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Rangers 4, A's 0
Colby Lewis was perfect through seven innings as the Texas Rangers
opened a 10-game homestand with a 4-0 victory over Oakland on
Friday.
Lewis did not allow a base runner until Danny Valencia lined a
double to left on a 0-1 pitch to open the eighth inning but he still
finished with a complete-game two-hitter, striking out four and not
allowing a walk.
Texas, which had been shut out in its last two games, gave Lewis the
only runs he needed in the first inning against Oakland starter
Jesse Chavez.
Mitch Moreland drilled a two-run double to spot Lewis a 2-0 lead.
Odor followed that with a double to left to score Moreland.
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Twins 6, White Sox 2
Trevor Plouffe went 3-for-5 with two home runs to lead Minnesota
over Chicago.
Torii Hunter added two hits and two outfield assists for Minnesota,
which remained one game behind Texas in the race for the American
League's second wild-card berth. Ervin Santana posted his third
consecutive victory for the Twins.
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Blue Jays 11, Yankees 5
Russell Martin homered twice and drove in four runs as Toronto beat
New York to open a four-game series at Yankee Stadium between the AL
East front-runners.
Josh Donaldson and Justin Smoak hit two-run homers during a five-run
first inning as the Blue Jays collected 16 hits and pushed their
lead over the Yankees to a season-high 2 1/2 games.
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Pirates 6, Brewers 3
Chris Stewart had three hits and three RBIs and Charlie Morton
pitched six strong inning as Pittsburgh ended a seven-game losing
streak against Milwaukee.
Stewart's two-run single capped a three-run fourth inning and put
the Pirates ahead for good, 3-2. He added an RBI single in the
sixth. Stewart tied a career high with his third three-hit game of
the season and fifth of his nine-year career.
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Mets 5, Braves 1
Yoenis Cespedes was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and his mammoth two-run
homer in the ninth inning capped a New York win that gave the Mets
an 8 1/2-game lead in the National League East with 21 games to
play.
Cespedes has homered in seven of his past 10 games and has 15 home
runs and 39 RBIs in 38 games since being acquired by the Mets from
the Boston Red Sox.
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Marlins 2, Nationals 1
Bryce Harper struck out swinging three times and stranded four
runners as Washington, fading fast in the National League East race,
lost to Miami.
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Angels 3, Astros 2
Jered Weaver gave up two runs in six innings, helping Los Angeles to
a critical win over Houston.
Weaver made only one mistake in the game -- a two-run homer by
Carlos Gomez in the sixth inning. Kole Calhoun's two-out, two-run
single in the second inning was the difference for the Angels.
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Rays 8, Red Sox 4
Tampa Bay rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to top Boston.
The Red Sox had rallied for a 4-3 lead in the sixth after chasing
Rays starter Chris Archer, but Tampa Bay answered in the eighth with
three straight hits off Junichi Tuzawa.
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Cubs 5, Phillies 1 (first game)
Jake Arrieta pitched eight strong innings to run his winning streak
to eight games as Chicago beat Philadelphia in the opener of a
double-header.
Arrieta (19-6) allowed one run and six hits while striking out seven
and walking two. He leads the major leagues in victories and is the
first Cubs pitcher to win 19 games since Jon Lieber went 20-6 in
2001.
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Cubs 7, Phillies 3 (second game)
Kyle Schwarber homered twice and drove in three runs as Chicago
completed a doubleheader sweep of Philadelphia.
Kris Bryant also homered and drove in three runs for the Cubs, who
won for the seventh time in eight games. Schwarber hit a solo homer
in the first and a two-run homer in the second off Alec Asher,
giving Chicago a 3-0 lead.
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Orioles 14, Royals 8
Nolan Reimold and Steve Clevenger both hit grand slams, and Manny
Machado added a solo shot in a 10-run eighth inning that carried
Baltimore over Kansas City.
Kansas City took an early 3-0 lead and tried to hold on as Baltimore
cut the lead to one three different times before the Orioles turned
it around in that eighth.
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Diamondbacks 12, Dodgers 4
Welington Castillo, Paul Goldschmidt and Nick Ahmed homered, and
Robbie Ray pitched five scoreless innings to lift Arizona over Los
Angeles.
Castillo hit a three-run homer in a four-run first inning and
Goldschmidt and Ahmed had two-run homers in a six-run second for a
quick 10-0 lead.
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Giants 9, Padres 1
Jake Peavy posted his first win over the team that drafted him 16
years ago as San Francisco defeated San Diego.
Peavy limited his former team to two hits in seven innings. He gave
up a second-inning home run to Justin Upton and then not another hit
until Upton singled with two outs in the seventh.
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Rockies 4, Mariners 2
Dustin Garneau broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the
seventh inning and Colorado team mate Chad Bettis threw seven
scoreless innings against Seattle.
Garneau's second career home run snapped a string of 24 consecutive
scoreless innings by Mariners pitchers.
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Cardinals 2, Reds 2, (suspended, eight innings)
The Cincinnati-St Louis game was suspended in the eighth inning
because of rain with the score tied 2-2.
The game will resume at Great American Ball Park on Saturday before
the regularly scheduled game.
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Indians v Tigers (postponed, rain)
The Cleveland Indians-Detroit Tigers game scheduled for Friday night
at Progressive Field was postponed because of heavy rain in the
Cleveland area. (Editing by John O'Brien)
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