Pirates pitcher solid in debut

Pittsburgh

Nick Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning in his major league debut to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to their fifth straight win, 5-0 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

Kingham, a 26-year-old rookie right-hander, retired 20 straight before Paul DeJong singled down the left-field line with two outs in the seventh. He finished with one hit and nine strikeouts on 98 pitches (72 strikes) after being recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis earlier in the day.

He joined Johnny Cueto as the only pitchers in the past 100 years with one hit allowed, at least nine strikeouts and zero walks in a debut.

Cubs 2, Brewers 0: Tyler Chatwood pitched seven innings and helped himself with an RBI single, leading the Cubs to a sweep of the four-game series. Chatwood (2-3) allowed two hits, struck out four and walked three in his second straight win.

Orioles 5, Tigers 3: Substitute starter Pedro Alvarez hit two home runs, Trey Mancini had a solo shot and Baltimore beat Detroit for its first home series win of the season. Alvarez was inserted into the lineup at third base just before the game after Danny Valencia was scratched.

Blue Jays 7, Rangers 2: Kevin Pillar homered for the third time in two games, J.A. Happ (4-1) pitched seven innings to win his fourth straight decision and Toronto avoided a three-game sweep. Teoscar Hernandez and Yangervis Solarte added solo homers off Martin Perez (2-3) as the Blue Jays snapped a four-game home losing streak and won for the third time in their past 10.

Mariners 10, Indians 4: Ryon Healy hit two home runs and had four RBIs, Robinson Cano and Mitch Haniger also homered, and Seattle defeated Cleveland.

Marlins 3, Rockies 0: Caleb Smith allowed two hits in seven innings for his first career victory. Smith (1-3), who entered the game with an ERA of 5.82, struck out nine and walked one in the longest outing of his career.

Braves 10, Phillies 1: Ronald Acuna Jr. doubled twice and reached base four times. Acuna, at 20 the youngest player in the big leagues, hit second behind 21-year-old Ozzie Albies, the second-youngest major leaguer. Albies drilled the game's first pitch for a homer, added a two-run double and scored three runs. Acuna had an RBI double in the eighth, walked twice and stole his first base. Johan Camargo hit a three-run homer and Ender Inciarte tripled in a five-run third inning off Vince Velasquez.

Nationals 3, Diamondbacks 1: Gio Gonzalez struck out eight over seven strong innings, Matt Wieters and Michael A. Taylor homered, and Washington beat Arizona.

Astros 8, Athletics 4: Gerrit Cole struck out 12 while working into the seventh inning, George Springer and Jose Altuve each drove in two runs and Houston beat Oakland.

Reds 8, Twins 2: Tyler Mahle pitched into the seventh inning, Jose Peraza had three hits and Adam Duvall homered for Cincinnati.

Royals 5, White Sox 4: Cheslor Cuthbert homered twice and drove in four runs as Kansas City won consecutive games for the first time this season.

Giants 4, Dodgers 2: Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Ty Blach made the early lead stand up.