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Pittsburgh takes 4-game win streak into matchup against Houston

Pittsburgh heads into the matchup against Houston as winners of their last four games

Bumgarner expected to start for the Giants against the Rockies

The Rockies will start Chi Chi Gonzalez on Tuesday and the Giants are expected to counter with Madison Bumgarner

Arrieta scheduled to start as Philadelphia hosts New York

The Mets will start Walker Lockett on Tuesday and the Phillies are expected to counter with Jake Arrieta

Davies scheduled to start for Milwaukee against Seattle

Milwaukee and Seattle will meet at Miller Park on Tuesday

Tampa Bay opens 3-game series at Minnesota

Minnesota and Tampa Bay meet to begin a three-game series

Diamondbacks top Dodgers 8-5, end winning streak at 6 games

David Dahl's two-run homer carries Rockies past Giants 2-0

David Dahl’s two-run homer carries Rockies past Giants 2-0

Kipnis hits walk-off homer in 10th as Indians edge Royals

Jason Kipnis homers leading off 10th as Indians down Royals in a game delayed 2 hours, 23 minutes by rain

Yanks homer in record-tying 27th straight game, beat Toronto

Baseball Capsules

Contreras, Lester lead Cubs past Braves 8-3

Hernández walk-off, single lifts Red Sox over White Sox 6-5

Marco Hernández beats out an infield single with the bases loaded in ninth, Boston Red Sox rallies to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5

Phillies snap 7-game losing skid with 13-7 win over Mets

Cubs: Kimbrel close to return, could be activated this week

The Chicago Cubs says right-handed closer Craig Kimbrel could be activated later this week

Day after girl struck by foul, Dodgers studying more netting

Orioles sign No. 1 overall draft pick Rutschman

The Baltimore Orioles have signed the top overall pick in the Major League draft, catcher Adley Rutschman of Oregon State

Rangers 3B Cabrera will serve reduced 3-game suspension

Rangers 3B Cabrera will miss 3-game series at Detroit after reduction of 4-game suspension for hitting umpire with equipment

Surprising 1st half for Rangers: 'Totally on us' to sustain

Rangers manager Woodward loves that expectations higher for his team; ‘it’s totally on us’ to sustain

Stroman on Yanks trade speculation: 'I love bright lights'

Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman realizes he may soon be traded, and he wouldn’t mind closing out the year in pinstripes

Rocket-armed Cardinals closer Hicks has torn elbow ligament

St. Louis Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks has a torn elbow ligament and the team says it’s determining what to do with the hardest-throwing pitcher in the majors

Pujols concludes STL return with 2 hits, Molina jersey swap

LEADING OFF: Mets deal with reporter dust-up, LA rooks rock

LEADING OFF: Mets deal with reporter dust-up, Dodgers rookies rock, Yankees try to tie HR record

Dave Roberts discusses the Dodgers back-to-back-to-back walk-off wins against the Rockies

Dave Roberts discusses the Dodgers back-to-back-to-back walk-off wins against the Rockies. All 3 walk offs came from rookies.

Camargo's pinch-hit HR in 10th lifts Braves past Nats 4-3

Baseball Capsules

Crawford shines, Kikuchi rebounds as Mariners thump O's 13-3

Crawford shines, Kikuchi rebounds as Mariners thump O’s 13-3

Smith’s pinch hit homer helps Dodgers sweep Rockies with 3 straight walk-offs

Will Smith hits a walk-off pinch hit home run in the 9th inning to lead the Dodgers past the Rockies 6-3 for their 3rd consecutive walk-off win.

Federowicz, Santana hit early HRs, Rangers top White Sox 7-4

Baez HR, Cubs win 5-3; Alonso sets Mets mark for rookie HRs

Stroman, Gurriel lead Blue Jays over Red Sox 6-1

Yamamoto wins again, Marlins hand Phillies 7th straight loss

Danny Jansen’s 2-run single helps Blue Jays top Red Sox

Danny Jansen brings two runners home with a single in the 6th inning to help the Blue Jays top the Red Sox 6-1.