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Highlights of
Friday's MLB games

[July 15, 2017]

July 14 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's Major League Baseball games:

Red Sox 5, Yankees 4

Andrew Benintendi drew a bases-loaded walk off Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox came back to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Friday night.

The Red Sox trailed 4-3 entering the ninth but Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia both reached on infield singles. Following a double steal, Xander Bogaerts reached on a fielding error by second baseman Ronald Torreyes and following an intentional walk to Hanley Ramirez, Beintendi drew the game-winning walk.

Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer for the Red Sox while Gary Sanchez hit a two-run shot for New York, which is 7-19 in its last 26 games.

The Red Sox extended their lead over New York in the American League East to 4 1/2 games.

Nationals 5, Reds 0

Bryce Harper slugged two homers and Gio Gonazlez pitched a season-high 8 1/3 innings as Washington beat the Cincinnati.

Anthony Rendon and Stephen Drew added run-scoring singles for Washington.

Gonzalez (8-4) won for the first time in four starts and scattered four hits. He retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced. Cincinnati starter Tim Adleman (5-7) allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Dodgers 6, Marlins 4

Yasiel Puig homered twice and drove in four runs as Los Angeles beat Miami.

Puig recorded his fourth career multi-homer game and Corey Seager also homered for the Dodgers.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a run-scoring double and Justin Bour added a two-run double for the Marlins.

Pirates 5, Cardinals 2

Josh Bell hit two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning and Pittsburgh beat St. Louis.

Bell hit his 17th homer off St. Louis closer Seung-Hwan Oh (1-5) with one out and drove in Adam Frazier and Andrew McCutchen.

Jedd Gyorko hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals.

Mets 14, Rockies 2

Jacob deGrom pitched eight strong innings and Michael Conforto hit a three-run homer as New York routed Colorado.

DeGrom (10-3) allowed two runs (one earned) and four hits to go along with 11 strikeouts.

Conforto drove in four runs while T.J. Rivera and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in three runs apiece. Colorado starter Jon Gray (2-1) was tagged for eight runs and nine hits in two innings.

Braves 4, Diamondbacks 3

Freddie Freeman homered for the third time in seven games since returning from a broken wrist and also delivered the decisive RBI single in the eighth inning as Atlanta edged Arizona.

Freeman singled in two runs against reliever Archie Bradley (3-2) as Ender Inciarte scored the tying run and Brandon Phillips scored the tiebreaking run after falling down rounding third.

Paul Goldschmidt hit his 21st homer for the Diamondbacks.

Blue Jays 7, Tigers 2

Jose Bautista homered and Aaron Sanchez allowed an unearned run in six innings as Toronto routed Detroit.

Bautista hit his 15th homer in the seventh inning and also added a sacrifice fly. Josh Donaldson added a two-run single and Steve Pearce homered for Toronto.

Detroit starter Justin Verlander (5-7) allowed three runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings while throwing 114 pitches. Sanchez (1-2) was making only his seventh start of the season.

Mariners 4, White Sox 2

Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer and Seattle beat Chicago.

Cano hit his 18th homer in the third inning off James Shields (2-2) as Seattle won for the fifth time in its last 15 games.

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James Paxton (8-3) struck out nine and allowed two runs in six innings. Shields allowed four runs in six innings for Chicago.

Cubs 9, Orioles 8

Addison Russell hit a tiebreaking homer off Brad Brach in the top of the ninth inning and Chicago blew an eight-run lead before beating Baltimore.

Russell hit one of five homers for the Cubs. Willson Contreras hit a three-run shot, Ben Zobrist and Jason Hayward slugged two-run homers while Kyle Schwarber hit a solo homer.

Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer off Koji Uehara (3-4) in the eighth before Russell restored Chicago's lead.

Astros 10, Twins 5

Brian McCann and Marwin Gonzalez slugged home runs as Houston Astros produced another offensive showcase in its win over Minnesota.

McCann capped an eight-run second inning and Gonzalez drove his 17th homer to straightaway center field as the Astros added two runs in the third to extend to a nine-run lead.

The Twins pushed back against Astros right-hander Charlie Morton (7-3) but got no closer than having the tying run on deck with two outs in the sixth inning.

Rangers 5, Royals 3

Adrian Beltre and Mike Napoli homered as Texas beat Kansas City for the 10th straight time.

Beltre hit a game-tying three-run homer off Jason Hammel in the sixth and moved to within 20 of reaching 3,000 hits. Napoli hit a tiebreaking homer off Mike Minor (5-2) in the seventh.

Alcides Escobar hit a two-run homer for Kansas City.

Brewers 9, Phillies 6

Ryan Braun highlighted an eight-run second inning for Milwaukee in a win over Philadelphia.

Braun hit his sixth career grand slam and Orlando Arcia added a three-run homer for the Brewers.

Maikel Franco collected four hits and Odubel Herrera homered for Philadelphia.

Rays 2, Angels 1 (10 innings)

Brad Miller hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 10th inning and lifted Tampa Bay over Los Angeles.

Miller's double off the right-center field wall spoiled the return of Angels star Mike Trout from a torn ligament in his left thumb.

Trout was 1-for-5 with a single and a stolen base. He also struck out for the final out of his first game since May 28.

Athletics 5, Indians 0

Sonny Gray allowed two hits in six innings as Oakland blanked Cleveland.

Gray turned in his fourth straight quality start while Rajai Davis and Yonder Alonso hit solo homers for the Athletics.

Cleveland's Carlos Carrasco struck out 10 but also allowed five runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Giants 5, Padres 4

Buster Posey homered and Sam Dyson escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning as San Francisco edged San Diego.

Posey drove in two runs and hit his first homer since June 22. Dyson allowed a run in the ninth but retired Jabari Blash to end it.

Johnny Cueto allowed three runs and six hits in four innings while San Diego's Clayton Richard allowed four runs and 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

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