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 Cardinals 3, Brewers 2
Yadier Molina and Kolton Wong had RBI singles as the St. Louis
Cardinals extended their winning streak to six games with a victory
over the free-falling Milwaukee Brewers.
Third baseman Matt Carpenter and left fielder Matt Holliday finished
with three hits each. Right fielder Jon Jay and Wong each added two
hits for the Cardinals, who finished with 12 hits -- all singles.
Seven of those came against Milwaukee right-hander Wily Peralta, who
struck out seven but hit two batters with pitches and was charged
with all three St. Louis runs in his six innings.
In his first start since June 17, right-hander Michael Wacha worked
three innings and held the Brewers to a run, three hits and a walk
with three strikeouts. Wacha returned from a stress reaction in his
shoulder blade.
The win moved St. Louis (77-63) four games clear of Milwaukee
(73-67) for first in the National League Central.
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Angels 5, Twins 4
A pinch-hit sacrifice fly by Chris Iannetta with one out in the
ninth inning was the difference as the Los Angeles Angels defeated
the Minnesota Twins.
The victory pushed the Angels (84-55) lead in the American League
West to five games over the idle Oakland Athletics.
Angels closer Huston Street worked around back-to-back singles in
the bottom of the ninth, getting a flyout, a strikeout and another
flyout for his 25th save of the season, and 12th with Los Angeles.
Eduardo Nunez hit a three-run home run in the loss for the Twins
(61-79).
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Orioles 9, Reds 7
J.J. Hardy had a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning and
the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati
Reds.
The Orioles earned the win despite blowing an early, six-run lead.
Baltimore (82-57) have now won seven of eight games to stretch their
lead in the AL East to 9.5 games.
Designated hitter Nelson Cruz got his league-leading 37th home run
and second baseman Jonathan Schoop homered for the third consecutive
game for the Orioles.
Reds (66-74) designated hitter Devin Mesoraco had four hits,
including his 21st home run of the season.
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Mariners 10, Rangers 2
Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, and the Seattle Mariners
routed the Texas Rangers.
Cano hit a two-run single in the Mariners' six-run second and a
two-run double in a three-run third as the Mariners (76-63) earned
their third win in a row and their fourth in five games. They remain
a half-game behind the Detroit Tigers for the second AL wild-card
berth.
Seattle catcher Jesus Sucre went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and
left-hander Roenis Elias (10-12) earned the victory by giving up one
run on seven hits and a walk while striking out one over five
innings.
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Tigers 11, Indians 4 (11 innings)
Eugenio Suarez's two-run single and a three-run home run by Victor
Martinez keyed a seven-run rally in the top of the 11th inning as the
Detroit Tigers turned a tie game into a blowout win.
Detroit (77-63) won three of the four games in the series between the
two Central Division rivals.
The Indians fell to 71-67.
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Blue Jays 1, Rays 0 (10 innings)
Pinch-hitter Colby Rasmus broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run in
the 10th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays.
The first eight innings unfolded as a classic pitcher's duel, with Rays
rookie Jake Odorizzi tossing 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Blue Jays
veteran Mark Buehrle countering with eight innings.
The Jays (72-67) sent out John Mayberry Jr. to pinch-hit in the 10th
against left-hander Jake McGee, at which point the Rays (67-74) brought
in right-hander Steve Geltz. Toronto countered with Rasmus, who
delivered.
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Yankees 5, Red Sox 4
Mark Teixeira led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a game-tying
home run and third baseman Chase Headley followed with a solo home run
two batters later as the New York Yankees rallied for a victory over the
Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees came back from deficits of 3-0 and 4-3 but tied it when
Teixeira drove a 1-2 fastball into the second deck in right field.
Captain Derek Jeter had a two-run double and designated hitter Carlos
Beltran added an RBI single for the Yankees (72-66).
David Ortiz hit two home runs for the Red Sox (61-79) and now has 32.
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Diamondbacks 5, Padres 1
A.J. Pollack had three hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks took advantage
of an early San Diego error to claim victory.
Padres third baseman Cory Spangenberg's throwing error helped the
Diamondbacks to a three-run second inning and they never looked back.
Randall Delgado tossed five scoreless innings to earn the win over San
Diego in the finale of the four-game series.
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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