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 Giants 9, Dodgers 0
Madison Bumgarner earned a share of the Major League lead with his
18th win as San Francisco shut out the Dodgers with a 9-0 victory.
Bumgarner struck out eight during the gem.
Pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa hit a three-run home run Brandon
Crawford added a two-run homer in the fifth to help Bumgarner win
his fifth straight start.
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Red Sox 4, Royals 2
Second baseman Jemile Weeks doubled twice and scored two runs as the
Boston Red Sox beat Kansas City, knocking the Royals out of first
place in the American League Central.
The Royals' defeat, coupled with the Detroit triumph over Cleveland,
dropped the Royals (80-66) a half-game behind the Tigers, the
defending division champions.
The Royals have lost five of their last seven games, scoring 12 runs
in the losses.
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Cardinals 5, Rockies 1
Adam Wainwright retired his last 16 batters and notched his 18th win
as the Cardinals maintained their National League Central lead with
a decision over Colorado.
Wainwright (18-9) allowed six hits and a run in eight innings,
walking none and fanning eight.
The triumph enabled him to draw level with the Los Angeles Dodgers'
Clayton Kershaw, San Francisco's Madison Bumgarner and Cincinnati's
Johnny Cueto for the major league lead in wins.
St Louis (81-67) kept a 2 1/2-game advantage in the NL Central on
second-place Pittsburgh, a 7-3 winner over the Chicago Cubs, and
snapped a three-game losing streak.
The Rockies (59-88) lost their fourth in a row.
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Tigers 7, Indians 2
J.D. Martinez had a two-run homer and a two-run triple to back a
strong start by David Price in the Detroit Tigers' victory over the
Cleveland Indians.
The Tigers (81-66), who have won four of their last five games,
began the day a half-game behind first-place Kansas City in the
American League Central.
The third-place Indians dropped 4 1/2 games behind the Tigers.
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Orioles 2, Yankees 1 (11 innings) (first game)
Pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes knocked in the winning runs with a
bases-loaded double in the 11th inning against New York right-hander
Adam Warren, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a victory over the
Yankees in the first game of a split-double header.
After a three-game sweep of the Red Sox this week, Baltimore opened
a 10-game homestand with a chance to clinch the American League
East.
However, some of the excitement was dampened when Major League
Baseball announced before the game that slugger Chris Davis was
suspended 25 games for testing positive for amphetamines.
Left fielder Alejandro De Aza had two hits for the Orioles .
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Orioles 5, Yankees 0 (second game)
Alejandro De Aza had two RBI triples, Delmon Young added a two-run
single and Bud Norris threw seven shutout innings as the Baltimore
Orioles completed a sweep of doubleheader with a victory over the
New York Yankees.
The sweep, plus Toronto's 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay, reduced Baltimore's
(88-59) magic number to five for clinching the American League East
championship.
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Phillies 3, Marlins 1 (10 innings)
Cody Asche's two-run home run off reliever Chris Hatcher sent the
Phillies to a victory over the Marlins.
It was Asche's first-ever walk-off home run.
Miami shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria opened the scoring in the sixth
inning with an RBI single into right that scored first baseman Jeff
Baker.
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Mets 4, Nationals 3
Center fielder Juan Lagares broke a tie with a fifth-inning RBI
double, when the New York Mets finally beat the Washington
Nationals.
The Mets' win snapped a 12-game losing streak against the Nationals
at Citi Field, the longest home losing streak the Mets have ever
endured against a single opponent.
The win was the eighth in the last 10 games overall for the Mets
(72-76). The Nationals (83-63) lost for the second time in their
last six games as their magic number for winning the National League
East remained at nine.
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Pirates 7, Cubs 3
Jordy Mercer had three hits and three RBIs and National League
batting leader Josh Harrison also had three hits as the Pittsburgh
Pirates stayed hot with a victory over the skidding Chicago Cubs.
The Pirates (78-69) won for the seventh time in their last eight
games. They entered the day with a 1 1/2-game lead over the
Milwaukee Brewers for the second National League wild card and 2 1/2
games behind the St Louis Cardinals in the NL Central.
Gerrit Cole (9-5) pitched six solid innings to beat the Cubs for the
second time in six days and raise his career record to 5-0 against
Chicago. He allowed three runs and five hits with one walk and six
strikeouts.
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Rays 1, Blue Jays 0
Nathan Karns pitched seven innings for his first career Major-League
win and Ryan Hanigan homered as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays.
The loss ended a four-game winning streak by the Blue Jays (76-70),
who had also won nine of 11 games.
The Rays (71-77), who had lost their two previous games, needed only
a third-inning home run by their catcher, Hanigan, as each team had
only two hits.
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Brewers 3, Reds 2
Lyle Overbay's ninth-inning, bases-loaded RBI single gave the
Milwaukee Brewers a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Reds right-hander Jumbo Diaz allowed a leadoff double to catcher
Jonathan Lucroy in the ninth, and Lucroy moved to third on a
groundout by Aramis Ramirez.
Diaz (0-1) then intentionally walked right fielder Ryan Braun and
left fielder Gerardo Parra to bring up Overbay, who slapped Diaz's
first offering into the gap in left to end it.
Brewers starter Kyle Lohse worked 6 2/3 innings and was charged with
two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts. (Editing by
John O'Brien)
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