>>Chi Sox Thump Red Sox Again
Adam Eaton opened the game with a home run, Jose Quintana pitched 6 1-3 solid innings and the White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Wednesday night for their season-high seventh straight win.
Rumored to be potential sellers at Friday's upcoming non-waiver trade deadline, the White Sox find themselves in their best stretch this season.
It's their longest winning streak since 2012.
Eaton and Melky Cabrera both had three hits, including RBI singles. Alexei Ramirez hit a solo homer for the White Sox, who built a 6-0 lead and chased Boston starter Rick Porcello in the third inning.
Mike Napoli homered and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who have lost 12 of 14.
Quintana (6-9) allowed two runs and six hits, striking out three and walking one. He gave up Napoli's homer into the Green Monster seats in the seventh.
Porcello (5-11) was tagged for six runs and seven hits in two-plus innings, the second time in five starts he's lasted just two innings. He gave up seven runs in a loss at Toronto on July 1.
>>Cubs Edge Rockies
Jon Lester (6-8) struck out 14, one shy of his career high and the most for a Cubs pitcher in more than a decade, leading Chicago over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Wednesday.
Hector Rondon then worked around Carlos Gonzalez's two-out walk in a hitless ninth for his 13th save in 16 chances.
Anthony Rizzo hit his first homer since July 7, a wind-blown, two-run drive in the third that glanced off the right-field foul pole for his 17th home run this season.
A day after he was acquired from Toronto, Jose Reyes was 1 for 3 with a walk and a stolen base in his Rockies' debut. The four-time All-Star, obtained in a trade that sent Troy Tulowitzki to Toronto, batted second and singled in his first at-bat for Colorado, then was caught stealing.
Chicago leadoff batter Dexter Fowler homered in the first off Eddie Butler (3-7), who allowed three runs and five hits in five innings.
Gonzalez hit his 21st homer, a solo shot off Lester in the seventh. Nolan Arenado hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
>>Reds Blank Cardinals Again, Lose Holiday
Jay Bruce homered in the second to back Anthony DeSclafani's seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Cincinnati Reds shut out the St. Louis Cardinals for the second straight night, 1-0 on Wednesday.
The Reds ended a nine-series losing streak in St. Louis and have won consecutive games at Busch Stadium for the first time since July 6 and Sept. 2, 2011. It was the first time Cincinnati won consecutive games in the same series since June 2006.
Bruce's 17th home run moved him ahead of Barry Larkin into ninth in franchise history with 199 homers.
DeSclafani (6-7) did the rest, walking three and striking out three. Aroldis Chapman collected his 21st save in 22 opportunities.
The Cardinals squandered another strong outing from John Lackey (9-6), who gave up two hits in eight innings and has posted a 1.67 ERA during his last nine outings.
The Cardinals have been shut out for 22 straight innings and have scored in just one of the past 30 innings.
Adding to their problems, outfielder Matt Holliday left the game with a right quad strain after pulling up lame running to first on a double play that ended the first inning. It is the same injury that sidelined Holliday for 31 games earlier this season.
MLB Scoreboard
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Interleague
Pittsburgh 10
Minnesota 4
Arizona 8
Seattle 2
Atlanta 0
Baltimore 2
Philadelphia 2
Toronto 8
Oakland 7
LA Dodgers 10
American League
Kansas City 1
Cleveland 12
Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 1
NY Yankees 2
Texas 5
LA Angels 3
Houston 6
National League
Milwaukee 0
San Francisco 5
San Diego 7
NY Mets 3
Washington 7
Miami 2
