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 Orioles 12, Cardinals 2
J.J. Hardy homered twice and the Baltimore Orioles hit a season-high
six home runs in an emphatic 12-2 victory over the St. Louis
Cardinals.
The Orioles (66-49) scored in five straight innings - the second
through sixth - and ended up with 15 hits overall. It was just the
second time in club history that they hit more than one homer off
three pitchers in the same game.
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Mets 5, Phillies 4
New York Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon earned his 200th career
victory in a win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The 41-year-old departed after eight innings with a 5-1 lead, only
to see the bullpen allow three runs in the ninth.
Colon allowed six hits and one run, a solo homer by right fielder
Marlon Byrd in the seventh, to improve to 11-9 this season and
200-137 for his 17-year career, during which he has pitched for
eight teams.
He is third among active pitchers in victories, trailing only San
Francisco's Tim Hudson (213) and the New York Yankees' CC Sabathia
(208).
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Yankees 10, Indians 6
Derek Jeter tied Hall of Famer Honus Wagner for sixth place on the
career hits list, and Carlos Beltran highlighted a five-RBI night
with a sixth-inning grand slam, as the New York Yankees beat the
Cleveland Indians 10-6.
Jeter tied Wagner with his 3,430th hit when he started a five-run
first inning with an infield single against Cleveland right-hander
Trevor Bauer (4-7). In his first three chances at passing Wagner,
Jeter grounded out, struck out and had a sacrifice.
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Braves 7, Nationals 6
The Atlanta Braves slammed four home runs and hung on to beat the
Washington Nationals 7-6 and end their eight-game losing streak.
The Braves had scored only 18 runs and gone 0-8 on their recently
completed West Coast road trip but they came out swinging against
Washington ace Stephen Strasburg (8-10), who was tagged for four
home runs for the first time in his career.
Atlanta improved to 7-3 against the National League East leaders and
cut Washington's lead to 3 1/2 games.
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Brewers 9, Dodgers 3
The Milwaukee Brewers used five pitchers and three pinch hitters to
cover the final three innings in a 9-3 win over the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
Milwaukee, running on fumes thanks to a heavy workload and a lack of
reliable depth, took advantage of two errors by shortstop Justin
Turner in the bottom of the seventh and got a three-run home run
from second baseman Rickie Weeks in the eighth.
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A's 6, Twins 5
The Oakland Athletics got a three-run triple from Coco Crisp in the
fifth inning and a two-run double from Eric Sogard in the sixth to
build a 6-0 lead and held on for a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota
Twins.
The A's extended their winning streak against the Twins to 11 games,
an Oakland record, and beat them for the eighth straight time at the
Coliseum, another record.
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Mariners 4, White Sox 1
Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma allowed one run over seven innings
and got a big boost from catcher Mike Zunino's three-run homer as
the Mariners earned a 4-1 victory over the struggling Chicago White
Sox.
Iwakuma (10-6) gave up two runs or fewer for the seventh time in a
span of eight starts, allowing five hits without issuing a walk,
helping extended Seattle's winning streak to four games.
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Royals 4, Giants 2
First baseman Billy Butler drove in three runs and the Kansas City
bullpen threw four scoreless innings as the Royals beat the San
Francisco Giants 4-2.
The Royals have won five straight and 13 of 16.
Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner (13-9) pitched a complete game but
took the loss.
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Tigers 5, Blue Jays 4
Nick Castellanos and Eugenio Suarez hit back-to-back homers off closer
Casey Janssen in the ninth inning to lead the Detroit
Tigers to a come-from-behind victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Janssen (3-1) blew his third save of the season and the Blue Jays
(61-56) fell to 1-6 in August.
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Marlins 2, Reds 1
Giancarlo Stanton homered and Nathan Eovaldi pitched eight shutout
innings, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati
Reds.
Eovaldi (6-6) continued his mastery of the Reds, allowing just five hits
with a walk and six strikeouts. He has allowed one earned run in 15
innings over two starts against Cincinnati this season.
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Red Sox 4, Angels 2
Allen Webster pitched a career-best 6 2/3 innings, holding the potent
Los Angeles Angels offense to two runs and four hits and leading the
Boston Red Sox to a 4-2 victory.
Webster (2-1), who spent most of this season at Triple-A Pawtucket, held
the Angels scoreless except for a third-inning glitch when he gave up
both runs.
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Rays 4, Cubs 3 (10 innings)
Kevin Kiermaier's 10th-inning RBI single drove in Desmond Jennings with
a go-ahead run and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3.
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Pirates 2, Padres 1
Vance Worley pitched seven innings to stay unbeaten since the All-Star
break, and Josh Harrison and Gregory Polanco each had three hits from
the top two spots in the batting order, as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged
the San Diego Padres 2-1.
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Astros 4, Rangers 3
Robbie Grossman smacked a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lead
the Houston Astros to a methodical 4-3 comeback win over the Texas
Rangers.
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Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 3
Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer and David Peralta had two hits and
stole home as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies, who
lost for the 10th time in their last 12 road games.
(Editing by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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