Baseball-Highlights of Friday's MLB games

Published 2015-07-24, 11:20 p/m
Baseball-Highlights of Friday's MLB games

July 24 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Friday's Major
League Baseball games.
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Phillies 5, Cubs 3 (10 innings)
Jeff Francoeur snapped a 3-3 tie with a two-run homer in the
10th inning as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs
5-3 on Friday.
The victory was the second straight for Philadelphia
(35-63) and sixth in seven games. The Cubs (51-44) have now lost
two of their last three.
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Dodgers 7, Mets 2
Left-hander Ian Thomas and four relievers combined on a
six-hitter and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored most of their runs
in the first three innings of a 7-2 victory over the New York
Mets on Friday.
Thomas (1-1) became the 13th different starting pitcher
used by Los Angeles this season. In his first career start, he
allowed one run and three hits in five innings.
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White Sox 6, Indians 0
Melky Cabrera and Alexei Ramirez combined for five hits,
including three doubles and two RBIs, and left-hander Jose
Quintana pitched his first career complete game and first
shutout as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 6-0
Friday at Progressive Field.
Chicago has won the first two games of the series by a
combined score of 14-1.
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Pirates 7, Nationals 5
Gregory Polanco had two hits, including a home run, and
drove in three runs while Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker also
homered to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-5 victory over the
Washington Nationals on Friday.
Walker, rookie Kang Jung-ho and catcher Francisco Cervelli
had two hits each for the Pirates, who had 12 hits in the game.
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Rays 3, Orioles 1
The Tampa Bay Rays, held to two hits for seven innings,
rallied for three runs in the eighth, with rookie shortstop Tim
Beckham getting a two-out, two-run single to hand the Baltimore
Orioles a 3-1 loss on Friday at Tropicana Field.
The Rays (49-49) got back to .500 in their first home game
since the All Star break, helped by a strong outing by starter
Chris Archer, who struck out nine batters in six innings of
one-run ball.
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Astros 4, Royals 0
Left-hander Scott Kazmir won his first start for Houston and
left fielder Preston Tucker went 3-for-5 with a home run as the
Astros topped the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Friday.
Kazmir limited the Royals to three hits over seven innings.
The Astros acquired him on Thursday from the Oakland Athletics
for minor-leaguers Daniel Mengden and Jacob Nottingham.
Kazmir (6-5) has allowed one earned run in 26 1/3 innings
over four starts in July. He threw 60 strikes in 91 pitches.
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Red Sox 2, Tigers 1 (11 innings)
The reeling Boston Red Sox, returning from a historic 0-7
road trip, snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 2-1,
11-inning decision over the fading Detroit Tigers on Friday.
Shortstop Xander Bogaerts singled home the winning run as
the last-place Red Sox, who have scored 21 runs in the last nine
games, won for the first time since the All Star break and
opened a 10-game homestand on a positive note.

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