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 Royals 11, Tigers 8
Omar Infante hit a three-run homer and an RBI single as the Kansas
City Royals extended their winning streak to eight games with a
victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Designated hitter Billy Butler smacked a three-run double while left
fielder Alex Gordon and center fielder Lorenzo Cain had three hits
each for the Royals (37-32).
Detroit starter Justin Verlander (6-7) gave up seven runs for the
second consecutive start and permitted a season-high 12 hits in six
innings.
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Indians 4, Angels 3
Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana homered while right-hander
Trevor Bauer bobbed and weaved through 6-2/3 innings as the
Cleveland Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels.
In his first start against the Angels (37-32), Bauer (2-3) allowed
three runs on eight hits as the Indians (36-35) earned their third
successive victory, all of them by one run.
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 Red Sox 1, Twins 0
Rubby De La Rosa pitched seven innings and gave up just one hit to
lead Boston to a victory over the Minnesota Twins.
In just his fourth start, the 25-year-old De La Rosa won a pitcher's
duel with right-hander Kevin Correia (3-8), as Boston catcher A.J.
Pierzynski hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning for the only run
of the game.
Correia tossed six innings in the loss for the Twins.
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Cardinals 6, Mets 2
The St Louis Cardinals reliever Nick Greenwood pitched 3-1/3
effective innings in his Major League debut as the Cardinals pounded
out a win over the New York Mets.
Greenwood retired nine successive hitters at one point and struck
out three as St Louis (38-32) outfielder Allen Craig went 3-for-4
with two RBIs to lead the offense.
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Rays 5, Orioles 4
Pinch hitter Jerry Sands hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the
eighth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a victory over the
Baltimore Orioles.
It was Sands' first home run since September 2011, when he was with
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Cubs 5, Marlins 4 (13 innings)
Pitcher Travis Wood hit a two-out, pinch-hit, run-scoring double in
the top of the 13th inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a win over
Miami.
Wood was 0-for-4 as a pinch hitter entering the game.
The Marlins got a two-run homer, a single and a steal from right
fielder Giancarlo Stanton.
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Rangers 14, A's 8
First baseman Donnie Murphy hit two home runs, pacing a 16-hit
attack, and the Texas Rangers powered their way to a victory over
the Oakland A's.
The injury-ravaged Rangers (35-35) got back to .500 and pulled to
within seven games of the first-place A's (42-28) in the American
League West.
The Rangers beat the A's in Oakland for the fourth straight time
this season, including a three-game sweep in April.
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Dodgers 6, Rockies 1
Left fielder Matt Kemp drove in two runs and pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu
delivered a solid performance, sparking the Los Angeles Dodgers to a
romp over the Colorado Rockies.
Kemp, who went 2-for-5 with double, and second baseman Dee Gordon's
four-hit performance helped the Dodgers (38-34) snap a five-game
winning streak by the Rockies (34-36).
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, catcher A.J. Ellis and right fielder
Yasiel Puig each drove in a run.
Ryu (8-3) limited the Rockies to a run and three hits in six
innings, while striking out six and walking one.
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Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 3
Aramis Ramirez hit a two-out, two-run double to break a tie in the
eighth inning and right fielder Ryan Braun had a two-run triple in a
three-run ninth when the Milwaukee Brewers pulled away from the
Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gennett had his fourth home run for the National League
Central-leading Brewers (42-29), who have won four of their last
six.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt had two singles to extend his hitting
streak to 10 games for Arizona (30-43), which has lost five of its
last six.
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Phillies 6, Braves 1 (13 innings)
First baseman Ryan Howard hit a solo home run and had the
game-winning RBI in the 13th inning to spark the Philadelphia
Phillies to a win over the Atlanta Braves.
Howard's hard-hit grounder was misplayed by Atlanta first baseman
Freddie Freeman and allowed center fielder Ben Revere to score the
go-ahead run in the top of the 13th.
The Phillies (30-38) tacked on four more runs and improved their
record to 5-4 in extra-inning games.
With the loss, the Braves fell to 36-33.
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Mariners 5, Padres 1
Kyle Seager hit a three-run home run in the first inning to stay hot
and the Seattle Mariners defeated the San Diego Padres.
Seager had gone 4-for-4 with three RBIs the previous day for the
Mariners (36-34). Seattle also got a strong outing from former
Padres pitcher Chris Young who pitched six shutout innings.
(Compiled by Jahmal Corner; Editing by John O'Brien)
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