>>Sale Dominant As Sox Beat Cubs
Chris Sale matched a career high with 15 strikeouts while pitching seven scoreless innings, and the Chicago White Sox snapped the crosstown Cubs' nine-game win streak with a 3-1 win on Sunday.
Jose Abreu, Melky Cabrera and Alexei Ramirez homered for the White Sox, who had lost 10 of 15. Abreu, Cabrera and Carlos Sanchez had two hits apiece.
Sale (11-7) allowed one hit - Dexter Fowler's one-out single in the sixth - and walked two. It was his 11th double-digit strikeout game of the year and ran his total for the season to a major league-best 208.
>>Marlins Slam Cardinals
Derek Dietrich drove in three runs, Dee Gordon had three hits, and the Miami Marlins broke a six-game losing streak against St. Louis with a 6-4 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday.
Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits and scored two runs as Miami won for the fourth time in six games.
Jason Heyward homered twice and drove in three runs for St. Louis, which sports the best home record in the majors at 44-18. Stephen Piscotty also went deep for his first major league homer.
Jason Heyward homered twice and drove in three runs for St. Louis, which sports the best home record in the majors at 44-18. Stephen Piscotty also went deep for his first major league homer.
The Cardinals had a 3-1 lead before the Marlins scored four times in the fifth. The big blow was a bases-loaded triple for Dietrich, who had just one homer and three RBIs for the month coming into the day.
Chris Narveson (1-0) pitched 2 2-3 innings for the win. He also drove in Hechavarria with a squeeze bunt in the fifth. Hechavarria was first called out, but the play was overturned after a 2 minute, 50 second replay review.
A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 19th save in 24 opportunities.
>>Cole, Wacha Meet Again in Battle of Aces
Pirates ace Gerrit Cole and Cardinals star Michael Wacha try for their major league-leading 15th wins.
Cole (14-6, 2.48 ERA) starts against Arizona in the opener of a seven-game homestand.
Wacha (14-4, 2.93 ERA) gets the ball when the Cardinals begin a three-game series vs. the visiting Giants.
