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 Mets 3, Cardinals 1 (18 innings)
The New York Mets spent all day wasting scoring chances but they
still escaped Busch Stadium with an absurd win, breaking a 1-1 tie
with two runs in the top of the 18th inning to beat the St. Louis
Cardinals 3-1.
Shortstop Ruben Tejada's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and no
outs scored second baseman Wilmer Flores with the tiebreaking run.
Left fielder Eric Campbell squeezed home right fielder Curtis
Granderson with an insurance run.
New York (48-44) went an unthinkable 1-for-26 with men in scoring
position and stranded 25 runners, 17 in scoring position, in the
5-hour, 55-minute marathon.
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Dodgers 5, Nationals 0
Zack Greinke allowed three hits and no runs in eight innings to
extend his scoreless streak to 43 2/3 innings as the Los Angeles
Dodgers beat Washington to take the rubber game in a showdown of
first-place clubs.
Greinke, who had a season-high 11 strikeouts with one walk, has not
allowed a run in his last six starts. He lowered his ERA to a
league-best ERA of 1.30 and did not allow a runner to reach second
as he threw 119 pitches.
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Yankees 2, Mariners 1
Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs in the bottom
of the eighth inning as the New York Yankees edged Seattle 2-1.
Teixeira helped give the Yankees their ninth win in 13 games when he
slugged a 1-2 changeup from Fernando Rodney into the right field
seats. It was his 23rd home run and increased his league-leading RBI
total to 63.
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Blue Jays 4, Rays 0
Chris Colabello and Jose Bautista homered, Marco Estrada pitched
eight strong innings and Toronto defeated Tampa Bay 4-0.
Colabello hit a two-run homer in the fifth to break up a scoreless
game as Estrada held the Rays to three hits in facing one batter
over the minimum. The right-hander struck out five and did not walk
a batter.
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Orioles 9, Tigers 3
Jonathan Schoop's three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth and
Baltimore rolled over Detroit 9-3.
The home run was Schoop's sixth this season and third since coming
off the 15-day disabled list on July 5. Adam Jones pounded out three
hits, including a solo home run, as every Baltimore starter had at
least one hit.
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Royals 4, White Sox 1
Danny Duffy gave Kansas City exactly what it needed, outpitching
Chicago's ace left-hander Chris Sale to help the Royals earn a 4-1
win.
Duffy pitched into the ninth to tie his season high in pitches (113)
and struck out four to earn the win in his first outing since July
10. The only run Duffy allowed on six White Sox hits was a lead-off
homer in the ninth by Tyler Saladino.
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Phillies 8, Marlins 7
Philadelphia's Jeff Francoeur delivered a two-run, walk-off home run
in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Phillies beat the Marlins
8-7.
The Marlins came back from 5-2 in the third inning and 6-5 in the
eighth, but the Phillies, who lost a franchise-record 62 games in
the first half, completed just their second sweep of the season.
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Brewers 6, Pirates 1
Khris Davis' two-run double made a winner out of right-hander Taylor
Jungmann, who struck out five over seven innings in Milwaukee 6-1
win over Pittsburgh.
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Astros 10, Rangers 0
Dallas Keuchel pitched seven shutout innings and recorded a
career-best 13 strikeouts as Houston routed Texas 10-0.
Keuchel retired the final 18 batters he faced and surrendered only
two baserunners: a two-out double to Prince Fielder in the first
inning and a bloop leadoff single to Josh Hamilton in the second.
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Indians 5, Reds 3 (11 innings)
Cleveland scored four runs on bases-loaded walks, including the
go-ahead run in the 11th inning, in a win 5-3 over Cincinnati.
Yan Gomes drew a walk against Pedro Villarreal with one out in the
11th to force in a run to make it 4-3. Second baseman Jason Kipnis
added a sacrifice fly to put Cleveland ahead by two.
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Athletics 14, Twins 1
Josh Reddick hit a grand slam, highlighting an Oakland display of
power that featured five home runs in a 14-1 win over Minnesota.
Jake Smolinski hit a pair of homers, while catcher Josh Phegley and
designated hitter Billy Butler also homered. The first three were
off Twins starter Tommy Milone.
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Giants 2, Diamondbacks 1
Justin Maxwell homered and Madison Bumgarner became the National
League's sixth 10-game winner when San Francisco completed a
three-game sweep of Arizona at Chase Field with a 2-1 win.
Bumgarner gave up one run in five innings and four relievers held
the lead as the Giants won their sixth straight.
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Cubs 4, Braves 1
Jake Arrieta struck out 10 and allowed just three hits over seven
scoreless innings for his seventh victory in his past eight
decisions as the Chicago Cubs defeated Atlanta 4-1 at Turner Field.
Jorge Solar's third-inning homer was the only earned run of the
three charged to Atlanta starter Shelby Miller. He gave up four hits
over six innings while striking out eight and walking four.
(Compiled by Peter Rutherford)
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