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Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run house run to assist the Boston Purple Sox stretch their successful streak to 10 video games by beating the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Sunday.

Rafaela’s house run got here in opposition to Tampa Bay beginning pitcher Ryan Pepiot and gave the Purple Sox a 4-1 lead within the sixth inning. It was his 14th house run of the season and his fifth in his final eight video games.

Boston’s Brayan Bello (6-3) held the Rays to 1 run on 5 hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out 5. Aroldis Chapman struck out every of the three batters he confronted within the ninth to earn his seventeenth save.

Pepiot (6-7) was pulled after six innings. He gave up 4 runs (three earned) and 7 hits, struck out three and walked one.

The victory gave Boston a four-game sweep of Tampa Bay. It is the primary time the Purple Sox have gained 10 video games in a row since July 2018.

Cubs 4, Yankees 1

Shota Imanaga pitched seven excellent innings as visiting Chicago ended the unofficial first half of the season with a victory over New York.

Imanaga (6-3) struck out six and walked one whereas throwing 55 of 91 pitches for strikes. Michael Busch homered in his first profession plate look within the leadoff spot on the second pitch from New York rookie Will Warren (6-5). Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer within the sixth off Ian Hamilton.

Giancarlo Stanton hit his 433rd profession homer within the second for the Yankees, who misplaced their second straight following a five-game successful streak.

Reds 4, Rockies 2

TJ Friedl homered, singled and scored thrice as Cincinnati beat visiting Colorado to provide Terry Francona the two,000th win of his managerial profession.

Francona is the thirteenth supervisor in main league historical past with 2,000 victories. Matt McLain and Austin Hays additionally had two hits and Emilio Pagan picked up his twentieth save for Cincinnati, which gained its fiftieth sport heading into the All-Star break.

Ryan Ritter had two hits for Colorado, which stayed on tempo to interrupt the modern-era document for losses, set by the 2024 Chicago White Sox. The Rockies have 22 victories on the finish of the primary half of the season, 5 lower than Chicago did on the identical level a yr in the past.

Rangers 5, Astros 1

Adolis Garcia and Marcus Semien every homered whereas Nathan Eovaldi capped his stellar first half with one other high quality begin as visiting Texas claimed the rubber match of a three-game sequence in opposition to Houston.

The Rangers accomplished a season-long 10-game street journey at 5-5 by pouncing on Astros All-Star right-hander Hunter Brown (9-4) and using Eovaldi for 7 2/3 innings, his longest outing since a four-hit shutout of the Cincinnati Reds on April 1.

Eovaldi (7-3) allowed one run on 5 hits in his tenth high quality begin of the yr. Brown allowed 4 runs on 5 hits over 5 innings. He surrendered 10 runs over his ultimate two begins of the primary half after giving up simply seven runs in his earlier seven begins mixed.

Marlins 11, Orioles 1

Kyle Stowers hit three house runs in a five-hit, six-RBI efficiency in opposition to his former crew as Miami blew previous host Baltimore within the groups’ ultimate sport earlier than the All-Star break.

Stowers had talked earlier within the sequence about his shut ties to the Orioles, who drafted him and groomed him as he rose by way of the minor leagues. Within the sequence finale, he offered his energy manufacturing throughout the primary 5 innings, racking up three homers and 5 runs batted in. His career-high three homers tied a Marlins’ franchise single-game document, and he ended the day 5-for-5 with 4 runs scored.

Miami starter Eury Perez (3-2) pitched seven shutout innings for the victory, successful a call for the third time in three begins this month. He gave up three hits with no stroll and struck out six. Baltimore starter Brandon Younger (0-4) took the loss, permitting seven runs, together with 4 homers, in 4 1/3 innings.

Mariners 8, Tigers 4

Pinch hitter Jorge Polanco and Cole Younger hit back-to-back homers within the prime of the ninth, lifting Seattle to a three-game sweep of host Detroit.

Polanco broke a 4-4 tie along with his lengthy ball off Tommy Kahnle (1-2). Julio Rodriguez homered for the third straight sport and added an RBI double in a four-run ninth. Randy Arozarena and Mitch Garver additionally homered for the Mariners, whereas Matt Brash (1-0) picked up the win in reduction.

Dillon Dingler drove in two runs and Riley Greene homered for the Tigers, who misplaced their fourth straight. Detroit starter Jack Flaherty gave up two runs and 4 hits in 5 innings with seven strikeouts.

Guardians 6, White Sox 5 (10 innings)

Steven Kwan hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly within the tenth inning as Cleveland rallied to edge host Chicago.

Kyle Manzardo smacked a three-run house run and Brayan Rocchio had two hits for the Guardians, who gained three of 4 within the weekend sequence and enter the All-Star break with victories in six of their previous seven video games. Nearer Emmanuel Clase (5-2) retired all six batters he confronted to notch the victory.

The White Sox have misplaced six of eight and carry an American League-high 65 losses into the break. Dropping pitcher Brandon Eisert (2-2) allowed an unearned run within the tenth with one strikeout.

Brewers 8, Nationals 1

Jackson Chourio had a three-run homer and Brice Turang added a solo shot to again a dominant begin by Freddy Peralta as Milwaukee defeated visiting Washington to take a seven-game successful streak into the All-Star break.

The Brewers staked Peralta (11-4) to a 3-0 lead with three unearned runs within the second. Milwaukee added 5 runs within the eighth. Peralta allowed one run on three hits in 6 2/3 innings. Peralta, who has gained six consecutive begins, didn’t enable successful till a one-out single within the sixth by No. 9 hitter Jacob Younger.

The Nationals scored off Peralta within the seventh when Luis Garcia Jr. hit a ground-rule double with one out simply past the attain of left fielder Yelich. Garcia superior on a floor out and scored on Daylen Lile’s single.

Athletics 6, Blue Jays 3

Austin Wynns, Tyler Soderstrom and Nick Kurtz every hit two-run homers to assist the Athletics to a win in opposition to visiting Toronto within the rubber sport of their three-game sequence in West Sacramento, Calif.

Kurtz additionally doubled and scored for the A’s, who’ve gained three of 4 heading into the All-Star break. A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs (8-6) allowed three runs and three hits over 6 2/3 innings. Mason Miller labored a scoreless ninth for his nineteenth save for the A’s.

Davis Schneider and Addison Barger homered for the Blue Jays, who’ve dropped three of 4 following a 10-game successful streak. Toronto starter Jose Berrios (5-4) skilled his shortest outing of the season. He allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in three innings.

Royals 3, Mets 2

Kansas Metropolis rookie Noah Cameron matched a profession excessive with eight strikeouts whereas pitching into the seventh, however the host Royals wanted Nick Loftin’s walk-off RBI single within the ninth to beat New York.

After the Mets tied the sport with two runs within the prime of the ninth, rookie Tyler Tolbert singled for simply his second profession hit and stole second within the Kansas Metropolis ninth. Loftin despatched a pitch from Sean Manaea (0-1) into left area to interrupt the tie. Manaea made his season debut after coping with a prolonged indirect difficulty. Regardless of taking the loss, the left-hander was strong, permitting the one run and 5 hits over 3 1/3 innings and 65 pitches.

Cameron, in the meantime, continued the stellar begin to his main league profession since debuting April 30. The left-hander recorded his seventh high quality begin whereas yielding seven hits and two walks over 6 2/3 innings to decrease his ERA to 2.31 in 12 big-league begins.

Phillies 2, Padres 1

JT Realmuto’s RBI double within the prime of the eighth inning snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted visiting Philadelphia to a win over San Diego.

Bryce Harper began the successful rally by grounding a one-out double down the left-field line in opposition to Adrian Morejon (7-4). Cristopher Sanchez (8-2) earned the win by pitching 7 1/3 innings, permitting six hits and one run. Orion Kerkering bought the final two outs of the eighth, and Matt Strahm pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

San Diego starter Nick Pivetta was dominant in 6 2/3 innings of labor, yielding solely three hits and an unearned run with two walks and eight strikeouts. Pivetta has permitted only one earned run in his final 4 begins, protecting 25 1/3 innings.

Pirates 2, Twins 1

Spencer Horwitz drove within the go-ahead run with a groundout within the prime of the ninth inning, and Pittsburgh held on to edge Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Tommy Pham hit a solo house run for the Pirates, who ended an eight-game dropping streak. Ke’Bryan Hayes went 2-for-4 and scored the go-ahead run, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa completed 4-for-4 — all singles. Proper-hander Dennis Santana (3-2) pitched a scoreless inning of reduction to choose up the victory, and nearer David Bednar pitched a scoreless ninth for his thirteenth save.

Byron Buxton went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI to steer the Twins on the plate. Proper-hander Jhoan Duran (5-4) gave up one run on three hits in a single inning. They completed their homestand with a 6-3 document.

Cardinals 5, Braves 4

Jose Fermin hit his first huge league homer, a two-run shot, to elevate host St. Louis previous Atlanta in a sport marred by two rain delays totaling greater than 4 hours.

Willson Contreras drove in two runs and Masyn Winn scored twice because the Cardinals prevented a three-game sequence sweep by the Braves. St. Louis starter Sonny Grey allowed one run on three hits in three innings earlier than rain halted the sport. Reliever Gordon Graceffo (3-0) collected the win.

Matt Olson drove in three runs and Michael Harris II scored twice for Atlanta. Starter Davis Daniel, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett for this sport, allowed one run on two hits and three walks with 5 strikeouts in 4 innings. Jesse Chavez (0-1) took the loss after permitting 4 runs on six hits in two innings.

Dodgers 5, Giants 2 (11 innings)

Los Angeles strung collectively two-out bloop singles by Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages round an infield hit by Teoscar Hernandez, every producing a run, in a comparatively quiet 11-inning rebellion that resulted in a street victory over San Francisco.

Baseball’s conventional first half was prolonged by two innings when Giants pinch hitter Luis Matos smacked a one-out, two-run house run off Dodgers nearer Tanner Scott within the final of the ninth, drawing the hosts even at 2-2. The blown save was the major-league-leading seventh of the season for Scott, who had set the desk for Matos when he served up a single to Matt Chapman one batter earlier.

Ben Casparius (7-3), who recorded the final out of the tenth earlier than retiring three straight batters within the backside of the eleventh, was credited with the win. Spencer Bivens (2-3), the sixth Giants pitcher, allowed three hits and three runs (two earned) within the prime of the eleventh.

Diamondbacks 5, Angels 1

Merrill Kelly allowed one run on one hit over 5 innings en path to his eighth win of the season and Jose Herrera hit a check-swing two-run double to steer Arizona over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.

Kelly (8-5) walked 4 and struck out six. John Curtiss, Kevin Ginkel and Kendall Graveman mixed for 4 shutout innings of reduction whereas permitting a mixed two hits. Blaze Alexander went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI and a run scored for the Diamondbacks, who snapped a three-game dropping streak.

Zach Neto had a single, two walks and a stolen base and Mike Trout additionally reached base thrice with an RBI single and two walks for the Angels, who had a two-game win streak snapped and missed a chance to get again to the .500 mark on the All-Star break. Jose Soriano (6-7) suffered the loss, permitting 5 runs (one earned) on 5 hits over 5 innings.

–Discipline Degree Media