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 Blue Jays 13, Red Sox 5
Sizzling Toronto earned their 11th straight win to match the longest
winning streak in franchise history after routing Boston.
Ryan Goins led the way with a career-high five RBIs as the Blue Jays
completed a sweep of the three-game series and sent the floundering
Red Sox to their sixth straight loss.
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Nationals 4, Brewers 0
Max Scherzer was perfect through six innings and Clint Robinson had
a two-run double as the Washington Nationals earned a split in their
four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers with a 4-0 victory
Sunday.
Scherzer plowed through the Brewers' lineup twice, striking out 11,
before Carlos Gomez led off the seventh inning with a bloop single
into short right field.
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Rays 2, White Sox 1
Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep of Chicago by getting the
better of one of the hottest pitchers in baseball, left-hander Chris
Sale.
The Rays had been held to one hit in six innings by Sale before he
gave up a two-run home run to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera in the
bottom of the seventh.
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Mets 10, Braves 8
Juan Lagares hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning to cap the
Mets stunning comeback against the Braves.
The Mets trailed 4-1 in the second inning and 8-3 in the fourth
before producing their biggest come-from-behind victory of the
season.
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Rockies 4, Marlins 1
Jorge De La Rosa became the franchise leader in career wins, leading
Colorado over Miami to break their four-game losing streak.
The Marlins had their three-game win streak snapped. Miami were
looking for their first four-game home sweep since 2011.
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Pirates 1, Phillies 0 (11 innings)
Josh Harrison singled up the middle for the game's only run in the
11th inning to left Pittsburgh over Philadelphia.
Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis threw a routine groundball into the
stands that set up Harrison's winning hit. The Phillies were swept
for the second series in a row and the fifth time this season.
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Yankees 5, Orioles 3
John Ryan Murphy had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-run
double with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, as New York
salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the Orioles.
Stephen Drew added two hits for the first-place Yankees, who snapped
a three-game losing streak.
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Tigers 8, Indians 1
Miguel Cabrera blasted another home run and J.D. Martinez hit a
three-run home run as Detroit won a rain-prolonged victory over
Cleveland.
Right-hander Alfredo Simon allowed three hits in five scoreless
innings before heavy rains prompted a one-hour, 51 minute delay.
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Astros 13, Mariners 0
Rookie right-hander Lance McCullers worked five hitless innings and
Houston scored multiple runs in three different innings against
Seattle.
The Astros posted their second lopsided shutout of the series as
designated hitter Evan Gattis had four singles.
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Twins 4, Rangers 3
Eddie Rosario's double to right-center field with two outs in the
ninth inning snapped a tie and lifted Minnesota past Texas.
Rosario's extra-base hit off Texas closer Shawn Tolleson was the
ninth of the game for Minnesota and 16th over a two-game stretch.
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Diamondbacks 4, Giants 0
Right-hander Rubby De LaRosa allowed six hits over eight-plus
innings as Arizona completed their first sweep in San Francisco
since July 2007.
Chris Owings had a two-run double for Arizona, who handed San
Francisco their eighth straight home loss.
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Athletics 8, Angels 1
Right-hander Sonny Gray allowed an unearned run and five hits in 7
2/3 innings as Oakland routed Los Angeles.
Ben Zobrist collected three hits Eric Sogard tied a career high with
three RBI as Oakland capitalized on three errors by the Angels.
Johnny Giavotella, Chris Iannetta and Erick Aybar committed fielding
errors for Los Angeles.
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Cubs 2, Reds 1 (11 innings)
Starlin Castro delivered the winning hit on an RBI single in the
11th inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds.
The Cubs lead MLB with eight walk-off victories and took three of
four games in the series. Castro had a walk-off hit for the second
consecutive night after he also drove in the winning run in
Saturday's 4-3 victory over the Reds (28-34).
The Cubs (34-27) have now won four of their last five games.
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Dodgers 4, Padres 2 (12 innings)
Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run, two-out, bases-loaded single in the
top of the 12th to give the Dodgers a victory over the Padres.
Four innings earlier, Gonzalez, a former Padre and San Diego County
native, hit a two-out, run-scoring double to tie the game at 2-2.
The win was the Dodgers' (37-26) eighth in 12 games against the
Padres (32-33) this season. The Dodgers won all four of the series
between the teams. (Compiled by Tim Wharnsby; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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