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 Blue Jays 2, Yankees 0
Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista homered as the Toronto Blue Jays
completed their first sweep at Yankee Stadium in over 12 years with
a 2-0 victory over New York on Sunday.
Right-hander Marco Estrada (10-6) made the home runs stand up,
allowing three singles in 6 1/3 innings, doing so after left-hander
David Price allowed three hits in seven innings in Saturday's 6-0
win.
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Cubs 2, Giants 0
Right-hander Jake Arrieta tossed 7 2/3 innings of four-hit shutout
ball as Chicago beat San Francisco 2-0 to complete a four-game
series sweep.
The sweep was the Cubs' first of the Giants at Wrigley Field since
June 9-12, 1977. The Cubs claimed their fourth straight victory and
moved 3 1/2 games ahead of the Giants in the race for a second
National League wild-card playoff berth.
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Rays 4, Mets 3
Richie Shaffer hit the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the
seventh inning and scored three runs to lead Tampa Bay to a 4-3 win
over the New York Mets that got the Rays back to .500 for the
season.
Rays starter Chris Archer settled down after a wild second inning
and gave up three runs and four hits over six frames. He struck out
11 but walked four -- all in the second inning.
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Indians 8, Twins 1
Corey Kluber flirted with a no-hitter and Cleveland's lineup had
another big offensive day to roll over Minnesota 8-1.
The Indians scored 34 runs in winning two of the three games of the
series. Kluber (7-12) held the Twins hitless through six innings,
facing the minimum 18 batters in that span.
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Red Sox 7, Tigers 2
Jackie Bradley Jr., who was hitting .121 when the game began, had a
career-best five RBIs and five Boston pitchers cobbled together a
four-hitter in a 7-2 win over Detroit.
Bradley had a bases-loaded triple, a solo home run and a
bases-loaded walk to account for his five runs driven in.
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Brewers 5, Cardinals 4
Khris Davis welcomed Jonathan Broxton back to Miller Park rather
rudely, taking his former team mate deep for a decisive two-run
homer in the eighth inning as Milwaukee edged St. Louis 5-4.
It was Davis' second home run of the afternoon -- his second
multi-home run game in the last four days.
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Rockies 6, Nationals 4
DJ LeMahieu, who entered the game to play second base in the seventh
inning on a double switch, had a two-run single with two outs in the
eighth to break a tie as Colorado beat Washington 6-4.
The game-winning hit came against Drew Storen (2-2), the former
closer who also blew a three-run lead in the eighth inning on
Friday.
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Royals 5, White Sox 4
Omar Infante got the winning run home in the eighth inning with a
soft ground ball as Kansas City beat the Chicago White Sox 5-4.
Infante's grounder to first baseman Jose Abreu was enough to score
Alex Rios, who led off the inning with a single and took third on
Paulo Orlando's ground-rule double.
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Mariners 4, Rangers 2
Felix Hernandez pitched seven quality innings, and the Seattle
Mariners hit two home runs on the way to a 4-2 win over the Texas
Rangers.
Mariners right fielder Nelson Cruz hit his 33rd home run of the
season, a solo shot in the sixth inning that put Seattle ahead 4-2.
Cruz matched the Angels' Mike Trout for the most home runs in the
American League. Seattle first baseman Jesus Montero had a solo
shot, his second home run of the year.
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Phillies 5, Padres 3
Right-handed starter Jerome Williams held the San Diego Padres to
one run on five hits over seven innings and Chase Utley broke open a
two-run game with a two-run, pinch-hit double as the Philadelphia
Phillies completed a three-game sweep at Petco Park with a 5-3 win.
The Phillies are 16-5 since the All-Star break while the Padres have
lost six straight for the second time this season to slip eight
games below .500.
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Angels 5, Orioles 4 (11 innings)
Left fielder David Murphy lined a bases-loaded single in the 11th
inning, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 win over the Baltimore
Orioles on Sunday at Angel Stadium.
Murphy finished with three hits, including a homer, and four RBIs.
Second baseman Johnny Giavotella added three more hits to the
Angels' 12-hit attack. Right-hander Trevor Gott (2-0) earned the
victory with two innings of scoreless relief.
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Athletics 5, Astros 4
Third baseman Danny Valencia hit a solo home run in the fourth
inning and a walk-off single with two outs and the bases loaded in
the ninth, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory against
the Houston Astros at the O.co Coliseum.
The walk-off hit was Valencia's fifth of his career.
The Astros had rallied to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth on
right fielder Colby Rasmus' three-run homer off A's closer Edward
Mujica.
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Marlins 4, Braves 1
Left-hander Brad Hand allowed one run over seven innings and drove
in two runs with sacrifice bunts as the Miami Marlins beat the
Atlanta Braves 4-1 to snap a six-game losing streak and avoid a
four-game sweep.
Hand (2-2) allowed two hits in his longest start of the year. He
threw 91 pitches (52 strikes), struck out three, walked two and
improved his career record against the Braves to 2-3.
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Pirates 13, Dodgers 6
Kang Jung-ho's three-run home run capped a nine-run seventh inning,
and Andrew McCutchen homered and drove in four runs, as the
Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 13-6 victory to complete a sweep of
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kang, the rookie shortstop, greeted right-handed reliever Joel
Peralta with his ninth homer of the season after the Pirates scored
eight runs in 2/3 of an inning off righty reliever Jim Johnson
(3-4).
McCutchen's homer came with a runner in the fifth inning to draw the
Pirates within 5-3 and the All-Star center fielder had a two-run
single during the big seventh inning that put Pittsburgh on top
12-5.
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Diamondbacks 4, Reds 3 (10 innings)
Arizona left fielder David Peralta had a career-high five hits and
second baseman Chris Owings hit a walk-off single in the last of 10
innings in the Diamondbacks' 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at
Chase Field.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt walked to open the 10th off
right-hander Ryan Mattheus (1-3) and Peralta followed with a single.
Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia's first sacrifice bunt since 2009
moved the runners before third baseman Jake Lamb was intentionally
walked to bring up Owings.
Owings' long fly ball to deep center started an on-field
celebration, and neither Peralta nor Lamb touched the next base
before joining in.
(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)
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