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LOS ANGELES DODGERS' CHASE UTLEY (26) slides home to score a run against Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, left, on a single by Adrian Gonzalez during the third inning of a baseball game on Thursday in Washington.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS’ CHASE UTLEY (26) slides home to score a run against Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, left, on a single by Adrian Gonzalez during the third inning of a baseball game on Thursday in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justin Turner homered twice and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended Stephen Strasburg’s undefeated streak by beating the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Thursday.

Turner hit his 16th and 17th home runs, a two-run shot off Strasburg in the first and a three-run shot off the right-hander in the third, to set a career high.

Howie Kendrick extended his hitting streak to 13 games, and Adrian Gonzalez also drove in a run for the Dodgers. They beat the Nationals for the fifth time in six games this season.

Strasburg (13-1) lost for the first time since Sept. 9, ending a run of 16 consecutive winning decisions. Making it through the sixth, he allowed a season-high six earned runs and seven hits — all in the first three innings — and struck out 10.

Orioles 4, Yankees 1

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NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Tillman tied for the major league lead with his 14th victory, pitching four-hit ball for seven innings and helping depleted Baltimore avert a four-game sweep at Yankee Stadium.

The Orioles had lost four straight overall, costing them their lead in the AL East.

Cardinals 6, Padres 5

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Aledmys

Diaz’s walk-off single in the ninth inning gave St. Louis a comeback victory over San Diego.

St. Louis scored four runs — the last three on Stephen Piscotty’s homer — to tie it in the eighth and went on to its first four-game series sweep at home since beating Colorado on Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2010.

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Pirates 5, Brewers 3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Francisco Liriano took another step toward putting his season-long control issues behind him, striking out 13 in Pittsburgh’s victory over Milwaukee.

Liriano (6-9) gave up three runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings and didn’t issue a walk for just the second time in 19 starts. The left-hander entered the game having issued a major league-high 62 walks.

Rockies 7, Braves 3

DENVER (AP) — Carlos Gonzalez hit a three-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning, Chad Bettis threw efficiently into the seventh and Colorado topped Atlanta,

Gonzalez lined a 97 mph fastball from Mike Foltynewicz (3-4) over the fence in right-center. It was Gonzalez’s 20th homer of the season.

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Marlins 9, Phillies 3

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tom Koehler pitched eight strong innings, Ichiro Suzuki moved within four hits of 3,000 for his career and Miami pounded out 16 hits against Philadelphia.

Christian Yelich homered, and the Marlins won three of four over the Phillies to cap a seven-game road trip at 5-2. Miami moved 1 1/2 games ahead of idle New York for the second NL wild-card spot.

Rays 7, Athletics 3

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tim Beckham homered and then sparked a four-run inning with his eighth straight hit over three games to lead the Rays to a victory over the Athletics.

He followed up a five-hit game in Colorado on Wednesday by hitting a solo homer in the second against Sonny Gray (4-9) and then adding a leadoff single in the big fifth inning that gave Tampa Bay the lead for good.

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Tigers 2, White Sox 1,

7 innings

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Kinsler hit his 20th home run, Miguel Cabrera added his 19th and the Tigers beat the struggling White Sox in a game that was called after more than a two-hour rain delay in the seventh inning on Thursday.

A heavy downpour before the bottom of the seventh sent players and umpires running for cover. And after two hours, five minutes the game was finally called.


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