Major League Baseball approves the sale of the San Diego Padres from John Moores to a group headed by local businessman Ron Fowler, which also includes former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson. The sale is for $800 million. In the game that follows, the Padres are shut out by Kris Medlen of the Braves, 6 – 0, as Chipper Jones hits a pair of homers.

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Major League Baseball approves the sale of the San Diego Padres from John Moores to a group headed by local businessman Ron Fowler, which also includes former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson. The sale is for $800 million. In the game that follows, the Padres are shut out by Kris Medlen of the Braves, 6 – 0, as Chipper Jones hits a pair of homers.

All-Star OF Melky Cabrera of the Giants receives a 50-game suspension for testing positive for PEDS

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All-Star OF Melky Cabrera of the Giants sees his outstanding season come to a crashing end with a 50-game suspension for testing positive for testosterone, a performance-enhancing drug. Cabrera is hitting .346 with a league-leading 159 hits, but will not be eligible to return to play this year unless the Giants make it to the second round of the postseason; the Giants will indeed make it all the way to the World Series, but will have cut off all remaining ties with their disgraced star by then. Without Cabrera, the Giants lose, 6 – 4, to the Nationals and fall out of first place in the NL West when the Dodgers defeat Pittsburgh, 9 – 3.

Felix Hernandez tosses the first perfect game in Seattle Mariners history

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Felix Hernandez tosses the first perfect game in Seattle Mariners history, and the record third perfect game in the majors this year. He dispenses of the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 – 0, using 113 pitches, while striking out 12, including five of the last six batters he faces. It is the third no-hitter – and the second perfect game – thrown in Safeco Field this season, the first time that one stadium had seen two perfect games in a season. Coming into 2012, there had never been a no-hitter at the ballpark.

Hiroki Kuroda pitches a two-hitter in shutting out the Rangers, 3 – 0. All three Yankees runs score in the 7th, when Nick Swisher homers off Alexi Ogando with Derek Jeter on base, and Mark Teixeira follows with a solo blast.

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Hiroki Kuroda pitches a two-hitter in shutting out the Rangers, 3 – 0. All three Yankees runs score in the 7th, when Nick Swisher homers off Alexi Ogando with Derek Jeter on base, and Mark Teixeira follows with a solo blast.

The Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera becomes the first player to reach 100 RBI this season and Doug Fister does not allow an earned run over 8 innings to even his record at 7-7 after a poor start as Detroit defeats Minnesota, 8 – 4.

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The Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera becomes the first player to reach 100 RBI this season and Doug Fister does not allow an earned run over 8 innings to even his record at 7-7 after a poor start as Detroit defeats Minnesota, 8 – 4.

The Nationals easily win a battle of division leaders, crushing San Francisco, 14 – 2, while banging out 21 hits. National League ERA leader Ryan Vogelsong gets pounded for 8 runs in less than three innings, while Gio Gonzalez wins his 15th of the season, tying the club record since the team’s move to Washington, DC. Kurt Suzuki drives in 4 runs, while Danny Espinosa and Roger Bernadina have 3 RBI each.

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The Nationals easily win a battle of division leaders, crushing San Francisco, 14 – 2, while banging out 21 hits. National League ERA leader Ryan Vogelsong gets pounded for 8 runs in less than three innings, while Gio Gonzalez wins his 15th of the season, tying the club record since the team’s move to Washington, DC. Kurt Suzuki drives in 4 runs, while Danny Espinosa and Roger Bernadina have 3 RBI each.

Many pitchers have struck out four batters in an inning, but Toronto’s Steve Delabar is the first to do so in extra innings, in the top of the 10th inning, fanning four members of the White Sox (Tyler Flowers reaches on a dropped third strike to make the feat possible). Delabar picks up the win as well when David Cooper drives in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Blue Jays a 3 – 2 victory at home.

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Many pitchers have struck out four batters in an inning, but Toronto’s Steve Delabar is the first to do so in extra innings, in the top of the 10th inning, fanning four members of the White Sox (Tyler Flowers reaches on a dropped third strike to make the feat possible). Delabar picks up the win as well when David Cooper drives in the winning run in the bottom of the 11th to give the Blue Jays a 3 – 2 victory at home.

The Yankees use a couple of scrubs to defeat Texas, 8 – 2. Reliever David Phelps starts in place of the injured CC Sabathia and pitches five innings for the win, while Derek Lowe, making his first appearance for the Bronx Bombers after being released by the Indians last week, adds four scoreless innings to pick up his first save since 2001. Nick Swisher hits a grand slam to propel the Yankees’ offense while Ryan Dempster gives up 8 runs for the second time since being acquired by the Rangers at the trading deadline.

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The Yankees use a couple of scrubs to defeat Texas, 8 – 2. Reliever David Phelps starts in place of the injured CC Sabathia and pitches five innings for the win, while Derek Lowe, making his first appearance for the Bronx Bombers after being released by the Indians last week, adds four scoreless innings to pick up his first save since 2001. Nick Swisher hits a grand slam to propel the Yankees’ offense while Ryan Dempster gives up 8 runs for the second time since being acquired by the Rangers at the trading deadline.

LF Rajai Davis drives in 5 runs and makes a tremendous catch in the 7th, scaling the 10-foot fence to deprive Casey McGehee of a home run as the Blue Jays defeat the Yankees, 10 – 7. Edwin Encarnacion hits a two-run homer and adds a double and a single in support of Davis’s heroics.

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LF Rajai Davis drives in 5 runs and makes a tremendous catch in the 7th, scaling the 10-foot fence to deprive Casey McGehee of a home run as the Blue Jays defeat the Yankees, 10 – 7. Edwin Encarnacion hits a two-run homer and adds a double and a single in support of Davis’s heroics.

The Pirates score 9 runs in the 4th to beat San Diego, 11 – 5. Before the explosion, the Bucs were trailing, 5 – 1, and had lost their previous three games, putting fans in fear of a repeat of last year’s second-half swoon that saw them fall below .500 yet again. Clint Barmes hits a grand slam in the big inning, atoning for two earlier errors, as Erik Bedard wins over former Pirate Ross Ohlendorf.

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The Pirates score 9 runs in the 4th to beat San Diego, 11 – 5. Before the explosion, the Bucs were trailing, 5 – 1, and had lost their previous three games, putting fans in fear of a repeat of last year’s second-half swoon that saw them fall below .500 yet again. Clint Barmes hits a grand slam in the big inning, atoning for two earlier errors, as Erik Bedard wins over former Pirate Ross Ohlendorf.