Rockies Thrash Texas – MLB Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers had dropped four of five before they belted three home runs on Monday night.

Carlos Gomez hit a leadoff homer and had three RBIs in Milwaukee's 8-3 rout of Arizona. Martin Maldonado and Jean Segura also homered for the Brewers, who are a major league-best 22-11 overall and 18-0 when scoring at least four runs.

Winning pitcher Matt Garza allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings.

In other major league action:

— San Francisco made it six straight wins as reliever Jared Hughes threw away a sacrifice bunt in the 13th inning, allowing Hunter Pence to score the winning run in the Giants' 11-10 triumph at Pittsburgh. Backup catcher Hector Sanchez went 4-for-7 with three RBIs in the Giants 20-hit attack, while Buster Posey had three hits, three runs scored and two RBIs.

— Atlanta has a seven-game losing streak after Matt Carpenter hit a two-run double while St. Louis was scoring three times in the fifth inning of a 4-3 win over the Braves. Shelby Miller allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings for his fourth win.

— Washington now leads the NL East after the Nationals got five solid innings from their bullpen in a 4-0 shutout of the Dodgers. Anthony Rendon (rehn-DOHN') and Danny Espinosa hit two-run homers in a game that was held up for over three hours by rain in the fourth inning.

— Casey McGehee (mih-GEE') hit a game-winning single off the foot of reliever Gonzalez German (hur-MAHN') in the bottom of the ninth to complete Miami's comeback in a 4-3 win over the New York Mets. The Mets blew a 3-0 lead in the eighth and wasted a great effort by Jon Niese (nees), who allowed five hits in seven scoreless innings.

— Jose Reyes hit a leadoff homer and Melky Cabrera raised his average to .341 by going 2-for-4 with a run scored in Toronto's 3-0 shutout of Philadelphia. Former Phillie J.A. Happ allowed just three hits in five innings for his first win of the season.

— Troy Tulowitzki (too-loh-WITS'-kee) smacked a pair of two-run homers and Jordan Lyles pitched eight strong innings in Colorado's 8-2 thrashing of Texas. Nolan Arenado also homered to extend his hitting streak to 25 games, the longest in the majors this season.

— Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run 12th that gave the Chicago White Sox a 3-1 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. White Sox starter Jose Quintana pitched one-hit ball over seven innings.

— Will Venable hit a two-run single in the 12th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals. Venable singled off Tim Collins (0-2) and over the head of right fielder Lorenzo Cain to score Chris Denorfia with the tying run and Yonder Alonso with the winning run from second base.

— Stefen Romero's first big league homer was the tiebreaking blast in the fifth inning of Seattle's 4-2 win at Oakland. Chris Young allowed two hits over six strong innings as the Mariners won for the eighth time in 10 games since an eight-game losing streak.

— Howie Kendrick, John McDonald and Chris Ianetta (eye-ah-NET'-uh) walked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning of the Angels' 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees. Jared Weaver held the Yanks to a run and six hits while fanning seven in eight innings.

— Max Scherzer allowed just three hits while striking out nine over eight innings of the Tigers' 2-0 shutout of Houston. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner is 4-1 with a 1.72 ERA after winning his fourth consecutive start.

— Minnesota beat Cleveland 1-0 on Eduardo Escobar's leadoff homer in the top of the 10th. It was the second straight day John Axford has served up a game-winning homer in the final inning.

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez says he's fine and won't miss a turn after being hit by a batted ball.

Fernandez was struck on the inside of the left thigh during Sunday's 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. On Monday, he was selected as the National League Pitcher of the Month.

In other baseball news:

— Reds right fielder Jay Bruce has undergone surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee and will be sidelined for about a month. He was scratched from the lineup Sunday because of a sore knee, but pinch hit and struck out during a 4-3, 10-inning win at Milwaukee.

— Minnesota Twins first baseman Joe Mauer will miss at least one game with lower back spasms. Mauer was taken out of Sunday's win against Baltimore in the third inning when his back tightened.

— Tampa Bay Rays minor league pitcher Steve Geltz has been suspended 50 games after a second positive drug test. Geltz was pitching for Triple-A Durham, where he is 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 16.1 innings over 11 appearances.