MIAMI: With their new old manager, the free-falling Florida Marlins had the same old result.Jered Weaver pitched seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels spoiled 80-year-old Jack McKeon’s return to the dugout Monday night with a 2-1 win over the Marlins, who tied a franchise record with their 11th consecutive loss.
The game came hours after the Marlins introduced McKeon as their interim manager for the rest of the season. He came out of retirement to replace Edwin Rodriguez, who resigned Sunday.
The change in leadership failed to inspire a reversal by the Marlins, who are 1-19 in June. The losing streak is their longest since 1998, when they lost 108 games.
Florida has dropped 11 consecutive one-run games, matching another franchise record.
Weaver (9-4) tied for the big league lead in wins. He allowed only five hits and one run to lower his ERA to 2.01, second-best in the majors.
Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez also went seven innings and gave up one run, which was unearned because of a passed ball by catcher John Buck . Steve Cishek (0-1) took the loss.
The start was delayed 1 hour, 43 minutes by rain.
Red Sox 14 Padres 5: In Boston, Adrian Gonzalez drove in three runs with a single and double in a 10-run seventh inning against his former team and the hot-hitting Boston Red Sox rolled over struggling San Diego.
Gonzalez boosted his major league-leading RBI total to 67 since the Padres, unable to give him a lucrative contract, traded him to the Red Sox in the offseason for three top prospects. He went 3 for 5 to increase his batting average to .353, also the best in the majors.
With the score tied at 3 going into the seventh, Gonzalez drove in the go-ahead run with a one-out double. After Kevin Youkilis flied out, the Red Sox scored nine more runs.
Cubs 6 White Sox 3: In Chicago, Carlos Zambrano kept his cool this time after a tough first inning and Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer to lead the Cubs to the victory.
The first matchup of six this season between the crosstown rivals with losing records drew a crowd of 36,005 to US Cellular Field. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was ejected in the sixth inning after apparently arguing that a ball hit near the plate by Alexei Ramirez should have been ruled foul.
Zambrano (6-4), who had a meltdown nearly a year ago at the home of the White Sox, recovered from a shaky three-run first that included Paul Konerko’s 20th homer. He allowed seven hits over eight innings.
Braves 2 Blue Jays 0: In Atlanta, Tim Hudson took a one-hitter into the ninth inning and hit his second career home run, powering Atlanta to the win.
Hudson (6-6) allowed two hits, walked one and struck out a season-high eight, including the 1,600th of his career. He connected off Ricky Romero (6-7) for a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh.
Toronto has lost five of seven.
Hudson retired 20 straight batters before Mike McCoy walked to lead off the ninth and advanced to second on Yunel Escobar’s infield single.
Dodgers 4 Tigers 0: In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw threw a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts for his third career shutout, leading Los Angeles over Detroit.
Juan Uribe homered and Dioner Navarro had an RBI double for the Dodgers, who posted their second consecutive shutout after beating Houston 1-0 on Sunday.
Kershaw (7-3) threw 112 pitches, tied his season high for strikeouts and walked one in his second shutout of the year. He allowed a double in the third by Ryan Raburn and a single in the fourth by Casper Wells .
The 23-year-old lefty had a two-run single in the eighth and then closed it out by striking out the side in the ninth. He is 5-0 with a 2.73 ERA in his last 10 starts.
Yankees 5 Reds 3: In Cincinnati, Alex Rodriguez keyed a four-run first with an RBI single and rookie Ivan Nova handled the NL’s most prolific offense for eight innings, leading New York over Cincinnati.
The Yankees have won nine of 11, moving a season-best 13 games over .500 at 42-29.
New York started fast against left-hander Travis Wood (5-5), who made an unexpected start. Originally scheduled to pitch on Tuesday, he was moved up a day when Johnny Cueto showed up with a stiff neck.
Nova (7-4) won his third straight start, allowing a run and four singles without walking a batter.
The AL’s top bullpen allowed the Reds to rally in the ninth before Mariano Rivera closed it out for his 18th save in 21 chances.
Rangers 8 Astros 3: In Arlington, Texas, Adrian Beltre had a pair of RBI singles among his three hits, Josh Hamilton hit a two-run triple off the wall and the Rangers opened the Lone Star Series with a victory.
The AL West leaders scored in each of the first three innings, quickly settling back in at home after a 3-7 road trip wrapped a stretch of playing 17 of 20 games on the road.
Derek Holland (6-2) pitched into the eighth to win at Rangers Ballpark for the first time in nearly two months. The left-hander allowed three runs and six hits over 7 1-3 innings.
J.A. Happ (3-9) lost his fifth straight decision in a span of seven starts.
Orioles 8 Pirates 3: In Pittsburgh, Nick Markakis had three hits and Jake Arrieta moved into a tie for the American League lead in wins as Baltimore pounded Pittsburgh.
Arrieta (9-4) gave up three runs over five innings and even added his first major league hit to became the first Orioles pitcher to reach nine wins by June 20 since Sidney Ponson in 2003.
The Orioles average 6.5 runs per game when Arrieta starts. They needed just two innings to top that mark against struggling starter Charlie Morton (7-4) while handing the Pirates their fourth straight loss.
Rockies 8 Indians 7: In Cleveland, Jason Giambi’s gigantic three-run homer in Colorado’s six-run fifth inning off Fausto Carmona sent the Rockies over Cleveland, the Indians’ first loss in seven interleague games this season.
Giambi’s 440-foot shot — his 422nd career homer — against Carmona (4-9) helped the Rockies win for the fifth time in six games and get back to .500 for the first time since May 25. The 40-year-old Giambi will get more at-bats with the Rockies on the road in AL ballparks for the next five games.
Matt Lindstrom (2-1), the second of five Rockies relievers, got the win. Huston Street worked the ninth for his NL-leading 21st save in 23 chances.
Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer and Carlos Santana had a solo shot for the Indians, who collected 12 hits in their first game with new batting coach Bruce Fields. He replaced Jon Nunnally, who was fired on Saturday.
Carlos Gonzalez had three hits for Colorado.
Rays 8 Brewers 4: In Milwaukee, Jeff Niemann tossed six scoreless innings in his return from an injury, Evan Longoria homered and drove in four runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Milwaukee in their first game at Miller Park.
Niemann (2-4) had spent the last 45 days on the disabled list with a lower back strain, but looked comfortable while using his big curveball to neutralize the Brewers.
Tampa Bay gave Niemann an early run against Chris Narveson (4-5) and tacked on seven more late, including four in the seventh and Longoria’s three-run shot in the eighth.
Jonathan Lucroy homered for Milwaukee, which was without slugger Ryan Braun because of a respiratory infection. The Brewers fell a half-game out of first place in the NL Central, trailing the idle Cardinals.
The Rays have won four straight and 10 of 14
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