MLB Scores & Standings

The San Francisco Giants manage to hand the Chicago Cubs a rare loss, the Baltimore Orioles need a ninth inning home run to beat the Los Angeles Angels, and the best offense in baseball, belonging to the Boston Red Sox, powered through the Cleveland Indians.

Chicago Cubs 3  San Francisco Giants 5: The Giants get the Cubs back by making life difficult for Jon Lester, while Matt Cain picked up his first win of the season.  Buster Posey hit a home run. Big hits from Kris Bryant and Dexter Fowler weren’t enough.

Kansas City Royals 2  Chicago White Sox 1: Eric Hosmer hit a scoring sac fly and Lorenzo Cain hit a home run, as the Royals edged the White Sox with some fine pitching, holding them scoreless in the final three innings.

Toronto Blue Jays 3  Minnesota Twins 5: Any Twins win is a cause for celebration, as Eduardo Nunez did most of the damage with a three run homer that carried the team to win number 11 this season.

Atlanta Braves 2  Philadelphia Phillies 0: The other terrible team in baseball also won, as William Perez shuts out the Phillies in 6.1 innings, allowing only two hits. Ender Inciarte hit the first RBI, followed by Erick Aybar with the sacrifice fly.

Cleveland Indians 1  Boston Red Sox 9: The Jackie Bradley Jr. hitting streak moves up to 26, while Joe Kelly gives up just one hit in 6.2 innings, striking out 7. Mookie Betts hit a couple of home runs, making it to nine this season.

New York Yankees 5  Oakland Athletics 1: Win number four in a row for the Yankees. Masahiro Tanaka gives up five hits in seven innings while the offense of Carlos Beltran and Starlin Castro did most of the damage.

Colorado Rockies 5  Pittsburgh Pirates 1: The Pirates got on base, but didn’t do anything with it, finishing with 1-for-12 when runners were in scoring positions. Cristhian Adames hit his first home run as the Rockies only got some separation in the ninth.

Arizona Diamondbacks 2  St. Louis Cardinals 6: Mike Leake looked good, allowing only four hits in seven innings, Jedd Gyorko, Matt Adams and Yadier Molina hit home runs.

Tampa Bay Rays 4  Detroit Tigers 5: Strong start for Michael Fulmer, striking out 11, although things almost fell apart later on. The Tigers got their runs off of three home runs by J.D. Martinez, James McCann and Cameron Maybin.

Seattle Mariners 4  Cincinnati Reds 0: Felix Hernandez gets the shutout in six innings, both Leonys Martin and Franklin Gutierrez hit home runs.

Milwaukee Brewers 4  New York Mets 5: A swing away by David Wright completed the late rally by the Mets, coming back from three runs down. Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson hit home runs.

Texas Rangers 2  Houston Astros 1: Elvis Andrus hit a home run and Rougned Odor clobbered the ball for a change. Cesar Ramos got the win, allowing only two hits in six innings.

Washington Nationals 2  Miami Marlins 3: Despite the Giancarlo Stanton slump, the Marlins are winning. Jose Fernandez improves to 6-2 this season, striking out nine in six innings. A two run homer by Justin Bour gave the Marlins the big enough lead to secure the win.

Baltimore Orioles 3  Los Angeles Angels 1: The Angels had the lead going into the ninth, but Matt Wieters hit a three run homer off of Joe Smith, blowing a save for the second time this season.

Los Angeles Dodgers 2  San Diego Padres 3: Alex Wood having a 13-strikeout performance wasn’t enough. The Padres took the game into extra innings, where the bases got loaded in the 11th, and Chin Hui Tsao walked Yangervis Solarte for the Walk-Off Walk Win.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	26	15	0.634	—	17–8	9–7
Boston Red Sox	26	17	0.605	1	15–9	11–8
Tampa Bay Rays	20	20	0.500	5½	10–11	10–9
New York Yankees	20	22	0.476	6½	12–10	8–12
Toronto Blue Jays	21	24	0.467	7	9–13	12–11

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	25	18	0.581	—	11–9	14–9
Cleveland Indians	22	18	0.550	1½	11–8	11–10
Kansas City Royals	22	20	0.524	2½	13–7	9–13
Detroit Tigers	20	22	0.476	4½	9–10	11–12
Minnesota Twins	11	31	0.262	13½	7–12	4–19

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	25	17	0.595	—	8–10	17–7
Texas Rangers	24	19	0.558	1½	14–7	10–12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	19	24	0.442	6½	8–14	11–10
Oakland Athletics	19	25	0.432	7	8–14	11–11
Houston Astros	17	27	0.386	9	10–12	7–15

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	26	17	0.605	—	12–7	14–10
New York Mets	24	18	0.571	1½	12–8	12–10
Philadelphia Phillies	24	19	0.558	2	12–9	12–10
Miami Marlins	22	20	0.524	3½	9–11	13–9
Atlanta Braves	12	30	0.286	13½	2–17	10–13

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	29	12	0.707	—	14–6	15–6
Pittsburgh Pirates	23	19	0.548	6½	11–9	12–10
St. Louis Cardinals	23	20	0.535	7	12–12	11–8
Milwaukee Brewers	18	25	0.419	12	12–12	6–13
Cincinnati Reds	15	28	0.349	15	12–14	3–14

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	26	19	0.578	—	12–11	14–8
Colorado Rockies	21	21	0.500	3½	8–10	13–11
Los Angeles Dodgers	21	23	0.477	4½	10–12	11–11
Arizona Diamondbacks	20	25	0.444	6	7–17	13–8
San Diego Padres	19	25	0.432	6½	10–14	9–11

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