Rangers snare Tigers for tenth straight win

Detroit: Mike Napoli and Joey Gallo homered as the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on Friday night for their tenth straight victory.

Nick Martinez (1-2) gave up one unearned run and four hits over five innings, ending an 11-start winless streak that dated to August 5, 2015. Matt Bush earned his fifth save in six chances, striking out Alex Avila with runners on the corners and two outs.

Daniel Norris (2-3) allowed five runs and seven hits while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings.

In Los Angeles, Alex Wood pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings for his third straight start without allowing a run, and Cody Bellinger, Chris Taylor and Brett Eibner homered to lead the Dodgers to a 7-2 victory over the Miami Marlins in a game that saw benches empty in the ninth.

Wood (5-0) held the Marlins to six hits while walking two and striking out four. He extended his scoreless innings streak to 20 1/3 innings — spanning three-plus starts.

Benches and bullpens emptied in the top of the ninth when Dodgers reliever Ross Stripling threw behind the back of Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, one inning after Marlins reliever AJ Ramos hit Eibner with a pitch following Bellinger’s two-run homer. Stripling, Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren and Marlins manager Don Mattingly were all ejected. Geren and a heated Mattingly had to be pulled apart during the players’ scrum in the middle of the field.

Evan Longoria got four hits, including a tie-breaking single off Tyler Clippard (0-2) in the eighth inning to takes the Rays to a close 5-4 win.

Danny Farquhar (2-1) induced an inning-ending double play from Aaron Judge in the eighth, and Alex Colome got three outs for his 11th save.

Matt Holliday tied it at 4 on a two-run homer in the eighth off Ryne Stanek.

Results

(Home team in CAPS)

Chicago White Sox 2 SEATTLE 1

OAKLAND 3 Boston 2

San Francisco 6 ST. LOUIS 5

Cleveland 5 HOUSTON 3

MINNESOTA 4 Kansas City 3

ATLANTA 7 Washington 4

Colorado 12 CINCINNATI 6