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TORONTO: ’ Josh Thole, right, fields a ball in front of pitcher R.A. Dickey in the fourth inning of a baseballgame against the Minnesota Twins in Toronto, Sunday. — AP Donaldson hits 3 HRs, Blue Jays beat Twins

TORONTO: Josh Donaldson three home runs and Hernandez earned the win with a scoreless sixth in relief Jonathan Villar in the third - on two hits without a walk. won for the first time since June 5 as Texas edged Troy Tulowitzki added another one as the Toronto Blue of Vince Velasquez, who allowed one run on five hits In five starts for Pittsburgh, Nova is 4-0 with a 2.47 ERA. Cleveland. Holland, making his second start since miss- Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 9-6 on Sunday after- and one walk while striking out seven over five innings. He needed just 75 pitches to get through his six innings ing two months because of shoulder inflammation, did- noon to complete a sweep of the three-game series. of work but left the game because of discomfort in his n’t walk a batter and struck out five on four hits. Elvis Donaldson’s second homer of the game was a two-run ROCKIES 5, NATIONALS 3 left hamstring. Andrus drew a one-out walk in the third, stole second shot that put Toronto into a 6-5 lead during the four-run Nolan Arenado was 4-for-4 with three RBIs and Chad and scored on a two-out to right by Ian seventh. His in the eighth gave him the first Bettis allowed just two runs in seven innings as ATHLETICS 7, CARDINALS 4 Desmond. The Rangers made it 2-0 in the fifth after three-homer game of his career. It was the 10th loss in a Colorado posted a series victory with a win over host Andrew Triggs recorded his first major league win, Adrian Beltre opened the inning with a walk and moved row for the Twins, while the Blue Jays remain at the top Washington. Bettis leads the team in wins after he tossing six innings as Oakland knocked off St. Louis at to second on a wild pitch. Jonathan Lucroy’s single to of the American League East. Toronto reliever Scott struck out six with one walk while throwing 106 pitches. Busch Stadium. Triggs allowed three runs on four hits, center brought Beltre home. Feldman pitched two-thirds of an inning to pick up the The Rockies are 4-2 this year against the Nationals. walked none and fanned a career-high eight. Three win and Twins reliever Pat Light allowed three hits and Washington is 8-9 in the midst of a string of 20 games in relievers took care of the last nine outs, with Ryan DODGERS 1, CUBS 0 three runs over 1 1/3 innings to take the loss. 20 days and has lost six of its last eight. Madson pitching the ninth to notch his 27th save in 33 Adrian Gonzalez hit a fielder’s choice that brought chances. Jaime Garcia was tagged with the loss after home Andrew Toles with the winning run in the bottom PADRES 3, MARLINS 1 WHITE SOX 4, MARINERS 1 going seven innings, yielding five runs and seven hits. of the eighth inning to give Los Angeles a win over Luis Perdomo induced six double-play balls and Luis Melky Cabrera went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and Garcia walked one and struck out six. Chicago at Dodger Stadium. Right-hander Joe Blanton Sardinas had the go-ahead RBI double as San Diego an RBI, and Chicago pulled away for a win over Seattle. received the victory in relief. In his lone inning of work, defeated Miami at Marlins Park. The six double plays are Justin Morneau finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RAYS 10, ASTROS 4 Blanton conceded just one hit in facing four batters. a Marlins record. It is also a record for the Padres in a RBIs. The White Sox won three of four games in the Chris Archer produced another quality start at Closer Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth inning Minute Maid Park and Tampa Bay averted a series nine-inning game. It was the first complete game in the series and concluded a nine-game homestand with a 6- with one for this 39th save, ensuring that the career of Perdomo, who threw 99 pitches. Perdomo, a 3 record. Robinson Cano went 2-for-4 with a solo home sweep with a late power surge over Houston. Archer scuffled through the fourth inning but was otherwise Dodgers would remain two games ahead of the sec- 23-year-old rookie who had never pitched above Class run to power the Mariners. Kyle Seager finished 3-for-4 ond-place San Francisco Giants in the National League A before this season, has the best ground-ball rate (59 with a triple as Seattle lost for the sixth time in its past outstanding, limiting the Astros to three runs on four West. percent) of any NL pitcher with at least 100 innings this eight games. hits and two walks with 10 . He reached 200 year. strikeouts on the season to close the sixth inning for his PIRATES 3, BREWERS 1 second consecutive 200-strikeout campaign. The Rays GIANTS 13, BRAVES 4 Joe Panik highlighted an 18-hit attack with two ORIOLES 5, YANKEES 0 John Jaso, Gregory Polonco and Starling Marte all hit built a four-run lead against right-hander Doug Fister Kevin Gausman pitched seven effective innings for solo home runs while Ivan Nova struck out four over six before exploding for five runs in the eighth. Matt Duffy home runs, leading San Francisco to a shellacking of his first road win in over two years and Mark Trumbo innings as Pittsburgh finished off their first-ever four- socked a two-run home run, his fifth on the season, and Atlanta. Madison Bumgarner benefited from the Giants’ became the first player in the majors to reach 40 home game sweep of Milwaukee at Miller Park. Corey Dickerson hit his 18th home run five batters later. highest scoring game in more than two months, help- runs as Baltimore salvaged a frustrating weekend with a Nova stayed undefeated since joining the Pirates, ing San Francisco post just its second series win since victory over New York. Steve Pearce drove in Baltimore’s holding the Brewers to just a run-a solo homer by RANGERS 2, INDIANS 1 the All-Star break. The win also allowed the Giants to first three runs with a solo home run off CC Sabathia Derek Holland allowed one run in six innings and take the season series from the Braves after the clubs and a two-run single off Adam Warren. Trumbo added split the first six games. some insurance with a 427-foot drive off Ben Heller into the visiting bullpen beyond the left-center field wall. MLB results/standings DIAMONDBACKS 11, REDS 2 Those hits were more than enough for Gausman, who Baltimore 5, NY Yankees 0; Toronto 9, Minnesota 6; LA Angels 5, Detroit 0; Philadelphia 5, NY Mets 1; San Diego 3, Miami 1; Colorado 5, Yasmany Tomas homered, Welington Castillo drove won his third straight start and turned in his second Washington 3; Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 1; 4, Seattle 1; Tampa Bay 10, Houston 4; Oakland 7, St. Louis 4; Texas 2, Cleveland 1; in four runs and right-hander Archie Bradley won his straight scoreless outing. San Francisco 13, Atlanta 4; LA Dodgers 1, 0; Arizona 11, Cincinnati 2; Kansas City 10, Boston 4. first home start in almost three months in Arizona’s vic- American League National League tory over Cincinnati. Chris Owings, Michael Bourn and ANGELS 5, TIGERS 0 Eastern Division A.J. Pollock had three hits apiece as Arizona tied a sea- Jefry Marte tormented his old teammates with a Eastern Division W L PCT GB Washington 75 55 .577 - son-high with 18 hits. Bourn scored three times and two-run home run plus a sacrifice fly while Tyler Skaggs Toronto 74 56 .569 - Miami 67 63 .515 8 Pollock had two stolen bases. The Diamondbacks won and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout to Boston 72 58 .554 2 NY Mets 66 64 .508 9 four of seven games on the homestand, their first win- help Los Angeles knock off Detroit for the second game Baltimore 71 59 .546 3 Philadelphia 60 70 .462 15 ning homestand this year not counting an abbreviated in a row. Marte came up after Andrelton Simmons sin- NY Yankees 67 62 .519 6.5 Atlanta 48 83 .366 27.5 three-game sweep of the Mets earlier this month. gled to open the fifth inning and hit a 1-2 fastball that Tampa Bay 55 74 .426 18.5 was right down the middle for his 10th home run of the season. It broke a scoreless tie and was Marte’s second Central Division Central Division ROYALS 10, RED SOX 4 home run and third hit in four at-bats against Anibal Cleveland 73 56 .566 - Chicago Cubs 82 47 .636 - Surging Kansas City exploded for eight runs in the Sanchez. Marte hit his sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it Detroit 69 61 .531 4.5 St. Louis 68 61 .527 14 sixth inning and blew past Boston for a win in the rub- 4-0. Kansas City 68 62 .523 5.5 Pittsburgh 67 61 .523 14.5 ber game of a three-game series. The win, the 13th in Chicago White Sox 63 66 .488 10 Milwaukee 56 74 .431 26.5 the past 15 games and 17th in the 21 for the defending PHILLIES 5, METS 1 Minnesota 49 81 .377 24.5 Cincinnati 55 74 .426 27 World Series champions, moved the Royals within two A.J. Ellis’ first hit as a member of Philadelphia, a two- Western Division games of an American League wild-card spot. Raul run double in the seventh inning, snapped a tie and Western Division LA Dodgers 73 57 .562 - Mondesi ripped a three-run triple and Eric Hosmer col- jump-started a four-run outburst in a win over New York Texas 76 54 .585 - San Francisco 71 59 .546 2 lected a two-run single as seven consecutive Kansas Houston 68 61 .527 7.5 at Citi Field. The Phillies salvaged the finale of the Colorado 62 68 .477 11 Seattle 68 61 .527 7.5 City batters reached base in the sixth. Salvador Perez hit three-game series. The Mets had their three-game win- Oakland 56 73 .434 19.5 San Diego 55 75 .423 18 his third homer in two games, his 20th of the season, in ning streak snapped as they lost for just the second LA Angels 55 74 .426 20.5 Arizona 55 76 .420 18.5 the second inning, and Kendrys Morales had three hits time in the last eight games. Right-hander David for the Royals. — Reuters