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 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.

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 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.

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.

Jason Marquis pitches a two-hitter to lead the Padres to a 5 – 0 win at Pittsburgh, where the Padres have won 11 consecutive games. Marquis takes a no-hitter into the 7th until Travis Snider manages a single to lead off the inning. The Padres are the only team remaining for which no pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter, after Johan Santana broke the New York Mets’ drought earlier this year.

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Jason Marquis pitches a two-hitter to lead the Padres to a 5 – 0 win at Pittsburgh, where the Padres have won 11 consecutive games. Marquis takes a no-hitter into the 7th until Travis Snider manages a single to lead off the inning. The Padres are the only team remaining for which no pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter, after Johan Santana broke the New York Mets’ drought earlier this year.

The Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5 – 2, behind the pitching of Ivan Nova and a three-run homer by Casey McGehee. Derek Jeter collects his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits.

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The Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5 – 2, behind the pitching of Ivan Nova and a three-run homer by Casey McGehee. Derek Jeter collects his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits.

Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 – 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit’s first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers’ first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.

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Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 – 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit’s first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers’ first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.

2012 – R.A. Dickey pitches a complete game for his 15th win of the year as the Mets end a 9-game home losing streak by defeating the Marlins, 6 – 1. Jose Reyes’s hitting streak, the longest in the majors this year at 26 games, is stopped as well as he goes 0 for 4 for Miami; for the Mets, Andres Torres has a double, a triple and a homer.

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2012 – R.A. Dickey pitches a complete game for his 15th win of the year as the Mets end a 9-game home losing streak by defeating the Marlins, 6 – 1. Jose Reyes’s hitting streak, the longest in the majors this year at 26 games, is stopped as well as he goes 0 for 4 for Miami; for the Mets, Andres Torres has a double, a triple and a homer.