Scherzer, Cahill improve to 6-0
Max Scherzer won his sixth consecutive decision, Victor Martinez hit a 2-run homer and the visiting Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-5 on Monday.
Scherzer (6-0) has not lost in 8 starts this season. His season-opening winning streak is the longest by a Tigers pitcher since Jeremy Bonderman won eight straight in 2007.
Athletics 7, Rangers 2:Trevor Cahill pitched 7 strong innings to earn his sixth straight win to start the season, Josh Willingham homered and drove in 5 runs, and the visiting Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers.Cahill (6-0) matched the major-league lead with his sixth victory and equaled his career best by winning his seventh consecutive decision.Red Sox 2, Twins 1: Pinch runner Jose Iglesias raced around from first to score on a close play at the plate on Carl Crawford#146;s one-out double off the left-field wall in the bottom of the 11th inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a win over the Minnesota Twins.Boston beat Minnesota the final three games of a four-game series and won for the 11th time in 12 games in Fenway Park. The Red Sox closed out their longest homestand of the season at 6-5.Reds 6, Astros 1:Travis Wood hit a 3-run homer and pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning to lead the visiting Cincinnati Reds past the Houston Astros.Wood#146;s shot to the Crawford Boxes in left field made it 3-0 in the third inning, and Ramon Hernandez pushed the lead to 5-0 with a 2-run homer to almost the same spot an inning later.Wood (2-3) allowed 6 hits and struck out six with 1 walk for his first win since April 2, his first start of the season.Brewers 4, Padres 3:Zack Greinke (1-1) struck out nine over 6 effective innings in his home debut and Rickie Weeks homered, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a victory over the San Diego Padres.Pirates 4, Dodgers 1:Neil Walker hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the surging Pittsburgh Pirates beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to move above .500 in mid-May for the first time in seven years.