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Giancarlo Stanton homered in his sixth consecutive game to give him a major league-leading 44, but the Miami Marlins fell 9-4 to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.
Stanton hit a solo shot to deep left-center field off Madison Bumgarner (3-5) in the third inning, tying the game at 2. He has 11 homers in his past 12 games, and 23 in the past 35. Only Sammy Sosa (25 in 1998) and Barry Bonds (24 in 2001) have hit more in that span, according to Elias.
He is two games from tying the major league record of hitting a home run in eight straight set by Dale Long (1956), Don Mattingly (1987), and Ken Griffey Jr. (1993).
Stanton will look to make it seven straight on Wednesday in the series finale. The Giants will start right-hander Matt Cain. Stanton has four home runs in 22 at-bats against Cain.
Dodgers cruise to win
In Los Angeles, Joc Pederson got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in the go-ahead run in a five-run eighth inning that lifted Los Angeles over Chicago.
The victory pushed the major league-leading Dodgers (84-34) to a whopping 50 games above .500.
Pederson was hit in the right thigh by a pitch from Jake Petricka, forcing home Yasmani Grandal with two outs and opening the floodgates for a Dodgers offense that had been stifled most of the game. Pinch-hitter Austin Barnes and Corey Seager each added a two-run single.
Brandon Morrow (5-0) worked an inning of scoreless relief. Juan Minaya (1-1) took the loss. Tim Anderson homered on the first pitch of the game from Alex Wood, who went seven innings. The left-hander remained 14-1.
Chicago has lost six straight road games and 10 of its last 11.
Red hot Red Sox
In Boston, Xander Bogaerts had three hits, Hanley Ramirez, Sandy Leon and Jackie Bradley Jr. all added two RBIs and Boston beat St. Louis.
Boston blew the game open courtesy of a wild fifth inning, tallying eight hits and eight runs against Cardinals starter Mike Leake and reliever Matt Bowman. It came an inning after the Red Sox turned their first triple play in six years .
The Red Sox have won 11 of their past 13.
Rick Porcello (7-14) was mostly able to cruise, giving up eight hits and three runs over seven innings to pick up the victory. He has won his past three starts after going winless for more than a month.
Leake (7-11) got the loss and has failed to win in his past four starts.
Nationals rally
At Washington, Gio Gonzalez allowed two hits in six scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick hit two solo home runs and Washington snapped Los Angeles'winning streak at six.
Gonzalez (11-5) struck out four and issued three walks in lowering his home ERA to 1.79, now the best in baseball. The left-hander, who was three outs from a no-hitter July 31 at Miami, allowed his first hit two hits into the fifth against the Angels.
Los Angeles, which had climbed into an AL wild-card spot during its streak, lost for the first time since Aug. 7. Tyler Skaggs (1-3) allowed the two home runs to Kendrick and five other hits while striking out six in five innings. Sean Doolittle picked up his 12th save of the season and his ninth with Washington.
Indians dominant
In Minneapolis, Carlos Santana hit two of Cleveland's five home runs and Danny Salazar continued his strong second-half stretch in the Indians'victory over Minnesota.
Santana, Jason Kipnis and Edwin Encarnacion all hit solo homers off Bartolo Colon (4-10) as Cleveland won its fifth straight overall and stayed unbeaten in eight games in Minnesota this season. Austin Jackson added a three-run shot and Santana homered from both sides of the plate for the Indians, who have outscored the Twins 56-16 at Target Field this season.
Salazar (5-5) cruised through seven innings, allowing one run and three hits. He struck out 10 while running his mark to 2-0 with a 1.39 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 32 1/3 innings in five starts since coming off the disabled list on July 22.
Results
Results from the MLB games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)
SEATTLE 3 Baltimore 1
LA DODGERS 6 Chicago White Sox 1
SAN DIEGO 8 Philadelphia 4
OAKLAND 10 Kansas City 8
Atlanta 4 COLORADO 3
Cleveland 8 MINNESOTA 1
Cincinnati 2 CHICAGO CUBS 1
TEXAS 10 Detroit 4
MILWAUKEE 3 Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 9 MIAMI 4
BOSTON 10 St. Louis 4
Tampa Bay 6 TORONTO 4
WASHINGTON 3 LA Angels 1
NY YANKEES 5 NY Mets 4
Houston 9 ARIZONA 4
