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 Mets 4, Blue Jays 3
Wilmer Flores' two-out RBI single Monday night capped a stunning
11th-inning comeback by the New York Mets, who snapped the Toronto
Blue Jays' 11-game winning streak with a 4-3 win at Citi Field.
The Mets have won four of five games. Hansel Robles earned the win
despite allowing the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th when
Ezequiel Carrera walked, went to third on a single by Chris
Colabello and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dioner Navarro.
Jose Bautista hit solo homers in the first and ninth for the Blue
Jays. His first home traveled an estimated 449 feet.
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Rays, 6 Nationals 1
Tampa Bay got a fourth straight impressive start from Erasmo
Ramirez, who threw six shutout innings and dominated Washington in a
6-1 win.
The Rays had their last eight wins all come by one or two runs.
Ramirez earned his sixth win in the last seven starts. He's allowed
just three runs in his last four starts, over a combined 23.1
innings.
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Tigers 6, Reds 0
Anibal Sanchez tossed his first complete-game shutout in more than
two years, and J.D. Martinez homered for the third consecutive game
as Detroit cruised past Cincinnati 6-0.
Sanchez allowed just two hits and didn't walk a batter while
striking out seven for the Tigers. His last shutout was a one-hitter
against Minnesota on May 24, 2013. He has not given up a run in his
last 20 2/3 innings.
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Orioles 4, Phillies 0
Matt Wieters broke the game open with a three-run homer in the
sixth, and Wei-Yin Chen threw eight shutout innings as Baltimore
handed Philadelphia its seventh straight loss.
With the 4-0 victory, the Orioles now have won nine of their last
11. Philadelphia has dropped 17 of its last 20 games.
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Marlins 2, Yankees 1
Derek Dietrich, starting his first game of the season, hit a
tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, leading Miami over
New York 2-1.
Dietrich, who was promoted from Triple-A on Friday to serve as a
utility infielder, started at third base in place of the injured
Martin Prado. Dietrich doubled and scored Miami's first run and then
pulled his home run to right on a 2-0 pitch.
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Pirates 11, White Sox 0
Pittsburgh scored five runs before Chicago starter Carlos Rodon
recorded an out and Francisco Liriano pitched eight shutout innings
to lead Pirates in the 11-0 rout.
Pittsburgh pounded out 11 runs on 18 hits. Liriano yielded only two
hits and walked one. He struck out a career-high 12.
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Braves 4, Red Sox 2
Williams Perez didn't allow an earned run for the second straight
start as Atlanta snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-2 win
against Boston.
The rookie was pitching for the third time in six days after tossing
a scoreless inning and recording a save on Saturday in the Braves'
5-3 win over the New York Mets.
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Rangers 4, Dodgers 1
Texas' Yovani Gallardo worked seven scoreless innings and the
offense broke through for four runs in the sixth in a 4-1 victory
over Los Angeles.
Gallardo's outing extended the streak of quality starts by Texas
pitchers to 11 games, a club record and the longest stretch in the
majors this year.
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Astros 6, Rockies 3
George Springer provided insurance with his second home run of the
night in the seventh inning and Houston's bullpen nailed down its
first save in nearly two weeks in a 6-3 win against Colorado.
After Colorado clawed to within 5-3 on an RBI double by Nick Hundley
in the top of the seventh inning, Springer responded by belting his
10th home run leading off the bottom of the frame.
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Cardinals 3, Twins 2
John Lackey threw eight solid innings to pace St. Louis to its
fourth consecutive win, a 3-2 victory over Minnesota.
Lackey gave up five hits and two runs, walked one and fanned six.
Working with six days of rest after his Sunday start against Kansas
City was rained out, Lackey threw 100 pitches, 74 for strikes.
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Royals 8, Brewers 5
Alcides Escobar singled twice and drove in a pair of runs, and
Lorenzo Cain hit a two-run homer to lead Kansas City to an 8-5
victory over Milwaukee.
Cain also finished with two hits, as did catcher Salvatore Perez,
right fielder Alex Rios and second baseman Omar Infante.
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Indians-Cubs, postponed
Heavy rainfall drenched Wrigley Field and a funnel cloud was spotted
on the city's fringe as Chicago and Cleveland attempted to open a
two-game interleague series.
While the most threatening weather appeared to pass by 5:30 p.m.,
the rain never stopped and the game was called around 5:40 p.m.
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