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 Cubs 8, Giants 1
Chicago's Jake Arrieta became the National League's first eight-game
winner, limiting San Francisco to four hits and one run over seven
innings.
Kris Bryant smacked a three-run home run in a five-run third inning,
and Jason Heyward and Jorge Soler combined to make three
rally-killing catches in support of Arrieta, who improved to 8-0
this season and 19-0 since June 21, 2015.
The win was the Cubs' 22nd in a row in a game started by Arrieta,
matching the second-longest streak in the history of baseball. Only
the Atlanta Braves' 23 straight wins in games started by Kris Medlen
from 2010-12 has extended longer.
Mets 3, Brewers 2
Steven Matz allowed three hits over seven strong innings Friday and
Michael Conforto laced the go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth
inning as the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 at Citi
Field.
The Mets won for only the second time in eight games. The Brewers
have alternated wins and losses in their last four contests.
 Nationals 4, Marlins 1
Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Taylor homered and Tanner Roark pitched a
strong game to lead Washington over Miami in a battle of NL East
rivals.
It was Zimmerman's fifth homer of the season and the fourth for
Taylor. Zimmerman has hit more homers against the Marlins -- 28 --
than he has against any other team in the majors.
Indians 4, Red Sox 2
Jason Kipnis launched a three-run home run, Corey Kluber held the
Boston bats in check over seven innings and the Cleveland won its
fifth straight.
Kipnis' blast was his sixth of the season. Jose Ramirez also had an
RBI for Cleveland, which has scored 47 runs during its five-game
winning streak.
Braves 7, Phillies 1
Freddie Freeman hit a pair of two-run homers and Nick Markakis added
his first home run of the season as Atlanta beat Philadelphia.
Freeman, who now has eight homers this year, went deep off
Philadelphia starter Aaron Nola in the third inning and reliever
Brett Oberholtzer in the ninth. It was Freeman's seventh career
multi-homer game, and his first since June 3 at Arizona.
Pirates 2, Rockies 1
Gerrit Cole made his second successive effective start with the help
of some strong Pittsburgh defense and Pittsburgh beat Colorado for
the eighth straight time.
David Freese's RBI single drove in the go-ahead run in the Pirates'
sixth, and Starling Marte made the lead stand up by throwing out
Dustin Garneau as he tried to score Charlie Blackmon's two-out
single in the seventh.
The Pirates won for the fifth time in six games and are 14-3 against
NL West teams at PNC Park the last two seasons.
Rays 7, Tigers 5
Kevin Kiermaier ripped a go-ahead, three-run triple and Matt
Andriese won his third consecutive start as Tampa downed Detroit.
Steven Souza Jr. and Steve Pearce hit solo home runs for Tampa Bay,
who stretched their winning streak to four games. Andriese, who
allowed only one run in his first two starts, gave up four runs on
five hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Rangers 2, Astros 1
Colby Lewis fired seven shutout innings and continued his string of
exceptional outings at Minute Maid Park while leading Texas over
Houston.
Lewis allowed four hits and posted six strikeouts to improve to 7-0
with a 1.15 ERA in nine career appearances at Minute Maid Park. Over
55 career innings in Houston, he has 51 strikeouts and four walks.
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Blue Jays 9, Twins 3
Perhaps Minnesota was the cure for what ailed slumping Toronto, who
used four home runs and a five-run sixth inning to coast to the win.
It was Toronto's second win in as many days over Minnesota after
entering the series with a five-game losing streak.
Mariners 8, Reds 3
Lee Dae-ho homered and also had a two-run single during a four-run
seventh as Seattle rallied for the victory.
Seattle's offense sputtered for six innings before erupting for
seven runs in the final three frames.
Royals 4, White Sox
No. 9 hitter Paulo Orlando went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs,
and Kansas City pulled away from Chicago.
Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar contributed two hits apiece for
the Royals. Kansas City earned its fourth win in the past five
games.
Diamondbacks 11, Cardinals 7
A late burst of offense gave Arizona its first win in St. Louis
since 2013.
Chris Owings' bases-loaded two-run single keyed the eighth inning
outburst, which also featured RBI singles from pinch-hitter Rickie
Weeks, Michael Bourn and Paul Goldschmidt.
Orioles 9, Angels 4
Chris Davis' two-out, two-run home run in the seventh inning snapped
a tie and lifted Baltimore over Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.
Davis' home run was the fourth of the night for the Orioles, which
also got the long ball from Joey Rickard, Manny Machado and Mark
Trumbo. But it was rare in that it was just the fifth home run hit
by a left-hander off Angels left-handed reliever Jose Alvarez in his
career in 223 plate appearances.
Yankees 8, A's 3
CC Sabathia outpitched Sonny Gray as New York defeated Oakland for
the second straight night at the Oakland Coliseum.
Sabathia, a Bay Area native, earned his 100th win in New York
pinstripes and became the eighth modern era player to win 100 games
or more with two teams as he won 106 with Cleveland. He struck out
eight and walked just one as the Yankees got a much-needed win and
an encouraging start from Sabathia in his first game back from the
disabled list.
Padres 7, Dodgers 6
Melvin Upton's two-run homer in the ninth lifted San Diego past Los
Angeles.
Upton's sixth homer of the season snapped a four-game losing streak.
Wil Myers had singled in shallow center, just beyond second
baseman's Chase Utley's reach, before Upton's dramatic blow.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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