Standings

All Times PDT

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 59 29 .670 —

New York 56 28 .667 1

Tampa Bay 43 43 .500 15

Toronto 40 46 .465 18

Baltimore 24 61 .282 33½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 48 37 .565 —

Detroit 38 50 .432 11½

Minnesota 35 48 .422 12

Chicago 30 56 .349 18½

Kansas City 25 61 .291 23½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 57 31 .648 —

Seattle 55 32 .632 1½

Oakland 48 39 .552 8½

Los Angeles 44 43 .506 12½

Texas 38 49 .437 18½

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Wednesday’s Games

Boston 3, Washington 0

N.Y. Yankees 6, Atlanta 2

Miami 3, Tampa Bay 0

Chicago Cubs 5, Detroit 2

Oakland 4, San Diego 2

Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 1

L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 4

Milwaukee 3, Minnesota 2

Houston 5, Texas 4, 10 innings

N.Y. Mets 6, Toronto 3

Cincinnati 7, Chicago White Sox 4

Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2

Thursday’s Games

Texas (Gallardo 2-0) at Detroit (Boyd 4-6), 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Cashner 2-8) at Minnesota (Slegers 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-3) at Houston (Verlander 9-4), 5:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 6-5) at Seattle (Gonzales 8-5), 7:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Texas at Detroit, 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 5:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 49 36 .576 —

Philadelphia 47 37 .560 1½

Washington 42 43 .494 7

New York 34 49 .410 14

Miami 36 52 .409 14½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 51 35 .593 —

Chicago 49 35 .583 1

St. Louis 44 41 .518 6½

Pittsburgh 40 46 .465 11

Cincinnati 38 49 .437 13½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 48 39 .552 —

Los Angeles 47 39 .547 ½

San Francisco 45 43 .511 3½

Colorado 44 43 .506 4

San Diego 37 51 .420 11½

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Wednesday’s Games

Boston 3, Washington 0

N.Y. Yankees 6, Atlanta 2

Miami 3, Tampa Bay 0

Chicago Cubs 5, Detroit 2

Oakland 4, San Diego 2

Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 1

Milwaukee 3, Minnesota 2

N.Y. Mets 6, Toronto 3

Cincinnati 7, Chicago White Sox 4

Colorado 1, San Francisco 0

L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 4

St. Louis 8, Arizona 4

Thursday’s Games

Miami (Hernandez 0-5) at Washington (Hellickson 2-1), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Fried 1-2) at Milwaukee (Chacin 6-3), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Lauer 3-5) at Arizona (Miller 0-2), 6:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Weaver 4-7) at San Francisco (Cueto 3-0), 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.

Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

History

This Date In Baseball

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July 5

1947 — Larry Doby became the first black man to play in the AL. He struck out as a pinch-hitter.

1987 — Mark McGwire became the first rookie to hit 30 homers before the All-Star break.

1993 — Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer to become the second player to accomplish the feat.

1998 — Toronto’s Roger Clemens became the 11th pitcher in baseball history to notch 3,000 strikeouts during a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay.

1998 — Juan Gonzalez became the second player to top 100 RBIs before the All-Star break.

2004 — Eric Gagne’s streak of 84 consecutive saves ended when he blew a two-run lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who came back to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in 10 innings. .

2005 — Boston’s Manny Ramirez hit his 20th grand slam in a 7-4 win over Texas, passing Eddie Murray for sole possession of second place on the career list. Lou Gehrig hit 23.

American League

Angels 7, Mariners 4

SEATTLE — Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer, Luis Valbuena drove in two and Los Angeles beat Seattle to snap the Mariners’ eight-game winning streak.

Los Angeles Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi

K.Clhun rf 5 2 3 3 D.Grdon 2b 4 0 1 0

Simmons ss 5 0 1 0 Segura ss 4 0 0 0

Trout cf 3 1 1 0 Haniger rf-cf 5 1 1 0

Upton lf 5 0 1 1 N.Cruz dh 4 0 1 1

Pujols 1b 5 1 2 1 Seager 3b 4 1 2 2

Ohtani dh 4 2 2 0 Healy 1b 4 1 2 1

Vlbuena 3b 4 0 2 2 Gamel lf-rf 3 0 0 0

Mldnado c 5 0 0 0 Hrrmann c 2 0 0 0

Fltcher 2b 4 1 1 0 Zunino ph-c 1 0 1 0

Heredia cf 2 1 1 0

Span ph-lf 2 0 1 0

Totals 40 7 13 7 Totals 35 4 10 4

Los Angeles 010 212 010 — 7

Seattle 020 001 010 — 4

E—Segura (10), Herrmann (1), G.Richards (1). DP—Los Angeles 1, Seattle 1. LOB—Los Angeles 10, Seattle 8. 2B—Simmons (15), Trout (17), Pujols (14), Ohtani (9), Valbuena (7), Fletcher (2), Haniger (16), Span (13). HR—K.Calhoun (5), Seager (16), Healy (17). SB—Valbuena (2). CS—Segura (7). S—D.Gordon (7).

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Richards W,5-4 5 1-3 4 3 2 1 8

Bedrosian H,6 2-3 1 0 0 0 2

Alvarez 0 1 0 0 1 0

Robles H,3 1 0 0 0 1 2

Anderson 1 2 1 1 0 3

Parker S,10-12 1 2 0 0 0 0

Seattle

Leake L,8-5 4 9 4 3 1 4

Rumbelow 2 2 2 2 1 0

Bradford 1 1 0 0 0 0

Vincent 1 1 1 0 1 0

Elias 1 0 0 0 0 0

Leake pitched to 3 batters in the 5th

Alvarez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th

WP—Anderson.

T—3:33. A—39,518 (47,943).

Astros 5, Rangers 4 (10 inn.)

ARLINGTON, Texas — Evan Gattis hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to send home Jose Altuve and lift AL West-leading Houston over Texas. Altuve had his MLB-leading 115th hit with a one-out single in the 10th.

Houston Texas

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Sprnger cf-rf 4 0 0 0 Choo dh 4 1 2 1

Bregman 3b 4 0 1 1 Andrus ss 5 1 2 0

Altuve 2b 5 1 1 0 Mazara rf 5 0 0 0

Gurriel 1b 4 2 2 1 Profar 3b 4 2 2 1

Gattis dh 4 0 1 1 Odor 2b 4 0 1 1

Reddick rf-lf 4 1 3 2 R.Chrns c 4 0 1 1

M.Gnzal ss 4 1 0 0 Gallo lf-1b 5 0 0 0

Fdrwicz c 4 0 1 0 Guzman 1b 4 0 2 0

T.Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 Rua pr-lf 0 0 0 0

Mrsnick cf 0 0 0 0 DShelds cf 3 0 1 0

Totals 37 5 9 5 Totals 38 4 11 4

Houston 000 310 000 1 — 5

Texas 013 000 000 0 — 4

E—C.Martin (1), Profar (14), Federowicz (1). DP—Houston 1, Texas 2. LOB—Houston 9, Texas 9. 2B—Gurriel (21), Federowicz (2), Odor (10), R.Chirinos (12). HR—Gurriel (5), Reddick (8), Choo (16). SB—Reddick (4), Profar (7). SF—Gattis (5). S—Choo (1), DeShields (9).

IP H R ER BB SO

Houston

Cole 5 8 4 4 2 7

Harris 1 2 0 0 0 1

McHugh W,4-0 3 1 0 0 0 1

Giles S,12-12 1 0 0 0 0 2

Texas

Minor 6 7 4 3 3 4

Leclerc 1 0 0 0 0 0

Diekman 1 1 0 0 0 0

Kela 1 0 0 0 0 0

Martin L,1-2 1 1 1 1 2 0

HBP—by Cole (Profar), by Martin (Gurriel). WP—Cole.

T—3:33. A—43,592 (49,115).

Indians 3, Royals 2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Trevor Bauer pitched into the eighth inning and Cleveland beat skidding Kansas City for a three-game sweep. Michael Brantley had an early RBI double and the Indians scored all their runs in the first three innings on only one hit. Bauer struck out eight and walked one.

Cleveland Kansas City

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Lindor ss 4 1 0 0 Mrrfeld 2b 3 0 1 1

Brntley lf 3 1 1 1 R.Hrrra cf 3 0 1 0

J.Rmirz 3b 3 0 0 0 S.Perez dh 4 0 2 0

Encrnco dh 2 0 0 1 Duda 1b 4 0 0 0

Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 Bnfacio rf 4 0 0 0

Kipnis 2b 3 1 1 0 A.Grdon lf 3 1 1 0

Naquin rf 3 0 0 0 H.Dzier 3b 4 0 1 0

R.Perez c 3 0 1 0 A.Escbr ss 4 1 1 0

G.Allen cf 3 0 1 1 Butera c 3 0 1 0

Totals 28 3 4 3 Totals 32 2 8 1

Cleveland 210 000 000 — 3

Kansas City 010 010 000 — 2

DP—Cleveland 1. LOB—Cleveland 7, Kansas City 6. 2B—Brantley (20), Kipnis (17), Merrifield (24), A.Gordon (8). SB—Lindor (11), J.Ramirez 2 (17), A.Gordon (5), H.Dozier (1). CS—Merrifield (5), R.Herrera (4). SF—Encarnacion (2), G.Allen (1), Merrifield (4). S—R.Perez (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cleveland

Bauer W,8-6 7 2-3 7 2 2 1 8

Perez H,6 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Allen S,18-19 1 1 0 0 0 3

Kansas City

Oaks L,0-2 4 2 3 3 4 2

Fillmyer 3 0 0 0 1 2

Hill 1 0 0 0 1 1

Peralta 1 2 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Bauer (Gordon). WP—Peralta.

T—2:49. A—22,001 (37,903).

National League

Rockies 1, Giants 0

DENVER — Chris Iannetta homered in the seventh, Tyler Anderson pitched eight stellar innings and Colorado beat San Francisco to sweep a three-game series.

San Francisco Colorado
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G.Hrnan cf 4 0 0 0 LMahieu 2b 4 0 2 0

Belt 1b 4 0 1 0 Blckmon cf 3 0 1 0

McCtchn rf 3 0 1 0 Arenado 3b 4 0 1 0

Posey c 2 0 0 0 Story ss 4 0 2 0

Slater lf 3 0 0 0 Desmond lf-1b 4 0 0 0

B.Crwfr ph 1 0 0 0 Innetta c 3 1 1 1

Hanson ss 3 0 0 0 N.Cevas rf 3 0 0 0

Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 Valaika 1b 3 0 0 0

Tmlnson 3b 2 0 1 0 Parra lf 0 0 0 0

Hundley ph 1 0 0 0 Ty.Andr p 2 0 0 0

Sndoval 3b 0 0 0 0 T.Mrphy ph 1 0 0 0

A.Sarez p 2 0 0 0 W.Davis p 0 0 0 0

A.Jcksn ph 1 0 0 0

Watson p 0 0 0 0

Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals 31 1 7 1

San Francisco 000 000 000 — 0

Colorado 000 000 10x — 1

DP—Colorado 1. LOB—San Francisco 5, Colorado 7. 2B—LeMahieu (18). HR—Iannetta (7).

IP H R ER BB SO

San Francisco

Suarez L,3-5 7 5 1 1 0 6

Watson 1 2 0 0 1 0

Colorado

Anderson W,6-3 8 2 0 0 2 9

Davis S,25-29 1 1 0 0 1 1

T—2:15. A—48,158 (50,398).

Dodgers 6, Pirates 4

LOS ANGELES — Yasmani Grandal and Chris Taylor drove in three runs, and Los Angeles swept Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Los Angeles

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Meadows lf 5 0 0 0 Pderson lf 4 0 0 0

S.Marte cf 4 1 2 2 Muncy 2b-1b 4 2 1 0

G.Plnco rf 4 1 1 2 J.Trner 3b 3 1 1 0

E.Diaz c 4 0 1 0 Bllnger 1b-cf 3 2 1 0

Freese 1b 4 0 1 0 Grandal c 3 1 2 3

Moran 3b 4 0 0 0 C.Tylor ss 3 0 2 3

Mercer ss 3 0 1 0 K.Hrnan cf 4 0 0 0

Moroff 2b 3 1 1 0 K.Jnsen p 0 0 0 0

Holmes p 1 1 0 0 Puig rf 4 0 1 0

Rich. Rd p 0 0 0 0 R.Hill p 2 0 1 0

J.Bell ph 1 0 1 0 Utley ph 1 0 0 0

Glasnow p 0 0 0 0 Hudson p 0 0 0 0

E.Sntna p 0 0 0 0 Alxnder p 0 0 0 0

Hrrison ph 1 0 0 0 Edw. Prd p 0 0 0 0

Crick p 0 0 0 0 Frsythe 2b 0 0 0 0

Smoker p 0 0 0 0

Dckrson ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 31 6 9 6

Pittsburgh 002 000 020 — 4

Los Angeles 103 020 00x — 6

DP—Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1. LOB—Pittsburgh 6, Los Angeles 8. 2B—S.Marte (14), Mercer (19), Bellinger (16), Grandal (13). HR—G.Polanco (12).

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Holmes L,0-1 2 1-3 5 4 4 3 2

Rodriguez 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

Glasnow 0 1 2 2 2 0

Santana 2 2 0 0 0 0

Crick 1 0 0 0 0 1

Smoker 1 0 0 0 1 1

Los Angeles

Hill W,2-3 5 4 2 2 1 5

Hudson 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

Alexander 1 2-3 0 0 0 1 2

Paredes 1-3 2 2 2 0 0

Jansen S,23-25 1 2-3 2 0 0 0 3

Glasnow pitched to 4 batters in the 5th

HBP—by Glasnow (Turner). WP—Holmes, Rodriguez 2.

Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 4

PHOENIX — Yadier Molina and Yairo Munoz homered and St. Louis broke loose to beat Arizona.

St. Louis Arizona

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M.Crpnt 3b-1b 4 1 3 1 Jay rf 5 1 3 0

Pham cf 5 1 3 3 Gldschm 1b 3 0 0 0

Mrtinez 1b 4 0 0 0 Ja.Lamb 3b 4 1 1 1

G.Hllnd p 0 0 0 0 D.Prlta lf 5 1 2 0

Jor. Hck p 1 0 0 0 Dscalso 2b 3 0 1 0

Norris p 0 0 0 0 K.Marte ss 5 0 0 0

Ozuna lf 5 1 1 0 J.Dyson cf 2 1 0 0

Y.Mlina c 4 1 2 3 Pollock cf 0 0 0 0

Gyorko 2b-3b 4 0 0 0 Mathis c 4 0 1 0

Bader rf 5 1 2 0 Krhbiel p 0 0 0 0

Munoz ss 4 2 1 1 Corbin p 1 0 0 0

Mikolas p 2 0 1 0 Owings ph 1 0 0 0

O’Neill ph 1 1 0 0 Hirano p 0 0 0 0

Wong 2b 0 0 0 0 Salas p 0 0 0 0

D L Rsa p 0 0 0 0

J.Mrphy c 1 0 0 0

Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 34 4 8 1

St. Louis 000 010 520 — 8

Arizona 000 200 200 — 4

E—K.Marte (4), M.Carpenter 2 (8). DP—St. Louis 1, Arizona 1. LOB—St. Louis 9, Arizona 11. 2B—M.Carpenter 2 (26), Pham (9), Bader (5). HR—Y.Molina (13), Munoz (4). SB—Bader (8). S—Wong (4), Corbin (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

St. Louis

Mikolas W,9-3 6 7 2 2 4 3

Holland 0 1 2 1 1 0

Hicks H,11 2 0 0 0 0 3

Norris 1 0 0 0 1 2

Arizona

Corbin 6 6 1 1 2 6

Hirano L,2-1 BS,2 2-3 3 4 1 0 0

Salas 1-3 2 3 3 0 0

De La Rosa 2-3 2 0 0 0 1

Krehbiel 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 0

G.Holland pitched to 2 batters in the 7th

Salas pitched to 2 batters in the 8th

HBP—by Hicks (Pollock), by Salas (Munoz).

T—3:47. A—44,072 (48,519).

Interleague

Athletics 4, Padres 2

OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Piscotty doubled three times. The A’s have won 14 of 17.

San Diego Oakland

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Margot cf 4 0 1 0 Du.Fwlr cf 2 0 1 0

Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 Canha ph-cf 1 0 0 0

Myers dh 2 0 0 0 Joyce lf 3 0 0 0

Renfroe rf 3 1 0 0 Pinder ph-lf 1 0 0 0

Vllneva 3b 4 1 2 2 Lowrie 2b 2 1 0 0

Pirela 2b 3 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 4 1 2 1

Asuaje ph 1 0 1 0 M.Olson 1b 2 1 0 0

Ellis c 3 0 1 0 Pscotty rf 4 0 3 3

Spngnbr ph 1 0 0 0 M.Chpmn 3b 3 0 0 0

Galvis ss 4 0 2 0 Semien ss 4 0 0 0

Jnkwski lf 4 0 0 0 Phegley c 2 1 0 0

Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 28 4 6 4

San Diego 020 000 000 — 2

Oakland 011 000 02x — 4

DP—San Diego 2, Oakland 2. LOB—San Diego 7, Oakland 7. 2B—Galvis (15), K.Davis (16), Piscotty 3 (22). HR—Villanueva (17).

IP H R ER BB SO

San Diego

Perdomo 5 2-3 4 2 2 4 3

Cimber 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Castillo L,1-2 2-3 0 1 1 1 1

Stammen 1 2 1 1 1 0

Oakland

Manaea 7 4 2 2 2 1

Buchter 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Trivino W,7-1 2-3 0 0 0 2 0

Treinen S,22-24 1 2 0 0 0 2

Jo.Castillo pitched to 1 batter in the 8th

HBP—by Perdomo (Chapman). WP—Perdomo.

T—2:33. A—14,408 (46,765).

Phillies 4, Orioles 1

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Nola stuck out nine and Philadelphia beat Baltimore to sweep a two-game interleague series. Nola won his fifth straight decision.

Baltimore Philadelphia

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T.Bckhm 3b 4 1 2 0 C.Hrnan 2b 4 0 0 0

A.Jones cf 4 0 2 1 Hoskins lf 4 0 0 0

M.Mchdo ss 3 0 0 0 O.Hrrra cf 4 0 0 0

Trumbo rf 4 0 0 0 C.Sntna 1b 1 1 0 0

C.Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 N.Wllms rf 2 2 1 2

Schoop 2b 4 0 2 0 Kingery ss 3 1 1 0

Mancini lf 3 0 0 0 Alfaro c 3 0 0 1

Hess p 0 0 0 0 Franco 3b 3 0 1 0

Britton p 0 0 0 0 Nola p 2 0 0 0

Vlencia ph 1 0 0 0 Altherr ph 1 0 0 0

Sisco c 3 0 0 0 Arano p 0 0 0 0

Y.Rmirz p 2 0 0 0

Rickard lf 1 0 0 0

Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 27 4 3 3

Baltimore 001 000 000 — 1

Philadelphia 000 020 20x — 4

E—C.Davis (3). LOB—Baltimore 9, Philadelphia 2. 2B—A.Jones (20), Schoop (12), Kingery (16). HR—N.Williams (10). SB—M.Machado (7). CS—T.Beckham (1), C.Santana (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Baltimore

Ramirez L,0-2 5 1 2 1 2 4

Hess 2 2 2 2 1 3

Britton 1 0 0 0 0 0

Philadelphia

Nola W,11-2 7 7 1 1 2 9

Arano S,1-1 2 0 0 0 1 3

HBP—by Nola (Sisco).

T—2:55. A—30,943 (43,647).

Brewers 3, Twins 2

MILWAUKEE — Nate Orf hit a solo homer in Milwaukee’s two-run seventh after going hitless in his first seven at-bats, helping the Brewers beat Minnesota.

Minnesota Milwaukee

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Mauer 1b 4 0 1 0 Thames rf 3 0 0 0

E.Rsrio lf 4 0 0 0 Knebel p 0 0 0 0

B.Dzier 2b 4 1 1 0 Yelich lf-rf 4 0 1 0

E.Escbr 3b 4 1 2 1 Aguilar 1b 4 0 0 0

J.Plnco ss 3 0 2 1 T.Shaw 3b 3 1 2 1

Kepler rf 4 0 0 0 Jffress p 0 0 0 0

Garver c 3 0 0 0 Braun ph-lf 1 0 0 0

Cave cf 3 0 0 0 B.Mller 2b 3 1 1 1

Berrios p 2 0 0 0 Pina c 2 0 0 0

Grssman ph 1 0 0 0 Orf ss 3 1 1 1

Duke p 0 0 0 0 Sogard ss 0 0 0 0

Ad.Reed p 0 0 0 0 Broxton cf 3 0 0 0

C.Andrs p 2 0 1 0

H.Perez 3b 1 0 0 0

Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 29 3 6 3

Minnesota 000 000 101 — 2

Milwaukee 010 000 20x — 3

E—B.Dozier (8). DP—Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 1. LOB—Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 4. 2B—Mauer (13), B.Dozier (16). HR—E.Escobar (13), T.Shaw (15), B.Miller (7), Orf (1). SB—J.Polanco (1), Broxton (2). CS—E.Escobar (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Minnesota

Berrios L,8-7 7 5 3 3 2 3

Duke 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Reed 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Milwaukee

Anderson 6 1-3 3 1 1 1 5

Jeffress W,6-1 BS,4 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Knebel S,10-12 1 2 1 1 0 0

T—2:35. A—36,700 (41,900).

Red Sox 3, Nationals 0

WASHINGTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. drove in two runs, Eduardo Rodriguez struck out six and Boston complete a three-game sweep to send Washington below .500.

Boston Washington

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Betts rf 4 0 2 0 Eaton lf 4 0 0 0

Holt ss 5 0 0 0 K.Hrrra p 0 0 0 0

J.Mrtin lf 4 0 2 0 Ju.Mllr p 0 0 0 0

Pearce 1b 4 0 0 0 T.Trner ss 4 0 2 0

Devers 3b 4 1 2 0 Rendon 3b 4 0 1 0

Nunez 2b 4 2 2 0 Harper rf 4 0 0 0

Brdly J cf 3 0 1 2 Mar. Ryn 1b 2 0 0 0

C.Vazqz c 4 0 0 0 D.Mrphy ph-1b 2 0 1 0

E.Rdrig p 2 0 0 0 M.Tylor cf 4 0 1 0

Bnntndi ph 0 0 0 0 Difo 2b 3 0 0 0

M.Brnes p 0 0 0 0 P.Svrno c 3 0 1 0

J.Kelly p 0 0 0 0 Fedde p 0 0 0 0

Swihart ph 0 0 0 0 Grace p 1 0 0 0

Kimbrel p 0 0 0 0 Goodwin ph 1 0 0 0

Kntzler p 0 0 0 0

Madson p 0 0 0 0

Kelley p 0 0 0 0

J.Soto ph-lf 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 3 9 2 Totals 33 0 6 0

Boston 000 000 201 — 3

Washington 000 000 000 — 0

E—Eaton (1), Devers (17). LOB—Boston 8, Washington 7. 2B—J.Martinez (20), Devers (20), Bradley Jr. (12). SF—Bradley Jr. (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Rodriguez W,10-3 6 3 0 0 1 6

Barnes H,17 1 1 0 0 0 1

Kelly H,17 1 0 0 0 0 2

Kimbrel S,26-28 1 2 0 0 0 2

Washington

Fedde 1 2 0 0 0 0

Grace 4 1 0 0 0 4

Kintzler 1 2 0 0 0 1

Madson L,2-4 1 2 2 1 1 0

Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 1

Herrera 2-3 2 1 1 1 1

Miller 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Fedde pitched to 1 batter in the 2nd

HBP—by Herrera (Betts). WP—Madson.

T—3:23. A—42,528 (41,313).

Marlins 3, Rays 0

MIAMI — Jose Urena and three relievers combined on a four-hitter, and Miami shook off the hangover from a 16-inning loss to beat Tampa Bay. J.T. Riddle singled, tripled and homered.

Tampa Bay Miami

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Krmaier cf 4 0 0 0 Detrich lf 4 0 0 0

Dan. Rbr 2b-ss 3 0 0 0 E.Hrnnd p 0 0 0 0

Bauers lf 4 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0

Cron 1b 4 0 1 0 Bri. And rf 3 0 0 0

Wendle 3b-2b 2 0 2 0 Bour 1b 2 0 0 0

Gomez rf 3 0 0 0 S.Cstro 2b 3 1 2 0

Adames ss 2 0 0 0 Riddle ss 4 2 3 2

M.Smith ph 0 0 0 0 Shuck cf 4 0 0 1

H.Wood p 0 0 0 0 Rivera 3b 4 0 0 0

Sucre c 2 0 1 0 Holaday c 3 0 0 0

Andrese p 0 0 0 0 J.Urena p 1 0 0 0

Field ph 1 0 0 0 Rojas ph 1 0 0 0

Weber p 1 0 0 0 Rcinski p 0 0 0 0

M.Duffy ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Maybin ph-lf 1 0 1 0

Totals 27 0 4 0 Totals 30 3 6 3

Tampa Bay 000 000 000 — 0

Miami 000 002 01x — 3

DP—Miami 3. LOB—Tampa Bay 4, Miami 7. 2B—Cron (13). 3B—Riddle (2). HR—Riddle (5). SB—Wendle (7). CS—Kiermaier (1), Shuck (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Tampa Bay

Andriese 2 1 0 0 2 3

Weber L,0-1 5 4 2 2 1 1

Wood 1 1 1 1 0 2

Miami

Urena 5 3 0 0 2 6

Rucinski W,4-1 2 1 0 0 0 2

Hernandez H,1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Ziegler S,10-11 1 0 0 0 1 1

HBP—by Weber (Anderson).

T—2:28. A—7,572 (36,742).

Yankees 6, Braves 2

NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run homer, CC Sabathia pitched six effective innings, and New York beat Atlanta. Aaron Judge added his 24th homer of the season. He has now homered in three of his past four games.

Atlanta New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Incarte cf 4 1 2 0 Gardner lf 3 0 0 0

Albies 2b 5 0 3 0 Judge rf 4 1 1 1

F.Frman 1b 1 0 0 0 A.Hicks cf 2 1 0 0

Da.Sntn lf 3 0 0 1 Stanton dh 4 1 1 3

Mrkakis rf 4 0 0 0 Grgrius ss 4 1 2 0

Suzuki c 3 0 0 0 G.Trres 2b 2 0 0 0

Acuna dh 4 0 0 0 Drury 3b 2 0 0 0

Camargo 3b 3 1 1 1 Bird 1b 4 0 1 1

Clbrson lf-1b 4 0 2 0 Hgshoka c 3 1 1 1

Swanson ss 4 0 1 0 N.Wlker 3b-2b 2 1 1 0

Totals 35 2 9 2 Totals 30 6 7 6

Atlanta 000 011 000 — 2

New York 013 100 10x — 6

DP—Atlanta 1, New York 1. LOB—Atlanta 11, New York 4. 2B—Culberson 2 (10), Gregorius (15). HR—Camargo (9), Judge (24), Stanton (21), Higashioka (3). SB—Inciarte (23), Albies (8), A.Hicks (7).

IP H R ER BB SO

Atlanta

Teheran L,6-6 5 5 5 5 4 10

Gohara 2 1 1 1 0 3

Vizcaino 1 1 0 0 0 0

New York

Sabathia W,6-3 6 5 2 2 3 5

Green H,11 1 2 0 0 0 0

Betances 1 1 0 0 0 2

Holder 1 1 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Sabathia (Markakis), by Sabathia (Freeman).

T—3:07. A—46,658 (47,309).

Cubs 5, Tigers 2

CHICAGO — Javier Baez stole home and Willson Contreras hit a homer to lead Chicago past Detroit for its sixth straight victory. Conditions at Wrigley Field favored the longball, with a temperature of 92 degrees and the wind blowing out.

Detroit Chicago

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Mahtook lf 4 0 0 0 Almora cf 3 1 1 0

Cstllns rf 3 1 1 1 Zobrist rf-lf 4 1 2 0

Cndlrio 3b 4 0 0 0 J.Baez 2b 4 1 1 0

Joh. Hck 1b 3 1 1 1 Russell ss 3 0 0 0

Goodrum 2b 4 0 2 0 Cntrras c 3 1 2 3

J.Jones cf 4 0 1 0 I.Happ lf 4 0 0 0

J.McCnn c 4 0 0 0 Farrell p 0 0 0 0

J.Iglss ss 4 0 3 0 Morrow p 0 0 0 0

Liriano p 1 0 0 0 Bote 3b 3 1 1 1

V.Mrtin ph 1 0 1 0 Cratini 1b 1 0 0 0

V.Reyes pr 0 0 0 0 Bass p 0 0 0 0

Coleman p 0 0 0 0 Heyward rf 1 0 0 0

Lewicki p 0 0 0 0 Qintana p 2 0 0 0

Adduci ph 1 0 0 0 Rizzo ph-1b 2 0 0 0

Totals 33 2 9 2 Totals 30 5 7 4

Detroit 101 000 000 — 2

Chicago 010 101 20x — 5

E—Joh. Hicks (7). DP—Detroit 1. LOB—Detroit 9, Chicago 7. 2B—Goodrum (17), J.Jones (16), J.Iglesias (20), Almora (19), Contreras (18). HR—Castellanos (14), Joh. Hicks (8), Contreras (7), Bote (1). SB—J.Baez 2 (15), Russell (4). CS—Mahtook (1). S—Liriano (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Detroit

Liriano L,3-5 6 5 3 3 5 5

Coleman 1 2 2 2 1 2

Lewicki 1 0 0 0 0 0

Chicago

Quintana W,7-6 6 5 2 2 3 4

Bass H,2 1 2 0 0 1 2

Farrell H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1

Morrow S,19-20 1 1 0 0 0 1

WP—Bass.

T—3:04. A—40,510 (41,649).

Mets 6, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO — Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer and New York beat Toronto. Seth Lugo pitched three innings of relief for the win. Jeurys Familia closed for his 16th save in 20 opportunities.

New York Toronto

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Nimmo cf 3 1 1 1 Grndrsn rf 5 0 0 0

J.Btsta rf 5 1 1 1 T.Hrnnd lf 4 0 1 0

Cabrera 2b 4 0 2 1 Solarte 3b 4 0 1 0

Cnforto lf 3 0 1 1 Smoak 1b 4 0 0 0

Flores dh 4 1 2 0 Morales dh 4 3 3 1

T.Frzer 3b 4 1 2 2 R.Mrtin c 3 0 3 0

Do.Smth 1b 4 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 4 0 0 0

Plwecki c 3 2 1 0 Grrl Jr 2b 4 0 1 2

Jo.Ryes ss 4 0 0 0 A.Diaz ss 4 0 0 0

Totals 34 6 10 6 Totals 36 3 9 3

New York 001 050 000 — 6

Toronto 010 101 000 — 3

DP—Toronto 2. LOB—New York 5, Toronto 7. 2B—Flores (13), Plawecki (9), Solarte (18), Morales (11). HR—T.Frazier (10), Morales (9). CS—T.Frazier (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

New York

Oswalt 4 5 2 2 1 2

Lugo W,3-3 3 3 1 1 0 2

Blevins H,5 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Gsellman H,9 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Familia S,16-20 1 0 0 0 0 0

Toronto

Stroman L,1-6 4 2-3 6 6 6 4 2

Santos 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 2

Loup 1 1 0 0 0 2

Cruz 2 1 0 0 0 2

WP—Oswalt, Cruz.

T—2:46. A—26,038 (53,506).

Reds 7, White Sox 4

CINCINNATI — Pitcher Sal Romano dropped down a suicide squeeze during a six-run fourth inning, and Cincinnati rallied to beat Chicago. The Reds have won 13 of 17 and have come from behind in eight of their last 11 wins.

Chicago Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Moncada 2b 4 1 1 2 Schbler cf-rf 4 1 0 0

Y.Sanch 3b 4 0 1 1 Brnhart c 5 0 0 0

J.Abreu 1b 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 1 2 0

A.Grcia rf 3 0 1 0 Gennett 2b 4 1 1 1

Palka lf 4 1 1 1 J.Hghes p 0 0 0 0

K.Smith c 3 0 1 0 Suarez 3b 4 2 2 0

B.Rndon p 0 0 0 0 Winker rf 3 1 2 2

Cedeno p 0 0 0 0 Hmilton pr-cf 0 0 0 0

L.Grcia ph 1 0 1 0 Duvall lf 3 1 0 0

Volstad p 0 0 0 0 Peraza ss 2 0 1 2

Minaya p 0 0 0 0 Romano p 1 0 0 1

Ti.Andr ss 4 1 1 0 Garrett p 0 0 0 0

Engel cf 4 1 2 0 Lrenzen ph-p 1 0 0 0

Covey p 1 0 0 0 Blndino 2b 1 0 0 0

Avilan p 1 0 0 0

Narvaez c 2 0 0 0

Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 32 7 8 6

Chicago 002 110 000 — 4

Cincinnati 000 600 01x — 7

E—Volstad (1). DP—Cincinnati 1. LOB—Chicago 5, Cincinnati 7. 2B—Y.Sanchez (16), A.Garcia (6), Winker (12). HR—Moncada (11), Palka (10). SB—Ti.Anderson (19). CS—Engel (3). S—Romano (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

Covey L,3-4 3 2-3 5 6 6 1 2

Avilan 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 3

Rondon 1 1 0 0 1 2

Cedeno 1 1 0 0 0 0

Volstad 2-3 1 1 0 1 1

Minaya 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati

Romano W,5-8 5 6 4 4 0 6

Garrett H,17 1 1 0 0 0 2

Hughes S,6-7 1 2-3 1 0 0 1 2

HBP—by Covey (Duvall), by Volstad (Hamilton). WP—Romano.

T—3:22. A—24,442 (42,319).

Leaders

Through Wednesday’s Games

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Betts, Boston, .338; Altuve, Houston, .332; Segura, Seattle, .330; Martinez, Boston, .327; Simmons, Los Angeles, .316; Duffy, Tampa Bay, .314; Trout, Los Angeles, .310; Castellanos, Detroit, .309; Rosario, Minnesota, .308; Machado, Baltimore, .308.

RUNS—Lindor, Cleveland, 75; Trout, Los Angeles, 67; Betts, Boston, 66; Judge, New York, 61; Martinez, Boston, 60; Segura, Seattle, 60; Springer, Houston, 60; Benintendi, Boston, 58; Ramirez, Cleveland, 58; Rosario, Minnesota, 57.

RBI—Martinez, Boston, 71; Haniger, Seattle, 62; Lowrie, Oakland, 59; Machado, Baltimore, 59; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 58; KDavis, Oakland, 57; Gattis, Houston, 57; Judge, New York, 57; Ramirez, Cleveland, 56; 2 tied at 55.

HITS—Altuve, Houston, 115; Segura, Seattle, 110; Castellanos, Detroit, 106; Martinez, Boston, 104; Lindor, Cleveland, 103; Rosario, Minnesota, 101; Machado, Baltimore, 100; Lowrie, Oakland, 97; AJones, Baltimore, 96; Ramirez, Cleveland, 94.

DOUBLES—Escobar, Minnesota, 34; Abreu, Chicago, 27; Bregman, Houston, 27; Lindor, Cleveland, 27; Castellanos, Detroit, 26; Lowrie, Oakland, 25; Pillar, Toronto, 25; 4 tied at 24.

HOME RUNS—Martinez, Boston, 26; Judge, New York, 24; Ramirez, Cleveland, 24; Trout, Los Angeles, 24; Lindor, Cleveland, 23; Cruz, Seattle, 22; Betts, Boston, 21; Machado, Baltimore, 21; Stanton, New York, 21; 3 tied at 20.

PITCHING—Severino, New York, 13-2; Kluber, Cleveland, 12-4; Snell, Tampa Bay, 11-4; Happ, Toronto, 10-4; Morton, Houston, 10-2; Porcello, Boston, 10-3; Rodriguez, Boston, 10-3; 4 tied at 9.

ERA—Severino, New York, 1.98; Verlander, Houston, 2.12; Snell, Tampa Bay, 2.24; Sale, Boston, 2.40; Bauer, Cleveland, 2.45; Morton, Houston, 2.55; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.64; Skaggs, Los Angeles, 2.64; Cole, Houston, 2.70; Sabathia, New York, 3.02.

STRIKEOUTS—Sale, Boston, 164; Cole, Houston, 158; Bauer, Cleveland, 156; Paxton, Seattle, 145; Verlander, Houston, 144; Severino, New York, 138; Morton, Houston, 133; Snell, Tampa Bay, 123; Kluber, Cleveland, 120; Berrios, Minnesota, 114.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—Gennett, Cincinnati, .331; Almora, Chicago, .329; Markakis, Atlanta, .322; Kemp, Los Angeles, .318; Arenado, Colorado, .312; Crawford, San Francisco, .310; Suarez, Cincinnati, .308; Freeman, Atlanta, .308; Realmuto, Miami, .306; Dickerson, Pittsburgh, .303.

RUNS—Albies, Atlanta, 66; Blackmon, Colorado, 63; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 58; Hernandez, Philadelphia, 58; Arenado, Colorado, 57; Pham, St. Louis, 57; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 54; Baez, Chicago, 54; Freeman, Atlanta, 54; 3 tied at 52.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 63; Suarez, Cincinnati, 63; Baez, Chicago, 61; Story, Colorado, 60; Markakis, Atlanta, 58; Rizzo, Chicago, 58; Gennett, Cincinnati, 57; Freeman, Atlanta, 56; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 55; Kemp, Los Angeles, 55.

HITS—Markakis, Atlanta, 108; Gennett, Cincinnati, 105; Albies, Atlanta, 102; Freeman, Atlanta, 101; Castro, Miami, 100; Arenado, Colorado, 96; Anderson, Miami, 95; Turner, Washington, 94; Story, Colorado, 93; 2 tied at 91.

DOUBLES—Albies, Atlanta, 27; Markakis, Atlanta, 27; Carpenter, St. Louis, 26; Rendon, Washington, 24; Story, Colorado, 23; McCutchen, San Francisco, 22; 5 tied at 21.

HOME RUNS—Arenado, Colorado, 22; Harper, Washington, 21; Muncy, Los Angeles, 20; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 19; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 19; Albies, Atlanta, 18; 5 tied at 17.

PITCHING—Lester, Chicago, 11-2; Nola, Philadelphia, 11-2; Scherzer, Washington, 10-5; Godley, Arizona, 9-6; Greinke, Arizona, 9-5; Mikolas, St. Louis, 9-3; 5 tied at 8.

ERA—deGrom, New York, 1.85; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 2.02; Scherzer, Washington, 2.16; Lester, Chicago, 2.25; Nola, Philadelphia, 2.40; Mikolas, St. Louis, 2.63; Guerra, Milwaukee, 2.88; Corbin, Arizona, 3.05; Newcomb, Atlanta, 3.11; Wacha, St. Louis, 3.20.

STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 174; Corbin, Arizona, 140; deGrom, New York, 134; Gray, Colorado, 119; Nola, Philadelphia, 116; Greinke, Arizona, 112; Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 107; Velasquez, Philadelphia, 107; Pivetta, Philadelphia, 104; Stripling, Los Angeles, 96.