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Marlins batter Rangers’ Darvish

July 28, 2017
Texas Rangers’ Yu Darvish of Japan throws to the Miami Marlins during their MLB game in Arlington Wednesday. — AP
Texas Rangers’ Yu Darvish of Japan throws to the Miami Marlins during their MLB game in Arlington Wednesday. — AP

ARLINGTON — The Miami Marlins crushed the Texas Rangers 22-10 Wednesday night in what may have been Yu Darvish’s last outing in a Rangers uniform.

Miami broke the game open by breaking down the Texas ace in a nine-run fourth inning. All nine starters in the Marlins’ lineup had at least one hit and one RBI in an offensive onslaught that produced a franchise record for runs and a season high for hits (22).

Dee Gordon, Christian Yelich, J.T. Realmuto and Giancarlo Stanton each hit home runs for Miami. Stanton leads the majors with 33 long balls. Derek Dietrich and Marcell Ozuna each drove in five runs for the Marlins.

Darvish (6-9), the subject of rampant speculation going into Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, was battered for 3 2/3 innings, giving up 10 runs on nine hits before leaving. The Rangers’ Adrian Beltre needs four hits to reach 3,000 after belting a home run and two doubles.

Royals 16, Tigers 2

Eric Hosmer’s first career grand slam highlighted a nine-run seventh inning as Kansas City extended its season-best winning streak to eight games.

Hosmer matched his career high with five hits while scoring five runs and driving in six as the Royals racked up a season-high 22 hits. The 16 runs and nine-run inning tied season highs for the Royals.

Whit Merrifield and Mike Moustakas each supplied three hits and drove in a run for Kansas City. Lorenzo Cain also rapped three hits and scored three runs, Alcides Escobar contributed two hits and drove in two runs, and Drew Butera added a two-run single during the seventh-inning outburst.

Dodgers 6, Twins 5

Justin Turner singled with two outs in the ninth inning to drive in Austin Barnes with the winning run as Los Angeles erased a 5-0 deficit before completing its 13th sweep of the season.

Barnes singled up the middle with one out in the ninth off closer Brandon Kintzler (2-2) and Chris Taylor hit a hard grounder off the glove of diving shortstop Jorge Polanco. Barnes and Taylor moved to second and third on a groundout by Corey Seager, bringing up Turner, who lifted the Dodgers to their fifth straight win.

Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig hit solo home runs and Chase Utley provided a pinch-hit two-run double for Los Angeles.

Blue Jays 3, Athletics 2

Justin Smoak hit a two-run homer and Kendrys Morales followed with a solo blast as Toronto rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat Oakland.

Red Sox 4, Mariners 0

Chris Sale pitched seven scoreless innings and Rafael Devers homered for his first major league hit as Boston snapped a season-high four-game losing streak.

Cubs 8, White Sox 3

Jake Arrieta allowed only two hits in 6 2/3 innings and Anthony Rizzo drilled a three-run double and drove in four runs as the Cubs defeated the White Sox.

Indians 10, Angels 4

Bradley Zimmer’s two-out RBI double in the seventh inning broke a 2-2 tie and Cleveland scored seven more times in the eighth inning en route to its sixth straight victory.

Yankees 9, Reds 5

Luis Severino pitched seven dominant innings and Todd Frazier hit his first home run for his new team as New York pulled away from Cincinnati.

Nationals 8, Brewers 5

Ryan Zimmerman delivered a two-out, two-run double in the eighth as the previously moribund Washington offense exploded for seven runs in the inning to defeat Milwaukee.

Cardinals 10, Rockies 5

Right-hander Carlos Martinez keyed a five-run fourth inning with an RBI single that put St. Louis ahead to stay as it finished a three-game sweep of Colorado.

Phillies 9, Astros 0

Aaron Nola struck out a career-best 10 batters and batterymate Cameron Rupp smashed two home runs for the first time in his career as Philadelphia avoided a sweep by routing Houston.

Rays 5, Orioles 1

Tampa Bay got another stellar start from Alex Cobb, and Evan Longoria’s sixth-inning home run helped in a victory over Baltimore.

Diamondbacks 10, Braves 3

Ketel Marte’s two-run, inside-the-park homer followed Daniel Descalso’s two-run triple in a breakout third inning and Arizona roughed up spot starter Aaron Blair in a victory over Atlanta.

Padres 6, Mets 3

Rookies Manuel Margot and Luis Torrens drove in five runs with two swings of the bat to lead San Diego past New York.

Giants 2, Pirates 1

Pittsburgh left fielder Starling Marte misplayed Brandon Belt’s fly ball with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, allowing Miguel Gomez to score the go-ahead run and send San Francisco to victory. — Reuters


July 28, 2017
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