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Highlights of Thursday's MLB games

[August 25, 2017] (The Sports Xchange)

Tigers 10, Yankees 6

Jose Iglesias hit a three-run triple in the seventh inning as the Detroit Tigers outlasted the New York Yankees for a 10-6 victory Thursday in a game that included eight ejections and three benches-clearing incidents.

Detroit cleanup hitter and 11-time All-Star Miguel Cabrera and New York catcher Austin Romine were tossed after a sixth-inning brawl. Yankees manager Joe Girardi and reliever Tommy Kahnle had just been ejected after Kahnle threw a pitch behind Cabrera.

New York reliever Dellin Betances was kicked out along with bench coach Rob Thomson in the bottom of the seventh inning after Betances drilled Tigers catcher James McCann in the helmet. Detroit reliever Alex Wilson was ejected after hitting New York third baseman Todd Frazier in the eighth. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was also ejected.

Diamondbacks 3, Mets 2

Robbie Ray pitched five strong innings in his return from the disabled list as Arizona beat New York.

Ray (10-5), who sustained a concussion when he was hit in the head by a 108 mph line drive in his previous start July 28, allowed one run on two hits and two walks while striking out nine. He struck out the side on 12 pitches in the first and didn't allow a hit until Yoenis Cespedes homered leading off the fourth.

Rockies 3, Royals 2

Pat Valaika hit a two-out, two-run homer in the eighth inning as Colorado came back to beat Kansas City.

Greg Holland, who allowed a three-run walk-off homer to former teammate Eric Hosmer on Wednesday, logged his 36th save.

Whit Merrifield and Brandon Moss homered for Kansas City.

Marlins 9, Phillies 8

Giancarlo Stanton hit his major-league-leading 47th homer as Miami rallied to beat Philadelphia.

Stanton hit his latest homer before Miami rallied from a five-run deficit. A.J. Ellis and Christian Yelich went deep before J.T. Realmuto hit a game-tying inside-the-park homer and the tiebreaking sacrifice fly.

Rays 2, Blue Jays 0

Corey Dickerson hit a late solo homer, and Kevin Kiermaier made two impressive defensive plays as Tampa Bay blanked Toronto.

Dickerson scored on Daniel Robertson's sacrifice fly and homered in the eighth as Tampa Bay won for the third time in four games. Kiermaier robbed Steve Pearce and Josh Donaldson in the fifth.

Padres 4, Cardinals 3

Carlos Asuaje's RBI single snapped a tie in the ninth inning as San Diego dumped St. Louis for its first series win at Busch Stadium since April 2011.

With the score 2-2, pinch hitter Jabari Blash and Manuel Margot started the ninth with singles off reliever Sam Tuivailala (3-2). Facing Zach Duke in a lefty-lefty matchup, Asuaje grounded an 0-1 pitch just under diving first baseman Jedd Gyorko.

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Dodgers 5, Pirates 2

Curtis Granderson, Yasmani Grandal and Adrian Gonzalez hit solo homers and Los Angeles picked up its 90th win.

A day after Rich Hill flirted with a perfect game and lost a no-hitter on the Pirates' walk-off win in the 10th, the Dodgers avoided losing back-to-back games for the first time since July 21-22 and became the first team this season and the fastest in Dodgers history to 90.

Los Angeles pounded out 14 hits but stranded 15.

Reds 4, Cubs 2

Jose Peraza drove in the go-ahead runs with a pinch-hit, bases-loaded double in the bottom of the eighth, lifting Cincinnati past Chicago to avoid the sweep.

Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which had its five-game winning streak snapped. The Cubs now lead second-place Milwaukee by three games in the National League Central.

Indians 13, Red Sox 6

Jay Bruce and Francisco Lindor homered, Yandy Diaz had four hits, and Cleveland continued its domination of Chris Sale with a victory over Boston.

Giovanny Urshela added a career-high four RBIs as Cleveland unleashed an 18-hit attack in a game started by Sale, the leading candidate for the American League Cy Young Award. The lefty yielded seven runs (six earned) in three innings.

The teams, both American League division leaders, split their four-game series.

White Sox 5, Twins 1

Derek Holland allowed just one run over six innings and struck out nine and Chicago provided the left-hander with plenty of offensive support in a victory over Minnesota.

Yolmer Sanchez homered and Kevan Smith had an RBI double for the White Sox, who also capitalized on some sloppy play by the Twins to build their lead and finish off the five-game series with back-to-back victories.

Nationals 5, Astros 4 (11 innings)

Anthony Rendon and Matt Wieters delivered in the top of the 11th inning as Washington beat Houston.

Rendon (2-for-3) produced a sacrifice fly that gave Washington the lead before Wieters (2-for-4) added a two-out single that scored Ryan Zimmerman from first base.

Rangers 3, Angels 0

Martin Perez threw seven strong innings, and Texas moved within a game of the second AL wild-card spot with a victory over Los Angeles.

Drew Robinson and Mike Napoli homered in support of Perez (9-10). The left-hander allowed seven hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter. Jason Grilli and Ricky Rodriguez (first save) each threw an inning to seal the shutout.

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