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BOSTON’S Jackie Bradley Jr., right, points into the stands after crossing home plate past Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters on a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Baltimore on Tuesday. The Red Sox won their sixth straight, 5-2.
BOSTON’S Jackie Bradley Jr., right, points into the stands after crossing home plate past Baltimore Orioles catcher Matt Wieters on a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Baltimore on Tuesday. The Red Sox won their sixth straight, 5-2.
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J.A. Happ became the major leagues’ second 20- game winner, and Russell Martin and Michael Saunders each hit a two-run homer, lifting Toronto over Seattle, 10-2, to move into first in the AL wild-card race.

Toronto took the lead with an eight-run fourth inning and moved a game ahead of Baltimore. Detroit remained 2 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays.

Giants 2, Dodgers 0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eduardo Nunez and Brandon Belt homered to help San Francisco overcome injuries to All-Star pitcher Johnny Cueto and shortstop Brandon Crawford.

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San Francisco pulled into a three-way tie for first place in the NL wild-card standings with the Mets and Cardinals. The Giants are five games behind the NL Westleading Dodgers with 11 to play.

Astros 2, A’s 1

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — George Springer hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and Houston beat Oakland.

Tony Kemp, who tied it with a pinch-hit double in the seventh, got things going with a leadoff double against Sean Doolittle (2-3) and Jake Marisnick sacrificed him to third to bring up Springer.

Yankees 5, Rays 3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rookie slugger Gary Sanchez hit his 17th homer in 42 games this season, a three-run shot in a four-run seventh inning for the Yankees.

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The banged-up Yankees are 3 1/2 games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card.

Sanchez gave the Yankees a 5-2 lead with his drive off Brad Boxberger (4-3).

Tigers 8, Twins 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Boyd breezed through eight innings, backed by home runs from James McCann and Miguel Cabrera, and Detroit stepped forward in the AL wild-card race.

Cardinals 10, Rockies 5

DENVER (AP) — Adam

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Wainwright was shaky on the mound and shined at the plate with a career-high four RBIs, helping St. Louis move into a three-way tie for the top NL wild card. Wainwright (12-9) gave up four runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Indians 2, Royals 1

CLEVELAND (AP) — Pinch-hitter Brandon Guyer hit a game-ending RBI single, helping Cleveland inch closer to the AL Central title.

Guyer’s two-out hit off Joakim Soria landed just fair in the right-field corner and scored Coco Crisp. Guyer was the third pinch hitter of the inning used by manager Terry Francona.

Rangers 5, Angels 4

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rookie Nomar Mazara hit his 20th homer in another testy game with multiple ejections and the Rangers moved closer to their second consecutive AL West title.

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Marlins 1, Nationals 0

MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo

Stanton homered to back a strong outing by Jose Fernandez, who pitched eight innings and struck out 12 for the Marlins.

Braves 5, Mets 4

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets nemesis Julio Teheran pitched seven more sparkling innings and the last-place Braves blunted New York’s bid to extend its NL wild-card lead.

Cubs 6, Reds 1

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CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester overcame an injury scare to throw seven strong innings, and the Cubs moved closer to securing the NL’s best record.

Lester (18-4) extended his scoreless streak to 21 innings before Jose Peraza’s RBI triple in the fifth.

Pirates 6, Brewers 3

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen, Jody Mercer and Josh Bell each drove in two runs, and Pittsburgh kept its faint playoff hopes alive.

Phillies 7, White Sox 6

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Odubel Herrera homered and drove in three runs, leading Philadelphia to the win.

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Padres 5, D-Backs 2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Adam Rosales homered and drove in four runs and rookie Ryan Schimpf scored three times to lead San Diego.


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