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 Yankees 4, Royals 2
Alex Rodriguez moved past Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig into third place
on the all-time RBI list with a three-run homer in the bottom of the
third inning and the New York Yankees completed a three-game sweep
of the Kansas City Royals.
Rodriguez drove a 0-1 slider from Chris Young (4-1) over the left
field wall that moved him past Gehrig and gave him 1,995 RBIs.
It also was Rodriguez's 665th home run and 2,880th hit, putting
Rodriguez 20 shy of joining Derek Jeter as the only Yankees to reach
3,000 hits. Rodriguez added his 2,881st hit with a single in the
seventh and finished the game one behind Barry Bonds, who is well
behind Hank Aaron (2,297).
Right-hander Michael Pineda (6-2) bounced back from two sub-par
outings and allowed one run and six hits over 6 2/3 innings.
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Mets 7, Phillies 0
Rookie right-hander Noah Syndergaard did it all in his fourth major
league start, throwing 7 1/3 shutout innings and delivering three
hits, including a long homer, in New York's win over Philadelphia.
The Mets scored once in the first inning, three times in the third
and once apiece in the fourth, fifth and sixth in sweeping a
three-game series from the Phillies at Citi Field for the second
time this season.
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Indians 12, Rangers 3
Cleveland belted three home runs, including a three-run shot by
Carlos Santana in an eight-run third inning, to roll over Texas.
The win snapped Texas' seven-game winning streak. It was the last
day of a road trip for Texas and the last day of a 4-2 homestand for
the Indians, who pounded out 17 hits, including home runs by
Santana, Nick Swisher and Lonnie Chisenhall.
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Twins 6, Red Sox 4
Aaron Hicks and Eddie Rosario homered and right-hander Phil Hughes
pitched 6 2/3 innings to help Minnesota beat Boston.
The Twins got their first sweep of Boston in nearly a decade, when
they took three from the Red Sox in June of 2006 at the Metrodome.
It was also the Twins' fifth consecutive win overall and seventh in
their last eight games.
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Mariners 3, Rays 0
For eight innings, Tampa Bay's Chris Archer and Seattle's Felix
Hernandez threw shutout gems, taking a scoreless stalemate into the
ninth.
Then the Rays went to the bullpen, and reliever Brad Boxberger gave
up a three-run homer to Nelson Cruz as the Mariners won to sweep the
three-game series.
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Rockies 6, Reds 4
Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon homered, and right-hander Kyle
Kendrick pitched seven strong innings, lifting Colorado over
Cincinnati in the finale of a three-game series.
Todd Frazier and Tucker Barnhart homered for the Reds, who have lost
10 of 11. The Reds halted a nine-game losing streak on Tuesday,
their longest since 1998.
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Pirates 5, Marlins 2
Jung Ho Kang's two-run single capped a five-run rally in the seventh
inning as Pittsburgh ran its winning streak to a season-high six
games.
The Pirates trailed 2-0 with two outs and none on in the seventh
when Chris Stewart and pinch hitter Jose Tabata hit consecutive
singles off left-handed reliever Mike Dunn to put runners on the
corners.
Right-hander Sam Dyson (2-2) relieved and gave up back-to-back RBI
singles to Josh Harrison and pinch hitter Pedro Alvarez that tied
the score.
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Dyson then walked Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte to force in
the go-ahead run and Kang greeted righty Carter Capps with his
two-run single to center to extend his hitting streak to nine games.
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White Sox 5, Blue Jays 3
Adam LaRoche drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and
Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak.
Jose Abreu led off the 10th with a triple to right field against
Blue Jays right-hander Roberto Osuna (1-1) and LaRoche singled to
right to give Chicago a 4-3 lead.
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Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3
Pinch hitter Peter Bourjos' hard but clean slide into home plate
forced a throwing error from catcher Jordan Pacheco in the bottom of
the ninth, scoring Matt Carpenter with the winning run for a triumph
over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Reliever Seth Maness (1-0) got the last two outs of the top of the
ninth as St. Louis (31-16) won its fourth consecutive game.
Arizona (21-25) lost for the seventh straight time in Busch Stadium,
dating back to June 5, 2013.
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Orioles 5, Astros 4
Chris Davis hit a tiebreaking solo homer with two outs in the bottom
of the eighth inning, his second home run of the game, that gave the
Baltimore Orioles a victory over the Houston Astros.
The Orioles needed the late home run because the Astros again
rallied late. They lead the major leagues in runs in the final three
innings and tied the score with a three-run seventh against Orioles
starter Ubaldo Jimenez.
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Nationals 3, Cubs 0
Bryce Harper hit his 18th home run while starter Max Scherzer struck
out a season-high 13 in seven scoreless innings as the Washington
Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs.
Scherzer (6-3) scattered five hits walked just one as he won his
fifth straight start while the Nationals took two of three from the
Cubs.
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Padres 5, Angels 4
Andrew Cashner gave up three runs in seven innings and got key hits
from left fielder Justin Upton and right fielder Matt Kemp in a win
over the Los Angeles Angels.
Upton and Kemp came through with back-to-back, two-out, RBI singles
in the seventh inning that turned a 3-3 game into a 5-3 Padres lead.
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Braves 3, Dodgers 2
Center fielder Cameron Maybin homered as the Atlanta Braves held off
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Braves starter Alex Wood (3-2) limited the Dodgers to a run for
seven innings, striking out six, walking two and scattering seven
hits. (Editing by Jahmal Corner)
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