Baseball-Highlights of Monday's MLB games

July 21 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League baseball games - - - Brewers 5, Reds 2 Wily Peralta allowed three hits over seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers recovered from two straight losses with a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Peralta (11-6) walked a pair and struck out five to pick up his second victory in a row and his team-leading 11th of the season. Ryan Braun went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Milwaukee (55-45). Reds (51-48) starter Mat Latos (2-2) also went seven innings but allowed eight hits while striking out three. - - - Giants 7, Phillies 4 Cliff Lee never seemed to settle into a rhythm in his first game back from a left elbow strain, tying his career high in hits allowed as the San Francisco Giants won the opening game of a three-game series. Lee surrendered 12 hits and six runs in his first start for Philadelphia (43-56) since May 18. Hunter Pence led the San Francisco (55-44) offense with three hits and two RBIs. - - - Dodgers 5, Pirates 2 Hyun-Jin Ryu continued his fine road pitching with seven strong innings and Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two walks to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ryu (11-5) allowed two runs and five hits to Pittsburgh (52-47). Paced by first baseman Gonzalez, the Dodgers (56-45) broke loose for 12 hits after batting just .213 and scoring 16 runs in their previous eight games. - - - Red Sox 14, Blue Jays 1 David Ortiz hit two home runs and had four runs batted in, and Stephen Drew hit one homer and also had four RBIs to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the Toronto Blue Jays and extend their winning streak to five games. Right-hander John Lackey (11-6) allowed two hits, no walks and one run in seven innings to earn the win in the opener of a four-game series between American League East rivals. The pair of two-run homers by Ortiz, both against left-handed reliever Brad Mills, took the Red Sox (47-52) designated hitter past former Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski into 36th place on the all-time home run list with 453. - - - Nationals 7, Rockies 2 Ian Desmond went 5-for-5 and hit a two-run homer in Washington's four-run fourth inning as the Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies. The five hits matched a career high for the Nationals (54-43) shortstop, who had four singles in addition to his 17th homer of the season. He scored three runs. Nationals starter Doug Fister (9-2) pitched into the sixth in his Coors Field debut and gave up two runs, both in that inning. - - - Marlins 3, Braves 1 (10 innings) Garrett Jones drove in two runs with a one-out single up the middle off rookie reliever Shae Simmons in the top of the 10th, and the Marlins defeated the Atlanta Braves. The extra-inning victory was the sixth of the season for the Marlins (46-52) against nine losses. Bryan Morris (7-0) got the victory after working out of trouble in the ninth inning against Atlanta (54-45), and closer Steve Cishek pitched a perfect 10th for his 22nd save in 25 opportunities. - - - Rangers 4, Yankees 2 Miles Mikolas pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings and Rougned Odor hit a tie-breaking single with two outs in the sixth inning, leading the Texas Rangers to a victory over the sloppy New York Yankees. New York (50-48) committed five errors in a game for the first time since July 7, 2007, against the Los Angeles Angels. The Rangers (40-59) won for the second time in 12 games and improved to 5-24 in their past 29 games. Nine of their 10 hits were singles. - - - White Sox 3, Royals 1 Chris Sale contained Kansas City during a seven-inning outing as the Chicago White Sox earned a win. Sale (9-1) allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight. He fanned three in the sixth despite two Royals hitters reaching base with Chicago clinging to a 2-1 lead. Chicago (48-52) improved to 3-1 since the All-Star break, while the Royals (48-50) dropped their fourth game in a row. - - - Twins 4, Indians 3 Josh Willingham's solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a win over the Cleveland Indians. Minnesota (45-53) snapped a three-game losing streak as Cleveland fell to 50-49. (Editing by John O'Brien)