In a huge National League collision, the Washington Nationals and Max Scherzer dominated the Chicago Cubs, while Zack Greinke kept the Arizona Diamondbacks on a roll with some impressive pitching against his former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Philadelphia Phillies 7  Toronto Blue Jays 0: Jerad Eickhoff paved the way from the mound, while home runs from Ryan Howard and Odubel Herrera stood out in a shutout win for the Phillies.

Cincinnati Reds 9  Atlanta Braves 8: In a game with plenty twists and turns, the ending was a bit anti-climatic, as the Reds won on a walk by Tyler Holt, who also had an RBI earlier to tie the game. Tony Cingrani did a good job of closing it in the ninth.

Chicago Cubs 1  Washington Nationals 4: Impressive performance by Max Scherzer, striking out 11 and giving up only two hits in 7 innings. Wilson Ramos hit his 10th home run of the season while the Cubs’ bats kept whiffing.

Detroit Tigers 9  Chicago White Sox 10: The White Sox were behind by 7 runs, but a two-run homer by Jose Abreu kicked off the rally, as Abreu picked up another RBI later and Dioner Navarro hit a home run. The Tigers got the lead again in the 9th, but Brett Lawrie and Avisail Garcia forced extra innings, and Adam Eaton won the game with a walk-off single to center.

Cleveland Indians 1  Kansas City Royals 2: Edinson Volquez allowed only two hits in his start, shutting out the Indians in his 7 innings. A single from Alcides Escobar and a home run by Whit Merrifield took care of offense.

Los Angeles Dodgers 2  Arizona Diamondbacks 3: The Dodgers lose a third game in a row, the Diamondbacks win a third in a row. Zack Greinke beat his former team with six strikeouts in 7 innings, getting offensive help from Paul Goldschmidt, Jake Lamb and Jean Segura.

Minnesota Twins 9  Los Angeles Angels 4: The Twins so rarely put together a winning streak it’s always shocking to see. Trevor Plouffe, Byron Buxton and Robbie Grossman hit home runs for Minnesota.

Texas Rangers 5  Oakland Athletics 14: The Rangers are finally stopped, unable to withstand the offensive storm unleashed by the A’s, splitting their fury between Cesar Ramos and Tom Wilhelmsen. Both Khris Davis and Josh Phegley hit three-run homers. Davis got five RBIs in the game.

Miami Marlins 13  San Diego Padres 4: The Marlins finally get their offense to click, and big time. They had 19 hits and only one home run in their big win over San Diego, including four RBIs for Adeiny Hechavarria.

Milwaukee Brewers 5  San Francisco Giants 11: The Giants carry the momentum from the series against the Dodgers, this time without any need for pitchers duels. Denard Span had three hits and one home run, Brandon Crawford finished with three RBIs. Matt Cain didn’t even make it out of the fourth inning, but the Giants had enough offense to make up for that.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	36	26	0.581	—	24–11	12–15
Boston Red Sox	36	26	0.581	—	19–12	17–14
Toronto Blue Jays	35	31	0.530	3	17–16	18–15
New York Yankees	31	32	0.492	5½	18–14	13–18
Tampa Bay Rays	29	32	0.475	6½	13–16	16–16

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	35	28	0.556	—	17–12	18–16
Kansas City Royals	33	30	0.524	2	20–7	13–23
Detroit Tigers	32	31	0.508	3	17–13	15–18
Chicago White Sox	32	32	0.500	3½	16–16	16–16
Minnesota Twins	20	43	0.317	15	12–21	8–22

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	39	25	0.609	—	24–10	15–15
Seattle Mariners	34	29	0.540	4½	15–18	19–11
Houston Astros	30	35	0.462	9½	17–14	13–21
Oakland Athletics	27	36	0.429	11½	14–16	13–20
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	27	37	0.422	12	13–20	14–17

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	40	24	0.625	—	19–11	21–13
New York Mets	34	28	0.548	5	15–12	19–16
Miami Marlins	33	31	0.516	7	14–16	19–15
Philadelphia Phillies	30	34	0.469	10	16–16	14–18
Atlanta Braves	18	45	0.286	21½	7–26	11–19

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	43	19	0.694	—	22–8	21–11
St. Louis Cardinals	35	28	0.556	8½	15–16	20–12
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	31	0.508	11½	18–15	14–16
Milwaukee Brewers	30	34	0.469	14	19–17	11–17
Cincinnati Reds	25	39	0.391	19	17–19	8–20

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	39	26	0.600	—	20–13	19–13
Los Angeles Dodgers	33	32	0.508	6	17–14	16–18
Colorado Rockies	30	33	0.476	8	13–16	17–17
Arizona Diamondbacks	29	37	0.439	10½	13–23	16–14
San Diego Padres	26	39	0.400	13	15–19	11–20

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