NEW YORK: Max Scherzer tied the Major League lead with his 15th win as Detroit beat Kansas City to move within two games of the Royals for first place in the American League Central Division.
Scherzer, the reigning American League Cy Young winner, allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk in five innings.
The Tigers scored a two runs in three straight innings to runaway with the contest as Victor Martinez and Torii Hunter each had four RBIs.
Tsuyoshi Wada flirted with a no-hitter through six hit-less innings to lead Chicago past the first-place Baltimore Orioles.
Baltimore outfielder Steve Pearce homered off Wada in the seventh, but that was the only hit the Orioles managed for the game.
Wada exited in the seventh after he struck out eight batters in the game.
First baseman Lucas Duda homered twice and the New York Mets turned a rare triple play in a rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
REUTERS
