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2011 – Jordan Lyles, the 20-year-old top prospect, makes his big league debut an impressive one. He blanks the Cubs for seven innings but his own throwing error puts him behind, 3-1, after eight. The Astros respond with six runs in the top of the ninth for a 7-3 stunner. Brett Wallace and Hunter Pence have three hits each, including a homer. Fernando Rodriguez gets his first big league win, not Lyles. 

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2011 – Jordan Lyles, the 20-year-old top prospect, makes his big league debut an impressive one. He blanks the Cubs for seven innings but his own throwing error puts him behind, 3-1, after eight. The Astros respond with six runs in the top of the ninth for a 7-3 stunner. Brett Wallace and Hunter Pence have three hits each, including a homer. Fernando Rodriguez gets his first big league win, not Lyles. 

The Astros pound out 6 runs on 5 hits in the 9th inning to keep Jordan Lyles from losing his major league debut against the Cubs. Trailing 3 – 1 against hard-throwing Carlos Marmol at Wrigley Field, Houston starts the inning with a single by Brett Wallace; Chris Johnson, Matt Downs and Michael Bourn also get hits, and after a walk, Hunter Pence puts the game out of reach with a three-run homer. Lyles, the youngest player in the majors, keeps the Cubs scoreless through 7 before coughing up a pair of runs – one of them unearned – to start the 8th. Reliever Fernando Rodriguez gets credit for his first career win.

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The Astros pound out 6 runs on 5 hits in the 9th inning to keep Jordan Lyles from losing his major league debut against the Cubs. Trailing 3 – 1 against hard-throwing Carlos Marmol at Wrigley Field, Houston starts the inning with a single by Brett Wallace; Chris Johnson, Matt Downs and Michael Bourn also get hits, and after a walk, Hunter Pence puts the game out of reach with a three-run homer. Lyles, the youngest player in the majors, keeps the Cubs scoreless through 7 before coughing up a pair of runs – one of them unearned – to start the 8th. Reliever Fernando Rodriguez gets credit for his first career win.

Anibal Sanchez pitches 8 innings and drives in 2 runs as Florida stops Arizona’s 7-game winning streak, 5 – 2. Leo Nunez picks up his 19th save in 20 chances in relief of Sanchez.

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Anibal Sanchez pitches 8 innings and drives in 2 runs as Florida stops Arizona’s 7-game winning streak, 5 – 2. Leo Nunez picks up his 19th save in 20 chances in relief of Sanchez.

The Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie is cruising along to a win over the Mariners when Justin Smoak blasts a three-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to turn a 2 – 0 lead for the O’s into a 3 – 2 loss. With two outs, Ichiro Suzukihad reached on an error by Guthrie and Brendan Ryan on an infield single prior to the blast; none of the runs are earned. Seattle has won 11 of its last 14 games to get back in the middle of the race in the AL West.

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The Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie is cruising along to a win over the Mariners when Justin Smoak blasts a three-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to turn a 2 – 0 lead for the O’s into a 3 – 2 loss. With two outs, Ichiro Suzukihad reached on an error by Guthrie and Brendan Ryan on an infield single prior to the blast; none of the runs are earned. Seattle has won 11 of its last 14 games to get back in the middle of the race in the AL West.