Arizona Diamondbacks
- Patrick Corbin tossed 6 ⅔ scoreless innings. He has a 3.14 ERA in 12 home starts this season.
Atlanta Braves
- Matt Kemp is expected to return from the disabled list Friday, no rehab assignment
Baltimore Orioles
- Dylan Bundy made his second straight 10-strikeout performance and leads the team with 12 wins
- Bundy threw six innings, gave up three runs on seven hits and brought his ERA to 4.17 on the season
- 36 of his 104 pitches were sliders — his most ever — and he got 11 of his career-high 17 swinging strikes on the pitch.
- Tim Beckham reached based in his first four plate appearances and five of six overall. He scored three runs and drove in three
- He has 12 extra-base hits in 12 games since joining the Orioles
Boston Red Sox
- Have won nine of their last 10 games, lead the Yankees by 4.5 games.
- Drew Pomeranz won his fifth straight decision
- Andrew Benintendi is 15 for 31 with four home runs and five steals in August
Chicago Cubs
- lost for the seventh time in 10 games.
- Jon Lester had three earned runs on seven hits in six innings
- Chicago led the division by 5½ games before play on Aug. 2, but the Cardinals have closed with eight straight victories
Chicago White Sox
- Jose Abreu hit two homers and became the first player in White Sox history to start his MLB career with four consecutive 20-homer seasons.
- Reynaldo Lopez allowed two runs on four hits over six innings in his White Sox debut Friday He struck out six and walked three.
- The Sox will try not to overwork the 23-year-old righty. Before being called up, Lopez already had thrown 121 innings at Class AAA Charlotte.
Cincinnati Reds
- The first 10 runs of the game vs Milwaukee were scored on home runs – three by each team.
- Adam Duvall recorded his 10th outfield assist of the season, throwing out Thames at home on a Domingo Santana single to end the third inning.
- The assist was the 30th of the season for Reds outfielders, the most of any team in baseball.
New York Yankees
- Luis Severino became the first Yankees pitcher to give up 10 runs at the new Yankee Stadium since it opened in 2009.
- Severino allowed eight earned runs on eight hits in 4 ⅓ innings.
- Jacoby Ellsbury hit his fifth homer of the year and first since May 7
- Entering yesterday, Ellsbury was 2-for-32 (.063) against lefties
- Chase Headley hit his first home run off a lefty in almost a year.
Cleveland Indians
- Mike Clevinger struck out nine over seven scoreless innings to earn his first win since July 6
- Danny Salazar, Carlos Carrasco and Clevinger have allowed one run in 20 innings with 27 strikeouts in the first three games of the series
Colorado Rockies
- Entered last night with a one-game edge over Arizona, now tied.
- Ryan McMahon made his big-league debut in the eighth inning
Detroit Tigers
- There were 23 runs scored on 32 hits in three hours and 36 minutes
- Each team cracked three home runs.
- Each team had a five-run inning
- Each team blew a five-run lead.
- Tigers were 0-54 when trailing after eight innings
- “We battled to the last pitch, we just hadn’t come out on top 54 times. Today was 55 and we are 1 and 54.”
- James McCann is hitting .361 with six doubles, two homers and 12 RBIs since July 16
Houston Astros
- Have lost 12 of their last 16 games
- Astros pitchers allowed eight earned runs yesterday, 5.45 ERA since the break
- Mike Fiers allowed six earned runs on five hits in four innings. He walked four and struck out two.
- It was his fourth crappy start in a row
Milwaukee Brewers
- Worst OPS at second base in the National League
- Acquired veteran Neil Walker and cash from the Mets in exchange for a player to be named later
- Eric Sogard scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to give the Brewers a 6-5 walk-off victory over the Reds
Los Angeles Angels
- Have won four in a row and 10 of their last 14.
- They are tied with the Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays, a half-game behind the Minnesota Twins for the second American League wild card spot
Los Angeles Dodgers
- Adrian Gonzalez will have a part time role when he returns from the disabled list Friday.
- will see action against right-handed pitching.
- Manager Dave Roberts wouldn’t commit to how many days he sees Adrian Gonzalez playing each week
- Clayton Kershaw will throw his second bullpen of the weekend today after tossing a successful session Friday.
- will start a rehab assignment and could be back on the mound for the Dodgers by the end of the month
Miami Marlins
- Giancarlo Stanton hit home run number 41
- Has hit 20 home runs in the last 32, including eight in the last nine games
Minnesota Twins
- Matt Belisle blew his first save in three chances since taking over as the Twins closer
New York Mets
- Matt Harvey was pulled from the game after one inning.
- He gave up one earned run on one hit and walked one
- Threw 25-30 warm-up pitches before throwing 25 in the game
Oakland A’s
- Sean Manaea walked the leadoff batter and earned six runs before being pulled with just one out in the first inning.
- He has allowed 20 earned runs in his past 19 1/3 innings.
Philadelphia Phillies
- Aaron Nola has a 1.71 ERA over his last 10 starts.
- The first Phillies pitcher to allow two runs or fewer in 10 straight starts since 1893
- lowered his season ERA to 3.02 and increased his strikeout-per-nine innings average to 9.4.
Pittsburgh Pirates
- Gregory Polanco left the game with a sore left hamstring
- His status is day to day.
- Polanco has missed time because of his left hamstring three times in the past four months
St. Louis Cardinals
- 28-16 since June 25, including eight straight wins
- Less than seven weeks after they were seven games under .500, the Cardinals are tied with the Cubs atop the National League Central.
- Paul DeJong leads the team with 17 home runs
Tampa Bay Rays
- Have been shutout in five of their last eight games, All of which have been at home
- The fewest in an eight-game stretch in team history.
- batting .175 on the homestand, including .057 with runners in scoring position.
Washington Nationals
- Edwin Jackson improved his ERA to 3.30 in five starts since joining the team.
- He struggled a little early, throwing 23 pitches (only 12 strikes) in the first inning.
- He threw 100 pitches and 58 strikes total.
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