The Tigers are off the schneid after a 7-2 win over the Red Sox after starting the year with seven straight losses. Marcus Thames’ two-run homer keyed four-run fourth that erased a 2-0 deficit.
Mike Napoli hit his first career grand slam off former Angel Paul Byrd in the second inning of a 9-5 win over the Indians. Napoli drove a 1-0 pitch over the wall in left-center for his 29th career home run.
The Marlins’ Mike Jacobs, who entered Tuesday hitting .179, belted a pair of two-run homers in a 10-4 rout of the Nationals. His first homer off Jason Bergmann capped a seven-run fifth inning.
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The Phillies threw the ball around just about everywhere in an 8-2 loss to the Mets as they made four errors in the first three innings and starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick walked six in 2 1/3 innings.
Jeremy Accardo suffered his second defeat in as many days as he allowed four runs, including Bobby Crosby’s two-run double, in the top of the ninth in the Blue Jays’ 6-3 loss to the Athletics.
The Yankees were stumped by the Royals’ Zach Greinke, Yasuhiko Yabuta and Jimmy Gobble, who combined for seven-hit shutout. New York did not have a runner touch third base in the 4-0 loss.
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