DETROIT — Michael Fulmer stretched his scoreless streak to 22 1/3 innings and James McCann and Justin Upton homered as the streaking Detroit Tigers pounded the Toronto Blue Jays 11-0 on Monday at Comerica Park.
Fulmer allowed just two hits — singles by Darwin Barney — while tossing six scoreless innings in Detroit’s fourth straight victory. He walked three and struck out five while winning his fourth consecutive start.
Fulmer’s streak is the third longest by a rookie pitcher in franchise history. John Hiller tossed 28 2/3 scoreless frames in 1967 and Victor Santos had a 25-inning streak in 2001.
Toronto starter J.A. Happ allowed six runs on six hits in five innings. It was just the second time in 12 starts that he allowed more than three runs. The Blue Jays had won 10 of their last 13 games.
Orioles 4, Royals 1
BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s Mark Trumbo and Matt Wieters each hit solo homers in the decisive seventh inning to support a solid performance by starter Mike Wright, leading the O’s past Kansas City.
Manny Machado got his 15th home run of the season for the Orioles, who have won five of six and sit atop the American League East. The Royals, meanwhile, lost their fifth straight after enduring a four-game weekend road sweep by the Cleveland Indians.
Wright allowed one unearned run on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks over seven innings. Despite the loss, Royals starter Danny Duffy continued a string of effective performances since rejoining the rotation in mid-May. He allowed two runs on five hits and tied a career-high with nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Yankees 5, Angels 2
NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran hit a three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and New York rallied for a victory over Los Angeles.
The Yankees had little going against Matt Shoemaker through the first 6 2/3 innings as they struggled to hit his changeup. New York was finally able to connect on Shoemaker’s changeup in a span of three pitches in the seventh. Masahiro Tanaka allowed two runs and six hits over seven innings for his eighth no-decision of the season.
Shoemaker allowed four runs and eight hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six without a walk, giving him 39 strikeouts since his last free pass. Pujols had an RBI single in the first and Kole Calhoun lifted a sacrifice fly for the Angels, who have dropped 12 of their last 15 visits to New York.
Cubs 6, Phillies 4
PHILADELPHIA — Jon Lester pitched eight shutout innings and Jason Heyward homered as Chicago held on to beat Philadelphia.
Dexter Fowler and Kris Bryant had three hits apiece and Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs for the Cubs, who won for the fifth time in six games to improve their major league-best record to 40-16.
Philadelphia’s Freddy Galvis hit a three-run homer off reliever Justin Grimm in the ninth, and Tommy Joseph followed with a solo shot off Hector Rondon. Rondon, who earned his 11th save, retired the next two hitters but allowed a single to pinch hitter Odubel Herrera. Another pinch hitter, Ryan Howard, grounded out to end the game, as the Phillies fell for the ninth time in 11 games.
Mets,Pirates postponed
PITTSBURGH — The Mets-Pirates game was postponed by rain following a delay of about one hour, 35 minutes. A makeup date was not immediately announced. The scheduled starting pitchers were pushed pack to Tuesday — left-handers Steven Matz for the Mets and ex-Met Jonathon Niese for the Pirates.