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Cardinals Win, Maintain Central Lead; Pirates Top Cubs; Sox Lose

 width=>>Gonzalez Deals Cardinals Past Rockies

(St. Louis, MO) -- Marco Gonzalez fanned nine batters in five-and-two-thirds innings of one-run ball to lead the Cardinals to a 4-1 sweep-clinching victory over the Rockies at Busch Stadium. Gonzalez improved to 3-and-2 with the win and Trevor Rosenthal closed it out for his 44th save of the season. Jhonny Peralta blasted a two-run homer and Matt Holliday went 2-for-4 with an RBI-double for St. Louis, which has won 12 of its last 16. The Cards hold a three-game lead over the Pirates for the top spot in the NL Central. Jordan Lyles fell to 6-and-3 giving up three runs off nine hits in six innings of work for Colorado. Brandon Barnes plated the lone run as the Rockies dropped their sixth straight game.

>>Pirates Drop Cubs

(Pittsburgh, PA) -- The Pirates used a six-run fifth inning to power them to a 7-3 win over the Cubs at PNC Park. Neil Walker went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI. Josh Harrison also plated two runs for Pittsburgh, which has won eight of its last 10. Edinson Volquez struck out five in seven innings to improve to 12-and-7. The Pirates are three-and-a-half games behind the Cardinals for first place in the NL Central but still hold the second Wild Card spot. Jacob Turner gave up all seven runs in four-and-a-third innings of work to fall to 5-and-10 for Chicago. John Baker and Chris Coghlan [[ COG-len ]] each batted in a run for the Cubs, who have lost eight of nine.

 width=>>Twins Clip White Sox

(Chicago, IL) -- Jordan Schafer [[ SHAY-fer ]] belted a two-run home run to lead the Twins to a 6-4 win over the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Trevor Plouffe [[ ploof ]] added a solo shot in the victory and Kurt Suzuki drove in two. Trevor May stuck out 10 and allowed three runs in six frames to improve to 3-and-4 with Glen Perkins locking down his 34th save. Jose Abreu and Adrian Nieto powered the White Sox offense with solo shots and Conor Gillaspie [[ gill-ESS-pee ]] added an RBI single. Hector Noesi [[ no-AY-see ]] fell to 8-and-10 after six-and-two-thirds innings of five run ball.

MLB National League
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Washington Nationals 3, New York Mets 0
Miami Marlins 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Milwaukee Brewers 9, Cincinnati Reds 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 2
Arizona Diamondbacks 8, San Diego Padres 6

MLB American League
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Tampa Bay Rays 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (10 inn)
Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 4
Houston Astros 6, LA Angels of Anaheim 1
Oakland Athletics 4, Seattle Mariners 0
Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 2

MLB Interleague
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Texas Rangers 10, Atlanta Braves 3

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