UNDATED (AP) — The New York Yankees picked up their 13th consecutive win and stayed four games behind the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. Giancarlo Stanton homered for a fourth straight game, Aaron Judge hit a three-run shot as the Yankees blasted the Oakland Athletics, 8-2. The Rays earned their sixth consecutive victory as Shane McClanahan won his fifth straight start and Mike Zunino (zoo-NEE'-noh) hit a three-run homer in a 6-3 downing of Baltimore.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Houston Astros erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to turn a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 victory against the Texas Rangers. Michael Brantley hit a tying, two-run single when he was the sixth consecutive Houston batter to reach base at the start of the inning. Jake Meyers had a two-run double and Yuli Gurriel (YOO’-lee gur-ee-EHL’) supplied the tiebreaking run with an RBI grounder, allowing the AL West leaders to move 6 1/2 games ahead of the A’s.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox surrendered six runs in the top of the first, then took the lead with an eight-run third in a 17-13 win over the Cubs. Yasmani Grandal (yahs-MAH’-nee grahn-DAHL’) returned to the White Sox’s lineup with vengeance, homering twice and tying a career high with eight RBIs to help the AL Central leaders move 10 games ahead of Cleveland. Patrick Wisdom homered twice and drove in four runs for the North Siders on his 30th birthday.

UNDATED (AP) — Atlanta continues to lead the NL East by 5 1/2 games over Philadelphia after Jorge Soler (soh-LEHR') slammed a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning of the Braves' 6-5 comeback over San Francisco. Joc Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out after Wilmer Flores led off the ninth with a homer to get San Francisco within a run. Joc Pederson made a leaping catch at the wall for the final out after Wilmer Flores led off the ninth with a homer to get San Francisco within a run. Jean Segura singled with one out in the 11th inning to give the second-place Phillies a 7-6 triumph versus Arizona.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers still trail the NL West by 2 1/2 games over the Giants after losing for just the third time in 19 games. C.J. Cron hit a mammoth, tiebreaking home run leading off the sixth inning of Colorado's 4-2 verdict over the Dodgers. Cron sent a 482-foot shot off Andre Jackson over the Dodgers bullpen in left field for his major league-leading 30th RBI this month.

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