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 Brewers 5, Pirates 3
Taylor Jungmann allowed just one run over six innings and Domingo
Santana hit a late home run as the Milwaukee Brewers finished a
three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 5-3 victory at
Miller Park on Thursday.
Jungmann won for the third time in his last four starts, holding the
Pirates to three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Jordy Mercer had two doubles, walked and scored twice but the
Pirates went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
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White Sox 6, Twins 4
J.B. Shuck's pinch-hit, two-run triple in the top of the seventh
inning proved to be the difference as the Chicago White Sox beat
Minnesota 6-4.
With two on and the Sox trailing by a run, Shuck pinch-hit for Tyler
Saladino and ripped a 1-1 offering from Twins reliever Casey Fien
into the left-center-field gap, scoring Alexei Ramirez and Geovany
Soto.
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Nationals 15, Braves 1
Hot-hitting Ryan Zimmerman had three hits, including two doubles,
and drove in four runs and every starter either had a hit or drove
in a run as Washington crushed Atlanta in the first of a four-game
series.
Zimmerman now has six hits and seven RBIs in his last two games,
with two homers and three doubles. He has 37 RBIs since coming off
the disabled list July 28.
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Rockies 11, Giants 3
Carlos Gonzalez continued his home run barrage as Colorado beat the
fading San Francisco Giants.
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Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the Rockies' four-run first and
belted another two-run shot in the four-run fourth as Colorado
strafed starter Ryan Vogelsong.
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Royals 15, Tigers 7
Kendrys Morales stroked four hits and drove in four runs and Lorenzo
Cain hit a three-run homer as Kansas City outslugged Detroit.
Morales, who hit a two-run double in a six-run seventh to break the
game open, upped his RBI total to 98, which ranks second in the
American League.
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Padres 10, Dodgers 7
Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer off right-handed reliever Jim
Johnson in the bottom of the eighth to power the San Diego Padres to
a come-from behind 10-7 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at
Petco Park. (Editing by John O'Brien)
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