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Dodgers’ Hill ideal through 7 innings

Los Angeles led 5-0, and Joe Blanton was warming up as the Dodgers batted in the eighth.

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Yelich singled in a score in the fourth inning to start the scoring for the Fish. Ichiro was 1-for-4. He could have thrown 120 pitches. Phelps, who has not pitched since August 26, started in his last five appearances after coming out of the bullpen for his first 50. Koehler struck out four, walked two and allowed six hits.

“No, I didn’t notice it”, he said. Facing Ichiro is more fun than facing other batters. The no-hitter and game were subsequently lost, and Roberts’ managerial career was off to a substandard start.

Chicago’s magic number is five heading into a three-game series at St. Louis that starts Monday.

“Miller has a tradition of having a little bit bigger [strike] zone”, Roberts said. “You just have to be aggressive and go after the hitters”.

Urena (4-6) lowered his ERA from 5.54 to 4.89, and the secret might have been his curveball.

The crowd of 20,188 booed when manager Don Mattingly came out to get him. “He had depth on that and the movement was good”.

“Pretty stress free”, said Mattingly, who considered pulling Urena after the eighth. It was by far the longest appearance of his 45 major league games. We barreled some balls but just got under them. “He did his job”. “Luckily, we were able to come through with two hits”.

“Eighty-nine pitches? He has to be in there, man”, Gubicza said. Seager, who has 25 homers, hit a two-run shot.

Marwin Gonzalez drove in a run with a third inning squeeze bunt for the Astros, who began the day 2½ games back for the AL’s second wild card.

Most significantly, it clinched a much-needed series win to bolster Miami’s diminishing playoff hopes.

“I knew he was looking something soft, and I threw the two-seam [fastball] and he hit the ball”, Urena said. For 21 straight batters, there was no sniffing a baserunner against Hill, who is still yet to allow a run in three starts with the Dodgers.

In Atlanta, Yoenis Cespedes hit a grand slam for NY, and Seth Lugo won his fourth straight start.

“If it’s the example of Rodriguez, Rodriguez is going back out for the ninth inning regardless”, Farrell said.

Hill was masterful through his seven innings.

Boston are just a game clear of Toronto after the Blue Jays’ 3-2 win over the Red Sox.

In Pittsburgh, Tyler Holt and Brandon Phillips had three hits apiece, leading Brandon Finnegan and Cincinnati to the victory. The bullpen also gave up two hits in that game.

MARINERS 14, A’S 3 (at Oakland, Calif.) -Felix Hernandez pitched six scoreless innings and Nelson Cruz had three hits and three RBI for Seattle.

The Marlins added another unearned run in the sixth inning.

Joc Pederson: Two home runs.

Kenta Maeda pitched well on Sunday, retiring 10 straight after Dee Gordon opened the game with a single.

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The Chicago Cubs have a chance to wrap up the NL Central in St. Louis at the home of the rival Cardinals.

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