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Highlights of Thursday's MLB games

[July 22, 2016] July 21 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games:

Dodgers 6, Nationals 3

Justin Turner hit two home runs with five RBIs to hand Stephen Strasburg his first loss of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers posted a 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.

The Dodgers (54-43), who used eight pitchers, took two of three games in the series and are 5-1 this season against the National League East leaders. Washington (57-39) is 30-18 at home, but has lost six of its last 11 at Nationals Park.

Turner recorded the fourth multi-homer game of his career, his second this season. His career-high 17 homers this season eclipses the 16 he hit for the Dodgers last season.

Orioles 4, Yankees 1

Chris Tillman pitched seven sharp innings and became the second 14-game winner in the major leagues as Baltimore snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory over New York.

Tillman (14-2) joined Chicago White Sox left-hander Chris Sale on the exclusive list by allowing one run and four hits. Tillman won his fourth straight decision while improving to 7-0 against American League East opponents.

The right-hander struck out seven, got double plays in the first two innings and retired 16 of the last 17 hitters he faced. Tillman also induced eight other groundouts aside from the double plays.

Marlins 9, Phillies 3

Tom Koehler was nearly unhittable, the Miami offense did plenty of hitting and rolled to a win over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park.

The Marlins seized control of the game in the fourth inning. Christian Yelich led off with his ninth home run of the season to get Miami on the board. Doubles from Marcell Ozuna and Chris Johnson sandwiched Derek Dietrich being hit by a pitch from Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff.

All three players scored runs in the inning. Adeiny Hechavarria's RBI double made the score 4-0.

Pirates 5, Brewers 3

Matt Joyce hit a three-run home run in the first inning and drove in four runs, and Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee.

Francisco Liriano struck out a season-high 13 and walked none in 6 1/3 innings. Liriano, who gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits, had won only once in eight starts since May 24.

Gregory Polanco had a pair of hits and scored twice for the Pirates, who took two of three in the series. Pittsburgh has won 12 of 17.

Red Sox 13, Twins 2

Steven Wright tossed eight innings of two-run ball and the Boston offense took it from there en route to a victory over Minnesota at Fenway Park.

Wright was perfect through 4 1/3 innings before giving up two runs -- one earned -- in the fifth. He allowed four hits and a walk while striking out a career-high-tying nine.

David Ortiz hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, Jackie Bradley Jr. added three RBIs and Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts each had two RBIs for Boston, which maintained a 1/2-game lead over Baltimore for sole possession of first place in the American League East.

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Cardinals 6, Padres 5

Down by four runs with six outs left, St. Louis concocted a stunning comeback and swept a four-game series from San Diego.

Aledmys Diaz was the hero, slashing an RBI single for the winning run as St. Louis won four straight games at home for the first time this year.

Tommy Pham started the winning rally with a double off Carlos Villanueva. After an intentional walk to Greg Garcia, Jeremy Hazelbaker sacrificed both runners up 90 feet. Following a second intentional walk to Jedd Gyorko, Diaz lined a 3-2 pitch into left to score Pham.

Rockies 7, Braves 3

Chad Bettis pitched well into the seventh inning, and Carlos Gonzalez opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the sixth inning as Colorado beat Atlanta.

The Rockies' victory came after consecutive lopsided losses to the Tampa Bay Rays by scores of 10-1 and 11-3, defeats in which the Colorado starters pitched a combined seven innings.

Bettis (8-6) gave up one run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. He got 11 outs on ground balls during his 87-pitch outing. DJ LeMahieu and Nick Hundley each had two hits for the Rockies.

Tigers 2, White Sox 1 (6 1/2 innings)

Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera homered as Detroit beat the Chicago in a rain-shortened game. Rain delayed the contest for two hours after the top of the seventh inning before it was called.

Kinsler went 3-for-4 as the Tigers snapped a two-game losing streak. Detroit improved to 5-2 against the Chicago this season. The White Sox lost for the seventh time in eight games.

Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey (3-9) surrendered a run and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. He entered 1-5 with a 5.81 ERA in his career against the White Sox.

Rays 7, Athletics 3

Matt Moore pitched seven strong innings, and Tim Beckham and Corey Dickerson hit solo home runs as Tampa Bay defeated Oakland.

Moore (6-7) gave up three runs on four hits, struck out six and walked two. He pitched at least six innings for the ninth straight game.

Beckham, who had a franchise-record-tying five hits Wednesday against Colorado, homered in his first at-bat Thursday and singled in his second, giving him eight straight hits in eight at-bats. (Compiled by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru)

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