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2017 – Down 8-2 in the eighth, Houston explodes for 11 runs on their way to a 16-8 thrashing of the Twins in Minnesota. Carlos Beltran leads the offense with four hits but Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Marwin Gonzalez each chips in three in the 18-hit attack. 

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2017 – Down 8-2 in the eighth, Houston explodes for 11 runs on their way to a 16-8 thrashing of the Twins in Minnesota. Carlos Beltran leads the offense with four hits but Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Marwin Gonzalez each chips in three in the 18-hit attack. 

The Blue Jays tee off against the Reds, with a 17 – 2 beatdown that features a 23-hit barrage. Russell Martin hits a two-run homer off Lisalverto Bonilla in the 2nd, Troy Tulowitzki adds a grand slam off Robert Stephenson in the 3rd while Justin Smoak hits a three-run shot in the 4th. Ezequiel Carrera and Devon Travis both collect four hits as everyone in Toronto’s line-up pitches in in support of Marcus Stroman. Both Stephenson and fellow reliever Jake Buchanan allow ten hits hits, something unseen since 1929.

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The Blue Jays tee off against the Reds, with a 17 – 2 beatdown that features a 23-hit barrage. Russell Martin hits a two-run homer off Lisalverto Bonilla in the 2nd, Troy Tulowitzki adds a grand slam off Robert Stephenson in the 3rd while Justin Smoak hits a three-run shot in the 4th. Ezequiel Carrera and Devon Travis both collect four hits as everyone in Toronto’s line-up pitches in in support of Marcus Stroman. Both Stephenson and fellow reliever Jake Buchanan allow ten hits hits, something unseen since 1929.

A big brawl erupts in the 8th inning of a game between the Nationals and Giants. With Washington leading 3 – 0, Hunter Strickland plunks Bryce Harper on the hip with a 98 mph fastball, angering the young superstar who charges the mound, triggering a bench-clearing brawl. Not many punches land, but an angry Strickland has to be dragged off the field by three teammates. The Nats claim the pitch is in retaliation for an incident during the 2014 Division Series, when Harper homered twice off Strickland and the two exchanged words; they had not faced one another since then. Harper will receive a four-game suspension and Strickland one of six games for their part in the fracas.

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A big brawl erupts in the 8th inning of a game between the Nationals and Giants. With Washington leading 3 – 0, Hunter Strickland plunks Bryce Harper on the hip with a 98 mph fastball, angering the young superstar who charges the mound, triggering a bench-clearing brawl. Not many punches land, but an angry Strickland has to be dragged off the field by three teammates. The Nats claim the pitch is in retaliation for an incident during the 2014 Division Series, when Harper homered twice off Strickland and the two exchanged words; they had not faced one another since then. Harper will receive a four-game suspension and Strickland one of six games for their part in the fracas.