With two outs in the eighth inning, Matt Holliday is forced to leave the field during the game when a moth gets stuck deeply into his right ear. The Cardinal outfielder is treated in the trainer’s room, where a utensil is used to extract the embedded insect, which still comes out alive.

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With two outs in the eighth inning, Matt Holliday is forced to leave the field during the game when a moth gets stuck deeply into his right ear. The Cardinal outfielder is treated in the trainer’s room, where a utensil is used to extract the embedded insect, which still comes out alive.

Cliff Lee is also dazzling, throwing 7 scoreless innings as the Phillies down the Mets, 10 – 0. Lee is is 4-0 with an 0.58 ERA this month. John Mayberry and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers off losing pitcher Dillon Gee.

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Cliff Lee is also dazzling, throwing 7 scoreless innings as the Phillies down the Mets, 10 – 0. Lee is is 4-0 with an 0.58 ERA this month. John Mayberry and Hunter Pence both hit two-run homers off losing pitcher Dillon Gee.

Detroit’s Justin Verlander continues his dominance on the mound, earning his major league-leading 19th win in the Tigers’ 5 – 2 victory over the Rays. It is his 7th consecutive winning start. Alex Avila, hitting .424 in August, hits a two-run homer off Jeff Niemann in the 2nd to send the Bengals on their way.

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Detroit’s Justin Verlander continues his dominance on the mound, earning his major league-leading 19th win in the Tigers’ 5 – 2 victory over the Rays. It is his 7th consecutive winning start. Alex Avila, hitting .424 in August, hits a two-run homer off Jeff Niemann in the 2nd to send the Bengals on their way.