With Houston trailing 1-0 in the sixth, Gurriel hit his two-out blast to left-center on a 2-1 pitch from reliever Junichi Tazawa (1-1). Koehler issued three consecutive two-out walks in the second, and McCann hit the next pitch for a three-run double.
"The ball caught me right on a muscle on my foreman", he said. Manny Pina hit a two-run double to cap the five-run inning. He is hitting.293 with three homers and 14 RBIs this season. Gurriel, who made his major league debut just last August after a career spent playing in Cuba, is still considered a major league rookie.
Kyle Schwarber hit a 462-foot home run as Chicago beat Cincinnati. He said he kept the Blue Jays off balance by relying on off-speed pitches earlier and more often.
"Pretty impressive", Hinch said. "The pressure was on the pitcher because there was nowhere to put Yuli".
Joe Musgrove earned the win after giving up one run in 5 2/3 innings, giving him a 3-3 record for the year.
Keuchel allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.
Lonnie Chisenhall hit a three-run homer in the first when Cleveland scored five times off Chris Archer (3-2).
Cleveland Indians' Francisco Lindor watches his ball after hitting a solo home run off Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Jumbo Diaz in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 15, 2017, in Cleveland.
Marlins: RHP Dan Straily (bruised right arm) said he's optimistic he'll make his next start as scheduled. "I'm very fortunate that it wasn't at my face or hitting any bones in my arm".
Matt Kemp had four hits and a walk and scored three runs for the Braves. Still, he admitted it was a scary incident. "The fifth and sixth were pretty taxing on me in NY (on Thursday), a lot of stressful pitches".
Miami opened the scoring with a run in the fifth. The right-hander allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings and left with Cleveland ahead 7-4.
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After Gurriel's grand slam, Houston padded its lead to 6-1 on a two-run single by Altuve in the seventh.
Jeff Mathis hit a two-run home run and pinch hitter Daniel Descalso added a solo shot in the eighth to go with Tomas's blast.
"It's hard to come here feeling like everything's gonna go your way", Miami manager Don Mattingly said, "when nothing's going your way".
Martin Maldonado homered in the seventh inning to stretch the Angels' lead in support of Jesse Chavez, who gave up three runs and five hits in seven-plus innings.
An ugly Miami Marlins homestand, which so far includes six losses in seven games, could get even less attractive on Tuesday night.
Seattle snapped a four-game losing streak and sent the A's to their fourth straight defeat, but not without some tense moments in the ninth inning.
Houston Astros' Jake Marisnick (6) is congratulated by teammates after he hit a home run that scored Marwin Gonzalez (9) during the fifth inning of the team's baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Miami.
The Astros arrived at their hotel at 5 a.m. after a doubleheader in NY against the Yankees, and were listless and hitless against Dan Straily until the fifth inning.
And here's the thing: Tazawa and Ziegler were the two big free agent signings engineered by the Marlins front office last winter.
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