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 Hernandez pitched eight scoreless innings and Tom Wilhelmsen
finished as the Rangers were unable to score a run for the second
game in a row. Texas has struggled through 18 consecutive scoreless
innings while falling 2 1/2 games behind first-place Houston in the
American League West.
Cruz went 2-for-4 in his first game in a week, with a two-run homer
in the seventh inning that essentially put the game out of reach.
Mark Trumbo added two hits and two RBIs as Seattle won for the
seventh time in nine games.
Reds 11, Cardinals 0
CINCINNATI -- Home runs by Brandon Phillips and Todd Frazier helped
rookie John Lamb to his first career victory as Cincinnati hammered
St. Louis.
Phillips homered in the seventh inning and former Cardinal Skip
Schumaker drove in two runs with a pinch-double, making the score
9-0.
Frazier went 3-for-5 with a double, three runs and three RBIs. He
hit his 32nd homer of the season, a two-run blast in the eighth.
Lamb threw five shutout innings during his sixth career start since
being acquired from the Kansas City Royals in the Johnny Cueto
trade.
Brewers 6, Pirates 4 (13 innings)
PITTSBURGH -- Logan Schafer and Luis Sardinas, who entered the game
earlier as reserves, hit consecutive run-scoring singles with two
outs in the top of the 13th inning to give Milwaukee a victory over
Pittsburgh.
The Pirates remained 4 1/2 games behind St. Louis in the National
League Central. Pittsburgh's lead for the first NL wild card was
sliced to 2 1/2 games over the Chicago Cubs, who were rained out at
Philadelphia.
The Brewers won their seventh straight game against the Pirates and
have beaten them nine times in their last 10 meetings.
Rockies 4, Padres 3
SAN DIEGO -- Daniel Descalso greeted Joaquin Benoit with Colorado's
fourth solo homer of the game in the eighth inning to lift the
Rockies over San Diego in the hottest game in the 12-year history of
Petco Park.
The 93-degree temperature at game time for the makeup of the first
July rainout in Padres history in San Diego stands as the
fourth-highest temperature ever for the start of a major league game
in San Diego.
Descalso's 409-foot drive to right off Benoit, who had missed the
past four days with back spasms, came on a full-count pitch. An
inning earlier, the Rockies had completed a rally from a 3-1 deficit
when they tied the score at 3 on Carlos Gonzalez's opposite-field
home run into the left-field corner.
Nolan Arenado, the National League leader in homers and RBIs, gave
the Rockies a 1-0 lead in the first with his 38th homer of the year.
After the Padres took a 3-1 lead, Colorado's Corey Dickerson homered
to right center in the sixth to trim San Diego's lead to 3-2.
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Indians 7, Tigers 5
CLEVELAND -- Michael Brantley's home runs in the seventh and eighth
innings lifted Cleveland over Detroit.
Brantley broke a 3-3 tie with a home run leading off the seventh
inning when the Indians took a 5-3 lead. After Detroit scored twice
in the top of the eighth to tie it, Brantley homered in the bottom
of the inning.
Cody Allen pitched the last 1 2/3 innings to get the win.
Mets 7, Braves 2
ATLANTA -- Bartolo Colon's scoreless streak ended, but the
42-year-old pitched well enough to earn his 14th win as the New York
Mets beat Atlanta at Turner Field.
Colon extended his scoreless streak to 31 innings before the Braves
scratched for a pair of runs in the seventh inning. It was the
team's longest scoreless streak since R.A. Dickey set the franchise
record of 32 2/3 innings in 2012.
Kevin Plawecki had a double and three RBIs, and third baseman Jose
Uribe was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for the Mets. Atlanta
pitcher Shelby Miller allowed three runs on seven hits in six
innings, with five strikeouts and two walks, and has lost 13
straight games.
Yankees-Blue Jays, ppd., rain
NEW YORK -- The race for first place in the American League East
wound up getting an unscheduled night off. Heavy rains at Yankee
Stadium postponed the Toronto-New York game, which will be made up
as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Saturday.
David Price was scheduled to oppose rookie Luis Severino on Thursday
night, and that matchup will now occur Friday.
Phillies-Cubs, ppd., rain
PHILADELPHIA -- Thursday's rained-out game will be made up as part
of a doubleheader starting at 5:05 p.m. ET Friday.
The Phillies' Adam Morgan (5-5) will oppose the Cubs' Jake Arrieta
(18-6) in the opener. Philadelphia's Alec Asher (0-2) and Chicago's
Kyle Hendricks (6-6) will square off in the nightcap.
Earlier Thursday, the Phillies fired general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
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