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hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, Marcus Walden bailed Boston
out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays
5-4 on Tuesday night to move into second place in the AL East for the first time
since the second day of the season.The defending World Series champions have
recovered from a 3-8 start and improved to a season-high 10 games over .500 at
56-46, moving one percentage point ahead of the Rays (57-47), who have lost
seven of eight.Vázquez snapped a 2-2 tie with his second career pinch-homer, a
drive into the left-field seats off Colin Poche (2-4). Boston boosted the lead
to 5-2 in the eighth when Andrew Benintendi hit an RBI groundout and Jackie
Bradley Jr. was hit by a pitch from Adam Kolarek with the bases loaded, forcing
in a run.Ji-Man Choi had a run-scoring single off Brandon Workman in the ninth.
Walden entered with the bases loaded and two outs, walked Tommy Pham on four
pitches, then retired Austin Meadows on a game-ending groundout.Chris Sale (5-9)
allowed two runs on Travis dArnaud third-inning homer and limited the Rays to
just three other hits. He struck out 10 over six innings.NATIONALS 11, ROCKIES
1WASHINGTON (AP) Trea Turner hit his second career cycle, Stephen Strasburg
earned his major league-leading 13th win and Washington routed Colorado.Turner
led off the first with homer, singled in the second and tripled in the fifth
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After grounding into a double play in the sixth, he doubled home a run during
Washington eight-run seventh.Strasburg (13-4) pitched six innings for his sixth
straight win. He allowed three hits and two walks while striking out
eight.Colorado rookie Peter Lambert (2-2) gave up three runs and nine hits. He
struck out eight with a walk for the Rockies, who have lost seven of
eight.Nationals catcher Yan Gomes had two hits, including an RBI single in the
sixth. Strasburg singled his first time up, giving him hits in four straight
at-bats.YANKEES 14, TWINS 12, 10 INNINGSMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Aaron Hicks made a
game-saving catch in center field for the final out in the 10th inning
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Didi Gregorius had five hits and seven RBIs, and New York beat Minnesota in a
game that featured five lead changes or ties in the final three innings.Gleyber
Torres scored Gregorius with an RBI single in the top of the 10th and New York
tacked on another run on a wild pitch by Kohl Stewart (2-2). Adam Ottavino
walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the inning, and then Chad Green allowed
a drive to Max Kepler into the left-center field gap
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Jersey. Hicks ran it down and caught it with a diving, backhanded effort at
the warning track, ending the game after 5 hours, 3 minutes.The madness began
with New York five-run eighth inning for a 10-9 lead. Mike Tauchman had an RBI
double, then Aaron Judge and Gregorius added two-run doubles. The inning ended
when Gary Sánchez grounded out and then was pulled with an apparent injury to
his right leg.Aroldis Chapman (3-2) earned the win after blowing his third save
in six appearances and his sixth of the season in the ninth inning. He walked
the first three batters, and Ehire Adrianza scored a tying run on Jorge Polanco
sacrifice fly.ANGELS 5, DODGERS 4LOS ANGELES (AP) Kole Calhoun had a homer and
two doubles before he threw out Cody Bellinger at the plate to end the Angels
Freeway Series victory over the Dodgers.Mike Trout hit a tiebreaking homer and
also made a perfect 260-foot throw to get Max Muncy at the plate earlier in the
game, but the Angels needed another huge defensive play to win for the eighth
time in 11 games.Angels closer Hansel Robles got his 15th save despite allowing
his first run since June 23.Shohei Ohtani had a pinch-hit RBI single for the
Angels, who are four games above .500 for only the second time since June
2018.Corey Seager had two hits for the NL West-leading Dodgers, whose three-game
winning streak ended. Bellinger went 2 for 5.Kenta Maeda (7-7) recorded seven
strikeouts while pitching four-hit ball into the fifth inning for the
Dodgers.Félix Peña (8-3) managed just 3 2 3 innings of three-hit ball this
time.GIANTS 5, CUBS 4, 13 INNINGSSAN FRANCISCO (AP) Pablo Sandoval homered with
one out in the 13th inning
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Jersey, lifting San Francisco past Chicago.Sandoval just cleared the
left-field fence with his first-pitch drive off Brad Brach (3-3) that went to
replay and was upheld to formally finish the 3-hour, 45-minute game.Sam Coonrod
(1-0), San Francisco fifth reliever, pitched the 13th for his first career
victory.Madison Bumgarner struck out seven over seven innings in another strong
start.Kris Bryant hit a pair of RBI singles, and Jason Heyward hit a tying
single for the Cubs, who have lost 10 of the last 14 in San Francisco.METS 5,
PADRES 2NEW YORK (AP) Robinson Canó hit three home runs, leading Jason Vargas
and New York over San Diego.The 36-year-old Canó drove in all five runs and went
4 for 4
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Vargas pitched one-hit ball for six shutout innings.Canó homered three times in
a game for the first time in his career. It was just the third three-homer game
ever by a Mets player at home Lucas Duda and Kirk Nieuwenhuis both did it in
July 2015.After singling in the first, Canó hit a two-run homer off Chris
Paddack (6-5) in the sixth and a two-run shot in the seventh off Logan
Allen.Vargas (5-5) put on a pitching clinic. He permitted only a single by Eric
Hosmer in the fifth, struck out eight and walked three.Edwin Díaz relieved with
two on in the ninth and got his 22nd save in 26 chances.CARDINALS 4, PIRATES
3PITTSBURGH (AP) Paul Goldschmidt homered for the second straight night, José
Martínez added his 10th home run and Dakota Hudson rebounded from a shaky start
to lead St. Louis past Pittsburgh.Goldschmidt delivered a two-run drive in the
third inning off Chris Archer (3-7). Martínez put St. Louis in front with a solo
shot leading off the fifth, and Hudson and two relievers shut down the Pirates
after spotting Pittsburgh a 3-0 lead.Hudson (10-4) surrendered a Starling Marte
homer and then settled down. The 24-year-old rookie worked 6 1 3 innings, giving
up six hits and three walks. Giovanny Gallegos and Andrew Miller retired the
last eight Pittsburgh batters, with Miller throwing a perfect ninth for his
third save.Pittsburgh fell to 2-9 since over its last 11 games, with four of the
losses to St. Louis.BLUE JAYS 2, INDIANS 1TORONTO (AP) Justin Smoak tied the
game with a homer in the ninth inning and knocked in the winning run with a
two-out single in the 10th as Toronto beat Cleveland.Smoak got the winning hit
off lefty Tyler Olson (1-1), scoring Eric Sogard.Toronto Ken Giles (2-2) pitched
one inning and earned the win.The Indians carried a three-hitter into the ninth
before Smoak spoiled the shutout bid, homering with a one-out off closer Brad
Hand, who squandered a save opportunity for the second time in 29 chances.Adam
Cimber got the first two outs in the 10th inning. Olson came on and walked
Sogard, who advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sogard moved to third on an
infield single by Freddy Galvis and scored when Smoak singled off the glove of a
diving Jose Ramirez at third base.Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez allowed one
run and five hits in five innings.ROYALS 5, BRAVES 4ATLANTA (AP) Lucas Duda
delivered Kansas City first pinch-hit homer of the season to break a tie in the
eighth inning, and the Royals beat NL East-leading Atlanta.Alex Gordon also
homered for the Royals and drove in two runs.Starters Dallas Keuchel of Atlanta
and Danny Duffy of Kansas City went six strong innings with double-digit
strikeouts but didnt factor in the decision. Keuchel allowed just three hits and
struck out 12. Duffy surrendered one run on five hits with 11 strikeouts.Ian
Kennedy gave up three straight singles to start the ninth but bounced back for
his 18th save.Ronald Acuña extended his career-best on-base streak to 28 games
when he was hit by a pitch in the third.REDS 14, BREWERS 6MILWAUKEE (AP) Eugenio
Suárez hit his third two-run home run in two games and Cincinnati battered Zach
Davies for seven runs in a rout of Milwaukee.Jesse Winker and Joey Votto hit
two-run homers and pinch-hitter Phillip Ervin had a three-run triple as
Cincinnati beat the Brewers for the fifth straight time.Davies (8-3) allowed six
earned runs and nine hits in four-plus innings.Tanner Roark (6-6) gave up two
runs and six hits in five innings.Manny Piña hit a three-run home run and had
four RBIs for the Brewers.ORIOLES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 2PHOENIX (AP) Dwight Smith Jr.
hit a three-run home run, Dylan Bundy pitched six solid innings and Baltimore
beat Arizona.Renato Núñez and Anthony Santander also homered for the
Orioles.Bundy (5-11) allowed two runs, four hits and three walks while striking
out five for his second win in three starts.Baltimore has won four of six.T.J.
McFarland struck out six in 2 2 3 innings of relief work for the Diamondbacks,
who have lost three of four and fell three games out of the second National
League wild card.The Orioles tagged Merrill Kelly (7-10) for three runs in the
second inning and four more in the third, chasing the Diamondbacks starter after
2 1 3 innings.RANGERS 7, MARINERS 2SEATTLE (AP) Rougned Odor homered twice,
Nomar Mazara reached the third deck with an impressive shot and Texas ended an
eight-game skid with a win over Seattle.Shin-Soo Choo led off the game by
homering on Tommy Milone first pitch, and the Rangers went on to snap the
fourth-longest losing streak in the majors this year. Seattle has lost three of
four.Milone (1-5) pitched through the sixth inning, giving up nine hits and
striking out five.Long reliever Pedro Payano (1-0) struck out seven and gave up
one run and three hits in five innings following opener Brett Martin. It was his
first major league win in his second appearance.Omar Narvaez and J.P. Crawford
had run-scoring hits for Seattle.MARLINS 5, WHITE SOX 1CHICAGO (AP) Caleb Smith
retired his first 17 batters and cruised through seven innings of two-hit ball,
and Miami beat Chicago.Curtis Granderson hit a two-run homer to cap Miami
four-run fourth inning against Dylan Covey (1-6)
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Harold Ramirez added a solo shot in the fifth as the NL-worst Marlins ended a
four-game skid.Smith (6-4) worked perfectly through a depleted White Sox lineup
before walking Adam Engel and Leury García with two outs in the sixth. Jon Jay
followed by grounding a single to right for Chicago first hit and only run.
Smith struck out nine including five straight over the fifth and sixth
innings.Covey allowed five runs and six hits through six innings.Relievers Nick
Anderson and Jarlin García each tossed a perfect inning to close it
out.ATHLETICS 4, ASTROS 3, 11 INNINGSHOUSTON (AP) Matt Olson hit a three-run
home run in the ninth inning and Ramon Laureano added a ground-rule RBI double
with one out in the 11th, giving Oakland a win over Houston.It was tied at 3-3
when Olson singled off Collin McHugh (3-5) with one out in the 11th, before Mark
Canha walked. Laureano then hit a ball to left field that rolled to the wall and
lodged between the padding and the ground. Both runners scored by the time Josh
Reddick got the ball and threw it in. But the play was reviewed and Canha was
returned to third base because the ball was lodged under the wall.Oakland
starter Mike Fiers allowed six hits and two runs in 7 2 3 innings but did not
factor into the decision. Yusmeiro Petit (3-2) struck out two in two perfect
innings for the win.Houston starter Miley struck out six and walked two in a
season-high eight-plus innings.PHILLIES 3, TIGERS 2, 15 INNINGSDETROIT (AP)
Scott Kingery tripled to lead off the 15th inning and scored on a single by Rhys
Hoskins as Philadelphia outlasted Detroit.Kingery, who had struck out four
times, hit a drive to deep right off Daniel Stumpf (1-1) to start the winning
rally. Hoskins followed with a clean single to right.Detroit nearly won it in
the 14th against Jose Alvarez (1-2), but left fielder Brad Miller threw Nicholas
Castellanos out at the plate when he was trying to score on Brandon Dixon
one-out single.Roman Quinn hit a two-run homer for Philadelphia. Castellanos
tied it with an RBI double in the sixth for Detroit, which got an unearned run
in the first.