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 Yankees 9, Angels 2
The Yankees scored five runs in the top of the first inning and were
never threatened the rest of the way, cruising to a victory and
taking two of three in the series.
Derek Jeter had two hits, including a home run in the second inning
off Angels (16-17) left-hander Hector Santiago that gave New York
(18-15) a 6-0 lead.
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Rockies 9, Rangers 2
Nolan Arenado led a 16-hit attack as the Colorado Rockies continued
their bashing ways against the Texas Rangers with a win.
That's three consecutive wins for the Rockies (22-14) over the
Rangers (17-17) by a combined score of 29-5. Arenado, Colorado's
23-year-old third baseman, when 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak
to a club record-tying 27 games and drove in two runs.
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White Sox 8, Cubs 3
Gordon Beckham hit a go-ahead home run for the second straight night
while Paul Konerko doubled in three runs as the Chicago White Sox
beat the Chicago Cubs.
Beckham, just two weeks off the disabled list, clubbed a three-run
home run off Cubs left-hander Travis Wood with two outs in the
fourth while Konerko, 2-for-3 as designated hitter, doubled in three
more runs in the fifth.
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Tigers 3, Astros 2
Miguel Cabrera homered in his first at-bat for the second
consecutive night and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning
streak to eight games by downing the Houston Astros.
Cabrera's two-run shot was the fourth homer of the season by
Detroit's first baseman. He has knocked in six runs in the last two
games.
Designated hitter Victor Martinez extended his hitting streak to 10
games with his sixth homer, a leadoff blast in the sixth, as the
Tigers improved their American League-leading record to 20-9.
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Cardinals 7, Braves 1
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright allowed only one
run in eight innings and became the major's first six-game winner
with a victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Third baseman Matt Carpenter, Matt Holliday and Peter Bourjos each
had three hits for the Cardinals (18-17), who totaled 13 off four
Atlanta (18-15) pitchers.
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Athletics 2, Mariners 0 (second game)
Drew Pomeranz threw five shutout innings in his first start of the
season, Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo home run, and the Oakland A's
defeated the Seattle Mariners to salvage a split in a doubleheader.
The A's lost three straight to Seattle and six consecutive home
games -- their longest home skid since 2007 -- before winning the
finale of the four-game series.
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Mariners 6, Athletics 4 (10 innings - first game)
Justin Smoak and Kyle Seager delivered run-scoring singles in the
10th inning to lead the Seattle Mariners past Oakland.
The Athletics scored three times in the seventh to take a 4-3 edge
before Robinson Cano had an RBI in the eighth to help Seattle tie
the game and send it to extra innings.
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Nationals 3, Dodgers 2
Stephen Strasburg pitched into the eighth inning and catcher Wilson
Ramos, who came off the disabled list before the game, broke a 2-2
tie with a sacrifice fly in the fifth as the Washington Nationals
beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Strasburg (3-2) allowed two earned runs in 7 1/3 innings and fanned
six for the Nationals (19-15) to beat the Dodgers (19-16).
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Marlins 1, Mets 0
Marcell Ozuna hit a sacrifice fly to right-center as the Miami
Marlins won in walk-off fashion for the third time in four days,
beating the New York Mets.
Tom Koehler tossed eight scoreless innings for the Marlins (19-15)
who have won four straight games while New York (16-17) got swept in
the three-game series and went the final 23 innings without scoring.
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Pirates 4, Giants 3
Right-hander Gerrit Cole pitched eight innings to snap his four-game
winless streak and Travis Snider hit a pivotal two-run single as the
Pittsburgh Pirates edged the San Francisco Giants.
Cole (3-2) allowed three runs and seven hits for the Pirates (14-20)
while Snider's double off San Francisco (21-13) pitcher Tim Lincecum
(2-2) in the second inning put the Pirates ahead 4-1.
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Red Sox 4, Reds 3
Will Middlebrooks' only hit of the game -- a bases-loaded, RBI
single in the eighth inning -- gave the Boston Red Sox their first
lead, and they made it stand for a win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Skip Schumaker hit a two-run home run in the third inning to give
the Reds (15-18) an early lead but Boston (17-17) battled back to
get the win.
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Blue Jays 10, Phillies 0
The Toronto Blue Jays erupted for nine runs in the seventh inning
and Mark Buehrle hurled a gem in a rout over the Philadelphia
Phillies.
Erik Kratz and Juan Francisco each hit two-run homers in the
seventh, while Edwin Encarnacion tripled and homered to power the
Blue Jays (17-17) to a season-high fourth consecutive win.
Buehrle (6-1) threw seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball
against Philadelphia (15-17) to lower his ERA to a team-leading
1.91.
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Orioles 4, Rays 3
Jonathan Schoop's two-run homer lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a
win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Schoop hit his blast in the seventh to put his team ahead 4-2 and
Baltimore (17-14) took the first two games of the series and is 4-0
against the Rays this season.
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Royals 8, Padres 0
Right-hander James Shields blanked the Padres on seven hits over
seven innings and first baseman Eric Hosmer drove in four runs with
three singles as Kansas City defeated the Padres.
The Padres (15-20) suffered their Major League-leading sixth shutout
of the season.
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Indians 4, Twins 3
Mike Aviles' single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning
drove in the winning run as the Cleveland Indians defeated the
Minnesota Twins.
Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera each finished with two RBIs
for Cleveland (15-19). (Editing by Jahmal Corner)
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