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 Mariners 5, Rangers 0
Felix Hernandez extended the Texas Rangers' offensive woes and
Seattle team mate Nelson Cruz made a triumphant return from a quad
injury as the Mariners won 5-0 to salvage a split in the four-game
series on Thursday.
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.
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Reds 11, Cardinals 0
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.
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Brewers 6, Pirates 4 (13 innings)
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.
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Rockies 4, Padres 3
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 Fahrenheit temperature at game time for the makeup of
the first July rainout in Padres history in San Diego stands as the
fourth-hottest temperature ever for the start of a major league game
in San Diego.
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Indians 7, Tigers 5
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.
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Mets 7, Braves 2
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.
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Yankees v Blue Jays (postponed, rain)
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.
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Phillies v Cubs (postponed, rain)
Thursday's rained-out game will be made up as part of a doubleheader
on Friday. (Editing by John O'Brien)
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