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American League

Angels 4, Blue Jays 3

a-struck out for Olmedo in the 8th. 1-ran for Thomas in the 9th. E—Overbay (4), Rios (6). LOB—Los Angeles 2, Toronto 6. 2B—Figgins (19), Izturis (14), Olmedo (2). 3B—VWells (3). HR—Matthews (15), off McGowan. RBIs—Figgins (45), Matthews (66), Izturis (34), Johnson (11), Thomas (70), Zaun (32). SB—Matthews (13). GIDP—VGuerrero. RLSP—Los Angeles 2 (VGuerrero, Izturis); Toronto 2 (VWells, Stairs). RMU—Willits. DP—Toronto 2 (Olmedo, AHill and Overbay), (Zaun and Olmedo).

McGowan pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. IR-S—Wolfe 1-0. WP—McGowan. T—2:38. A—27,861 (48,900).

Athletics 8, White Sox 5 (10)

Two outs when winning run scored. a-lined out for Hannahan in the 10th. 1-ran for Konerko in the 9th. E—Swisher 2 (3). LOB—Chicago 12, Oakland 8. 2B—Pierzynski (19), Erstad (10). 3B—Piazza (1), Ellis (2). HR—Suzuki (4), off Thornton; ShStewart (10), off Logan; Piazza (4), off JVazquez. RBIs—Thome (60), Konerko (67), Erstad (26), Richar (2), ShStewart (37), Piazza 2 (27), Hannahan (1), Suzuki 4 (17). SB—Richar (1), Buck (4). S—Pierzynski. RLSP—Chicago 6 (Konerko 2, Dye, Uribe 2, Richar); Oakland 4 (Buck, Cust 2, Suzuki). RMU—Owens, Dye, Erstad.

Ir-S—Bukvich 1-0, Thornton 2-0. IBB—off Thornton (Scutaro) 1, off MacDougal (Swisher) 1, off Embree (Dye) 1. WP—Haren, ABrown. PB—Pierzynski. T—3:32. A—20,218 (34,077).

Royals 6, Rangers 2

a-grounded out for Brown in the 8th. LOB—Kansas City 8, Texas 7. 2B—Grudzielanek (25), Buck (17). HR—Gordon (11), off Rheinecker; Catalanotto (9), off Nunez. RBIs—Butler (35), Teahen (51), Gordon (41), Buck 3 (43), Catalanotto (35), Kinsler (43). GIDP—Brown, Buck, Melhuse. RLSP—Kansas City 5 (EGerman, Teahen 3, TPena); Texas 3 (Sosa, MByrd 2). RMU—Grudzielanek, Butler, Gathright, TPena. DP—Kansas City 1 (TPena, Grudzielanek and Gordon); Texas 2 (Kinsler, MYoung and Wilkerson), (MYoung, Kinsler and Wilkerson).

Nunez pitched to 1 batter in the 4th. IR-S—Bale 1-0, Braun 2-0, Murray 2-0. IBB—off Eyre (Gordon) 1, off Rheinecker (Butler) 1. WP—Rheinecker. T—2:59. A—22,674 (48,911).

Tigers 8, Yankees 5

a-struck out for Damon in the 6th. b-struck out for Duncan in the 8th. E—ARodriguez (10). LOB—Detroit 6, New York 11. 2B—Raburn (7), Matsui (23). HR—IRodriguez (10), off Villone; BAbreu (13), off Verlander; CGuillen (15), off Mussina. RBIs—MOrdonez (109), CGuillen 4 (78), IRodriguez (51), Casey (46), Inge (55), BAbreu 2 (81), Matsui 2 (83), Posada (69). SB—Inge (7). CS—Casey (2). RLSP—Detroit 3 (Sheffield, MOrdonez, CGuillen); New York 4 (Duncan, Betemit 2, Posada). RMU—Granderson 2, Thames, ARodriguez. DP—New York 1 (Posada and Cano).

IR-S—Byrdak 1-0, Miner 2-0. HBP—by Farnsworth (Inge), by Verlander (ARodriguez). WP—Verlander, Rodney. T—3:30. A—53,914 (56,937).

National League

Cardinals 8, Brewers 0

a-grounded out for Linebrink in the 8th. b-walked for Franklin in the 9th. c-safe on second on error for Rolen in the 9th. 1-ran for Duncan in the 9th. E—Jenkins (2). LOB—St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 7. 2B—Eckstein (13), Rolen (20), Gross (3). HR—YMolina 2 (3), off Bush 2. RBIs—Eckstein 3 (24), Pujols (77), YMolina 3 (26). SB—Eckstein (6). RLSP—St. Louis 5 (Pujols, Edmonds, Taguchi 2, Wainwright); Milwaukee 2 (Braun 2). RMU—Pujols.

Ir-S—FCordero 2-2. WP—Turnbow. T—2:54. A—36,062 (41,900).

Cubs 12, Reds 4

a-lined out for Livingston in the 6th. b-fouled out for Fox in the 7th. c-walked for Eyre in the 7th. d-grounded out for Gosling in the 9th. 1-ran for Jones in the 8th. E—Hamilton (3). LOB—Cincinnati 9, Chicago 8. 2B—Griffey Jr. (16), JaValentin (11), EEncarnacion (14), Theriot 2 (22), DeRosa (22), ARamirez 2 (28), Fox (2), JJones 2 (26). HR—Dunn (32), off Marquis. RBIs—Hamilton (34), Keppinger (20), Griffey Jr. (76), Dunn (79), Theriot 2 (38), DeRosa 4 (58), ARamirez 2 (73), Fox (1), JJones 2 (44), Kendall (13). CS—Keppinger (1). GIDP—KHill. RLSP—Cincinnati 5 (BPhillips 2, Conine, JaValentin, EEncarnacion); Chicago 4 (ARamirez, Fontenot, KHill 2). RMU—Keppinger, DeLee 2. DP—Cincinnati 1 (Bellhorn, Keppinger and Hatteberg); Chicago 1 (KHill and DeRosa).

Stanton pitched to 4 batters in the 7th, Marquis pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S—Gosling 2-2, Stanton 2-2, Eyre 1-0. HBP—by Marquis (Hamilton). T—2:56. A—40,372 (41,160).

Diamondbacks 5, Marlins 4

a-flied out for Wolf in the 5th. b-singled for Gardner in the 7th. E—Olivo (9). LOB—Arizona 4, Florida 6. 2B—CBYoung (19). HR—HaRamirez (22), off LHernandez; Reynolds (10), off Barone; Jacobs (10), off LHernandez; CBYoung (22), off Barone. RBIs—CBYoung (43), OHudson (59), Drew (40), Reynolds (42), HaRamirez (62), MiCabrera (87), Jacobs 2 (31). SB—OHudson (6), HaRamirez (38). S—CJackson, Barone. SF—Drew, MiCabrera. GIDP—HaRamirez, Jacobs. RLSP—Arizona 3 (CJackson, Reynolds, Salazar); Florida 2 (HaRamirez 2). RMU—De aza. DP—Arizona 3 (OHudson and CJackson), (OHudson, Drew and CJackson), (OHudson, Drew and CJackson).

Balk—Benitez. T—2:56. A—11,516 (36,331).

Dodgers 6, Astros 2

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a-grounded out for Rodriguez in the 6th. b-popped out for Moehler in the 8th. c-grounded out for Seanez in the 8th. 1-ran for Kent in the 7th. E—Berkman (8), Lamb 2 (9), RMartinez (2). LOB—Houston 5, Los Angeles 6. 2B—CaLee (36), JKent 3 (29). RBIs—CaLee (96), Lamb (37), Furcal 2 (41), Kemp (26), JKent 2 (63). SB—Pierre (49). CS—Loretta (2). S—DLowe. SF—Kemp. GIDP—Loretta, Wigginton 2. RLSP—Houston 2 (Lane, Scott); Los Angeles 4 (Pierre, Loney, Martin 2). RMU—Martin. DP—Los Angeles 4 (Hillenbrand, JKent and Loney), (Martin and Furcal), (Furcal, JKent and Loney), (Furcal and Loney).

IR-S—TreMiller 2-2, Saito 2-0. T—2:44. A—48,128 (56,000).

Giants 9, Braves 3

a-struck out for Yates in the 4th. b-hit a sacrifice fly for Lincecum in the 6th. c-grounded out for K.Johnson in the 8th. d-struck out for Moylan in the 9th. E—McCann (10). LOB—San Francisco 3, Atlanta 4. 2B—RDavis (9), Ortmeier (5), McCann (31). 3B—Harris (6). HR—Frandsen (2), off James; Winn (8), off James; Ortmeier (4), off James; BMolina (13), off James. RBIs—Winn 2 (41), BMolina 4 (67), Ortmeier (9), Frandsen (18), Klesko (39), Teixeira (15), YEscobar (20). SB—DRoberts (24). SF—Winn, BMolina, Klesko, YEscobar. GIDP—Winn, Feliz. RLSP—San Francisco 1 (RDavis). DP—Atlanta 2 (CJones, Johnson and Teixeira), (Woodward and Teixeira).

IR-S—Acosta 2-0. IBB—off Villarreal (Frandsen) 1. WP—Lincecum, Villarreal. T—2:31. A—36,419 (49,583).

Padres 11, Rockies 9

a-struck out for Hensley in the 5th. b-lined out for Hawpe in the 6th. c-singled for Herges in the 7th. d-walked for Hampson in the 7th. E—Laforest (2). LOB—Colorado 8, San Diego 6. 2B—Hawpe (24), Torrealba (15), Sledge (8), MGiles (19). HR—Laforest (1), off Affeldt; MCameron (15), off Dessens. RBIs—Tulowitzki 2 (63), Holliday 2 (95), Atkins 2 (84), Hawpe 2 (79), Sullivan (7), BGiles 2 (33), Blum (19), MCameron 3 (61), Sledge 2 (19), Kouzmanoff (51), Laforest 2 (3). SB—KMatsui (24), Tulowitzki (6), Holliday 2 (9), Kouzmanoff (1). S—Hensley. SF—Sullivan. RLSP—Colorado 3 (Tulowitzki, Spilborghs, Torrealba); San Diego 2 (BGiles, Kouzmanoff). RMU—Tulowitzki, Sledge.

Affeldt pitched to 5 batters in the 5th. IR-S—Hampson 2-1.IBB—off Affeldt (KGreene) 1. WP—Affeldt, Hensley. T—3:10. A—28,198 (42,685).

Phillies 4, Nationals 2

a-struck out for Hanrahan in the 5th. b-walked for Bacsik in the 7th. c-doubled for Alfonseca in the 8th. d-flied out for Rauch in the 9th. E—Howard (8). LOB—Philadelphia 10, Washington 8. 2B—Werth (4), Dobbs (17), Belliard (23), Kearns (25). HR—DYoung (11), off Gordon; Belliard (7), off Gordon; Ruiz (4), off Hanrahan. RBIs—Howard (98), Ruiz 2 (42), Dobbs (42), Belliard (39), DYoung (63). SB—Rollins (24), Kearns (2). S—Ruiz. GIDP—Flores. RLSP—Philadelphia 4 (Rollins, Howard, Rowand, Hamels); Washington 5 (FLopez 2, Zimmerman, DYoung, Logan). RMU—Iguchi, Burrell, Belliard. DP—Philadelphia 2 (Rollins, Iguchi and Howard), (Roberson and Rollins).

IR-S—Alfonseca 2-0, Romero 1-0, Bacsik 2-1. T—3:03. A—27,308 (46,382).

Pirates 10, Mets 7

a-grounded out for Lawrence in the 6th. b-lined out for Osoria in the 6th. c-grounded into double play for Torres in the 7th. d-walked for Heilman in the 9th. E—Wright (14), DiFelice (1), Bay (7). LOB—New York 13, Pittsburgh 9. 2B—Beltran (24), McLouth (14), Paulino 2 (19). HR—LaRoche (18), off Lawrence; Beltran (22), off Armas Jr.. RBIs—JBReyes (48), LCastillo 2 (7), Beltran 2 (71), Lawrence 2 (2), McLouth (23), LaRoche 2 (69), Bay 3 (78), JBautista (41), Castillo (19), Paulino (38). SB—JBReyes 2 (60), Beltran (16), McLouth (9). S—JBautista, Osoria. GIDP—Beltran, MarAnderson, Nady. RLSP—New York 6 (LCastillo 2, Wright, MarAnderson, Gotay 2); Pittsburgh 4 (Izturis 2, JBautista, Osoria). RMU—LCastillo, MarAnderson. DP—New York 1 (LCastillo and ShGreen); Pittsburgh 2 (LaRoche and JWilson), (Izturis and LaRoche).

Mota pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, Feliciano pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. IR-S—Feliciano 1-0, Heilman 2-2, Osoria 3-0. IBB—off Osoria (MarAnderson) 1. HBP—by Osoria (DiFelice), by Lawrence (Bay). T—3:14. A—36,447 (38,496).

American League Leaders

BATTING—MOrdonez, Detroit, .356; ISuzuki, Seattle, .347; Polanco, Detroit, .344; Figgins, Los Angeles, .341; Posada, New York, .334; Jeter, New York, .326; Pedroia, Boston, .324.

RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 108; Sheffield, Detroit, 95; Granderson, Detroit, 92; MOrdonez, Detroit, 92; BAbreu, New York, 88; Sizemore, Cleveland, 87; Rios, Toronto, 87.

RBI—ARodriguez, New York, 114; MOrdonez, Detroit, 109; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 92; Morneau, Minnesota, 91; VMartinez, Cleveland, 84; THunter, Minnesota, 84; Matsui, New York, 83.

HITS—ISuzuki, Seattle, 172; Jeter, New York, 160; MOrdonez, Detroit, 159; Polanco, Detroit, 150; Rios, Toronto, 149; BRoberts, Baltimore, 146; MYoung, Texas, 146.

DOUBLES—MOrdonez, Detroit, 41; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 38; DOrtiz, Boston, 37; Markakis, Baltimore, 34; Cano, New York, 34; AHill, Toronto, 34; BRoberts, Baltimore, 34; THunter, Minnesota, 34.

TRIPLES—Granderson, Detroit, 19; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 9; CGuillen, Detroit, 8; MeCabrera, New York, 7; Crisp, Boston, 7; MByrd, Texas, 7; 6 are tied with 6.

HOME RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 39; Morneau, Minnesota, 28; CPena, Tampa Bay, 26; THunter, Minnesota, 24; Dye, Chicago, 24; Sheffield, Detroit, 24; Matsui, New York, 23; Konerko, Chicago, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 39; BRoberts, Baltimore, 36; CPatterson, Baltimore, 35; ISuzuki, Seattle, 34; Figgins, Los Angeles, 33; Sizemore, Cleveland, 29; JLugo, Boston, 27.

PITCHING (13 Decisions)—Verlander, Detroit, 13-4, .765, 3.63; Haren, Oakland, 13-4, .765, 2.54; Beckett, Boston, 15-5, .750, 3.24; Bedard, Baltimore, 12-4, .750, 2.98; Halladay, Toronto, 14-5, .737, 3.99; Lackey, Los Angeles, 15-6, .714, 3.07; Marcum, Toronto, 10-4, .714, 3.31.

STRIKEOUTS—Bedard, Baltimore, 207; JoSantana, Minnesota, 174; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 168; Matsuzaka, Boston, 164; Sabathia, Cleveland, 162; Shields, Tampa Bay, 148; JVazquez, Chicago, 144.

SAVES—Putz, Seattle, 34; Jenks, Chicago, 33; Borowski, Cleveland, 33; TJones, Detroit, 31; FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 30; Papelbon, Boston, 28; Nathan, Minnesota, 26.

National League Leaders

BATTING—HaRamirez, Florida, .343; Holliday, Colorado, .338; CJones, Atlanta, .337; Utley, Philadelphia, .336; Renteria, Atlanta, .336; MiCabrera, Florida, .334; DYoung, Washington, .332.

RUNS—Rollins, Philadelphia, 101; HaRamirez, Florida, 95; JBReyes, New York, 89; Uggla, Florida, 83; Holliday, Colorado, 81; Fielder, Milwaukee, 80; Wright, New York, 79; Utley, Philadelphia, 79.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 98; CaLee, Houston, 96; Holliday, Colorado, 95; Fielder, Milwaukee, 89; MiCabrera, Florida, 87; Atkins, Colorado, 84; Utley, Philadelphia, 82.

HITS—HaRamirez, Florida, 162; Holliday, Colorado, 160; JBReyes, New York, 153; Rollins, Philadelphia, 151; Francoeur, Atlanta, 146; MiCabrera, Florida, 146; Byrnes, Arizona, 144.

DOUBLES—Holliday, Colorado, 42; Utley, Philadelphia, 41; Uggla, Florida, 40; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 36; CaLee, Houston, 36; HaRamirez, Florida, 35; Church, Washington, 35.

TRIPLES—Rollins, Philadelphia, 15; JBReyes, New York, 11; Johnson, Atlanta, 10; Amezaga, Florida, 9; Byrnes, Arizona, 7; Pence, Houston, 6; Harris, Atlanta, 6; DRoberts, San Francisco, 6; CGuzman, Washington, 6; MCameron, San Diego, 6.

HOME RUNS—Fielder, Milwaukee, 37; Howard, Philadelphia, 33; Dunn, Cincinnati, 32; MiCabrera, Florida, 29; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 27; Pujols, St. Louis, 25; Bonds, San Francisco, 25.

STOLEN BASES—JBReyes, New York, 60; Pierre, Los Angeles, 49; HaRamirez, Florida, 38; Victorino, Philadelphia, 32; Byrnes, Arizona, 32; Taveras, Colorado, 29; Wright, New York, 25.

PITCHING (13 Decisions)—Penny, Los Angeles, 14-3, .824, 2.61; Harang, Cincinnati, 12-3, .800, 3.50; Hamels, Philadelphia, 14-5, .737, 3.50; THudson, Atlanta, 14-5, .737, 3.02; Peavy, San Diego, 13-5, .722, 2.23; Lilly, Chicago, 13-5, .722, 3.74; BSheets, Milwaukee, 10-4, .714, 3.39.

STRIKEOUTS—Peavy, San Diego, 164; Hamels, Philadelphia, 156; Webb, Arizona, 155; Harang, Cincinnati, 153; CZambrano, Chicago, 139; Snell, Pittsburgh, 131; Smoltz, Atlanta, 130.

SAVES—Valverde, Arizona, 37; FCordero, Milwaukee, 36; Saito, Los Angeles, 31; Hoffman, San Diego, 30; BWagner, New York, 28; CCordero, Washington, 27; Gregg, Florida, 26.

This Date in Baseball

1904 — Jesse Tannehill of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-0.

1920 — Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman died from a beaning by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees on Aug. 16. This was the only on-field fatality in major league history.

1933 — Lou Gehrig played in his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307.

1944 — Johnny Lindell of the New York Yankees hit four consecutive doubles in a 10-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Lindell drove in two runs and scored twice.

1972 — Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies won his 15th consecutive game with a 9-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

1990 — Carlton Fisk broke Johnny Bench’s major league record for catchers with his 328th homer as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 for a split of a doubleheader.

1992 — Kevin Gross pitched a no-hitter as Los Angeles beat San Francisco 2-0 at Dodgers Stadium.

1999 — Jesse Orosco set a major league record by pitching in his 1,072nd game, breaking a tie with Dennis Eckersley atop the career list. The 42-year-old Orosco took the mound with two outs in the seventh inning of a Orioles victory