MLB roundup: M's down White Sox for 8th straight win

Josh Rojas hit a two-run homer and Mike Ford and Teoscar Hernandez each had two hits to help the Seattle Mariners defeat the host Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Tuesday and extend their winning streak to eight games.

Seattle won for the 16th time in 19 games. Justin Topa (3-3) earned the victory with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Andres Munoz recorded the final out for his eighth save.

Andrew Vaughn's first-inning RBI single gave Chicago a 1-0 lead, but the Mariners responded with two runs in the second via run-scoring singles from Ford and J.P. Crawford. Rojas' fourth-inning blast made it 4-1, and Seattle added two runs in the sixth.

Clevinger (5-6) allowed four runs and six hits in five innings. Yoan Moncada and Vaughn each had two hits as the White Sox lost for the eighth time in 10 games.

Nationals 2, Yankees 1

CJ Abrams hit a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the eighth inning as visiting Washington recorded a victory over New York, which is on its first nine-game losing streak since September 1982.

Abrams snapped a 1-1 tie by hitting a first-pitch changeup from Tommy Kahnle (1-2) off the right field foul pole. Carter Kieboom homered in the third in his season debut. Mason Thompson (4-4) earned the win, and Kyle Finnegan tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his 22nd save.

Ben Rortvedt homered and had both hits for the Yankees, who dropped to 12-27 since getting to 10 games over .500 on July 4.

Brewers 7, Twins 3

Milwaukee bunched six singles for five runs in the sixth inning to rally over visiting Minnesota in the opener of the two-game interleague series between division leaders.

After mustering two runs through five innings off starter Bailey Ober, Milwaukee scored five in the sixth off Dylan Floro (4-6) without an