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¦ Angels: DH Albert Pujols hit his 623rd career homer and tied Hall of Famer Stan Musial for seventh on the career-RBI list with 1,951, helping the Angels beat the Twins 2-1 after a fourhour rain delay Saturday. The team announced Pujols is sending the ball he hit, his jersey and bat to Musial’s family. LHP Tyler Skaggs matched his season high with eight strikeouts while throwing seven innings.
¦ Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg, who left Friday’s start after two innings, will go on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, manager Dave Martinez said. He said there was no timetable for Strasburg’s return.
Strasburg, who underwent an MRI on Saturday morning, has been on the DL six times over the last four seasons.
¦ Brewers: Ji-Man Choi hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning, and 1B Jesus Aguilar and 2B Jonathan Villar also went deep for the Brewers in a 12-3 victory over the Phillies.
Aguilar added a double and finished with three RBIs and Christian Yelich had three hits for the Brewers, who have outscored the Phillies 24-7 in the series’ first two games to keep hold of first place in the National League Central.
¦ Yankees: OF Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Yankees beat the Mets 4-3 for their sixth straight win in the Subway Series.
2B Gleyber Torres and 3B Miguel Andujar also went deep for the Yankees. ... RHP Masahiro Tanaka was put on the 10-day DL, a day after he strained both hamstrings running the bases.
¦ Astros: OF George Springer hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and the Astros overcame a wild start from RHP Charlie Morton to beat the Rangers 4-3. Morton tied an American League record with four hit batters and had a career-high six walks as the Astros allowed 10 walks, but the Rangers tied a club record for nine innings by stranding 17 runners. That figure is also the majors’ highest for a nine-inning game this season.
¦ Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg, who left Friday’s start after two innings, will go on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, manager Dave Martinez said. He said there was no timetable for Strasburg’s return.
Strasburg, who underwent an MRI on Saturday morning, has been on the DL six times over the last four seasons.
¦ Brewers: Ji-Man Choi hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth inning, and 1B Jesus Aguilar and 2B Jonathan Villar also went deep for the Brewers in a 12-3 victory over the Phillies.
Aguilar added a double and finished with three RBIs and Christian Yelich had three hits for the Brewers, who have outscored the Phillies 24-7 in the series’ first two games to keep hold of first place in the National League Central.
¦ Yankees: OF Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning and the Yankees beat the Mets 4-3 for their sixth straight win in the Subway Series.
2B Gleyber Torres and 3B Miguel Andujar also went deep for the Yankees. ... RHP Masahiro Tanaka was put on the 10-day DL, a day after he strained both hamstrings running the bases.
¦ Astros: OF George Springer hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and the Astros overcame a wild start from RHP Charlie Morton to beat the Rangers 4-3. Morton tied an American League record with four hit batters and had a career-high six walks as the Astros allowed 10 walks, but the Rangers tied a club record for nine innings by stranding 17 runners. That figure is also the majors’ highest for a nine-inning game this season.
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