Junior Caminero recorded his first career three-homer performance and the Tampa Bay Rays carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning of a 13-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 10-5, with Bryce Harper’s tiebreaking two-run homer igniting a five-run ninth inning. The Pittsburgh Pirates prevailed over the Seattle Mariners 5-1, with Henry Davis and Brandon Lowe each homering and finishing with two hits and two RBIs.
The Oakland Athletics plated four runs in the ninth inning to overtake the San Francisco Giants, avoiding a three-game sweep with a 9-6 win. The Houston Astros edged the Detroit Tigers 2-1, with Tatsuya Imai throwing six shutout innings.
The Texas Rangers led 6-0 before holding off the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5, with Wyatt Langford hitting a three-run homer. The Boston Red Sox scored six unearned runs to beat the New York Yankees 6-3, with Caleb Durbin hitting a two-run home run.
The Chicago Cubs finished off a four-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 4-3 win in 10 innings, with Pete Crow-Armstrong’s tiebreaking hit in the 10th inning.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.