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TORONTO -- J.A. Happ pitched six shutout innings for his first victory in three starts, Dioner Navarro and Jose Reyes homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Tuesday night.

Reyes and Navarro both connected in the sixth inning as the Blue Jays rebounded from Monday's 14-1 defeat to snap Boston's five-game winning streak. Reyes and Melky Cabrera both had three hits and two RBIs. Cabrera has 14 multi-hit games in his past 30.

David Ortiz hit a solo homer in the eighth, his third homer in two games and the 36th at Rogers Centre, matching Alex Rodriguez for the most by a visiting player.

Happ (8-5) allowed seven hits in six innings to win for the first time since June 26. Brett Cecil got the final out for his fourth save in five chances.

Jake Peavy (1-9) lost for the ninth time in 15 starts and hasn't won since beating Toronto on April 25. He allowed five runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings.

MARLINS 6, BRAVES 5

ATLANTA -- Jacob Turner allowed two runs in his bid for a permanent return to Miami's rotation and the Marlins knocked Mike Minor out of the game early in their win over Atlanta.

Donovan Solano had a career-high four hits and reached on a walk as Miami took its second straight win over Atlanta. Christian Yelich had two hits and scored three runs.

Turner (3-6), making his first start since June 11, gave up four hits in five innings. He loaded the bases but allowed only one run in the first inning. The other run he gave up came on Justin Upton's third-inning homer.

Steve Cishek pitched around Chris Johnson's leadoff single in the ninth to earn his 23rd save.

Minor (3-6) was rocked in his shortest start of the season, giving up six runs on 10 hits and two walks in three-plus innings. He allowed six runs for the second straight start.

PIRATES 12, DODGERS 7

PITTSBURGH -- Gregory Polanco got out of a slump with a solo home run and a tiebreaking two-run single, lifting Pittsburgh over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Neil Walker went 2 for 4 with his 15th homer and three RBIs. Ike Davis had three hits, including his sixth home run.

Vance Worley (3-1) overcame shaky defense behind him to win for the first time in nearly a month.

Adrian Gonzalez smacked his 15th homer and finished with three RBIs for the Dodgers. Paul Maholm (1-5) took the loss after replacing ineffective starter Josh Beckett, who struggled in his return from a hip injury.

Pittsburgh reliever Justin Wilson was ejected in the seventh after hitting Justin Turner with a pitch after Jamey Wright plunked Pirates star Andrew McCutchen.

Beckett allowed four runs in 3 2-3 innings, three coming on solo home runs by Walker, Davis and Polanco.

CUBS 6, PADRES 0

CHICAGO -- Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs, and Kyle Hendricks pitched seven innings in his return from the minor leagues, as the Chicago Cubs beat San Diego to snap a five-game losing streak.

Rizzo staked Hendricks to a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Four innings later, rookie Arismendy Alcantara and Rizzo hit back-to-back homers off Blaine Boyer for a 5-0 lead. Rizzo became the first National League player to reach 25 homers this season, his career high.

Emilio Bonifacio, Wellington Castillo and Justin Ruggiano had two hits apiece for the Cubs.

Recalled from Triple-A Iowa earlier Tuesday, Hendricks (1-0) made short work of an anemic Padres lineup that entered the game with a total of 29 home runs and 103 RBIs. In his second start of the season, he allowed five hits and threw only 83 pitches.

Eric Stults (3-12) took his ninth loss in 10 decisions.

INDIANS 8, TWINS 2

MINNEAPOLIS -- Carlos Santana homered among his season high-tying four hits and Danny Salazar won in his first start in more than two months as Cleveland topped Minnesota.

Cleveland won for the fourth time in six games since the All-Star break. Minnesota has lost four of five.

Salazar (2-4) gave up one run and six hits in five innings.

Indians closer Cody Allen struck out pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee with a runner on third in a two-run game in the eighth inning before Cleveland scored four times in the ninth.

Twins rookie starter Yohan Pino (1-3) allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings.

Minnesota's Brian Dozier had three hits, including his career-high 19th home run in the seventh inning.

BREWERS 4, REDS 3

MILWAUKEE -- Jonathan Lucroy homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to give Milwaukee a win over Cincinnati.

It was Lucroy's second homer of the game and 11th of the season. It was his second career walkoff homer, both against the Reds. His first was last season off closer Aroldis Chapman and this one was off Sam LeCure.

Francisco Rodriguez (4-3) pitched the ninth to earn the victory.

Cincinnati, 0-5 since the All-Star break, brought in LeCure (1-2) to pitch the ninth. His outing lasted just three pitches as Lucroy hit a 1-1 offering inside the left field foul pole.

Copyright 2014 by The Associated Press

This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index

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