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 Tigers 4, Twins 2
Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez hit home runs and Max Scherzer
picked up his 18th victory to lead Detroit to a victory over the
Minnesota Twins that protected the Tigers' two-game lead in the
American League Central.
Scherzer (18-5) pitched just one clean inning -- the first -- and
got into serious trouble in the fifth when the Twins scored both of
their runs, but he lasted six innings.
Right-handers Joakim Soria, Joba Chamberlain and Joe Nathan worked
one inning each to close out the win, with Nathan getting his 34th
save.
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Pirates 10, Braves 1
The Pittsburgh Pirates will go into the final weekend of the regular
season trailing the first-place St. Louis Cardinals by one game in
the National League Central after routing Atlanta.
Right-hander Edison Volquez allowed four hits over seven scoreless
innings and third baseman Josh Harrison went 3-for-5 to take over
the lead in the National League batting race.
Harrison is batting .319 to lead Colorado's Justin Morneau (.317).
The Pirates (87-72) finish with three games at Cincinnati, while the
Cardinals (88-71) are at Arizona.
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Royals 6, White Sox 3
Eric Hosmer hit a game-tying home run in the fifth inning and Kansas
City ended the game with five unanswered runs to move ever closer to
the playoffs.
They did clinch at least a tie for the second wild-card spot in the
AL with the Seattle Mariners (84-75), who staved off elimination on
Thursday by beating the Toronto Blue Jays.
Seattle remains three games back of the Royals (87-72) in the chase
for the second wild card and each team has three games left.
The Royals also remain two games behind first in the AL Central
because the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins.
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Rangers 2, Athletics 1
Adrian Beltre's home run off Luke Gregerson in the bottom of the
ninth inning lifted the Texas Rangers to a victory over the Oakland
Athletics.
Oakland fell one game behind the Kansas City Royals (87-72) for the
first AL wild-card. In the race for the second wild card, the A's
are two games ahead of the Seattle Mariners (84-75) and three ahead
of the Cleveland Indians (83-76).
All four teams have three games remaining.
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Yankees 6, Orioles 5
Derek Jeter created one last magic moment in his home finale as the
retiring Yankees captain hit the game-winning single in the bottom
of the ninth inning as New York beat the Baltimore Orioles.
The Yankees blew a three-run lead in the top of the ninth before
Jeter's clutch hit.
Jeter will play his final series against the Boston Red Sox.
Baltimore have already clinched the AL East.
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Mariners 7, Blue Jays 5
Logan Morrison homered twice and drove in four runs as the Seattle
Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays.
Third baseman Kyle Seager drove in two runs with two singles for the
Mariners that kept their slim playoff hopes alive as they trail the
wild card by two games with three to play.
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Mets 7, Nationals 4 (First game)
Matt den Dekker had a two-out, tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth
inning off reliever Tyler Clippard and the New York Mets lashed out
15 hits to beat the Washington in the first game of a doubleheader.
Right fielder Curtis Granderson added three hits and three RBIs for
the Mets.
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Nationals 3, Mets 0 (Second game)
Left-hander Gio Gonzalez allowed just one hit in seven innings and
fanned a career-high 12 batters as the Washington Nationals beat the
New York Mets to earn a split of the doubleheader.
The Nationals (93-65) took another step closer to locking up
home-field advantage for the NL playoffs in the late game and need
to win one game in their doubleheader against the Marlins on Friday.
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Reds 5, Brewers 3
Brandon Phillips, batting leadoff for the first time this season,
went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, lifting the Cincinnati
Reds to a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Milwaukee (81-78) were eliminated from post season contention with
the loss after leading the NL Central by 6-1/2 games on July 1.
Second baseman Rickie Weeks hit his eighth home run for the Brewers,
who committed three errors.
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Marlins 6, Phillies 4
Casey McGehee hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh
inning, capping a four-run rally and leading the Miami Marlins to a
win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Red Sox 11, Rays 1
The Red Sox got the first career home runs from catcher Christian
Vazquez and center fielder Rusney Castillo and strong pitching from
rookie right-hander Allen Webster in their thrashing of the Tampa
Bay Rays.
Vazquez went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, rookie second baseman Mookie
Betts had three hits and an RBI, fellow rookie left fielder Bryce
Brentz added two hits and one RBI. (Compiled by Jahmal Corner)
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