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 Yankees 5, Blue Jays 0
Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven outstanding innings and the New York
Yankees averted a four-game sweep with a 5-0 victory over the
Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
First baseman Dustin Ackley was put in the lineup because of a .364
average off R.A. Dickey and the move paid off.
Ackley lifted a sacrifice fly for New York's first run and hit a
two-run home run into the right field seats with two outs in the
fourth.
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Nationals 5, Marlins 0
Max Scherzer tossed eight scoreless innings and Matt den Dekker
homered after he replaced injured star Bryce Harper to help
Washington beat Miami.
Anthony Rendon had three hits and drove in a run while Jayson Werth,
Ian Desmond, and Wilson Ramos also had RBIs to help the Nationals
end a five-game losing streak.
Harper left the game in the first inning after colliding with
Marlins second baseman Derek Dietrich when trying to run to third on
a ground ball hit by Werth to shortstop Miguel Rojas.
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Cardinals 9, Reds 2
Matt Adams and Tommy Pham each hit two-run homers and Michael Wacha
pitched six solid innings as first-place St Louis avoided a
four-game series sweep with a victory over Cincinnati at Great
American Ball Park.
Pham and Adams were among six Cardinals who collected RBIs in
keeping with the team concept that has worked for them all season.
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Pirates 7, Brewers 6 (l1 innings)
Josh Harrison's single with one out in the 11th inning gave
Pittsburgh a walk-off victory over Milwaukee, enabling the Pirates
to keep pace in the National League Central race.
The Pirates remained 2 1/2 games behind St Louis in the division
race and pushed their lead to four games over the Chicago Cubs for
the first NL wild card.
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Phillies 7, Cubs 4
A wild pitch by reliever Clayton Richard brought home the go-ahead
run in the seventh inning as Philadelphia beat the Chicago Cubs.
Ryan Howard homered and drove in three runs for the Phillies, who
earned a split of the four-game series.
Chris Coghlan homered and tripled twice for the Cubs, who lead the
race for the National League's second wild-card spot.
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Twins 7, White Sox 0
Minnesota hit Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale for six early runs
for his shortest stint in five months on the way to victory.
The Twins took two of three from the White Sox and beat Sale for the
fourth time this season to remain in the hunt for an American League
wild card berth.
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Mets 10, Braves 7 (10 innings)
The New York Mets rallied from three runs down with two outs in the
ninth inning and scored three times with two outs in the 10th inning
to beat Atlanta at Turner Field.
The winning pitcher was Bobby Parnell (2-3) and Addison Reed earned
his fourth save with a scoreless 10th.
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Red Sox 2, Rays 0 (13 innings)
It took 13 innings and 32 combined strikeouts by the two pitching
staffs but the bats finally woke up as Rusney Castillo delivered a
bases-loaded single to score the game's only runs in a Boston
victory over Tampa Bay.
Dustin Pedroia started the rally with a one-out single, followed by
singles from Xander Bogaerts and Travis Shaw that loaded the bases.
Facing Tampa Bay reliever Andrew Bellatti, the Rays seventh pitcher,
Castillo ripped an offering to left field to score Pedroia and
Bogaerts.
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Indians 7, Tigers 2 (first game)
The Indians won the opener of a doubleheader as rookie Cody Anderson
(4-3) outpitched veteran Justin Verlander (3-8).
Chris Johnson had three hits and two RBIs, and shortstop Francisco
Lindor added two hits and two RBIs for Cleveland.
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Tigers 9, Indians 2 (second game)
J.D. Martinez had three hits and three RBIs, and Detroit got strong
work from its bullpen to beat Cleveland in the second game.
Martinez had a two-run single in the third inning and an RBI double
in the sixth as the Tigers pounded six Cleveland pitchers for 15
hits.
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Astros 5, Angels 3
Pinch-hitter Jed Lowrie hit a three-run home run in the top of the
ninth inning to lead a five-run rally that gave Houston a win over
the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.
The Astros used the victory to remain 1 1/2 games ahead of the
second-place Texas Rangers in the American League West.
The Angels, whose three-game winning streak ended, fell 4 1/2 games
behind the Astros in the divisional race and three games behind the
Rangers for the second wild-card spot.
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Rangers 12, Athletics 4
Adrian Beltre hit two home runs and drove in five as Texas pounded
Oakland.
The loss clinched a losing record for Oakland for the first time
since 2011.
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Dodgers 4, Diamondbacks 3
Los Angeles right-hander Zack Greinke gave up three hits in eight
scoreless innings and strengthened his case for the NL Cy Young
Award in the Dodgers' victory over Arizona at Chase Field.
Adrian Gonzalez had three hits and an RBI, catcher A.J. Ellis
homered and third baseman Justin Turner had two hits, drove in a run
and scored another.
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Giants 10, Padres 3
Right-hander Mike Leake helped out his own cause with his sixth
career home run, a three-run shot that propelled San Francisco over
San Diego and a three-game series sweep.
Buster Posey drove in two runs with a double and a single as the
Giants rang up eight runs or more for the third consecutive game and
finished the series with a 27-4 scoring advantage over the Padres.
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Rockies 3, Mariners 2
Colorado took advantage of a Seattle throwing error, and got an
incredible defensive play of its own in the eighth, on the way to a
victory.
Kyle Seager was responsible for Colorado's final two runs when he
made a fourth-inning throwing error that put the Rockies ahead 3-0.
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Orioles 8, Royals 2
Jonathan Schoop had three hits including two of Baltimore's four
home runs and Wei-Yin Chen tossed seven strong innings to defeat
Kansas City.
Adam Jones homered, doubled and drove in four runs and Chris Davis
also homered for Baltimore. (Editing by John O'Brien)
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