In a short day of Baseball, the Colorado Rockies showed the Boston Red Sox their ability to hit home runs while the Washington Nationals got another one from Bryce Harper in a narrow win over the struggling St. Louis Cardinals.

Arizona Diamondbacks 3  Pittsburgh Pirates 8: Gerrit Cole didn’t get the win, but he did hit a home run, while Josh Harrison hit a two-RBI double to give the Pirates the separation they needed.

Miami Marlins 9  Tampa Bay Rays 1: Jose Fernandez was smoking with 12 strikeouts, improving to 7-2 this season with a 2.82 ERA. Adeiny Hechavarria and Chris Johnson both hit two-run homers, not feeling the absence of Giancarlo Stanton.

Toronto Blue Jays 3  New York Yankees 1: J.A. Happ and the bullpen held the Yankees to just four hits, and while the Blue Jays didn’t do much better (only six hits), they made  ’em count, with RBIs for Edwin Encarnacion and Devon Travis.

St. Louis Cardinals 1  Washington Nationals 2: Joe Ross made it out without run support while Felipe Rivero and Jonathan Papelbon did a good job of closing the deal. All three runs in the game were homers, first by the Cards, followed by Bryce Harper making things even and Danny Espinosa hitting the winner.

Colorado Rockies 8  Boston Red Sox 2: A big hitting day for the Rockies with home runs for Trevor Story, Carlos Gonzalez and Dustin Garneau, while Jon Gray did a very good job on the mound for a change. Jackie Bradley Jr. didn’t get a hit, his streak stopping at 29.

Milwaukee Brewers 6  Atlanta Braves 2: The awful Braves season continues, while Ryan Braun breaks a home run drought by hitting his ninth of the season, and Jonathan Villar hits number two in 2016 for him.

Baltimore Orioles 2  Houston Astros 4: A day of home runs for the Astros, also getting a 10-strikeout performance by Lance McCullers, who gave up just one hit in five innings. George Springer got two home runs for Houston, Luis Valbuena hit his fifth of the season.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	29	18	0.617	—	18–10	11–8
Baltimore Orioles	26	19	0.578	2	17–8	9–11
Toronto Blue Jays	24	25	0.490	6	9–13	15–12
New York Yankees	22	24	0.478	6½	13–12	9–12
Tampa Bay Rays	21	24	0.467	7	10–13	11–11

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	27	21	0.562	—	13–12	14–9
Cleveland Indians	25	20	0.556	½	11–8	14–12
Kansas City Royals	24	22	0.522	2	13–7	11–15
Detroit Tigers	23	23	0.500	3	12–11	11–12
Minnesota Twins	12	34	0.261	14	8–15	4–19

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Seattle Mariners	28	18	0.609	—	10–11	18–7
Texas Rangers	27	20	0.574	1½	16–8	11–12
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	21	26	0.447	7½	9–14	12–12
Oakland Athletics	20	28	0.417	9	8–15	12–13
Houston Astros	20	28	0.417	9	13–13	7–15

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	29	19	0.604	—	14–9	15–10
New York Mets	27	19	0.587	1	13–8	14–11
Philadelphia Phillies	26	21	0.553	2½	13–9	13–12
Miami Marlins	25	21	0.543	3	10–12	15–9
Atlanta Braves	12	34	0.261	16	2–20	10–14

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	31	14	0.689	—	14–6	17–8
Pittsburgh Pirates	27	19	0.587	4½	15–9	12–10
St. Louis Cardinals	24	24	0.500	8½	13–15	11–9
Milwaukee Brewers	21	26	0.447	11	12–12	9–14
Cincinnati Reds	15	32	0.319	17	12–15	3–17

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	30	19	0.612	—	16–11	14–8
Los Angeles Dodgers	25	23	0.521	4½	13–12	12–11
Colorado Rockies	22	24	0.478	6½	8–10	14–14
Arizona Diamondbacks	21	28	0.429	9	7–17	14–11
San Diego Padres	19	29	0.396	10½	10–15	9–14

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