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HOUSTON -- Evan Gattis homered twice and Houston beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 Sunday for its 10th straight victory, the Astros' longest winning streak since 12 in a row in 2004. An AL-best 18-7, Houston set a team record for its top record through 25 games. The Astros are coming off a 70-92 season, which followed three straight years of at least 106 losses. Gattis's go-ahead solo homer in the eighth off Carson Smith (0-1) was his fifth homer in six games. Pat Neshek (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Luke Gregerson got three outs for his sixth save. YANKEES 8, RED SOX 5 BOSTON -- Jacoby Ellsbury had four hits, and Adam Warren took a one-hit shutout into the sixth inning to lead New York. The Yankees swept the Red Sox in a series of three games or more for the first time since a five-game sweep in 2006. Ellsbury was also hit by a pitch and walked, reaching base a career-high six times. Mark Teixeira and Brett Gardner homered for the Yankees, who led 8-0 and then held on for their 13th win in 16 games. Warren (2-1) allowed four runs in 5 2-3 innings. Andrew Miller struck out two and got David Ortiz on a line drive to center with the bases loaded for his 10th save. Mike Napoli hit a three-run homer for Boston, which lost for the eighth time in 11 games. ORIOLES 4, RAYS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Adam Jones got four hits, including a tiebreaking single in the seventh as Baltimore took two of three in a series shifted to Tropicana Field from Camden Yards. The games were moved earlier in the week when rioting broke out in Baltimore following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody after a spinal cord injury. Jimmy Paredes' RBI double with two outs made it 2-all in the bottom of the seventh. Jones was up next and he delivered a two-run single, tying his career high for hits in a game. Tommy Hunter (1-1) threw a perfect seventh, and Zach Britton pitched 1 1-3 innings to get his fifth save. Steve Geltz (1-1) was the loser. After crowds of 9,945 Friday and 12,789 Saturday, Sunday's announced turnout was 16,652. GIANTS 5, ANGELS 0 SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum pitched three-hit ball over eight innings, and San Francisco completed a three-game sweep. Lincecum (2-2) walked one and struck out four in eight scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 2.40. Jean Machi struck out Mike Trout and Albert Pujols in a hitless ninth for San Francisco, which has won eight of 11 following a 4-10 start. Nori Aoki and Joe Panik hit consecutive first-inning home runs off Jered Weaver (0-4), who gave up five runs and 10 hits in five innings. CARDINALS 3, PIRATES 2 ST. LOUIS -- Kolten Wong homered off Radhames Liz (1-2) in the 14th inning, giving the Cardinals extra-inning wins in three straight games for the first time since July 2006, when they twice beat Houston before the All-Star break and then won at Dodger Stadium when play resumed. St. Louis became the first major league team to sweep a three-game series with three walkoff wins since Cincinnati against the Boston Braves from June 4-7, 1925, according to STATS. The NL Central leaders are a major league-best 18-6, matching the franchise's best 24-game start since 1900. They had the same record in 1941 and 1944. Pedro Alvarez homered in the Pittsburgh 12th inning before the Cardinals tied it on a bases-loaded single by Peter Bourjos in the bottom half. Rookie Miguel Socolovich (1-0) worked a perfect 14th for his first career victory. NATIONALS 1, METS 0 NEW YORK -- Doug Fister (2-1) combined with four relievers on a five-hitter and Ryan Zimmerman blooped an RBI single in the first off Dillon Gee (0-2). Washington has won five of six following a six-game losing streak. It was the first time in franchise history, dating to the team's Montreal debut in 1969, the Nationals won consecutive 1-0 games, according to STATS. The last time the Mets had lost 1-0 on consecutive days was Sept. 4-5, 1990, at St. Louis and Pittsburgh, STATS said, and the previous team to defeat New York 1-0 on back-to-back days was the Chicago Cubs in April 1973. PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 2 MIAMI -- Ryan Howard had a pair of RBI hits and rookie Severino Gonzalez (1-1) earned his first big league victory, allowing two runs in five inning as Philadelphia broke a five-game losing streak. The Marlins, who had won four in a row, missed a chance to climb above .500 for the first time this year. Jarred Cosart (1-2) gave up three runs in five-plus innings. BRAVES 5, REDS 0 ATLANTA -- Julio Teheran (3-1) gave up just three singles in six sharp innings as Atlanta gained a four-game split. Cody Martin, Michael Kohn and Luis Avilan combined for three innings of one-hit relief. Kelly Johnson and Jonny Gomes homered off Johnny Cueto (2-3). TIGERS 6, ROYALS 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Anibal Sanchez (2-3) carried a perfect game into the sixth inning and Detroit a split of the four-game series. Alex Avila also drove in three runs for the Tigers, who dropped the first two games of the series before squeaking out a 2-1 victory behind David Price on Saturday night. Kansas City nearly bailed out Jeremy Guthrie (1-2) by scoring two runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth. But Tom Gorzelanny struck out Eric Hosmer to leave a runner aboard, and Joakim Soria shut down his former team in the ninth for his 10th save. INDIANS 10, BLUE JAYS 7 CLEVELAND -- Pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn's tiebreaking, two-run double capped a six-run fifth, and Jason Kipnis had four hits. Kipnis also homered and drove in two runs for the Indians, who trailed 6-1 after a six-run fourth that included Devon Travis' first career grand slam. Michael Brantley's two-run single off Jeff Francis (1-1) tied the score in the fifth and Raburn, batting for David Murphy, lined a double over third for an 8-6 lead. Marc Rzepczynski (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the Indians. Toronto went 3-7 on its longest scheduled trip this season. BREWERS 5, CUBS 3 CHICAGO -- Aramis Ramirez homered for Milwaukee and broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single off Pedro Strop (0-1). Hours after the game, the Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke. Milwaukee, a big league-worst 7-18 following a 2-13 start, took two of three against the Cubs for its first series win of the year. Brewers shortstop Jean Segura left after he was hit on the helmet by a pitch from Strop. Will Smith (1-0) got one out for the win, and Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his fourth save. TWINS 13, WHITE SOX 3 MINNEAPOLIS -- Trevor Plouffe hit his first grand slam in the majors and drove in career-high five runs. Brian Dozier added a career-high four hits as the Twins won for the seventh time in nine games. Avisail Garcia had three hits for Chicago, which has lost five straight and been outscored 39-10 in those games. Ryan Pressly (1-0) pitched 2 2-3 innings of hitless relief. John Danks (1-3) lasted just 2 1-3 innings and gave up seven runs -- three earned -- and eight hits. He also made two errors. ATHLETICS 7, RANGERS 1 ARLINGTON, Texas -- Stephen Vogt hit a solo homer and a three-run drive, and Sonny Gray (4-0) extended his shutout streak against Texas to 23 2-3 innings with 6 2-3 innings of two-hit ball despite a career-high seven walks. Gray also hit a batter and threw a wild pitch. Yovani Gallardo (2-4) allowed four runs -- three earned -- seven hits and four walks in 6 2-3 innings in a rematch of opening day starters. Texas, the only team in the major leagues without consecutive wins this year, was 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position. PADRES 8, ROCKIES 6 SAN DIEGO -- Light-hitting Jedd Gyorko drove a two-run homer an estimated 438 feet and Justin Upton and Derek Norris also hit two-run shots as San Diego completed a three-game sweep. Colorado's Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon each homered twice. James Shields (3-0) allowed five runs and nine hits in a season-low 5 1-3 innings, and Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his eighth save in as many chances. Kyle Kendrick (1-4) gave up six runs and six hits in five innings. DODGERS 1, DIAMONDBACKS 0 LOS ANGELES -- Yasmani Grandal threw out a runner at the plate after an errant pitch in the top of the 13th inning, then homered off Evan Marshall (0-2) leading off the bottom half. Arizona had runners at the corners with two outs in the 13th when J.P. Howell (1-1) bounced a pitch to Cliff Pennington that Grandal had to chase to the right of home plate. Grandal threw to Howell covering the plate, and the pitcher reached down behind with his glove to make a blind tag on Aaron Hill.
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