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Updated: April 22, 2015, 12:26 AM ET

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NEW YORK -- Catcher Kevin Plawecki made an impressive big league debut, contributing with his bat and glove as the banged-up New York Mets won their ninth straight by beating the Atlanta Braves 7-1 Tuesday night.

The Mets extended their longest winning streak since a 10-game run in 2008. The team record is 11 in a row, last done in 1990.

Curtis Granderson drove in four runs and Jonathon Niese (2-0) pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, helping the Mets stretch the best home start in club history to 8-0 at Citi Field.

A highly regarded prospect, Plawecki got two hits, scored twice and threw out a runner trying to advance on a ball in the dirt.

Plawecki was promoted from Triple-A earlier in the day to replace catcher Travis d'Arnaud, out for at least three weeks after breaking a finger when he was hit by a pitch Sunday.

ROYALS 6, TWINS 5

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer, then drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth inning, as the Kansas City Royals rallied over the Minnesota Twins.

The Royals trailed 5-3 in the sixth when Christian Colon started their comeback with an RBI double. Colon added a run-scoring groundout off Casey Fien (0-1) in the eighth to knot the game, and Moustakas fileted a single to left off Glen Perkins to take the lead.

Chris Young (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief of struggling starter Jason Vargas, and Wade Davis breezed through the ninth for his third save of the season.

RED SOX 1, RAYS 0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Wade Miley and four relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of an error to beat Chris Archer.

Miley (1-1) gave up three hits, four walks and had three strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings. Alexi Ogando, Robbie Ross Jr., and Junichi Tazawa combined to retire seven straight batters. Koji Uehara allowed a leadoff single in the ninth before finishing for his second save.

Archer (2-2) allowed one unearned run and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings for the Rays, who have lost the first four games of a nine-game homestand. He struck out nine and walked one.

YANKEES 5, TIGERS 2

DETROIT -- Chris Young and Stephen Drew homered in a three-run seventh and Nathan Eovaldi earned his first win with the New York Yankees.

Eovaldi (1-0) gave up a run on eight hits and a walk in seven-plus innings. Eovaldi started the eighth, but was removed after allowing a leadoff double to Alex Avila.

Eovaldi wasn't dominant, but got four double plays. Three were routine, but he started the fourth one with a blind snag of a liner hit right at his chest. Eovaldi then flipped to first to easily double off J.D. Martinez.

The Tigers scored in the ninth when Andrew Miller walked Nick Castellanos and Rajai Davis to force in a run. He then struck out Jose Iglesias for his fifth save.

Kyle Lobstein (1-1) yielded one run and three hits in six innings. Four Tigers relievers combined to allow three runs in the seventh, letting the Yankees pull away.

CUBS 9, PIRATES 8

PITTSBURGH -- Starlin Castro went 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs, including a game-tying two-run single in the ninth, and the Chicago Cubs rallied for the win.

Wellington Castillo followed Castro's big hit with an RBI groundout off Pittsburgh closer Mark Melancon (0-1) as Chicago overcame a late three-run deficit to win for the third time in four games.

Edwin Jackson (1-0) picked up the victory in relief. Hector Rondon worked a perfect ninth for his third save.

Chicago rookie Addison Russell went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts in his major league debut.

Pittsburgh's Jung Ho Kang went 2 for 4 with a bases-clearing double in the seventh for the first RBIs of his career.

NATIONALS 2, CARDINALS 1, 10 INNINGS

WASHINGTON -- Yunel Escobar homered to left with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, then celebrated with a head-first slide into home plate, lifting the Washington Nationals to a victory.

It was the second homer of the season for Escobar, who was supposed to be Washington's second baseman but is filling in at third while Anthony Rendon is on the disabled list.

Escobar connected with the first pitch he saw from Carlos Villanueva (1-1), the seventh pitcher for the Cardinals, who had won five consecutive games.

The Nationals have won five of their past six games to get back to .500 after starting the year 2-6.

Aaron Barrett (2-0) earned the win by pitching the 10th.

REDS 16, BREWERS 10

MILWAUKEE -- Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier each hit two-out grand slams, powering the Cincinnati Reds.

Zack Cozart hit two homers for the Reds, whose offense has reawakened for 22 runs in two games in Milwaukee after manager Bryan Price went on a profanity-laced tirade in his pregame media session Monday.

Mike Fiers (0-3) was shelled for eight runs in four innings for Milwaukee, which lost its seventh straight. The Brewers have the worst record in the majors at 2-12.

For a change, the offense wasn't the main problem for the Brewers.

Elian Herrera hit a grand slam in the sixth to get the Brewers to 13-10.

The Reds had more punch. Cozart led off the top of the seventh with a solo shot.

BLUE JAYS 13, ORIOLES 6

TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion smashed a pair of home runs and Jose Bautista added another to power the Toronto Blue Jays.

Encarnacion's first was a leadoff shot that landed on the batter's eye beyond center field and sparked a six-run second inning.

The second for his fourth of the season was a left-field blast into the top deck of Rogers Centre. It was just the 18th home run to climb that high in the 26-year history of the stadium.

Bautista's two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh off reliever Jason Garcia was his fourth of the year and the 250th of his career. Mark Buehrle (3-0) went six innings to get his second win against the Orioles this year.

INDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 2

CHICAGO -- Carlos Carrasco struck out eight in five innings in his first start since being hit in the face by a line drive and Carlos Santana and David Murphy smacked solo home runs.

The victory snapped a two-game losing streak on a cold night at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field. Temperatures slipped into the lower 40s with wind chills in the 30s.

Carrasco (2-1) allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks, looking strong a week after White Sox outfielder Melky Cabrera's liner struck him in the first inning of a 4-1 loss last Tuesday. The right hander improved to 1-1 against Chicago this season.

White Sox starter Hector Noesi (0-2) lasted 5 2-3 innings.

PHILLIES 7, MARLINS 3

PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard hit a go-ahead two-run homer and Freddy Galvis also connected to back Jerome Williams.

Williams (1-1) allowed three runs -- two earned -- and eight hits, striking out six in six innings.

The slumping Marlins lost their fifth straight game, falling to 3-11. Manager Mike Redmond didn't get an endorsement from owner Jeffrey Loria after meeting with him and general manager Dan Jennings before the game.

Miami starter Dan Haren (1-1) gave up four runs and four hits in six innings. Giancarlo Stanton hit a 453-foot homer for the Marlins.

Coming off a 1-6 road trip, the Phillies showed some rare pop at the plate. They've hit just eight homers in 14 games.

PADRES 7, ROCKIES 6

DENVER -- Derek Norris hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres rallied.

Clint Barmes homered and Wil Myers had three hits for San Diego, which has won three straight and six of seven.

Nick Hundley hit his first homer as a Rockie and also tripled. Colorado has lost five straight after starting the season 7-2.

The struggling Rockies used a three-run fifth to take a 5-2 lead but the bullpen couldn't hold it. The Padres got one in the seventh and then went up in the eighth.

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

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