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 Mets 3, Phillies 1
Bartolo Colon threw eight shutout innings and singled and scored
during a three-run fifth inning that lifted the New York Mets to a
3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field.
The Mets (73-58) won their second straight to ensure they would
remain at least 5 1/2 games ahead of the Washington Nationals in the
National League East.
The Phillies (52-80) have lost six of their last eight.
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Rays 6, Orioles 3
Tampa Bay center fielder Kevin Kiermaier made a spectacular catch
above the outfield wall to rob Baltimore's Manny Machado of a home
run as the Rays beat the Orioles 6-3.
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Indians 4, Blue Jays 2
Jerry Sands singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the
seventh, Danny Salazar pitched seven innings and the Cleveland
Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2.
The victory in the opener of a three-game series gave Cleveland
(64-66) a six-game winning streak while the Blue Jays (74-57)
finished August with a 21-6 record.
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Marlins 4, Braves 0
Miami center fielder Cole Gillespie homered off Atlanta right-hander
Shelby Miller in the second inning, and the Marlins added three runs
against the Braves bullpen for a 4-0 victory behind left-hander
Chris Naverson.
Naverson, making just his second start for Miami, allowed only two
hits and two walks as the Marlins handed Miller (5-12) his 11th
straight loss.
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Red Sox 4, Yankees 3
David Ortiz inched closer to the 500-home run club with his 495th
career blast and Mookie Betts added a two-run shot as Boston
squeaked past rival New York in the opener of a three-game series at
Fenway Park.
The designated hitter now has three homers in four games and 29 in
2015 while the young center fielder increased his season total to 13
as Boston ended the month on a high note.
The last-place Red Sox went 15-12 in August, only their second
winning month of the season.
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Astros 8, Mariners 3
Left-hander Dallas Keuchel matched the club record for consecutive
home wins and received ample run support as the Houston Astros beat
the Seattle Mariners 8-3 at Minute Maid Park.
Keuchel (16-6) leads the American League in victories after allowing
one run on six hits and one walk with eight strikeouts over seven
innings. He earned his 13th consecutive win in Houston, a streak
that matches one by Danny Darwin.
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Cardinals 8, Nationals 5
Scoring five two-out runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, St
Louis administered a potentially crushing loss to Washington at
Busch Stadium.
It was the eighth win in nine games for the Cardinals, who have
averaged 6.3 runs in this latest stretch of success. They entered
the game scoring just over four runs per contest.
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Reds 13, Cubs 6
Pinch hitter Adam Duvall slugged a go-ahead home run in his first
Cincinnati at-bat in a victory over Chicago.
Duvall, called up from Triple-A Louisville earlier in the day,
capped a four-run sixth with a two-run shot to left that also scored
Tucker Barnhart and snapped a 5-5 tie.
The Reds have now won two of their last three. The Cubs have dropped
five of their last six.
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Rockies 5, Diamondbacks 4
Pinch hitter Ben Paulsen's two-run single capped the Rockies'
four-run ninth inning, and Colorado rallied to beat Arizona. Paulsen
delivered on an 0-2 pitch from Matt Reynolds for his second career
walk-off hit.
Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler entered with 22 consecutive saves
but he could not add to his streak.
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Padres 7, Rangers 0
Tyson Ross pitched seven shutout innings as San Diego blanked Texas.
Ross (10-9) allowed three hits, struck out seven, issued two walks
and a hit batter to snap Texas' four-game winning streak.
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Athletics 11, Angels 5
Rookie first baseman Mark Canha had a three-run homer and four RBIs,
and third baseman Danny Valencia drove in three runs with a pair of
doubles, powering the Oakland A's to an 11-5 victory against the
slumping Los Angeles Angels.
Oakland (58-74) won its third straight game and sent the Angels to
their fourth straight defeat and ninth loss in 11 games. The Angels
(65-66) fell below .500 for the first time since June 10 when they
were 29-30.
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Dodgers 5, Giants 4 (14 innings)
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez hit a walk-off single in the 14th
inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 victory over the San
Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium.
Reliever Chris Hatcher (2-5) worked three scoreless innings, helping
the NL West-leading Dodgers (73-57) increase their lead to 4 1/2
games over the second-place Giants (69-62), who won nine of the
previous 12 meetings between the clubs. (Compiled by John O'Brien)
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