Sale matches record, White Sox beat Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Chris Sale matched a major league record by striking out at least 10 in eight straight starts, and the Chicago White Sox outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in 11 innings Tuesday night on a home run by Tyler Flowers.
Sale struck out 12 in eight innings. The left-hander tied the mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999 with Boston.
The White Sox ace had fanned every hitter in the St. Louis lineup by the end of the sixth. He is 0-2 with two no-decisions during the last four games of his streak, getting only four runs of support.
Sale helped himself in his 100th career start, singling for his first hit and scoring the first run for the White Sox.
Flowers hit his sixth homer with two outs in the 11th.
Rangers 8, Orioles 6
BALTIMORE — Mitch Moreland hit two home runs for the second straight game, and the Rangers celebrated the return of Josh Hamilton with a road win.
Shin-Soo Choo and Robinson Chirinos also went deep for the Rangers, who have hit eight home runs in the first two games of the series.
Moreland homered with a man on in the second and eighth innings. He leads Texas with 14 homers and ranks second with 43 RBIs.
Hamilton hit two singles and made a nice running catch of a sinking liner to left field in his eighth game of the season. The free-swinging slugger had been sidelined since May 31 with a strained left hamstring.
Chris Davis hit two home runs for Baltimore and Manny Machado added a solo shot. Miguel Gonzalez (6-5) got the loss.
Colby Lewis (8-3) improved to 4-0 in six starts since May 27. Shawn Tolleson earned his 11th save.
Astros 4, Royals 0
HOUSTON — Dallas Keuchel allowed seven hits in eight innings to lead Houston to the victory.
The performance comes after Keuchel (10-3) threw a six-hit shutout in a win over the New York Yankees in his previous start. Keuchel struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 2.03.
George Springer had a two-run homer in the third inning.
