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Max Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers won their appeal on a wild play, and Joe Nathan escaped a ninth-inning jam to hold off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Sa ... ay and boost their AL Central lead.
The Tigers increased their edge to 2 1/2 games over the Royals in the AL Central. Kansas City got some help when the Astros beat the Mariners, 10-1, and the Phillies topped the A's, 3-0. The Royals and Athletics are separated by 1/2 game in the wild card.
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Detroit, seeking its fourth straight division title, has won 13 of 18 against the Royals this year, including eight of nine at Kauffman Stadium.
Scherzer (17-5) outpitched James Shields (14-8). The Royals put two runners on against Nathan, but he retired Nori Aoki and pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez on grounders for his 33th save in 40 tries.
It was 1-all in the sixth when a line drive and a wild throw led to an appeal to s and a pair of umpire discu sions that wound up ruling a Royals runner had left third base too soon.
In Oakland,Jerome Williams beat the Athletics for the third time this season with three different teams.Freddy Galvis hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against Dan Otero (8-2). Marlon Byrd added an RBI single in the eighth.
In Houston,Seattle starter Chris Young got hit hard and the Mariners mi sed a chance to move up in the AL playoff race, yielding five home runs.
In the NL wild card race, the race for the top two spots remained tight as the Giants dropped a 3-2 decision to the Padres while Patrick Beverley Jersey the Pirates fell to the Brewers, 1-0. Milwaukee is 3 1/2 games behind in the standings.
In the Brewers' win, Elian Herrera sprinted home on Logan Schafer's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.The Brewers overcame the ejection of starting pitcher Matt Garza and won for just the second time Montrezl Harrell Jersey in their last 13 road games. Pittsburgh had won five in a row.
Zach Duke (5-1), a former All-Star with the Pirates, picked up the victory after getting the final out of the eighth. Francisco Rodriguez worked a perfect ninth for his 43rd save of the season and 347th of his career, moving him into a tie with Randy Myers for 10th on the all-time list.
In San Diego,Andrew Cashner pitched brilliantly into the ninth inning and kept the Giants from gaining ground on the NL West-leading Dodgers, who lost earlier in the day to the Cubs, 8-7.The Giants remain 3 1/2 games behind the Dodgers.
Cashner (5-7) took a two-hit shutout into the ninth before allowing Hunter Pence's 20th home run, a leadoff drive to left on a 1-0 pitch. Joe Panik followed with a single to left to chase Cashner, who threw 106 pitches. He struck out seven Jerome Robinson Jersey and walked one.
Sa ... ay's other key games:
Cubs 8, Dodgers 7:Chris Coghlan hit two homers, including the go-ahead two-run drive off Brian Wilson in the eighth inning, and the Cubs rallied to beat the Dodgers.
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 3:Jose Bautista hit his eighth homer of the year against New York, Marcus Stroman pitched six gritty innings and the Blue Jays ended a season-worst six-game skid to beat the Yankees and keep their faint playoff hopes alive.
Indians 7, Twins 3:Yan Gomes homered and drove in four runs to help the Indians advance in the AL wild-card race
MAGIC NUMBERS
Detroit, 7; St. Louis, 5; Los Angeles, 5.
AL CENTRAL
Detroit, 86-68, ---
Kansas City, 83-70, 2.5 GB
Cleveland, 80-74, 6GB
AL WILD CARD
Oakland, 84-70, +0.5
Kansas City, 83-70, ---
Seattle, 83-71, 0.5GB
Cleveland, 80-74, 3.5 GB
New York, 79-75, 5.5 GB
NL CENTRAL
St. Louis, 87-68, ---
Pittsburgh, 83-71, 3.5 GB
Milwaukee Louis Williams Jersey , 80-75, 7GB
NL WEST
Los Angeles, 88-67, ---
San Francisco, 84-70, 3.5 GB
NL WILD CARD
San Francisco, 84-70, +1
Pittsburgh, 83-71, ---
Milwaukee, 80-75, 3.5 GB
SUNDAY'S KEY GAMES
American League
Toronto (Hutchison 10-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 12-4), 1:05 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 15-11) at Kansas City (Guthrie 11-11), 2:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 16-9) at Minnesota (Swarzak 3-1), 2:10 p.m.
Seattle (Iwakuma 14-8) at Houston (McHugh 10-9), 2:10 p.m.
National League
Milwaukee (W.Peralta 16-10) at Pittsburgh (Worley 7-4), 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-6) at Atlanta (E.Santana 14-9), 1:35 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (J.Wright 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Ja.Turner 5-10), 2:20 p.m.
Arizona (Miley 8-11) at Colorado (Bergman 2-4), 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-11) at San Diego (Kennedy 11-13), 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Simon 14-10) at St. Louis (Lynn 15-9), 8:05 p.m.
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Philadelphia (A.Burnett 8-17) at Oakland (Kazmir 14-9), 4:05 p.m.
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