The Brewers beat the Astros, 14 – 7, with Yovani Gallardo hitting his 9th career home run. It has taken him only 177 at-bats – the last major league pitcher to reach 9 homers that fast was Don Drysdale (144 AB, 1958).

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The Brewers beat the Astros, 14 – 7, with Yovani Gallardo hitting his 9th career home run. It has taken him only 177 at-bats – the last major league pitcher to reach 9 homers that fast was Don Drysdale (144 AB, 1958).

The Rangers hit five home runs by five different batters in five consecutive innings to down the Royals, 11 – 6. Mike Napoli, Ian Kinsler, David Murphy, Adrian Beltre and Mitch Moreland all take advantage of windy conditions at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to go deep between the 3rd and 7th innings.

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The Rangers hit five home runs by five different batters in five consecutive innings to down the Royals, 11 – 6. Mike Napoli, Ian Kinsler, David Murphy, Adrian Beltre and Mitch Moreland all take advantage of windy conditions at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington to go deep between the 3rd and 7th innings.

The Marlins’ Anibal Sanchez comes close to throwing the second no-hitter of his career, beating the Rockies, 4 – 1. The Rockies’ lone run, which scores on a walk and a two-base error in the 1st, is unearned; Dexter Fowleris the only batter to get a hit off Sanchez with a 9th-inning single. Sanchez, who pitched a no-hitter in 2006, strikes out a career-high 9 batters in the one-hitter.

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The Marlins’ Anibal Sanchez comes close to throwing the second no-hitter of his career, beating the Rockies, 4 – 1. The Rockies’ lone run, which scores on a walk and a two-base error in the 1st, is unearned; Dexter Fowleris the only batter to get a hit off Sanchez with a 9th-inning single. Sanchez, who pitched a no-hitter in 2006, strikes out a career-high 9 batters in the one-hitter.