Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games

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[June 05, 2015]  June 4 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games:

Athletics 7, Tigers 5

Jesse Hahn continued his mastery of the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland A's completed a three-game series sweep with a 7-5 victory on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park.

Hahn held the reeling Tigers, who have lost seven straight, to one run and five hits in seven innings. He posted his first career complete-game shutout against Detroit in Oakland on May 25.

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Reds 6, Phillies 4

Brandon Phillips went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs to help Cincinnati snap a nine-game road losing streak.

Billy Hamilton added a two-run single for the Reds, who salvaged the finale of a three-game series. Cincinnati, which last lost 10 straight away from home in 1998, has won four of six in all.

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Orioles 3, Astros 2

Adam Jones had his second straight multi-hit game and belted a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning as Baltimore avoided a four-game sweep.

Jones smashed a 424-foot homer off Astros right-hander Chad Qualls to snap a 2-2 deadlock. Jones finished 3-for-4 and scored two runs to help Baltimore halt a five-game skid.

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Twins 8, Red Sox 4

Joe Mauer's bunt with runners on first and second and nobody out in the ninth inning scored the winning run for Minnesota after an error at third base in the series finale.

Mauer's bunt dribbled in front of catcher Blake Swihart, who picked it up and fired to Pablo Sandoval at third, but the ball rolled under his glove into left field, allowing Brian Dozier to score. (Editing by Frank Pingue)

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