The AL East continues to intrigue in its hold over the American League wild card spots, with wins for both the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. The Seattle Mariners remain just behind them after some power hitting helping them beat the New York Yankees, but the best display of power came from Cincinnati, as the Los Angeles Dodgers destroyed the Reds, hitting 7 home runs, including 3 by Adrian Gonzalez.

Los Angeles Dodgers 18  Cincinnati Reds 9: Another big hitting day for the Dodgers in Cincinnati, with three home runs from Adrian Gonzalez, part of a 7-homerun day from the Dodgers, including number 22 this season for Corey Seager, while they open a one game lead over the Giants in the NL West.

Washington Nationals 3  Baltimore Orioles 4: The Nats lose their second in a row, while the Orioles improve their position as they try to regain the top spot in the AL East. Both Mark Trumbo and Jonathan Schoop hit home runs in the win, getting a decent start from their pitcher for once, as Dylan Bundy earned the win.

Houston Astros 3  Pittsburgh Pirates 1: The Astros move to 3.5 games behind 2nd in the wild card, the Pirates fall to 3.5 games behind for the same spot in the NL. Doug Fister had a strong 7-inning performance on the mound, while home runs from Teoscar Hernandez and Alex Bregman did the work offensively.

Boston Red Sox 6  Tampa Bay Rays 2: David Price continues to play extremely well lately, striking out 8 while allowing only 2 hits in 8 innings of work, including a shutout before things slipped a bit after he came off. Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer in the 9th to lead the Red Sox in RBIs.

Colorado Rockies 2  Milwaukee Brewers 4: Jimmy Nelson struck out 4 in 6 innings to earn the win, Chris Carter hit his 30th home run of the season, Ryan Braun added an RBI as well.

Atlanta Braves 8  Arizona Diamondbacks 9: A Walk-off home run win for the D-Backs, getting a big hit from Paul Goldschmidt to kick off celebrations, responding to Freddie Freeman who tied the game in the top of the 9th with a home run of his own.

Cleveland Indians 1  Oakland Athletics 0: Carlos Carrasco was terrific, striking out 9 in 8 innings while giving up 4 hits, before Andrew Miller gave the team a 3-strikeout save. Carlos Santana with an 8th-inning home run won the game.

New York Yankees 5  Seattle Mariners 7: The Mariners remain just behind the AL East holding the two wild card berths, with three home runs doing all of the damage in their favor including coming from behind thanks to Mike Zunino hitting a 3-run homer, and Nelson Cruz finishing up with his 32nd of the season.

Chicago Cubs 5  San Diego Padres 1: Jon Lester struck out 8 in six innings of work, and three home runs from the Cubs (Addison Russell, Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward) backed up his strong performance.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	70	54	0.565	—	38–27	32–27
Toronto Blue Jays	70	54	0.565	—	36–26	34–28
Baltimore Orioles	68	56	0.548	2	41–22	27–34
New York Yankees	63	61	0.508	7	35–27	28–34
Tampa Bay Rays	52	71	0.423	17½	30–36	22–35

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	72	51	0.585	—	39–23	33–28
Detroit Tigers	65	59	0.524	7½	35–26	30–33
Kansas City Royals	64	60	0.516	8½	40–21	24–39
Chicago White Sox	59	64	0.480	13	31–27	28–37
Minnesota Twins	49	75	0.395	23½	25–37	24–38

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	73	52	0.584	—	39–20	34–32
Seattle Mariners	67	57	0.540	5½	36–26	31–31
Houston Astros	65	60	0.520	8	34–28	31–32
Oakland Athletics	53	72	0.424	20	28–36	25–36
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	52	72	0.419	20½	29–33	23–39

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	73	51	0.589	—	36–23	37–28
Miami Marlins	65	59	0.524	8	31–28	34–31
New York Mets	62	62	0.500	11	31–30	31–32
Philadelphia Phillies	58	67	0.464	15½	30–33	28–34
Atlanta Braves	45	80	0.360	28½	19–44	26–36

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	79	45	0.637	—	45–19	34–26
St. Louis Cardinals	66	57	0.537	12½	28–33	38–24
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	60	0.508	16	33–29	29–31
Milwaukee Brewers	54	70	0.435	25	34–29	20–41
Cincinnati Reds	53	71	0.427	26	31–32	22–39

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	69	55	0.556	—	38–24	31–31
San Francisco Giants	68	56	0.548	1	35–28	33–28
Colorado Rockies	60	65	0.480	9½	32–31	28–34
San Diego Padres	53	72	0.424	16½	30–32	23–40
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	73	0.416	17½	22–40	30–33

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