ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

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Mark Melancon #35 of the Pittsburgh Pirates throws a pitch in the 9th inning during the game against the Cincinnati Redsat Great American Ball Park on Sept 8, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (AFP)

Mets rally from 6-run deficit to beat NationalsMcCutchen homers to lead Pirates past Reds 7-3

WASHINGTON, Sept 9,(AP): Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit atiebreaking, pinch-hit homerin the eighth inning offJonathan Papelbon as theresilient New York Mets ral-lied from a six-run deficit tobeat the WashingtonNationals 8-7 Tuesday nightafter Matt Harvey struggledon the mound.

The Mets’ second straight come-back win over Washington extendedtheir lead in the NL East to sixgames.

Perhaps making one of his final startsof the regular season, Harvey gave up acareer high seven runs on eight hits in 51-3 innings and left with New York trail-ing 7-1.

The Mets erased the deficit with a six-run seventh inning fueled by six walksand a wild pitch. The big blow was athree-run double by Yoenis Cespedes,who one inning earlier committed anerror in center field that allowed threeruns to score.

Nieuwenhuis gave New York its firstlead with a drive to right off Papelbon (3-2). It was Nieuwenhuis’ fourth home run;the other three came in one game againstArizona on July 12.

Cubs 8, Cardinals 5In St Louis, Starlin Castro and

Anthony Rizzo homered and combinedfor seven RBIs as Chicago earned its fifthstraight win, beating St Louis 8-5 in themiddle game of a three-game series.

The Cardinals have the best record inthe majors at 87-51, but have droppedfive of six. Their lead over Pittsburgh inthe NL Central slipped to 4-1/2 games.The Cubs are 6-1/2 back and are secondin the NL wild card race behind thePirates.

St Louis was down 8-0 before pinch-hitter Randal Grichuk sparked a five-runseventh with a two-run homer estimatedat 451 feet in the seventh.

Jason Hammel (8-6) allowed threeruns in six-plus innings for Chicago,which has won five in a row.

Pirates 7, Reds 3In Cincinnati, Andrew McCutchen hit

a three-run homer and left-handerFrancisco Liriano pitched six shutoutinnings as he finally beat Cincinnati onhis 11th try, leading Pittsburgh to a victo-ry.

The Pirates are 5-10 this season againstthe Reds, who have dominated their OhioRiver rivalry over the last two years.

McCutchen connected in the thirdinning off rookie Raisel Iglesias (3-7),who lasted only three innings.

Liriano (10-7) came into the game 0-5in 10 regular season starts againstCincinnati, the only team he had facedbut hadn’t beaten during his career. Theleft-hander allowed three hits, struck out10 and didn’t allow a runner beyond sec-ond base.

Royals 4, Twins 2In Kansas City, Missouri, Eric Hosmer

hit a three-run double, Kendrys Moralesdrove in another run and Kansas Cityhung tough through eight more inningsfor a victory over Minnesota that ended afour-game skid.

Edinson Volquez (13-7) settled downafter a shaky start to last seven innings,allowing six hits and two runs - consecu-tive RBI hits by the Twins’ Brian Dozierand Joe Mauer.

Volquez had been hammered for atleast six earned runs in three of his pastfive starts.

Kyle Gibson (9-10) also recoveredfrom a brutal start to last eight innings,but the Twins’ offense was unable to bailhim out. The young right-hander allowedhis first six batters to reach, and Hosmerand Morales staked Kansas City to anearly 4-0 lead.

Orioles 2, Yankees 1In New York, Chris Davis led off the

ninth inning with his major league-lead-ing 41st home run and Baltimore beatNew York for just their fourth win in 19games.

The Yankees began the day a half-game behind AL East-leading Toronto.They failed to take advantage ofMasahiro Tanaka’s 10-strikeout perform-ance and Alex Rodriguez’s 30th homer -A-Rod has reached the mark in 15 sea-sons, tying Hank Aaron’s record.

Davis homered for the sixth time inseven games, lofting an opposite-fielddrive into the seats in left. He was thefirst batter Chasen Shreve (6-2) facedafter Tanaka pitched eight innings.

Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 1In Boston, Troy Tulowitzki singled in

the go-ahead run off Alexi Ogando totrigger a four-run 10th inning that liftedAL East-leading Toronto to a 5-1 victoryover Boston.

With the win, Toronto increased itslead in the East to 1 1-2 games over theNew York Yankees, who lost 2-1 toBaltimore. The Blue Jays won for the13th time in 17 games.

Chicago White Sox’s Jose Abreu hits an RBI single off Cleveland Indians reliefpitcher Austin Adams during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Sept 8, in

Chicago. (AP)

Travis Shaw homered for Boston,which had its four-game winning streakstopped.

Josh Donaldson led off the 10th with atriple against Ogando (2-1), a toweringfly ball that appeared to hit the top cornerof the Green Monster and bounced back.

After a review upheld the call of theball not crossing the red line at the top fora homer, the crew reviewed and con-firmed Donaldson was safe at third.

Phillies 5, Braves 0In Philadelphia, rookie Aaron Nola

pitched seven innings and OdubelHerrera hit a three-run homer to leadPhiladelphia over Atlanta.

Nola (6-2) rebounded from the worststart of his career, allowing six hits with acareer-high seven strikeouts and onewalk, to help Philadelphia snap a five-game losing streak. The right-handergave up six runs and nine hits in fourinnings of a 9-4 loss at the New YorkMets last Wednesday.

Cesar Hernandez had two hits andBrian Bogusevic had an RBI forPhiladelphia.

Marlins 6, Brewers 4In Miami, J.T. Realmuto hit two home

runs, including an inside-the-parker, tohelp lead Miami over Milwaukee.

Justin Bour drove in two runs. DeeGordon recorded his 49th multihit gamewith two knocks and also stole two bases,giving him 50 on the season.

Kyle Barraclough (2-0) picked up thewin after retiring all five batters he faced,striking out the last four.

A.J. Ramos got the final four outs forhis 24th save in 30 opportunities. Ramosentered in the eighth and struck out JasonRogers with two runners on to end theinning and preserve a two-run lead.

Tigers 8, Rays 7, 13 inningsIn Detroit, Rajai Davis’ sacrifice fly

gave the Tigers the win in a game thatwas tied four times, the last at 7-7.

James McCann led off the 13th with aninfield single, and Andrew Bellatti (0-1)couldn’t pick up Jefry Marte’s buntattempt, putting runners on first and sec-ond. Andrew Romine laid down a suc-cessful bunt putting runners at secondand third.

Davis hit a fly ball to shallow left-cen-ter, but McCann broke for the plate andGrady Sizemore’s throw home was weakand offline.

Kyle Ryan (2-3) picked up the win.J.D. Martinez put the Tigers up 7-6

with an eighth-inning homer. In the ninth,Tigers closer Bruce Rondon loaded thebases with two walks and a single. EvanLongoria lifted a routine fly ball to deepleft. Davis dropped the ball, allowingKiermaier to score the tying run.

White Sox 7, Indians 4In Chicago, Rob Brantly smacked a

three-run homer for his first AmericanLeague hit, and rookie Carlos Rodonallowed one run through seven innings tolead Chicago.

Jose Abreu went 3 for 4 - including his26th homer and a double - to drive in tworuns and help the White Sox win for thefifth time in six games. Trayce Thompsonalso had two RBIs.

Rodon (7-6) scattered five hits, struckout eight and walked one in his sixthstraight quality start. He is 3-2 in thatspan while yielding eight earned runs in

his last 41 innings.Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer

off White Sox reliever Nate Jones in theeighth and pinch-hitter Jose Ramirezadded a solo shot off Zach Duke in theninth. Mike Aviles had three hits anddrove in the Indians’ other run.

Giants 6, Diamondbacks 2In Phoenix, Tim Hudson pitched six

effective innings in his return to the rota-tion and hit his first homer in two seasonsfor San Francisco.

Hudson (7-8) was sharp while subbingfor Ryan Vogelsong, who pitched in reliefthe night before. Hudson allowed a runand four hits in his first start since July26.

He hit a solo homer in San Francisco’sfive-run third inning off Chase Anderson(6-6) and later added a single.

Gregor Blanco and Joe Panik alsohomered in the third for the Giants, whowon for the third time in 11 games asthey try to make up ground on the LosAngeles Dodgers in the NL West.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered for theDiamondbacks.

Athletics 4, Astros 0In Oakland, California, Sonny Gray

outpitched close friend Scott Kazmir, andthe Athletics spoiledthe former Oaklandlefty’s return to theColiseum.

Mark Canha hit athree-run homer inthe fifth inning afterBilly Burns’ earliersolo shot to backGray (13-7). TheAll-Star right-han-der ended a four-start winless stretch

and got the best of mentor Kazmir, trad-ed by the A’s to his hometown Astros onJuly 23.

Kazmir had been back to the Bay Areawith Houston but didn’t pitch against hisold team during that trip in early August.He faced A’s for the first time since Aug18, 2013, with the Indians.

Gray allowed five hits, struck out fourand walked two in seven innings.

Dodgers 6, Angels 4In Anaheim, California, Clayton

Kershaw gave up four hits and two runsover seven innings to win his eighth con-secutive decision, and Justin Ruggianohit a leadoff homer for the Dodgers intheir 13th victory in 15 games.

Corey Seager had a run-scoring doubleduring the Dodgers’ four-run sixth inningin their eighth consecutive win over theirFreeway Series rivals.

Ruggiano and Seager had two hitsapiece as the Dodgers (80-58) moved to aseason-best 22 games over .500 andmaintained their healthy 8 1-2 game leadover San Francisco in the NL West.

Kole Calhoun hit a leadoff homer for theAngels (69-69), who dropped back to .500with their 12th loss in 18 games. RookieAndrew Heaney (6-3) couldn’t matchKershaw, yielding six hits and five runs.

Padres 2, Rockies 1In San Diego, Brett Wallace’s fielder’s

choice grounder drove in the winning runin the bottom of the ninth for San Diego.

Corey Spangenberg doubled to lead offthe ninth against Boone Logan (0-3) andadvanced to third on a sacrifice bunt bypinch-hitter Clint Barmes.

Wallace followed with a ground ball toshortstop Jose Reyes, who threw homebut Spangenberg beat the throw.

The win snapped a four-game losingstreak for the Padres.

Colorado’s Nolan Arenado tied the gamein the ninth with a two-out, solo home runto left off Craig Kimbrel (2-2). The blownsave is Kimbrel’s third of the year.

Rangers 9, Mariners 6In Seattle, Cole Hamels shook off a

line drive that deflected off his jaw, andTexas hit four home runs.

Hamels pitched seven innings to helpTexas move within one game of first-place Houston in the AL West.

Mitch Moreland, Shin-Soo Choo andRougned Odor connected off Marinersstarter Taijuan Walker, who lasted threeinnings. Joey Gallo went deep in theeighth.

With two runners aboard in the third,Jesus Sucre lined a 1-0 pitch straightback to the pitcher’s mound. Hamels (3-1) managed to deflect the ball with hisglove before it slammed into his leftcheek, causing the left-hander to stumbleand fall to the ground.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Carl Crawford (right), steals third base against LosAngeles Angels third baseman David Freese during the sixth inning of a

baseball game, on Sept 8, in Anaheim, California. (AP)

Red Sox 2B Pedroia back after missing 7 weeks

Former Cardinals ace Andujar dies at 62ST LOUIS, Sept 9, (AP): JoaquinAndujar, a star pitcher with the St. LouisCardinals in the 1980s, has died in hisnative Dominican Republic. He was 62.

The team said he died Tuesday.Leonardo Matos Berrido, president of theDominican Baseball League, said thecause was diabetes complications.

The Cardinals planned a tribute to thefiery right-hander before playing theCubs.

Andujar was a two-time All-Star dur-ing five seasons with the Cardinals from1981-85. He had 20-win seasons in 1984and ‘85 and led the National League invictories in ‘84 and was a member of theCardinals World Series title team in 1982and NL championship team in ‘85.Andjujar was ejected from Game 7 of the1985 World Series.

Andujar also played for Houston and

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Boston Red Sox second basemanDustin Pedroia was back in the lineup forTuesday’s game against AL East-leading

Toronto after miss-ing seven weekswith a strained righthamstring.

The 32-year-oldPedroia was acti-vated from the 15-day disabled listbefore the gameafter missing 57games. It was hissecond time side-lined by the same

injury - he also missed 16 games fromlate June to mid-July.

The 2008 AL MVP is batting .287 withnine homers and 34 RBIs.

Pedroia is batting second in the order.In other moves, the Red Sox recalled

right-handers Jonathan Aro and MattBarnes from Triple-A Pawtucket. Left-hander Rich Hill was selected from thePawSox.

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Toronto right-hander MarcusStroman will make his first start of theseason Saturday when the AL East-lead-ing Blue Jays face New York at YankeeStadium.

The 24-year-old underwent surgery inMarch after tearing the ACL in his left knee.

Toronto general manager AlexAnthopoulos discussed the decision atFenway Park before the team’s Tuesdaygame against the Boston Red Sox.

Stroman made two minor league rehabstarts. He gave up four runs on eight hitsover three innings in the second oneMonday for Triple-A Buffalo.

At the time of the injury, he wasexpected to miss the entire season.

Stroman was 11-6 with a 3.65 ERA in26 appearances (20 starts) as a rookie in

WASHINGTON, Sept 9, (Agencies):Scoreboard from the MLB games onTuesday.

ResultsBaltimore 2 NY Yankees 1NY Mets 8 Washington 7Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 0Detroit 8 Tampa Bay 7Toronto 5 Boston 1Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 3Miami 6 Milwaukee 4Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland 4Kansas City 4 Minnesota 2Chicago Cubs 8 St Louis 5San Francisco 6 Arizona 2Oakland 4 Houston 0LA Dodgers 6 LA Angels 4San Diego 2 Colorado 1Texas 9 Seattle 6

StandingsAmerican LeagueEastern Division

W L PCT GBToronto 79 59 .572 -NY Yankees 77 60 .562 1-1/2Tampa Bay 67 71 .486 12Baltimore 66 72 .478 13Boston 65 73 .471 14

Central DivisionW L PCT GB

Kansas City 83 55 .601 -Minnesota 71 67 .514 12Cleveland 67 70 .489 15-1/2Chicago White Sox 66 71 .482 16-1/2Detroit 64 74 .464 19

Western DivisionW L PCT GB

Houston 75 64 .540 -Texas 73 64 .533 1LA Angels 69 69 .500 5-1/2Seattle 66 73 .475 9Oakland 60 79 .432 15

National LeagueEastern Division

W L PCT GBNY Mets 77 61 .558 -Washington 71 67 .514 6Miami 58 81 .417 19-1/2Atlanta 55 84 .396 22-1/2Philadelphia 54 85 .388 23-1/2

Central DivisionW L PCT GB

St Louis 87 51 .630 -Pittsburgh 82 55 .599 4-1/2Chicago Cubs 80 57 .584 6-1/2Milwaukee 61 77 .442 26Cincinnati 57 80 .416 29-1/2

Western DivisionW L PCT GB

LA Dodgers 80 58 .580 -San Francisco 72 67 .518 8-1/2Arizona 66 73 .475 14-1/2San Diego 66 73 .475 14-1/2Colorado 57 81 .41323olorado 57 80 .416 22

MLB LinescoresAmerican League

Baltimore 000 001 001—2 9 1New York 000 001 000—1 6 0

Gausman, McFarland (6), O’Day (8),Britton (9) and Wieters; Tanaka, Shreve (9)and B.McCann. W_O’Day 6-2. L_Shreve 6-2. Sv_Britton (31). HRs_Baltimore,Flaherty (8), C.Davis (41). New York,A.Rodriguez (30).Tampa Bay 000 104 101 000 0—7 13 2Detroit 001 004 110 000 1—8 14 1(13 innings)

E.Ramirez, Andriese (6), Colome (6),Karns (8), B.Gomes (11), Bellatti (12) andArencibia, Rivera, Maile; Boyd,Alburquerque (6), Gorzelanny (6), N.Feliz(7), B.Hardy (7), A.Wilson (7), B.Rondon(9), Krol (10), VerHagen (10), K.Ryan (12)and J.McCann. W_K.Ryan 2-3. L_Bellatti2-1. HRs_Detroit, R.Davis (7), J.Martinez(36).Toronto 100 000 000 4—5 6 0Boston 010 000 000 0—1 4 1(10 innings)

Dickey, Cecil (7), Lowe (8), Aa.Sanchez(9), Osuna (10) and Thole, Ru.Martin;Owens, Machi (6), Layne (7), No.Ramirez(7), Tazawa (8), Ross Jr. (9), A.Ogando(10) and Swihart. W_Aa.Sanchez 7-5.L_A.Ogando 2-1. HRs_Boston, T.Shaw (9).Minnesota 002 000 000—2 6 0Kansas City 400 000 00x—4 6 0

Gibson and Herrmann, Fryer; Volquez,W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez.W_Volquez 13-7. L_Gibson 9-10.Sv_G.Holland (30).Cleveland 000 010 021—4 8 0Chicago 031 010 20x—7 11 1

Carrasco, Gi.Soto (3), A.Adams (5),Crockett (5), McAllister (6), R.Webb (7),Floyd (8) and Y.Gomes; Rodon, N.Jones(8), Duke (9), Dav.Robertson (9) andBrantly. W_Rodon 7-6. L_Carrasco 12-10.HRs_Cleveland, Brantley (13), Jo.Ramirez

(3). Chicago, Brantly (1), Abreu (26).Houston 000 000 000—0 5 0Oakland 001 030 00x—4 8 0

Kazmir, Qualls (7), J.Fields (8) andConger; S.Gray, Dull (8) and Phegley.W_S.Gray 13-7. L_Kazmir 7-10.HRs_Oakland, Burns (4), Canha (14).Texas 013 201 011—9 8 0Seattle 001 000 320—6 9 2

Hamels, Diekman (8), Kela (8),Sh.Tolleson (9) and Gimenez; T.Walker,J.Ramirez (4), Jo.Ramirez (6), Guaipe (6),Zych (8), Beimel (9), Kensing (9) andSucre. W_Hamels 3-1. L_T.Walker 10-8.Sv_Sh.Tolleson (31). HRs_Texas,Moreland (19), Choo (17), Odor (12), Gallo(6). Seattle, Cano (15).

InterleagueLos Angeles (N) 101 004 000—6 7 2Los Angeles (A) 100 000 102—4 6 1

Kershaw, Nicasio (8), P.Baez (9),Jansen (9) and Ellis; Heaney, Bedrosian(6), W.Wright (6), J.Alvarez (7),Cor.Rasmus (8) and Iannetta. W_Kershaw13-6. L_Heaney 6-3. Sv_Jansen (31).HRs_Los Angeles (N), Ruggiano (2). LosAngeles (A), Calhoun (23).

National LeagueAtlanta 000 000 000—0 7 0Philadelphia 000 110 03x—5 9 1

Weber, McKirahan (7), Burawa (7),Detwiler (8) and Pierzynski; Nola,Lu.Garcia (8), Giles (8) and Rupp. W_Nola6-2. L_Weber 0-1. Sv_Giles (12).HRs_Philadelphia, O.Herrera (8).New York 010 000 610—8 7 1Washington 210 004 000—7 11 0

Harvey, Goeddel (6), A.Reed (7),Clippard (8), Familia (9) and d’Arnaud;Zimmermann, Thornton (6), Treinen (7),Rivero (7), Storen (7), Papelbon (8) andW.Ramos. W_A.Reed 3-2. L_Papelbon 3-2. Sv_Familia (38). HRs_New York,D.Wright (3), Nieuwenhuis (4).Pittsburgh 005 000 011—7 11 0Cincinnati 000 000 003—3 8 1

Liriano, J.Hughes (7), Bastardo (8),Melancon (9), Caminero (9) and Cervelli,Stewart; R.Iglesias, Jos.Smith (4),Contreras (6), Balester (8), Mattheus (9)and B.Pena. W_Liriano 10-7. L_R.Iglesias3-7. HRs_Pittsburgh, McCutchen (21),Kang (14).Milwaukee 020 000 200—4 13 0Miami 111 300 00x—6 9 0

Jungmann, C.Jimenez (4), Lohse (6),Knebel (7), Jeffress (8) and Lucroy;Conley, Barraclough (5), B.Morris (7),Dunn (7), A.Ramos (8) and Realmuto.W_Barraclough 2-0. L_Jungmann 9-6.Sv_A.Ramos (24). HRs_Milwaukee,Do.Santana (5). Miami, Realmuto 2 (9).Chicago 240 000 200—8 11 0St Louis 000 000 500—5 8 1

Hammel, Grimm (7), Richard (7), Strop(7), Rodney (8), H.Rondon (9) andM.Montero, D.Ross; Wacha, Villanueva (5),Cishek (8), Siegrist (9) and Molina, T.Cruz.W_Hammel 8-6. L_Wacha 15-5.Sv_H.Rondon (27). HRs_Chicago, Rizzo(29), St Castro (7). St Louis, Grichuk (16).San Francisco 005 000 001—6 9 0Arizona 000 100 100—2 5 0

T.Hudson, Osich (7), Strickland (7),Romo (8), Casilla (9) and Posey;Ch.Anderson, Bracho (3), Mat.Reynolds(3), Collmenter (4), Hessler (6), Burgos (7),D.Hernandez (9) and Saltalamacchia.W_T.Hudson 7-8. L_Ch.Anderson 6-6.HRs_San Francisco, G.Blanco (5),T.Hudson (1), Panik (8). Arizona,Saltalamacchia (6).Colorado 000 000 001—1 3 0San Diego 000 001 001—2 7 0

J.Gray, Germen (6), Brothers (7),M.Castro (8), Logan (9) and Garneau; Rea,Quackenbush (8), Kimbrel (9) andDe.Norris. W_Kimbrel 2-2. L_Logan 0-3.HRs_Colorado, Arenado (37). San Diego,Myers (6).

MLB LeadersAmerican League

BATTING: MiCabrera, Detroit, .351;Brantley, Cleveland, .319; Bogaerts,Boston, .317; LCain, Kansas City, .312;Hosmer, Kansas City, .311; NCruz, Seattle,.310; Fielder, Texas, .310; Altuve, Houston,.310.

RUNS: Donaldson, Toronto, 108;Bautista, Toronto, 93; Dozier, Minnesota,93; LCain, Kansas City, 89; Trout, LosAngeles, 88; Kinsler, Detroit, 86; Gardner,New York, 85.

RBI: Donaldson, Toronto, 115; CDavis,Baltimore, 102; KMorales, Kansas City,101; Bautista, Toronto, 96; Encarnacion,Toronto, 94; JMartinez, Detroit, 91; Ortiz,Boston, 87.

HITS: Altuve, Houston, 167; Kinsler,Detroit, 166; Bogaerts, Boston, 164;

Donaldson, Toronto, 163; Fielder, Texas,159; NCruz, Seattle, 158; Hosmer, KansasCity, 158; MMachado, Baltimore, 158.

DOUBLES: Brantley, Cleveland, 42;KMorales, Kansas City, 39; Donaldson,Toronto, 38; Kipnis, Cleveland, 37; Betts,Boston, 34; Dozier, Minnesota, 34; Kinsler,Detroit, 34.

TRIPLES: Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12;ERosario, Minnesota, 11; RDavis, Detroit,9; DeShields, Texas, 9; Gattis, Houston, 9;Betts, Boston, 8; Burns, Oakland, 8; Eaton,Chicago, 8.

HOME RUNS: CDavis, Baltimore, 41;NCruz, Seattle, 39; Donaldson, Toronto,37; JMartinez, Detroit, 36; Pujols, LosAngeles, 35; Trout, Los Angeles, 34;Bautista, Toronto, 33.

STOLEN BASES: Altuve, Houston, 36;Burns, Oakland, 26; LCain, Kansas City,26; JDyson, Kansas City, 23; DeShields,Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 20; RDavis,Detroit, 18; Gardner, New York, 18;Marisnick, Houston, 18; Pillar, Toronto, 18.

PITCHING: Keuchel, Houston, 17-6;FHernandez, Seattle, 16-8; McHugh,Houston, 15-7; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3;Price, Toronto, 14-5; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7; Lewis, Texas, 14-8.

ERA: SGray, Oakland, 2.28; Keuchel,Houston, 2.29; Price, Toronto, 2.43; Price,Toronto, 2.43; Kazmir, Houston, 2.63;Kazmir, Houston, 2.63; Archer, Tampa Bay,2.88.

STRIKEOUTS: Sale, Chicago, 247;Archer, Tampa Bay, 228; Kluber,Cleveland, 219; Price, Toronto, 196;Keuchel, Houston, 185; Carrasco,Cleveland, 178; Salazar, Cleveland, 173.

SAVES: Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 34;Perkins, Minnesota, 32; Street, LosAngeles, 32; AMiller, New York, 32;ShTolleson, Texas, 31; Britton, Baltimore,31; GHolland, Kansas City, 30.

National LeagueBATTING: Harper, Washington, .333;

DGordon, Miami, .330; Posey, SanFrancisco, .329; YEscobar, Washington,.320; LeMahieu, Colorado, .318;Goldschmidt, Arizona, .318; Votto,Cincinnati, .316.

RUNS: Harper, Washington, 101;Pollock, Arizona, 94; Fowler, Chicago, 90;Goldschmidt, Arizona, 86; Votto,Cincinnati, 85; Arenado, Colorado, 84;Braun, Milwaukee, 83.

RBI: Arenado, Colorado, 107;Goldschmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, SanDiego, 91; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 88;Rizzo, Chicago, 87; Bryant, Chicago, 86;CaGonzalez, Colorado, 86.

HITS: DGordon, Miami, 172; Pollock,Arizona, 164; Posey, San Francisco, 159;Markakis, Atlanta, 158; Goldschmidt,Arizona, 157; LeMahieu, Colorado, 157;Blackmon, Colorado, 154.

DOUBLES: Frazier, Cincinnati, 39;Arenado, Colorado, 35; MCarpenter, StLouis, 34; Harper, Washington, 33;Markakis, Atlanta, 33; McCutchen,Pittsburgh, 33; Bruce, Cincinnati, 32;Pollock, Arizona, 32.

TRIPLES: DPeralta, Arizona, 9;Blackmon, Colorado, 8; DGordon, Miami,8; Fowler, Chicago, 7; Grichuk, St Louis, 7;7 tied at 6.

HOME RUNS: Arenado, Colorado, 37;CaGonzalez, Colorado, 36; Harper,Washington, 34; Frazier, Cincinnati, 30;Rizzo, Chicago, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona,27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati,27.

STOLEN BASES: BHamilton,Cincinnati, 54; DGordon, Miami, 50;Blackmon, Colorado, 36; Pollock, Arizona,33; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 26; Revere,Philadelphia, 24; GPolanco, Pittsburgh,23.

PITCHING: Arrieta, Chicago, 18-6;Bumgarner, San Francisco, 17-7; Greinke,Los Angeles, 16-3; GCole, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Wacha, St Louis, 15-5; Kershaw, LosAngeles, 13-6; CMartinez, St Louis, 13-7;BColon, New York, 13-11.

ERA: Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.68;Arrieta, Chicago, 2.03; Kershaw, LosAngeles, 2.15; deGrom, New York, 2.40;GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.54; SMiller, Atlanta,2.81; Harvey, New York, 2.88.

STRIKEOUTS: Kershaw, Los Angeles,259; Scherzer, Washington, 225;Bumgarner, San Francisco, 203; Arrieta,Chicago, 197; Shields, San Diego, 188;TRoss, San Diego, 179; Liriano,Pittsburgh, 178.

SAVES: Melancon, Pittsburgh, 43;Rosenthal, St Louis, 42; Familia, New York,38; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; FrRodriguez,Milwaukee, 34; Casilla, San Francisco, 32;Jansen, Los Angeles, 31.

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