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First Posted: 6/24/2014 NEW YORK &#8212; Slumping outfielder Chris Young homered twice, Travis d&#8217;Arnaud hit a three-run shot in his return from a demotion and the towel-waving New York Mets roughed up Scott Kazmir and the Oakland Athletics 10-1 on Tuesday night
Bartolo Colon (8-5) shut down the team that didn&#8217;t want him back this year despite an 18-win season, pitching four-hit ball for eight innings against the AL West leaders.
Curtis Granderson homered, he and David Wright had RBI groundouts, and Daniel Murphy added a run-scoring single for the Mets, who scored at least 10 runs in consecutive games for the first time since June 28-29, 2011, in Detroit. They beat Miami 11-5 on Sunday, the first game the team followed Granderson&#8217;s lead and widely used the rally towels.
Young homered off Kazmir (9-3) in the second, four pitches after Granderson hit a two-run drive for the Mets first back-to back homers since Sept. 14. Young connected off failed closer Jim Johnson in the fifth for only the Mets&#8217; fifth four-homer game at Citi Field since it opened in 2009, according to STATS.
Manager Terry Collins earlier Tuesday said he has been talking with Young about his role and getting him on track amid rumors that Young, batting .201 coming in, was close to being cut despite having signed a one-year, $7.25 million contract in the offseas
Pirates 6, Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8212; Andrew McCutchen drove in two runs, Jeff Locke pitched into the eighth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Pirates have the NL&#8217;s best record (27-18) since May 6, and moved above .500 (39-38) for the first time since starting the season 7-6.
McCutchen had an RBI single during a three-run third inning that put the Pirates ahead 4-0. The 2013 NL MVP had two RBIs in Pittsburgh&#8217;s 8-1 win Monday night over the Rays.
Locke (1-1) allowed three runs and eight hits over 7 1-3 innings. His night ended in the eighth when Evan Longoria trimmed the Rays&#8217; deficit to 6-3 with a two-run homer.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 7, Marlins 4
PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Marlon Byrd hit a two-run homer, David Buchanan threw five effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Tuesday night.
Buchanan (4-3) allowed two runs and six hits to help the Phillies snap a three-game losing streak. The rookie right-hander struck out Marcell Ozuna on a 3-2 changeup with two runners on and two outs in the fifth, preserving a 4-2 lead. He pumped his fist and shouted as he walked off the mound.
Miami&#8217;s Garrett Jones hit a two-run homer off B.J. Rosenberg in the eighth. Jonathan Papelbon tossed a scoreless ninth for his 18th save in 20 tries.
Andrew Heaney (0-2) gave up five runs and four hits in five-plus innings in his second career start for the Marlins.
After being shut out Monday for the 10th time this season and seventh time in their last 25 home games, the Phillies jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning.
Jimmy Rollins was hit by a pitch leading off and Chase Utley walked one out later. On a double steal, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia&#8217;s throw to third bounced away for an error and Rollins scored to snap the team&#8217;s 21-inning scoreless streak at Citizens Bank Park, dating to June 15.
After Ryan Howard struck out, Byrd hit a 419-foot shot out to left-center to make it 3-0.
Cody Asche lined a two-run double in the sixth and scored on Bryan Morris&#8217; wild pitch for a 7-2 lead.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
White Sox 4, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE &#8212; Jose Quintana allowed one run in seven innings, Gordon Beckham homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Baltimore Oriolesto end a five-game losing streak.
Alexei Ramirez had two hits and scored twice for the last-place White Sox, who had lost nine of 11 overall and eight straight on the road.
Quintana (4-7) gave up six hits &#8212; including a solo homer by Steve Pearce &#8212; struck out eight and walked three. The left-hander was 0-3 in four starts since May 26.
One night after blowing a ninth-inning lead in the series opener, White Sox closer Ronald Belisario entered in the ninth with no outs and a runner on first. He allowed a pinch-hit RBI single to Delmon Young before getting pinch-hitter Ryan Flaherty to bounce into a double play &#8212; Chicago&#8217;s fourth of the game.
Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6
TORONTO &#8212; Jose Reyes atoned for a pair of misplays by hitting a leadoff double in the ninth inning and scoring when Yankees third baseman Yangervis Solarte threw away a bunt, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays over New York.
The Yankees trailed 6-0 before tying it, then lost their fourth in a row.
Reyes doubled off Adam Warren (1-4) into the right-field corner. Melky Cabrera followed with a sacrifice bunt, and Warren and Solarte seemed to hesitate over who would field it.
Solarte picked up the ball and threw it past second baseman Brian Roberts covering at first. The ball sailed into foul territory down the right-field line and Reyes trotted home.

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