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Braves 4, Diamondbacks 3 EAST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Boston 51 39 .567 — — 6-4 W-1 26-14 25-25 Tampa Bay 47 43 .522 4 — 6-4 W-2 27-19 20-24 New York 45 42 .517 4½ — 3-7 L-2 26-17 19-25 Baltimore 42 46 .477 8 3½ 3-7 W-2 25-16 17-30 Toronto 42 47 .472 8½ 4 5-5 W-1 22-24 20-23 CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Cleveland 47 40 .540 — — 6-4 L-1 21-24 26-16 Minnesota 45 43 .511 2½ ½ 5-5 L-2 20-28 25-15 Kansas City 44 43 .506 3 1 6-4 L-3 24-19 20-24 Detroit 39 49 .443 8½ 6½ 4-6 L-1 23-21 16-28 Chicago 38 49 .437 9 7 5-5 L-1 19-18 19-31 WEST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Houston 60 29 .674 — — 7-3 W-1 27-18 33-11 Los Angeles 45 47 .489 16½ 2½ 3-7 W-1 23-19 22-28 Texas 43 45 .489 16½ 2½ 4-6 L-1 25-20 18-25 Seattle 43 47 .478 17½ 3½ 4-6 W-1 27-22 16-25 Oakland 39 50 .438 21 7 4-6 L-1 24-21 15-29

Tuesday’s Games Friday’s Games AL 2, NL 1, 10 innings Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 7, Detroit 2 at Baltimore, late Minnesota at Houston, late Seattle at , late Texas at Kansas City, late Cleveland at Oakland, late Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Boston (Sale 11-4), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (TBD) at Detroit (Fulmer 9-6), 6:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (TBD) at Baltimore (Miley 4-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Santana 10-6) at Houston (Musgrove 4-7), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Holland 5-9), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Hamels 4-0) at Kansas City (Duffy 5-5), 7:15 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 7-3) at Oakland (Blackburn 1-0), 9:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 7-6) at L.A. Angels (Ramirez 8-7), 9:07 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 2:10 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 3:37 p.m. The ’ Freddie Freeman (5) follows through on a two-run base hit in the eighth inning of a game against Cleveland at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m. the Diamondbacks in Atlanta on Friday. AL Roundup » Sox 5, Yankees 4: Aroldis Chapman walked in the Braves rally in 8th to beat Diamondbacks winning run without recording an out in the ninth inning, hand- The Associated Press Freeman’s single to left eas- when Tyler Flowers’ throw skipped ing the a 5-4 win over the on ily scored Inciarte. Phillips tripped into center field for an error. With Friday night. ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman and when rounding third base but then pinch-hitter at the plate, The Yankees hard-throwing closer gave up two runs in the the Atlanta Braves topped baseball’s scored when the throw from the out- Owings scored on a wild pitch from ninth for his third blown . New York entered tied for the comeback kings at their own game, field went to second base. Freeman Ramirez. major league lead with 17 blown saves. scoring two runs in the eighth inning was credited with one RBI. There The Diamondbacks have lost nine and started the rally with to beat the was no error on the play. of 12. allowed two consecutive singles and a successful double steal. Betts 4-3 on Friday night. Freeman hit his 17th homer and runs in six innings. The Diamondbacks lead the ma- drove in two runs. Arizona’s Paul The Braves scored a run off Walker scored when second baseman Ronald Torreyes booted Xander jors with 29 comeback wins and Goldschmidt hit his 21st homer. in the first when Inciarte led off with Bogaerts’ groundball. were in position for No. 30 when Rex Brothers (1-0) recorded the a double to left field and scored on a scored the tiebreaking last out in the eighth. Jim Johnson two-out single by . run on a wild pitch in the eighth. pitched the ninth for his 20th save The Diamondbacks tied it with four The Braves answered quickly in 27 chances. He had defensive help straight singles off R.A. Dickey in the EAST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away against Archie Bradley (3-2). Ender when Inciarte caught up to A.J. Pol- sixth. ’s grounder up Washington 53 36 .596 — — 6-4 W-2 26-19 27-17 Inciarte beat second baseman Bran- lock’s drive at the center-field wall to the middle drove in Owings. Atlanta 43 45 .489 9½ 7 6-4 W-1 21-22 22-23 Miami 41 47 .466 11½ 9 6-4 L-1 21-22 20-25 don Drury’s throw to first for an in- start the inning. With one out and the bases loaded, New York 40 47 .460 12 9½ 5-5 W-1 20-24 20-23 Philadelphia 29 58 .333 23 20½ 3-7 W-1 16-25 13-33 field single and raced to third on Owings led off the eighth with a Walker, who had thrown 85 pitches, ’ double into the single against Jose Ramirez. Owings was left in the game. He hit into an CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Milwaukee 50 41 .549 — — 8-2 W-1 26-23 24-18 right-field corner. stole second and moved to third inning-ending . Chicago 43 45 .489 5½ 7 4-6 L-2 24-20 19-25 St. Louis 43 46 .483 6 7½ 5-5 L-1 26-24 17-22 Pittsburgh 43 47 .478 6½ 8 6-4 W-3 22-22 21-25 Cincinnati 39 50 .438 10 11½ 5-5 L-1 23-21 16-29 WEST W L Pct. GB WC P10 Strk Home Away Los Angeles 62 29 .681 — — 9-1 W-7 39-11 23-18 Trout eagerly returns from 39-game absence Arizona 53 37 .589 8½ — 3-7 L-3 33-15 20-22 Colorado 52 40 .565 10½ — 4-6 L-1 26-18 26-22 The Associated Press the lineup. It makes you feel good, ing home that night and watching it San Diego 38 50 .432 22½ 12 6-4 L-1 22-22 16-28 San Francisco 34 56 .378 27½ 17 5-5 L-4 17-24 17-32 obviously, (after) all the hard work on TV, knowing that you’re not there Tuesday’s Games Friday’s Games ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout getting back here.” with the team and not participating. AL 2, NL 1, 10 innings Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 never got comfortable away from Trout got the first significant in- But it’s been quick, a few weeks.” N.Y. Mets 14, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 4 the action while he sat out 39 games jury of his baseball life when he tore Trout attended the Angels’ home Washington 5, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Arizona 3 with an injured thumb. a ligament in his left thumb while games, and he didn’t hesitate to text Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, late The two-time AL MVP is grateful sliding headfirst into second base his thoughts about the road games Philadelphia at Milwaukee, late San Francisco at San Diego, late to be back in the middle of it with in Miami on May 28. He had surgery to members of the Angels’ staff to the . before pursuing a steady recovery, relay to his teammates. The super- Saturday’s Games Trout returned to the Angels’ line- which culminated in a rehab stint star remotely jabbed at outfielder Chicago Cubs (TBD) at Baltimore (Miley 4-7), 7:05 p.m. up on Friday, batting third and play- last week in ball. in his typically good- St. Louis (Lynn 7-6) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 5-2), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 6-9) at Atlanta (Foltynewicz 7-5), 7:10 p.m. ing center field as usual when Los “It was different, coming to the natured style after an opposite-field Colorado (Chatwood 6-10) at N.Y. Mets (Lugo 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Angeles came back from the All-Star ballpark (and not playing),” Trout homer in Detroit last month. L.A. Dodgers (Wood 10-0) at Miami (TBD), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 6-6) at Milwaukee (Nelson 8-4), 7:10 p.m. break to face Tampa Bay. said. “I think the biggest thing was “I texted at him, like, ‘OK, man, Washington (Scherzer 10-5) at Cincinnati (Castillo 1-1), 7:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-3) at San Diego (Chacin 8-7), 8:40 p.m. “I’m extremely excited,” Trout when they were on the road, coming the wind must be blowing out to said. “It’s good to be able to come to to the ballpark and seeing just four left,’” Trout recalled. “Just stuff like Sunday’s Games the ballpark and see your name in or five guys here on the DL, and go- that.” Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Arizona at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. MLB BOX SCORES Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE 2B—Descalso (9), Inciarte (17), Bra. Pham lf 4 1 2 0 Hrrison 2b 5 0 0 0 CS—Bellinger (2), Grandal (1). Phillips (20), Flowers (9). HR—Gold- Fowler cf 4 0 0 0 McCtchn cf 3 2 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO NL Roundup RED SOX 5, YANKEES 4 schmidt (21), F.Freeman (17). SB—Ow- Gyorko 3b 4 1 1 2 J.Bell 1b 3 1 2 4 Los Angeles ings (12). Y.Mlina c 4 0 1 0 Freese 3b 3 0 1 0 McCarthy 4.2 7 4 4 2 3 New York Boston IP H R ER BB SO Pscotty rf 4 0 0 0 G.Plnco rf 4 0 2 1 Stripling 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi Arizona Mrtinez rf 0 0 0 0 Crvelli c 4 0 0 0 » Dodgers 6, Marlins 4: Yasiel Puig hit his second homer of Gardner lf 3 1 1 1 Betts rf 5 1 2 0 Morrow 1 0 0 0 0 2 Walker 6 5 2 2 0 4 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Mercer ss 3 0 1 0 Fields W,5-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 the game with two out in the ninth inning Friday night, and the G.Sanch c 4 1 2 3 Pedroia 2b 4 1 2 1 Barrett 1 0 0 0 0 1 DeJong ss 3 0 1 0 G.Cole p 2 1 1 0 Jansen S,22-22 1 0 0 0 0 1 Judge rf 3 0 0 0 Bgaerts ss 5 1 2 1 Bradley L,3-2 BS,2 1 4 2 2 0 3 Leake p 2 0 0 0 J.Osuna ph 1 0 1 0 three-run shot helped the beat Miami 6-4 Miami Hlliday dh 4 0 0 0 H.Rmirz dh 4 1 2 2 Atlanta Bowman p 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 for their seventh consecutive victory. Grgrius ss 4 0 0 0 Young lf 3 0 0 0 Dickey 6 8 1 1 2 4 Cecil p 0 0 0 0 Nicasio p 0 0 0 0 Straily 5 8 3 2 0 1 Corey Seager also homered for the Dodgers (62-29), who Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0 Bnntndi ph-lf 1 0 0 1 Freeman BS,1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Voit ph 1 0 0 0 Jaso ph 1 0 0 0 Tazawa H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ellsbry cf 4 0 0 0 Brdly J cf 4 0 1 0 Ramirez 0.2 1 1 0 1 0 Rsnthal p 0 0 0 0 F.Rvero p 0 0 0 0 Barraclough H,13 1 0 0 0 0 2 were one strike from defeat three times before winning for the Headley 3b 3 2 2 0 Travis 1b 1 1 0 0 Brothers W,1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Oh p 0 0 0 0 Phelps H,18 1 0 0 0 1 0 27th time in the past 31 games. They’re 33 games above .500 Trreyes 2b 3 0 1 0 Mreland ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Johnson S,20-27 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 34 512 Ramos L,2-4 BS,2 1 2 3 3 1 1 Vazquez c 3 0 1 0 HBP—by Dickey (Owings). 5 for the first time this year. Lin ph-3b 1 0 0 0 WP—Ramirez. St. Louis 200 000 000 —2 HBP—by McCarthy (Suzuki). The Marlins led 4-3 when Joc Peterson singled on a 1-2 pitch Marrero 3b 2 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Pittsburgh 001 010 003 —5 WP—Ramos 2. Leon ph-c 1 0 0 0 ; Second, ; DP—St. Louis 2. LOB—St. Louis 4, Umpires—Home, ; with two out in the ninth against A.J. Ramos (2-4). It was the Totals 32 4 6 4 Totals 35 510 5 Third, . Pittsburgh 10. 2B—A.Frazier (11), First, ; Second, ; New York 001 030 000 —4 T—3:02. A—38,852 (41,500). Freese (8), G.Polanco (15). HR—Gy- Third, CB Bucknor. first hit by the Dodgers since the fifth inning. Boston 002 100 002 —5 orko (14), J.Bell (17). SB—Pham (12). T—3:00. A—21,858 (36,742). Peterson moved up on a wild pitch, walked E—Torreyes 2 (3). DP—New York 1, IP H R ER BB SO Boston 1. LOB—New York 3, Boston NATIONALS 5, 0 St. Louis METS 14, ROCKIES 2 on a 3-2 pitch, and both runners advanced on another wild 12. 2B—Headley (19). HR—G.Sanchez Washington Cincinnati Leake 5 7 2 2 5 3 Colorado New York (14), H.Ramirez (14). SB—Betts (16), ab r h bi ab r h bi Bowman 1 2 0 0 0 0 pitch. ab r h bi ab r h bi Pedroia (4). Goodwin cf 5 1 1 0 Hmilton cf 4 0 1 0 Cecil 1 1 0 0 0 1 Blckmon cf 4 1 2 0 Cnforto cf 4 1 2 4 Puig fell behind 1-2 before pulling a 94-mph into IP H R ER BB SO Difo ss 5 1 1 0 Cozart ss 4 0 0 0 Rosenthal 1 0 0 0 0 2 the home run sculpture. He slapped his chest twice with both New York Harper rf 4 3 2 3 Votto 1b 3 0 0 0 Oh L,1-5 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 Oberg p 0 0 0 0 A.Cbrra 2b 5 0 2 3 Montgomery 4 6 3 3 3 3 Zmmrman 1b 3 0 0 0 Duvall lf 4 0 2 Pittsburgh LMahieu 2b 3 1 1 0 Cespdes lf 6 1 4 1 hands as he looked toward the jubilant Dodgers and Green 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 Cole 6 4 2 2 0 4 Arenado 3b 2 0 1 0 Bruce rf 5 1 1 0 began his jog. Warren H,7 1 2 0 0 0 1 Drew 2b 4 0 1 1 Suarez 3b 3 0 1 0 Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dunn p 0 0 0 0 T.Rvera 3b 5 2 2 3 Betances H,9 1 0 0 0 0 3 Rendon 3b 3 0 2 1 Schbler rf 4 0 1 0 Nicasio 1 2 0 0 0 0 Tapia ph 1 0 0 0 Mat.Ryn 3b 0 0 0 0 » Nationals 5, Reds 0: Gio Gonzalez pitched four-hit ball Chapman L,2-1 0 2 2 2 2 0 Wieters c 3 0 2 0 Peraza 2b 4 0 1 0 Rivero W,4-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lyles p 0 0 0 0 Duda 1b 4 2 2 0 into the ninth inning, and extended his mid-July Boston Heisey lf 4 0 0 0 Brnhart c 4 0 1 0 Umpires—Home, ; First, Amrista cf 1 0 0 0 Reyes ss 5 3 3 1 Pomeranz 6 6 4 4 2 7 G.Gnzal p 4 0 0 0 Adleman p 1 0 0 0 ; Second, Chris Guc- Parra lf 4 0 2 1 d’Arnud c 4 2 1 1 Barnes 2 0 0 0 0 2 tear with a pair of homers on Friday night, leading the Washing- Albers p 0 0 0 0 A.Hrnnd p 0 0 0 0 cione; Third, . Mar.Ryn 1b 4 0 0 0 deGrom p 4 1 2 1 Scott W,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 ton Nationals to a 5-0 victory over the . Grace p 0 0 0 0 Kvlehan ph 1 0 0 0 T—3:06. A—24,988 (38,362). C.Gnzal rf 3 0 0 0 Grndrsn ph 0 1 0 0 HBP—by Betances (Moreland). Wjcchws p 0 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, ; First, DODGERS 6, MARLINS 4 Valaika ss-3b 4 0 0 0 Edgin p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez (8-4) snapped his streak of three straight tough- Storen p 0 0 0 0 Hanigan c 3 0 0 0 Gary Cederstrom; Second, Gabe Alcantr ph 1 0 0 0 luck losses. He allowed a double and three infield singles Los Angeles Miami J.Gray p 1 0 0 0 Morales; Third, . Cngrani p 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Rosscup p 0 0 0 0 before leaving with one out in the ninth after his 113th pitch. T—3:27. A—37,570 (37,499). Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 33 0 7 0 C.Tylor lf 3 0 2 0 D.Grdon 2b 5 1 0 0 Story ph-ss 2 0 0 0 gave up three singles, and escaped the NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 202 010 000 —5 C.Sager ss 4 1 1 1 Stanton rf 3 1 1 1 Cincinnati 000 000 000 —0 J.Trner 3b 4 0 1 0 Yelich cf 4 0 1 0 Totals 32 2 6 1 Totals 4214 19 14 bases-loaded threat for his first save. DP—Washington 1. LOB—Washington Bllnger 1b 4 0 1 0 Ozuna lf 3 1 1 0 Colorado 100 001 000 —2 BRAVES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3 7, Cincinnati 8. 2B—Goodwin (10), Frsythe 2b 4 0 0 0 Bour 1b 4 0 1 2 New York 026 100 32x —14 The Reds were shut out for only the second time this season. Arizona Atlanta Rendon (22), Wieters (14), Duvall (28). Pderson cf 4 2 2 0 Prado 3b 4 1 2 0 E—deGrom (1). DP—Colorado 1, New Four of their seven hits were infield singles. ab r h bi ab r h bi HR—Harper 2 (22). SB—Schebler (4). Grandal c 3 0 1 0 Ralmuto c 4 0 1 1 York 1. LOB—Colorado 5, New York Pollock cf 4 0 0 0 Incarte cf 4 2 2 0 IP H R ER BB SO T.Thmps pr 0 1 0 0 Riddle ss 4 0 0 0 11. 2B—Blackmon (18), Cespedes (9), Harper had a two-run shot and a solo homer off Tim Adleman D.Prlta rf 5 0 1 0 Bra.Phl 2b 4 1 1 0 Washington A.Brnes c 0 0 0 0 Straily p 1 0 0 0 T.Rivera (12), Reyes (14). HR—Con- (5-7) as the NL’s top offense got right back in form after the Gldschm 1b 5 1 2 1 F.Frman 3b-1b 4 1 2 2 Gonzalez W,8-4 8.1 4 0 0 2 6 Puig rf 4 2 2 4 I.Szuki ph 0 0 0 0 forto (15), T.Rivera (5). Lamb 3b 3 0 0 0 M.Kemp lf 4 0 1 1 Albers 0.1 3 0 0 0 1 B.McCrt p 2 0 0 0 Tazawa p 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO All-Star break. Harper has 22 homers overall, four during his Owings ss 3 2 2 0 Mrkakis rf 4 0 0 0 Grace S,1-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Strplng p 0 0 0 0 T.Moore ph 1 0 1 0 Colorado nine-game . Drury 2b 4 0 1 0 M.Adams 1b 4 0 1 0 Cincinnati K.Hrnan ph 1 0 0 0 Brrclgh p 0 0 0 0 Gray L,2-1 2 9 8 8 3 1 Adleman L,5-7 4.1 7 5 5 3 4 » Pirates 5, Cardinals 2: Josh Bell hit a three-run homer Dscalso lf 4 0 3 1 J.Jhnsn p 0 0 0 0 Morrow p 0 0 0 0 Phelps p 0 0 0 0 Rosscup 2 3 1 1 0 3 G.Blnco lf 0 0 0 0 Flowers c 4 0 1 0 Hernandez 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 Fields p 0 0 0 0 A.Ramos p 0 0 0 0 Dunn 1 0 0 0 1 2 Wojciechowski 2 0 0 0 0 4 off Seung Hwan Oh with one out in the ninth inning to give the Mathis c 3 0 1 0 Camargo ss-3b 3 0 1 0 Utley ph 1 0 0 0 Detrich ph 1 0 0 0 Lyles 2 5 3 3 0 2 K.Marte ph 0 0 0 0 Dickey p 2 0 0 0 Storen 1 1 0 0 0 2 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 Oberg 1 2 2 2 3 0 a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Bradley p 0 0 0 0 S.Frman p 0 0 0 0 Cingrani 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 610 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 New York T.Wlker p 3 0 0 0 L.Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, ; First, Friday night. deGrom W,10-3 8 4 2 1 1 11 Barrett p 0 0 0 0 Jose.Rm p 0 0 0 0 Jeff Kellogg; Second, ; Los Angeles 010 020 003 —6 Adam Frazier led off the bottom of the ninth with a double Hrrmann ph-c1 0 0 0 Brthers p 0 0 0 0 Third, . Miami 000 130 000 —4 Edgin 1 2 0 0 1 2 and Oh intentionally walked Andrew McCutchen with one out. Swanson ss 0 0 0 0 T—2:55. A—28,916 (42,319). J.Gray pitched to 6 batters in the 3rd Totals 35 310 2 Totals 34 4 9 3 E—D.Gordon (7). DP—Los Angeles WP—deGrom. Bell, a rookie, stepped in and sent a pitch from Oh (1-5) into the Arizona 000 001 110 —3 PIRATES 5, CARDINALS 2 1, Miami 1. LOB—Los Angeles 3, Umpires—Home, Mike Everitt; First, Atlanta 100 001 02x —4 St. Louis Pittsburgh Miami 6. 2B—Pederson (13), Stanton ; Second, ; seats in left field for the first game-ending hit of his career. The E—Flowers (3), Lamb (9). DP—At- ab r h bi ab r h bi (19), Bour (13), Prado (9), T.Moore Third, . Pirates have won six of seven. lanta 2. LOB—Arizona 9, Atlanta 6. Crpnter 1b 4 0 1 0 A.Frzer lf 5 1 3 0 (7). HR—C.Seager (14), Puig 2 (18). T—3:21. A—27,582 (41,922).