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 Astros 6, Royals 1
Rookie right-hander Lance McCullers capped a stellar month with
seven strong innings and the Houston Astros defeated the Kansas City
Royals.
McCullers (4-2) allowed a solo home run to Royals catcher Salvador
Perez in the seventh for his only blemish, and capped closed June
with a 2.11 ERA.
Jose Altuve and Chris Carter clubbed home runs for the Astros
(45-34) who are on top of the American League West.
The Royals, atop the AL Central, fell to 44-29.
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Rangers 8, Orioles 1
Texas first baseman Mitch Moreland hit two of his team's four home
runs and the Rangers cooled down the Baltimore Orioles.
Catcher Carlos Corporan and right fielder Shin-Soo Choo also went
deep for Texas, which tied a season high for homers in a game. The
Rangers (39-38) snapped Baltimore's (41-35) four-game winning
streak.
Staked with an early lead, Wandy Rodriguez (5-3) kept the Orioles
lineup off-balance for most of his outing. The left-hander allowed
one run on eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts over
five-plus innings.
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Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 1
Clay Buchholz pitched eight strong innings and shortstop Xander
Bogaerts drove in two runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays.
Buchholz (6-6) allowed five hits, no walks and one run while
striking out five to earn his fourth win in a row over six starts.
The Red Sox (35-43) built a 3-0 lead against Dickey with two runs in
the third and another in the fifth.
The Blue Jays (41-37) scored a run in the sixth to cut the lead to
3-1.
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Indians 7, Rays 1
Cleveland rookie right-hander Cody Anderson took a perfect game into
the seventh inning, and the Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays.
Anderson (1-0) earned his first Major League victory by throwing
eight innings of two-hit, one-run ball.
Cleveland (34-41) ended a three-game losing streak, while Tampa Bay
(42-36) lost for the fourth time in five games.
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Brewers 7, Phillies 4
In a clash of the two teams with the worst records in the Major
Leagues, the Milwaukee Brewers beat Philadelphia.
Jonathan Lucroy led the Milwaukee (30-48) surge, going 4-for-5 with
two RBIs and two runs.
The Phillies (27-51) scored early but went silent to slip 24 games
below .500, tying their season-worst mark.
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Reds 11, Twins 7
Billy Hamilton reached base four times, recorded four steals to
reach 40 for the season, and scored three times, sparking the
Cincinnati Reds to a victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Second baseman Brian Dozier homered for Minnesota (40-36), which
trailed 9-1 after three innings but scored six times in the fourth
to get within two.
Catcher Tucker Barnhart had a career-high four hits and two RBIs for
Cincinnati (35-40) to snap a three-game losing streak.
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Angels 4, Yankees 1
Mike Trout homered, stole a base and made a couple of highlight-reel
catches in center field to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a win over
the New York Yankees.
Angels starter C.J. Wilson (6-6) went six strong innings to get the
win for the Angels (40-37).
Yankees starter C.C. Sabathia (3-8 went 7 1/3 innings, giving up
four runs and six hits to get the loss for the Yankees (41-36).
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A's 7, Rockies 1
Josh Reddick, Ike Davis and Billy Butler homered, and rookie Kendall
Graveman threw seven shutout innings, leading the Oakland A's to a
victory against the Colorado Rockies.
The A's (35-44) were homerless in their previous four games before
erupting for three home runs against Colorado (33-43) and ending
their three-game losing streak.
Oakland starter Kendall Graveman tossed seven scoreless innings and
allowed just five hits.
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Diamondbacks 10, Dodgers 6
Welington Castillo doubled home the tiebreaking run, and Paul
Goldschmidt added a two-run single in a four-run eighth inning as
the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Shortstop Nick Ahmed and right fielder Yasmany Tomas hit two-run
homers for the Diamondbacks, who scored 10 runs in the final four
innings to overcome a 4-0 deficit.
Los Angeles (43-35) used six relievers who combined to give up 10
runs in four innings. (Editing by Jahmal Corner/Sudipto Ganguly)
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