The Yankees score 4 in the 6th to take out Kansas City 4-2. Brett Gardner with his 7th blast, a 2-run shot. James Paxton gives up 1 run in 5 1/3 in the no-decision and now has a sub-2.00 ERA. Hunter Dozier 3-4 with his 16th in the loss.
Max Kepler shows off his power with numbers 23 and 24 today, but Baltimore weathers the storm to beat the Twins 6-5. Anthony Santander with his 7th in the win.
Austin Nola, younger brother of Aaron, goes 2-4 with a couple RBI as Seattle doubles up the Blue Jays 6-3. Danny Salazar strikes out 9 in 6 2/3 while giving up 3 runs for his 3rd win.
Manuel Margot clocks a 9th inning home run (6) off of Josh Taylor in Tampa’s 6-5 comeback win against Boston. Xander Bogaerts with his 12th in the loss.
The White Sox score 5 runs on 4 long balls and beat the Indians 5-4. Eloy Jimenez (12), Adam Engel (2), Nomar Mazara (15) and Edwin Encarnacion (12) all leaving the park. Lucas Giolito gives up 1 run over 5 1/2 to move to 3-5.
Yordan Alvarez (12) and George Springer (17) combine for all 5 of Houston’s runs as they come out on top of Texas 5-4. Justin Verlander fans 10 over 6 2/3 while giving up the 4 runs for win number 8.
Michael Hermosillo (4) and Andrelton Simmons (8) both with solo homers and providing the only offense in this game. Angels shut out the Marlins 2-0. Julio Teheran scatters 4 hits over the first 8 innings while striking out 9 to improve to 7-3.
Oakland and Detroit were rained out and will be made up as a double header tomorrow.
Philly takes the first game of their doubleheader with the cubs today 4-2. Bryce Harper with number 15 and Andrew McCutchen with his 4th. Aaron Nola whiffs 10 in 6 innings giving up 1 run to move to 7-1. Good to see the Nola boys have a good day.
A little bit more offense in game 2, but the same result as Philadelphia tops the Cubbies in this one 11-9. Rhys Hoskins hits his 19th and Roman Quinn goes 2-4 with his 3rd home run and 4 RBI.
Brad Miller 2-5 with 2 RBI in St. Louis’ 4-1 victory over the Mets. Carlos Martinez still in cruise control giving up 1 run on 2 hits over 5 innings for win number 6. His ERA goes up .01 to settle at 1.63.
Max Muncy blasts 2 out of the yard (16, 17) including the game winner in the 12th as the Dodgers take out the Reds by a score of 6-5.
Victor Robles with an RBI double and Juan Soto with a 2-run double, both in the 8th, help the Nationals over the Braves 4-3. Freddie Freeman 2-4 with 2 RBI in the loss.
Tommy Pham with his 9th and Fernando Tatis Jr. hits his 3rd in his last 4 games to give him 14 on the season, as the Padres pound the Brewers 9-2. Zach Davies now 9-1 as he gives up just a solo shot to Christian Yelich (10) in his 8 innings of work.
Daniel Murphy has a 3-run shot (8) and Raimel Tapia adds his 3rd in Colorado’s 7-4 victory over Arizona.
Austin Slater blasts 2 out of the park (9, 10) as San Francisco beats the Pirates 7-5. Josh Bell cranks his 10th in the loss.
Transactionally Speaking:
The Twins activate Josh Donaldson;
The Rockies activate Charlie Blackmon and send him to AAA for a rehab assignment;
The Red Sox designate Brian Johnson for assignment before he throws 1 pitch for the big club this year; and
Pittsburgh puts Kevin Newman on the 10-day IL with a sprained ankle.
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