homers to Aramis Ramirez and Ryan Braun as he got his sixth straight win over the Brewers. He's 9-3 career against Milwaukee, including 8-0 in 11 career starts at Great American Ball Park. BLUE JAYS 11, RED SOX 8 BOSTON -- Jose Bautista had an RBI in Toronto's five-run third inning, another in a three-run fourth and then added a homer to help the Blue Jays snap a four-game losing streak. Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a homer, and Kevin Pillar also had three of Toronto's 17 hits. Marco Estrada (1-0) pitched three innings of hitless relief for the win. Brett Cecil pitched the ninth for his first save. The Red Sox took a 4-0 lead against Drew Hutchison in the second. But Clay Buchholz (1-3) gave the lead right back, allowing five in the top of the third. Buchholz got just eight outs while allowing five runs -- four earned -- on six hits and a walk while striking out four.
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