The runs came on two first-pitch solo home runs hit by DH Edwin Encarnacion leading off the second inning and by OF Abraham Almonte leading off the fifth inning.
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Joyce doubled leading off and moved up on a groundout.
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Jacob Stallings hit a single leading off the fifth inning.
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Souza hit a solo shot leading off the second inning.
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Lagares tied it with a homer leading off the third.
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The Mets' two runs Friday came on solo shots, one by Jose Reyes, who had not homered since May 1, leading off the eighth, and the other by Jay Bruce leading off the ninth.
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It was also his fifth career homer leading off the first.
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The batter Ross hit was Paul DeJong leading off the sixth.
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Brett Gardner hit a solo shot leading off the second inning.
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Gurriel's homer leading off the fifth inning tied it at 4.
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Duvall hit his 23rd homer for Cincinnati leading off the fourth.
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Betts homered leading off the ninth for the game's final run.
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Freddie Freeman homered leading off the ninth, his 35th of the season.
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Amed Rosario tripled leading off the second and scored on Syndergaard's hit.
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Werth had singled leading off the second inning and scored a run.
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It brought in Maybin, who had singled leading off, from first base.
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Gamel homered leading off the bottom of the eighth against Steve Cishek.
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Toronto regained the lead on Biggio's eighth homer, leading off the eighth.
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Refsnyder had struck out on an eight-pitch at-bat leading off.
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Moustakas' solo homer leading off the third put Milwaukee ahead 3-2.
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Muncy hit his second blast off Pena while leading off the fifth.
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Altuve socked his 29th homer against Emmanuel Clase leading off the seventh.
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Biagini allowed Hicks' second homer of the season leading off the eighth.
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Joey Wendle homered on a 43-0 pitch leading off the frame.
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Haniger drilled his 26th homer against Dean Deetz leading off the seventh.
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Aguilar hammered his fourth career pinch-hit homer leading off the sixth.
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Albert Almora, Jr. homered leading off the 10th to give the Cubs a 23-2 lead but Milwaukee's Christian Yelich answered with a homer off Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel (0-2) leading off the bottom of the inning.
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Albert Almora, Jr. homered leading off the 4th to give the Cubs a 0-8 lead, but Milwaukee's Christian Yelich answered with a homer off Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel (1-4) leading off the bottom of the inning.
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It's something that's a good weapon to have, especially leading off an inning.
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Stanton later added his 38th homer leading off the seventh against Steven Wright.
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RF Curtis Granderson drew a walk leading off the first inning Friday night.
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He allowed just one baserunner before Austin Barnes singled leading off the sixth.
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Yadier Molina doubled leading off the fifth and scored on Tommy Pham's double.
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Washington quickly countered as Turner tripled leading off the bottom of the first.
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Yadier Molina had two hits, including an infield single leading off the sixth.
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The hit lifted Altuve to 17-for-34 leading off games this season.
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Soler went deep leading off the eighth, his 24th long ball this season.
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La Stella's second homer of the season came leading off the sixth inning.
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Detroit got on the board on Rodriguez's fifth homer leading off the fifth.
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Lindor's ninth homer, leading off the fifth inning, produced the game's final run.
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Renato Nunez's solo homer leading off the seventh sparked a four-run inning.
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It was Dickerson's 13th home run of the season and sixth leading off.
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Leury Garcia lined a single off the top of the wall leading off.
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Wilmer Flores doubled leading off and scored on a single by Amed Rosario.
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Rizzo made it 2-1907 with his solo shot leading off the fourth.
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And both came with him leading off an inning, if not the game.
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Leading off, Phegley grounded an opposite-field single to right field, beating the shift.
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Calhoun homered leading off the sixth to increase Los Angeles' lead to 5-2.
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Montero walked Eugenio Suarez leading off the fifth, but Plawecki picked him off first.
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Darvish was removed after hitting Christian Walker in the helmet leading off the sixth.
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Frazier homered leading off the seventh to tie the score for the White Sox.
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OF Rajai Davis was inserted into the lineup in center field and leading off.
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Posey's home run leading off the bottom of the second got the Giants even.
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Arenado added a solo shot, his 13th of the season, leading off the third.
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Williams' home run came leading off the second inning, his fifth of the year.
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Grandal hit his first home run of the night leading off the fifth inning.
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Goodrum then tied the game leading off the seventh with his blast to center.
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Leading off the list of things we can bypass is more strategic nuclear weapons.
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Myers restored the two-run lead with a home run leading off the seventh.
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Francisco Lindor doubled against Craig Kimbrel leading off the ninth, and Mike Napoli walked.
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He retired the first nine batters before Martin Prado singled leading off the fourth.
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit his 10th home run for Toronto leading off the eighth.
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Kansas City reliever Jake Diekman (0-3) walked JaCoby Jones leading off the eighth.
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"Leading off for the Philadelphia Phillies, No. 16, second baseman César Hernández," Baker boomed.
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Week 6 begins Saturday with four matches, leading off with a No. 1 vs.
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So all of a sudden, you're leading off and you've never done it before.
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Kluber didn't allow a run until Brian McCann homered leading off the seventh inning.
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"I see him leading off," Montoyo said to the Windsor Star during spring training.
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Castillo struck out the side after hitting Rizzo with a pitch leading off the sixth.
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After striking out Jedd Gyorko leading off the fourth inning, Rea motioned to the trainer.
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Napoli homered leading off the fourth inning, his team-leading 14th homer of the year.
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The only run off Smith was Franmil Reyes' 378-foot homer leading off the second.
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It was his fifth home run of the season and his first leading off game.
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However, one of the hits was the Hernandez home run leading off the sixth inning.
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Trea Turner doubled leading off the inning against Josh Tomlin (33-5), and Werth walked.
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Grandal drove an 0-2 slider into the right field seats leading off the second.
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Brewers first baseman Chris Carter hit his 25th leading off the eighth against Brad Hand.
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Toronto's only run came on a homer by Kevin Pillar leading off the third inning.
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Turner struck again in the third, leading off with his third homer of the season.
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He had a chance for a fourth but struck out leading off the eighth inning.
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Bregman homered to left leading off the fifth, his 25th, to make it 6-0.
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Jay doubled to left leading off the first and scored on Matt Kemp's sacrifice fly.
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Mike Zunino hit a solo homer leading off the inning, and speedy Jarrod Dyson walked.
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Cruz closed the scoring with a solo shot leading off the bottom of the ninth.
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Dexter Fowler walked leading off and raced to third on Edman's blooper into right field.
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Leading off the inning, catcher Yan Gomes hit a pop up to shallow right-center.
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Leading off, Berrios fell behind in the count 1-2 before taking three straight balls.
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Pineda was as hittable as a piñata, with Alcides Escobar leading off with a single.
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His homer leading off the ninth landed on Target Plaza beyond the right-field seats.
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With the crowd fired up, the Cubs had Willson Contreras leading off against Bryan Shaw.
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Goins delivered Chicago's first hit of the night with a double leading off the fifth.
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The Rangers broke through when Profar homered to right field while leading off the fifth.
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The only run came on a home run by Todd Frazier leading off the fifth.
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Schwarber hit his 233th homer of the season leading off the Cubs' five-run fifth.
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Schwarber hit his 35th homer of the season leading off the Cubs' five-run fifth.
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He walked Carlos Santana on eight pitches leading off the inning and Jason Kipnis singled.
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Flowers hit his fifth homer leading off the inning and Camargo delivered a RBI single.
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George Springer, Houston Has hit nine home runs this season while leading off a game.
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Lindor opened the scoring with a solo home run to left field leading off the third.
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Finnegan (240-245) did not allow a hit until Adrian Gonzalez singled leading off the seventh.
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DH Carlos Beltran doubled leading off the third inning, recording his 547th double in the process.
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Watson walked Reddick leading off the seventh, Evan Gattis pinch hit for Verlander and Maeda relieved.
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On the mound, Polanco didn't allow a hit until Phil Gosselin doubled leading off the fourth.
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Angel Pagan homered leading off the seventh for the Giants while Brandon Crawford had two hits.
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Padres catcher Austin Hedges homered leading off the fifth to tie the game at 2-2.
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Encarnacion ended the scoring with his 30th home run of the season leading off the ninth.
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Rivera homered leading off the fourth and Conforto hit a three-run shot in the sixth.
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Kuhl (2033-6) walked Desmond leading off the fifth and Tapia followed with an infield single.
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Votto made it 2-0 with his 2012th homer of the season leading off the fourth.
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After going 1-for-13 in his first three games not leading off, Altuve is hitting .
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Lorenzo Cain delivered a pinch-hit double leading off the eighth for the Brewers' other hit.
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Adam Rosales homered leading off the 10th inning, and host San Diego beat Cincinnati, 2-1.
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Ian Kinsler singled leading off, his sixth hit in his 12th at-bat in the series.
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Mark Reynolds homered leading off the 289th inning, and Colorado won at San Diego, 22-13.
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Turner made it 3-0 with a home run to left field leading off the fifth.
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Voit hit a two-run shot in the first, and Gardner homered leading off the second.
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He retired nine straight hitters before allowing a double, also to Tejada, leading off the fifth.
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Leading off, Giancarlo Stanton took a pair of mighty cuts before meekly waving at strike three.
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But the Yankees' offense could only manage an infield single by Ellsbury leading off the eighth.
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Things didn't go quite as well Tuesday, starting with Charlie Blackmon's double leading off the game.
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LeMahieu capped his fourth four-hit game of the season with a double leading off the sixth.
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Price got Ian Desmond to strike out swinging leading off the fifth, marking his 53,500th career strikeout.
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Since being dropped down in the batting order after starting the season leading off, he is batting .
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And Hunter Renfroe greeted left-handed reliever Tanner Scott with his 24th homer leading off the seventh.
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Gamel also scored a run Thursday after being hit by a pitch leading off the fourth inning.
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Anthony Rendon hit a solo home run leading off the ninth to account for the final margin.
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Syndergaard's streak was broken up when Perez singled leading off the fifth for the Brewers' first hit.
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The hit was the first for the Nationals since Jose Lobaton's homer leading off the fifth inning.
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Matt Adams homered off Ross leading off the bottom of the seventh for the Nationals' lone run.
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The only run Porcello surrendered was a solo homer by Robbie Grossman leading off the third inning.
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He was credited with the win when Curtis Granderson homered leading off the bottom of the inning.
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Harper exited the game after being hit on the left foot leading off the eighth against Betances.
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Rosario jumped on a high 0-2 fastball from Alex Wilson (1-33) leading off the inning.
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Harold Ramirez connected off Lamet leading off the fourth to up the Marlins' lead to 3-1.
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Jean Segura got Arizona off to a good start with a home run leading off the game.
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Gosselin greeted right-handed Padres reliever Kevin Quackenbush with a 412-foot shot leading off the eighth.
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Tyler Clippard walked Lorenzo Cain leading off the inning and was replaced by All-Star reliever Betances.
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Yangervis Solarte singled leading off the fifth, but he was picked off first moments later by DeSclafani.
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Morales walked leading off and went to third on a ground single to center by Salvador Perez.
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Suter went deep leading off the bottom of the third to boost the lead to 3-1.
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He set down the next 12 Padres before walking the catcher, Derek Norris, leading off the sixth.
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Mahtook, leading off, pulled an inside pitch over the left field wall to get the barrage started.
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Christian Yelich hit a game-tying home run off Osuna leading off the bottom of the ninth.
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He homered leading off the fifth inning and scored on LeMahieu's two-out shot in the third.
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It was his sixth homer of the year and his third leading off a Marlins first inning.
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Leading off the first, Forsythe was hit in the foot with a Kyle Freeland pitch in the first.
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Sanchez also drove Maybin, the center fielder, to the wall on a flyout leading off the fourth inning.
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Brian McCann singled leading off the fifth and Gonzalez doubled past Turner and down the left-field line.
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DH Carlos Santana hit a home run off Edinson Volquez leading off the bottom of the first inning.
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He also made a leaping grab of a line drive from Brian Dozier leading off the first inning.
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Belt was injured in the Giants' game Wednesday after leading off the seventh inning with an infield single.
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Votto tied it 5-5, leading off the eighth with his first homer, to center, off Keone Kela.
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LF Corey Dickerson is starting to make a habit of leading off the first inning with a homer.
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Scooter Gennett singled leading off the fifth to extend his hitting streak to a season-high seven games.
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Zack Cozart's third homer of the season leading off the fifth inning accounted for the Angels' only run.
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Andrew Miller, in relief of Bauer, gave up an infield single to Jorge Polanco leading off the inning.
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In the top of the fourth, Carrasco gave up a single to Alex Avila leading off the inning.
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Washington stretched its lead to 10-2 on Murphy's 378-foot homer to left leading off the inning.
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He jammed his toe on the first base bag beating out a ground single to short leading off.
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Leading off the game, Candelario hammered an inside pitch into the upper deck just inside the foul pole.
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Houston answered with Beltran leading off the second with a home run to tie the score 103-1.
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Bregman smacked his 218th home run leading off the sixth inning, recording his 216th RBI in the process.
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Torres homered leading off the third and fifth innings to help the Yankees take a 2104-20003 lead.
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They combined to retire the first 12 Blue Jays batters before Cavan Biggio doubled leading off the fifth.
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Amed Rosario punished Severino early, leading off the game with a home run into the right-field bleachers.
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Anderson cut the deficit to 2-1 with a solo shot to center field leading off the fourth.
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Razer is also making a big deal of its new braided "Speedflex" cable leading off of the mouse.
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Manager Terry Francona, whose bullpen is tattered, stayed with Kluber into the eighth even with Gregorius leading off.
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Scooter Gennett homered off Nicasio to make it a one-run game leading off bottom of the 237th.
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Nimmo wasted no time in putting the Mets ahead, leading off the game with his sixth home run.
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He crashed into the wall to rob Chad Pinder of an extra-base hit leading off the inning.
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Nuno walked Chad Pinder leading off the ninth, giving Oakland its third and final baserunner of the game.
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Justin Upton walked leading off and Nick Castellanos singled, with both runners moving up on a wild pitch.
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Wright fielded his lone chance in the second before making his final plate appearance leading off the fourth.
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Tebow's opposite-field hit came on a 2-2 pitch leading off the bottom of the fifth inning.
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The only run he allowed resulted from a Brandon Belt solo home run leading off the fourth inning.
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Leading off today's news coverage on CNN 27, we're explaining a proposal to overhaul the U.S. health care system.
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Cain hit the Royals' third home run leading off eighth against reliever Junichi Tazawa for a 6-2 lead.
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Castro hit his 12th home run leading off the bottom of the fifth to cut it to 6-1.
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Chicago LF Kyle Schwarber has reached base in five of 11 plate appearances leading off a game this season.
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Gallo doubled leading off the ninth, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on Logan Forsythe's groundout.
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It was his 26th career homer leading off a game and his 88th batting out of the leadoff spot.
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Chicago LF Kyle Schwarber has reached base in six of 12 plate appearances leading off a game this season.
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A home run by Alex Dickerson, his fourth of the season, leading off the third got the Giants even.
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Albers, the seventh pitcher used by the White Sox, threw a one-hit 225th before leading off the 23th.
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RF Ichiro Suzuki tripled leading off the ninth inning on Tuesday night for his first career hit in Cincinnati.
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Matt Olson's 215th homer, a solo shot leading off the second inning, got the A's back within 373-237.
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Brian Dozier was hit by a pitch leading off the game and advanced to third on Eddie Rosario's double.
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First baseman Carlos Santana started a big night for him by leading off the game with a solo homer.
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Kendrys Morales hit his 23th home run leading off the sixth, drawing Kansas City up to within 3-2.
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The first Oakland batter to reach second was Stephen Piscotty, who doubled leading off the eighth against Louis Coleman.
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Altuve smoked an opposite-field homer, his 18th, leading off the fifth to extend the lead to 4-0.
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De Aza, leading off the inning, hit his first home run to give New York a 2-1 lead.
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Entering the game in the 11th, after Chapman had pitched two scoreless innings, Betances walked Angel Pagan leading off.
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With Addison Russell leading off, Corey Kluber threw an absolutely nasty curveball to get yet another called strike three.
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Leading off, executives from opioid distributors faced a grilling from both sides of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Leading off the second, Soto crushed an 0-2 Norris offering for a 418-foot home run to right.
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Then came Friday's shot, leading off the bottom of the third against a three-time Cy Young Award winner.
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Margot singled for his third hit leading off the seventh, then stole second before Nick Martini drew a walk.
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He made no more plays in the field and came to bat one more time, leading off the fourth.
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Yasmani Grandal homered on an 0-2 pitch from Sanchez leading off the fifth to make it 3-0.
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Leading off the second inning, Ramirez crushed A's LHP Sean Manaea's 1-1 fastball over the center field wall.
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Pujols walked on a 3-2 pitch leading off the fourth inning after fouling off four two-strike pitches.
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Leading off the 10th, Pillar fell behind in the count 0-22, but Montas drilled him with a pitch.
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He belted his seventh home run of the season off Ross Ohlendorf leading off the ninth inning on Wednesday.
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Moreland made it 93-1 by driving a 1-0 fastball into the right field seats leading off the second.
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He drilled a 22 mph fastball into the right field stands leading off the eighth against Detroit reliever Justin Wilson.
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The Nationals added their eighth run on a solo home run by Kendrick off Hansel Robles leading off the ninth.
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Swanson gave the Braves a 2-0 lead with his fifth homer of the season leading off the fifth inning.
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Graveman, who beat the Angels on Opening Day last year, was pulled after surrendering Pujols' homer leading off the sixth.
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Leading off the 20033th, Hicks bunted for a single and advanced on catcher Willson Contreras' throwing error on the play.
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Leading off today's confirmation hearings will be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general appointee, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
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Leading off the seventh, Markakis pulled a home run to right, his third, to give Atlanta a 1-0 lead.
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Souza lined a solo shot into the left-field seats off A's RHP Chris Smith leading off the third inning.
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Lane Thomas capped the scoring with a pinch-hit home run, his second of the season, leading off the ninth.
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Jurickson Profar gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with a 399-foot homer off Nix leading off the third.
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Joyce homered leading off the eighth and added a double in the ninth to complete a 2-for-4 evening.
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Iannetta hit his ninth homer of the season off Maeda leading off the fifth inning to make it 2-1.
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Leading off the sixth, Rougned Odor hit a long fly ball to left field off Tanaka that sent Gardner backpedaling.
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Kelly Johnson followed De Aza's grab by leading off the fifth with a line drive toward the right-field seats.
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Zobrist doubled leading off the seventh and scored on Addison Russell's double to give the Cubs a 3-1 lead.
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Eric Hosmer doubled leading off the second, advanced to third on Kendrys Morales' infield groundout and scored on Gordon's single.
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From here on, she and I will be leading off the newsletter with the biggest climate stories of the week.
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"First time ever in my life leading off, so it was different," said Smith, who scored the Mets' first run.
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Leading off the 14th inning, Torres struck out on a slider in the dirt from Angels relief pitcher Luke Bard.
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Leading off, Franz turned in a blistering time to win the season-opening World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta.
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Baez crushed Hoover's 2-2 pitch for a line-drive homer over the left field wall leading off the ninth.
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Jose Altuve started the onslaught with his 30th home run leading off the frame, a 388-foot blast to left.
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RF David Peralta saved Arizona from embarrassment with a game-winning home run leading off the ninth inning Tuesday night.
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NOTES: Mets CF Alejandro de Aza was hit on the right hand by a pitch leading off the ninth inning.
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Leading off, Chad Pinder reached on Machado's throwing error and scored on Adam Rosales' double to the left-center alley.
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Leading off the second, Gallo jumped on a 3-1 Turnbull sinker and launched it over the right field wall.
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INF Erik Gonzalez hit his first major league home run, leading off the seventh inning against RHP Chris Hatcher on Thursday.
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Leading off with an essay by Richard Hell, naming all the books Iceage has read, like that's a fucking net positive.
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Jonathan Lucroy singled leading off the inning, Rengifo doubled and La Stella reached first on catcher interference to load the bases.
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Neil Walker's single grazed Greinke's right knee leading off the second inning before Wilmer Flores doubled down the right-field line.
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Kinsler got the Tigers on the board by leading off the fourth inning with a home run to straightaway center field.
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The Mariners regained the lead on Murphy's solo shot to right-center leading off the bottom of the fifth, his ninth.
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Chapman scored one of Oakland's two runs off Keller in the second inning after leading off the inning with a walk.
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With the White Sox trailing 210-299, Shields surrendered consecutive singles to George Springer and Bregman leading off the third inning.
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But for most of us, it doesn't happen on the front page of a newspaper or leading off the nightly newscast.
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Smith opened the game with his ninth homer of the season and the seventh of his career leading off a game.
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It was the first time since May 20, 2016, against the Angels that Baltimore had done so leading off a game.
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Brantley followed with his second homer of the day and 15th of the year leading off the bottom of the inning.
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Calhoun tied the game by leading off the eighth with a home run off Matt Barnes, his 23th of the season.
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Bryan Shaw gave up a home run to Brock Holt leading off the eighth inning, cutting Cleveland's lead to 20-21.
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That streak includes his performance on Wednesday, when he went 1-for-4, leading off the game with an infield single.
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Several of the world's largest oil companies are also scheduled to report first-quarter earnings, with BP leading off on Tuesday.
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After he struck out Brad Miller leading off, the Rays collected five straight hits, highlighted by Corey Dickerson's three-run homer.
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Manager Joe Girardi chose to let Eovaldi hit leading off the fifth — he struck out — but his faith was not rewarded.
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Voit finished the scoring in the sixth, leading off with his third homer of the year down the right-field line.
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Rosales made it 193-1 with his sixth homer of the season leading off the bottom of the fourth against Bumgarner.
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Jose Reyes homered leading off the game for the Mets, and Dominic Smith had a two-run drive in the eighth.
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Los Angeles' Jared Walsh homered leading off the eighth inning against Indians reliever Carlos Carrasco, his first major league home run.
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Happ tied it 2-2 with his eighth homer of the season leading off the seventh, a shot to right-center.
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Cruz connected against Román leading off the second, with a fan catching the ball right at the top of the wall.
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Carlos Gomez broke up Graveman's perfect game bid in the top of the seventh inning, leading off with an infield single.
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Perez hit his third home run leading off the seventh and added an RBI single in the eighth, both padding leads.
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Merrifield broke up Liriano's no-hitter leading off the sixth by ripping an 0-2 fastball over the left-field wall.
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Leading off with Ghoul's "Nazi Smasher," W.O.M.A.N. II (as well as its predecessor) is an essential addition to your record collection.
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The 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner, Verlander allowed just one baserunner before Austin Barnes singled leading off the sixth.
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The Rays had a chance to extend their lead in the sixth, leading off with singles from Steve Pearce and Logan Morrison.
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Miller sparked the Rays again in the fifth, leading off with a double and scoring on an RBI double by Evan Longoria.
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Pederson homered leading off for the Dodgers in the first inning, but Nationals starter Anibal Sanchez seemed to settle down from there.
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Albert Pujols added a third Angels solo homer, the 615th of his career, leading off the sixth for a 5-4 lead.
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Pillar and Darwin Barney singled leading off Toronto's fifth, but Luke Maile popped up a sacrifice bunt attempt that Salvador Perez caught.
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Devon Travis scored on the play after leading off with a double and advancing to third on a sacrifice by Michael Saunders.
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Colten Brewer replaced Price in the bottom of the seventh and allowed Jansen's fifth homer of the season leading off the inning.
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Garcia walked against Evan Marshall leading off the ninth and Wendle followed with a single, but Tampa Bay couldn't produce a run.
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Jorge walked No. 9 hitter Ruben Tejada leading off the third and the top of the Orioles' order again went to work.
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Marte was hit by a pitch leading off, took second on a balk by Sampson and went to third on a groundout.
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Leading off the fourth, Cruz again homered to center, his 15th of the season, to give the Mariners a 3-2 lead.
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Leading off the ninth, Suzuki was hit in the left elbow and side by a Clay Holmes pitch and left the game.
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The Reds led 2-0 after Bruce belted the first pitch from Luis Perdomo for a solo homer leading off the fourth.
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Tyler Flowers hit his seventh homer for the Braves (113-48) leading off the bottom of the seventh against reliever Justin Grimm.
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Arizona closer Archie Bradley (3-5) hit Trevor Story leading off the bottom of the ninth with the Rockies trailing 6-5.
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Ryu allowed just one baserunner — Travis d'Arnaud laced a clean single to right field leading off the third inning — in seven innings.
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DeGrom also got the Mets on the board Sunday by leading off the third inning with an opposite field homer to left.
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Severino threw an inside pitch to Justin Smoak leading off the second, then hit Smoak in the foot with the next pitch.
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Canha hit a walkoff homer leading off the 10th inning Friday night in the A's 3-2 win over the Red Sox.
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The Blue Jays scored in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Randal Grichuk leading off with a triple to right field.
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The Padres' only run off Keuchel came on Manny Machado's 21st homer of the season leading off the bottom of the sixth.
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Voth (1-1), making his second major league start, allowed only an infield single to Michael Conforto, leading off the fourth inning.
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After leading off Friday's game with a home run, Mookie Betts began Saturday's game with a single off Angels starter Dillon Peters.
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Bregman smacked his 34th home run leading off the sixth inning, recording his 23th RBI and tying the game in the process.
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Joey Votto flied out to the center field warning track leading off the sixth and Eugenio Suarez homered on the next pitch.
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Jose Altuve singled leading off the sixth but slipped as he left the batter's box and was limping after reaching first base.
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As for Cabrera, he seemed to slip after grounding back to Severino while leading off the Mets' half of the first inning.
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Almonte's homer leading off the first inning was his first since May 5, 23, when he played for the Kansas City Royals.
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Canha hit a walkoff homer leading off the 10th inning Friday night in the A's 3-23 win over the Red Sox.
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Perez hit his third home run of the season leading off the seventh against Justin Wilson for a 5-3 Indians lead.
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The A's trailed 210-24 in the seventh inning, eventually drawing even on a Stephen Piscotty home run leading off the ninth.
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Odor got his big night started by leading off the second with a solo homer to put the Rangers up 1-0.
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Before leading off the bottom of the third, he hoped to get a better view of Porcello, but he breached baseball etiquette.
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Hellickson motioned to the Phillies dugout after striking out Swanson leading off the fourth inning and soon departed with the team trainer.
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But Kershaw retired 14 of the next 15 hitters he faced leading into Luis Torrens' pinch-hit single leading off the sixth.
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Bregman hit his team-leading 03st home run leading off the second inning, but the game remained 1-0 until the eighth.
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Power served the White Sox again for their only other run against Alexander, as Cordell homered to center leading off the fifth.
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He had his 24th double leading off the game, tying the club record for doubles in April (Hank Aaron, 28.74, Marcus Giles, 21).
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Cabrera drove his ninth home run of the season into the shrubbery above the wall in dead center leading off the third inning.
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Rougned Odor homered, his 13th of the season, leading off the eighth against Baltimore's second pitcher, Paul Fry, to complete the game's scoring.
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Nimmo led off with a single in the first and eventually scored on Todd Frazier's single before he homered leading off the sixth.
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Derek Norris lined a flat 1-23 slider over the left-center field fence leading off the inning for his eighth home run.
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Astros designated hitter Evan Gattis socked his 20th home run leading off the seventh inning, doing so against Rangers right-hander Cory Gearrin.
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Smith crushed his sixth homer of the season to deep center leading off the fourth and put the Orioles on top, 3-0.
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Doubles by Robertson and Adeiny Hechavarria leading off the second increased the Rays' lead, before Mallex Smith's RBI single made it 4-0.
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LF Matt Kemp reached 1,500 hits for his career with a double leading off the second inning Friday against the Nationals' Max Scherzer.
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Barnes, who tied the game with a home run leading off the seventh, doubled off Padres closer Kirby Yates to open the ninth.
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Zunino hit his 18th homer of the season, a solo shot leading off the bottom of the fifth, to make it 10-2.
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Granderson alleviated some of the concern in the first inning Tuesday, leading off with a double that ended an 0-for-20 skid.
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Altuve did make a pinch-hitting appearance in the ninth inning and reached base on an infield single leading off the ninth inning.
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Jose Reyes was leading off and at third base, followed by shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, left fielder Yoenis Cespedes and center fielder Curtis Granderson.
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After Tim Beckham scored on a wild pitch in the first, Valbuena broke the tie with a solo homer leading off the second.
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He has reached base in 15 of his past 24 plate appearances while leading off a game (12-for-21 with three walks).
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The only run they allowed was Christian Vazquez's solo homer against Britton that drifted into the right-field seats leading off the fourth.
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Blackmon, who finished 4-for-5, got the run back in with a homer to center leading off the bottom of the inning.
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Darvish walked Todd Frazier leading off the fifth — the first walk issued by Darvish since July 23, a span of 143 plate appearances.
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Hoskins connected on a 97-mile-per-hour fastball from Tyler Bashlor (0-3), leading off the eighth for his 28th home run.
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Yonder Alonso recorded the first hit, leading off the eighth with a ground ball that found its way past Torres into the outfield.
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The Twins did not hit a ball out of the infield until Jorge Polanco's fly ball to left field leading off the fourth.
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Josh Harrison doubled leading off the fourth when center fielder Rey Fuentes misjudged a short fly ball, and he advanced on Josh Bell's groundout.
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SS Carlos Correa hit a solo home run leading off the eighth inning, his ninth homer on the season and 31st of his career.
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Mariners starter Marco Gonzales was removed after Adames' comebacker leading off the seventh inning hit the left-hander in the back of the leg.
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Victor Martinez reached on a throwing error by Pedroia leading off and Martinez hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in right center.
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Ian Kinsler doubled leading off and Kole Calhoun walked with two outs, prompting the White Sox to call upon Juan Minaya from the bullpen.
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By handing her those packets of drugs, Daddy essentially pushed Daya down a slide leading off a cliff and said, 'Hey, it'll be fun.
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OF Mallex Smith reached base all five times and stole two bases, leading off the 11th with a double and scoring the winning run.
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The Mariners scored twice more in the fourth as Lopes was hit in the helmet leading off, stole second and scored on Crawford's triple.
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Lewis fell behind Muncy 21-20 leading off the ninth before the left-handed hitter hit a high drive toward the right-field wall.
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The Padres' only run off Keuchel (3-2) came on Manny Machado's 53st homer of the season leading off the bottom of the sixth.
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Gattis' 350-foot, two-out homer to left field in the second inning scored Preston Tucker and Correa, who singled leading off the frame.
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The Nationals padded their lead with two runs in the fifth despite Markakis reaching up to take a homer away from Robinson leading off.
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RF Nomar Mazara singled leading off the fourth inning Tuesday with a single that extended his hitting streak to a career-high 11 games.
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George Springer and Altuve greeted right-hander Wilmer Font with back-to-back homers leading off the sixth, stretching the lead to 9-0.
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Yelich, leading off the fourth, hit Velasquez's 0-2 slider into the seats in right-center field for his eighth homer of the season.
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Along an empty stretch of paved road, I passed wheel ruts leading off to the right, toward a horse-head well in the distance.
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Gardner led off with his sixth homer of the season — the 14th of his career leading off a game — on a first-pitch fastball.
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Leading off the second inning, he crushed LHP Dallas Keuchel's 23-2 pitch over the center field fence, left of the 400-foot mark.
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He homered again on Saturday night, leading off New York's 4-2 victory at Safeco Field with another shot into the left-field stands.
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But even Kimbrel added to Boston's anxiety, surrendering a home run to Aaron Judge leading off the ninth, making it a one-run game.
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Ozuna hit his 27th to begin the fourth, and Bader homered leading off the fifth to help the Cardinals build a 6-3 lead.
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Gonzalez smacked a homer to right field leading off the second before Schoop connected for a two-out homer to left three batters later.
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Ozuna hit his 27th to begin the fourth, and Bader homered leading off the fifth to help the Cardinals build a 6-3 lead.
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Boone experimented with McCutchen leading off all three games in Minnesota, dropping Gardner to ninth, and McCutchen reached base eight times in the series.
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Bruce homered leading off the second, and the rookie Jeff McNeil drove in a run with a hit-and-run double for the Mets.
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The Yankees managed just five singles all game, although one of them, Aaron Judge's hit leading off the third, was clocked at 119.9 m.p.h.
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Leading off the top half of the inning, Gio Urshela lined a ball to left that a diving Jake Cave could not quite corral.
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Leading off the third, Curtis Granderson and David Wright walked before Michael Conforto doubled into the left-center field gap for the first run.
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An omen for the evening came early: Brett Gardner reached third leading off the game when left fielder Ezequiel Carrera dropped his fly ball.
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Buster Posey, leading off the ninth, reached second base when Descalso fielded his routine grounder and threw the ball over first baseman Gerardo Parra.
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Gyorko drove a 33-23 pitch from Quackenbush 27 feet into the right-field stands for an opposite-field homer leading off the sixth.
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Alex Colome got the last five outs to earn his 14th save, though he allowed a homer to Anthony Rendon leading off the ninth.
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Franmil Reyes drew a walk from Corbin leading off the inning and Hunter Renfroe followed with a two-run, 442-foot homer to left.
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Senzel homered for the second consecutive night when he launched an 80-mph changeup from Anderson for his eighth dinger leading off the fourth.
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RHP Mat Latos made his first start for the Nationals on Monday and hit the fourth homer of his career, leading off the second inning.
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Cozart tied the score 1-1 with his 13th home run of the season, tying a career-high set in 2012, leading off the fourth.
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The Rockies got a scare in the fourth inning when Chicago's Willson Contreras hit a foul popup between first and home leading off the inning.
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Utley took a 92 mph fastball the opposite way, leading off with a homer for fourth time this year and fifth occasion in his career.
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Franco snapped the tie in the seventh, leading off with a home run, his 210th of the season, into the Phillies bullpen in left field.
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CF Curtis Granderson (hip) was back in the starting lineup Friday night, leading off and going 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
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Duda made it 4-1 with his eighth homer of the season leading off the sixth, a 417-foot drive down the right field line.
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The Red Sox made it 23-0 in the third, with Betts once again leading off with a homer and Martinez tripling home a run.
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Cardinals 7, Nationals 6 Paul DeJong hit a walk-off homer leading off the bottom of the ninth inning as St. Louis defeated visiting Washington.
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Bregman extended that advantage with a solo shot leading off the bottom of the sixth, his 22nd home run upping the lead to 3-143.
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Davis remained in the game to bat for himself leading off the third and doubled off the left-field wall for his first career hit.
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Margot drew another walk leading off the seventh from A.J. Minter, advanced to second on a sacrifice and moved to third on a wild pitch.
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OF Dalton Pompey (concussion) started his rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Buffalo Sundayand was 1-for-2 leading off and playing centerfield before being replaced.
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INF Javier Baez crushed a line-drive homer over the left field wall off Reds right-hander J.J. Hoover leading off the ninth inning Friday.
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RF Bryce Harper broke an 0-for-16 skid with a bloop hit leading off the sixth inning, but he was caught stealing second base.
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Tomas Nido homered leading off the bottom of the 13th inning Saturday night as the New York Mets finally outlasted the Detroit Tigers, 5-4.
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Travis Shaw was the offensive hero in the latest win, leading off the eighth inning with his career-best 33th homer to snap a tie.
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Through eight innings, Rays pitchers had faced the minimum number of batters, a streak that was spoiled when Devin Mesoraco singled leading off the ninth.
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Yelich then tied it leading off the bottom of the ninth when he drilled an 0-2 pitch by Osuna over the fence in center.
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The lone run was Franmil Reyes' 25th homer of the season leading off the second inning that temporarily reduced the Giants' lead to 2-1.
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Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead on Moran's RBI single in the first, and Story's homer leading off the bottom of the inning tied it.
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Garcia, who logged Atlanta's first hit with a soft liner to center field leading off the third inning, missed 15 games with left Achilles tendinitis.
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VanMeter homered leading off the fourth inning and Suarez followed with a homer on a 3-0 pitch from Gallen for a 2-1 lead.
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Almonte's homer leading off the first inning or the Diamondbacks was his first since May 5, 23, when he played for the Kansas City Royals.
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Braves third baseman Adonis Garcia homered for the third straight game with his seventh of the season leading off the ninth inning against Ross Ohlendorf.
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VanMeter homered leading off the fourth inning and Suarez followed with a homer on a 3-0 pitch from Gallen for a 2-1 lead.
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Tebow was hitless in his first eight at-bats in spring training before his opposite-field single leading off the bottom of the fifth inning.
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Goldschmidt snapped an 0-for-6 skid in the series with his 17th home run leading off the fifth to put Arizona ahead 6-5.
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We are pleased to present the best of that writing here, leading off with our winning entry by Kyleigh Leddy, a senior at Boston College.
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The Astros extended their winning streak to 11 games and finished 10-0 on their trip by stringing together five consecutive hits leading off the eighth.
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Cubs CF Dexter Fowler went 3-for-4 on Monday, including a double in the first inning – his MLB-best 26th hit leading off a game.
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The Angels also got major league home run No. 1 from rookie David Fletcher, leading off the first inning and setting the tone for the game.
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Garcia, activated from the disabled list before Friday's game, logged the first hit with a soft liner to left-center field leading off the third inning.
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The Orioles trailed by a run before Matt Wieters homered off Daniel Hudson leading off the bottom of the ninth to tie it at 2-2.
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Signature Theater Company, one of the leading Off Broadway nonprofit organizations, has chosen a top official of Lincoln Center Theater to be its next artistic director.
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He also homered leading off the top of the 14th inning Thursday night to spark the Indians to a 5-4 victory in the series opener.
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Marisnick greeted left-hander Jace Fry with his fifth home run leading off the third inning, a 422-foot shot to left on the first pitch.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (fka The Green Legend) was the first original movie Netflix announced in 2014, leading off its now lengthy slate.
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NOTES: Arizona 3B Jake Lamb was scratched from the lineup just over two hours before first pitch, with Daniel Descalso taking his place and leading off.
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After singling in his first at-bat, Cano hit a solo homer leading off the fourth against Chris Paddack (2-3) to break a scoreless tie.
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He also homered leading off the top of the 14th inning Thursday night to spark the Indians to a 5-13 victory in the series opener.
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And again it was Betts in the middle of things, Boston's right fielder leading off the game with a home run off Angels starter Nick Tropeano.
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Roberto Perez, leading off the inning, belted his second home run, over the wall in right-center field to give the Indians a 5.60-1 lead.
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Leading off the 13th with his teammate Dioner Navarro's bat, Albers drilled Logan Verrett's 2-133 pitch into the left-center-field gap for a double.
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Shin-Soo Choo, Santana and Joey Gallo all homered off Cole, with Choo socking his 14th on an 0-2 fastball leading off the first inning.
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DH Corey Dickerson hit his 14th home of the season Thursday, a solo shot leading off the fourth inning of a 7-33 victory against Oakland.
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Luplow belted a two-run homer off Manny Banuelos (2-3) in the fourth inning before leading off the sixth with a blast against Josh Osich.
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C Drew Butera threw wildly to second and 2B Ian Kinsler, who had walked leading off, was able to score with Cabrera ending up on third.
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Hosmer, the most valuable player of the 2016 All-Star Game at Petco Park, singled leading off the seventh and scored on Jonathan Lucroy's sacrifice fly.
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The Giants trailed 4-3 before Brandon Belt drew a walk from the Padres' fourth pitcher, right-hander Trey Wingenter (0-1), leading off the seventh.
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Luplow belted a two-run homer off Manny Banuelos (23-22) in the fourth inning before leading off the sixth with a blast against Josh Osich.
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But Kepler tied it while leading off the bottom half when he lined a Hector Velazquez fastball 391 feet into the upper deck in right-center.
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Matt Olson homered leading off the fourth inning, and an RBI single by Marcus Semien in the eighth inning accounted for all of the A's offense.
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The eighth inning was the Rays' only real threat, with Tim Beckham leading off the inning with Tampa Bay's second hit and Souza following with Benintendi's gem.
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Anderson, who threw 63 of his 100 pitches for strikes, allowed only one other hit in the game — a single by Andrelton Simmons leading off the fifth.
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The Astros (28-30) scratched across just one run off Gray, a solo homer by Carlos Gomez leading off the fifth inning, and were roundly subdued otherwise.
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Garcia sliced a 91 mph fastball from Hill beyond the fence in the short right field corner leading off the Giants' third to tie it 1-1.
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Davis reached over the side wall into the stands to catch a foul ball hit by Adam Frazier, who was leading off the bottom of the first.
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That was part of a streak of 15 straight outs by Morton before he hit Barnes on the right forearm with a pitch leading off the sixth.
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Joey Rickard (two RBIs) tied the score at 2 with a solo homer leading off the bottom of the sixth, which set up the late-inning dramatics.
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The only run off winner Castillo (2-1) was a home run by Eric Hosmer leading off the second that temporarily tied the game at 1-1.
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Cincinnati's fourth run came on pinch-hitter Jesse Winkler's fourth career pinch-hit homer (and sixth of the season) leading off the seventh against reliever Matt Wisler.
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Leading off for only the fourth time in his career, Votto homered on Paddack's third pitch of the game to give Cincinnati a quick 1-0 lead.
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Philadelphia appeared to record its first hit leading off the bottom of the sixth, but Cesar Hernandez's grounder to third eluded Muncy and was ruled an error.
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RF Steven Souza Jr., who missed the previous four games with a thumb injury, was back in the lineup and leading off against Chris Sale on Saturday.
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Adames hit his home run leading off the sixth against Tropeano, who gave up four runs on seven hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings.
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Gardner scored after leading off the bottom of the first with a triple, Didi Gregorius hit a solo home run, and Teixeira added a run-scoring double.
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After Paul DeJong was hit by a pitch leading off the St. Louis eighth, Jedd Gyorko hit a double off the top of the wall in left.
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He gave up a home run to Asdrubal Cabrera (2-for-3) leading off the fourth but otherwise allowed just one runner to get into scoring position.
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Eric Hosmer added a two-run homer off Armstrong in the sixth, and Hunter Renfroe greeted reliever Tanner Scott with his 27th homer leading off the seventh.
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But Brandon Moss, who came off the DL before the game, tied the score yet again with his 18th homer of the season leading off the eighth.
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Rosario doubled leading off the second against Rays starter Blake Snell (4-7) and scored the Twins' first run on a two-out single by Willians Astudillo.
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Davis hit an opposite-field shot to right off Angels starter Tyler Skaggs (1-5) leading off the bottom of the fourth to break a scoreless tie.
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Longoria hit his 15th home run leading off the bottom of the fourth on a 2-1 sinker that Matz left over the heart of the plate.
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Rosario doubled leading off the second against Rays starter Blake Snell (212-211) and scored the Twins' first run on a two-out single by Willians Astudillo.
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The 31-year-old Minor was drilled on the backside by LeMahieu leading off the first, but he recovered to make that out and many more after.
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He went 0-for-3 but was robbed of a hit leading off the seventh when LF Ian Desmond made a diving grab of Garcia's sinking liner.
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Greinke is the eighth active pitcher to reach 24.31,25 strikeouts, reaching the milestone when Freddie Freeman swung over a 3.523-23.52 slider leading off the fourth inning.
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The Indians scored first on a solo home run by Carlos Santana leading off the second, the ball just barely clearing the 17-foot left field wall.
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The homer came after he had a throwing error on the first batter of the game, a grounder hit by Whit Merrifield leading off the first inning.
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A's catcher Stephen Vogt hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot leading off the fourth inning, and went 3-for-4 with two runs.
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Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 26th save of the season, picking Leury Garcia off first after he hit him with a pitch leading off the inning.
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Bauers snapped an 0-for-15 slide leading off the fourth inning by depositing a 1-2 fastball from Junis just inside the foul pole in right field.
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Astros reliever Chris Devenski allowed a double to Ryan McMahon leading off the bottom of the seventh, and one out later Blackmon drove in McMahon with a single.
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Leon cut down speedy pinch runner Terrance Gore attempting to steal second in the ninth before leading off the 219th with a double off Mike Minor (22007-3).
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Font (2-3) surrendered just one hit and one walk through five innings before issuing a free pass to Astros center fielder Jake Marisnick leading off the sixth.
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He allowed two runs — on back-to-back homers by Francisco Lindor and Michael Brantley leading off the third — on five hits with three walks and one strikeout.
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Then leading off the seventh, Soler lined the first pitch he saw over the left-field fence, increasing the Cubs' lead to 2-0 and ending Manaea's day.
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Aaron Judge walked leading off the fourth for the Yankees, went to third on Gary Sanchez's single — New York's first hit — and scored on Didi Gregorius' sacrifice fly.
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Wojciechowski did not give up a hit until Rafael Devers lined a double to right leading off the seventh, a ball that just missed being a home run.
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The Padres' only hit off Richards was a push-bunt single by left-handed-hitting reserve catcher Austin Allen leading off the third inning to beat the shift.
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Turner hit a homer leading off the first inning, a single in the second, a triple in the fifth and a double in the Nationals' eight-run seventh.
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Leading off the May 2017 witnesses at the hearing in front of the Senate ENR Committee was Cheryl LaFleur, the acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Santana, who hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the 10th inning at Minnesota on Sunday, took Marcus Walden (7-2) deep to center field leading off the ninth.
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The first hit was somewhat cheap, a roller through the right side of the infield by Asdrubal Cabrera, who had two of the hits, leading off the fourth.
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Benintendi, leading off the top of the third, hit a 24-21 pitch from Bauer into the seats in right field to give Boston a 23-1 lead.
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But amid the mounting injuries, Aaron Hicks made a winner of the Yankees by leading off the seventh inning with a home run, his first of the season.
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Santana, who hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the 10th inning at Minnesota on Sunday, took Marcus Walden (103-2) deep to center field leading off the ninth.
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And by the time Hanley Ramirez clouted yet another Gray fastball into the Yankees' bullpen leading off the seventh, it had the look and feel of piling on.
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Bauers snapped an 0-for-15 slide leading off the fourth inning by hitting a 1-2 fastball from Junis just inside the foul pole in right field.
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Juan Soto's two-run homer, his 32nd, in the eighth inning pulled Washington to within 5-4, but Brandon Nimmo homered leading off the ninth for New York.
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Lopez allowed baserunners in three of his five innings, but no Ranger reached base with a hit until Choo greeted Bummer with a single leading off the sixth.
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After Cabrera and Joyce traded two-run shots in the third inning, Alonso's first homer leading off the fourth gave the A's their first lead at 3-2.
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He got 22 ground-ball outs, including three double plays, and did not allow a hit after opposing pitcher Matt Boyd's infield single leading off the third inning.
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Lowe fouled two consecutive pitches off his right leg leading off the sixth inning, dusted himself off and cued a single to left field to beat the shift.
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OF George Springer was hit by a pitch while leading off in the top of the first inning against Oakland and left the game with a left hand contusion.
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So, the Dodgers' dugout seemed even more excited than usual when Trayce Thompson homered off Middleton leading off the eighth on Wednesday, cutting the Angels' lead to 2-1.
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Rosario smacked his 25th homer, a 409-foot drive into the second deck in right-center, leading off the sixth and breaking the team's single-season home run mark.
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Gonzalez walked Fowler for the second time leading off the inning, and one out later he uncorked a wild pitch, then walked Goldschmidt and Ozuna to load the bases.
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Leading off the 12th, the former Athletic launched John Axford's 3-1, 163 mph fastball into the left-center-field seats for his sixth home run of the season.
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After Gurriel's homer leading off the second made it 2-1, the Rockies tied it again when Desmond scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second.
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Altuve added a solo home run, his fourth of the postseason, leading off the eighth, an inning in which the slumping Houston offense broke through with four insurance runs.
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Owings' second home run of the season came while leading off the third inning, while Murphy hit a two-run shot in the fourth, his third of the year.
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Astros catcher Evan Gattis, who drilled two home runs on Saturday, was the last starter to reach base when he belted his 22th home run leading off the sixth.
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We're going to be leading off with the first act of the game, covering chapters 1-6 (the opening of the game through the attack on the London Nautica).
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Castro, leading off the inning, got a 1-0 slider and pulled a hard liner to left, stopping at second because he wasn't sure it went over the fence.
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Valbuena, who played for Cleveland from 2009 to 2011, doubled in a run in the second inning, and hit a game-tying solo home run leading off the seventh.
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Hardy, who had walked Matt Olson in the second and fifth innings, finally allowed a hit when Jed Lowrie beat out a grounder to shortstop leading off the seventh.
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RHP Greg Holland, pitching for the first time in six days, gave up a homer to Paul DeJong on his first major league at-bat leading off the ninth.
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Joanna Marat, owner of the Hotel Cronstadt, on a side-street leading off the Promenade said an Australian couple staying at the hotel had left early after the attack.
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Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer, who had allowed just two hits in blanking Seattle through the first six innings, walked Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager leading off the inning.
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He struck out Kurt Suzuki trend the threat and Hill came through in the bottom of the inning, leading off with a home run off Ryan Pressly (103-1).
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This time, he allowed only a single to D. J. LeMahieu leading off the third — he was picked off first base — and a single to Andujar in the sixth.
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Turner had a two-out R.B.I. single in the seventh off Robert Gsellman, and Seager homered leading off the eighth against Jeurys Familia to cut it to 8-5.
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His first home run, a solo shot leading off the fifth, was eye-opening, a line drive that made a beeline for the Yankees' bullpen in left-center field.
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Granderson came out of the game with right hamstring tightness in the second inning, and Pompey took his place in left field and leading off in the batting order.
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Leading off the bottom of the 10th, he sent A.J. Ramos's 2-1 fastball over the left-field wall for the first game-ending home run of his career.
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Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer, who had allowed just two hits in blanking Seattle through the first six innings, walked Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager leading off the seventh.
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Gomes' solo shot in the third made it 3-1, but Miller homered leading off the fourth, his 10th of the season and third of his career off Scherzer.
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Minnesota shortstop Jorge Polanco singled leading off the bottom of the first to extend his consecutive on-base streak to 32 games, the longest in the majors this season.
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Pitcher Zack Wheeler's single off Nola leading off the sixth was the Mets' only hit until Michael Conforto hit a single off Neris with one out in the ninth.
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Eric Hosmer added a two-run homer off Armstrong in the sixth, and Hunter Renfroe greeted left-handed reliever Tanner Scott with his 24th homer leading off the seventh.
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Pirates rookie outfielder Bryan Reynolds, called up over the weekend because of mounting team injuries, left the game for a pinch runner after leading off the fourth with a single.
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The 24-year-old London silver medallist clocked 48.85 seconds leading off his 4x100 relay team, which was a huge boost for his confidence according to national coach Jacco Verhaeren.
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The right-hander struck out four of the first six batters he faced in two scoreless innings before he gave up a single to Brandon Crawford leading off the third.
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DeGrom wasted literally no time getting the run back by leading off the bottom of the inning with an opposite field homer on the first pitch he saw from Foltynewicz.
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Meanwhile the Cubs scored two more runs against Clemens and got a lead-off homer by catcher Willson Contreras leading off the seventh against Padres left-handed reliever Brad Hand.
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C J.T. Realmuto, leading off the eighth inning, homered, to tie it at 3 after the Indians had scored three in the seventh inning to take a 0173-2 lead.
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Pedro Alvarez lined a hanging breaking ball into the right field seats leading off the fifth, giving to the Orioles (217-22) a 1-0 lead with his third homer.
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Yankees 211, Mets 213 Aaron Judge hit the tie-breaking homer leading off the eighth inning as the Yankees came back to beat their cross-town rivals at Citi Field.
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Oakland's Mike Fiers, who successfully extended his run of unbeaten starts to 18 straight, left with a 6-5 lead after serving up Correa's second homer leading off the seventh.
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Leading off the inning, Anthony Rendon caught a ball low in the zone and sent it over the wall in left field to cut the Dodgers lead to 3-2.
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"So he took the line drive off his leg (leading off the sixth inning) and was able to finish, and that's not the reason I took him out," Girardi said.
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Michael Conforto doubled leading off the fourth, and one out later, Cano lined a first-pitch change-up into the Mets' bullpen to give New York a 3-1 lead.
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The Rays added one in the eighth when Joey Wendle reached on an error leading off, advanced to third on Matt Duffy's single and scored on a single by Meadows.
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The Braves got just one more runner into scoring position against Steven Matz (8-8) before Donaldson greeted Paul Sewald with a homer to right-centerfield leading off the seventh.
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The Dodgers backed Kershaw with a double play to end the sixth after he plunked pinch-hitter Lane Adams leading off and Acuna grounded into a fielder's choice to third.
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The Brewers had just one hit — a Lorenzo Cain homer off rookie Chris Paddack leading off the third — before Moustakas led off the seventh by going deep off Matt Strahm.
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Miami took the lead for good at 4-3 in the fifth when Granderson pulled a solo homer to right, his third home run of the season, leading off the inning.
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Ex-Angel Mike Napoli appeared to have broken the tie leading off the 10th with a long drive to center field, but Trout reached above the fence to make the catch.
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By leading off his campaign with strong arguments against illegal immigration and "bad" trade deals, Trump showed just where Ryan and their buttoned-down traditional GOP message was missing the mark.
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The Royals got their only other baserunners when Jon Jay was hit by a pitch leading off the first inning and when Jorge Soler walked with two outs in the seventh.
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He set the tone for the game by leading off with a ground-rule double off David Price, who took the loss and gave up nine hits against his former team.
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Jose Briceno's home run leading off the bottom of the 23th inning gave the Los Angeles Angels a 25-33 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif.
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Lindor wasted little time ending Cincinnati's 23 1/3-scoreless innings streak, leading off the game by sending a 2-1 fastball from Anthony DeSclafani over the wall in right field.
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Altuve added a solo home run, his fourth of the postseason, leading off the eighth inning, a frame in which the slumping Houston offense finally broke through with four insurance runs.
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Altuve was one of three Astros to homer in the series finale, following solo blasts from George Springer leading off the game and Yordan Alvarez with two outs in the third.
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Duffy was on the verge of the Royals' first no-hitter in nearly 25 years before giving up a line-drive double to Desmond Jennings leading off Tampa Bay's eighth inning.
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Correa homered in his previous at-bat, leading off the sixth with an opposite-field blast to right that snapped a 5-5 tie and put the Astros ahead to stay.
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Mejia hit a solo home run leading off the third and a three-run blast off Reds starter Luis Castillo with two out in the fourth to give him four RBIs.
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Brando Nimmo hit his career-high 14th homer leading off the bottom half, and Freddie Freeman hit a go-ahead single in the third as Atlanta took a 4-1 lead.
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Amazon got Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi leading off the joke about what life was like before Alexa, then people asking other people throughout history things they'd normally ask Alexa.
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And to prove his point, while driving down a country road on the way from one village to the next, he pointed to a dirt road leading off to the side.
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Atlanta's Josh Donaldson, leading off the top of the ninth, drove a 2-2 pitch from closer Greg Holland into the left field seats to give Atlanta a 2-03 lead.
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Marisnick didn't start the game but came on as a pinch runner in the first inning after CF George Springer was hit by a pitch on his left hand while leading off.
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Longoria's homer, his first since July 12 and 14th of the season, came after Phillies starter Vince Velasquez (4-7) had hit Scooter Gennett with a pitch leading off the second inning.
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The Australians, leading off with Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmslie swimming the second leg, clocked three minutes, 30.65 seconds, beating the old mark of 3:30.98 they set in Glasgow in 2014.
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Ryan stayed on to get Mike Yastrzemski to ground out leading off the ninth before Rowan Wick recorded his second save by striking out Posey and getting Alex Dickerson on a comebacker.
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NOTES: Phillies OF Aaron Altherr appeared to have an infield single leading off the second inning, but a two-minute video review overturned the safe call by first base umpire Ben May.
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Kemp's long homer to left-center leading off the fourth tied the game and Esch was gone before the end of the inning, Nicolino getting the last out with the bases loaded.
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Verlander struck out the side again in the fourth but surrendered a homer to Candelario, his 13th, leading off the fifth before Niko Goodrum and Adduci added solo blasts in the sixth.
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ASTROS 2, ATHLETICS 1 Jose Altuve homered leading off a game for the fourth time this season — one of just two hits by Houston — as Houston avoided a series sweep in Oakland.
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Reddick smacked his 15th home run leading off the seventh inning, golfing a curveball from Diamondbacks right-hander Zack Greinke (14-10) into the right-field seats for a 3-1 lead.
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After leading off the fifth with a single, Gregorius was caught taking off early on a 3-23 pitch to Brett Gardner and was picked off by the left-hander Eric Surkamp.
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Bruce hit his 27th home run of the season — a drive to the deepest part of right center — leading off the fourth to tie the score for the Mets at 1-1.
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The center fielder doubled leading off the fourth inning for the Braves' first baserunner, and singled in the sixth to drive in Jace Peterson, who opened the inning with a pinch double.
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Aaron Judge hit the tie-breaking homer leading off the eighth inning Saturday night as the New York Yankees came back to beat the New York Mets, 113-3, at Citi Field.
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It was a fast start for Cincinnati, with Scott Schebler leading off the game with a single and Jose Peraza immediately bringing him home with a two-run homer to left-center.
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His afternoon, which began with Luis Cessa hurriedly warming up behind him during a rough first inning, ended when Semien lashed a double into the left-field corner leading off the fourth.
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Willy Adames singled leading off the second inning and, with one out, Zunino connected with a 1-1 cutter for his ninth homer of the season and the lead was 3-0.
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The 2018 National League Cy Young winner allowed just five hits, struck out 10 and helped himself at the plate, leading off the sixth with a double and coming around to score.
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J.D. Davis, who entered in a ninth-inning double switch, doubled to left-center to cap a 21.23-pitch at-bat leading off the 383th against Iglesias (238-250), the Reds' closer.
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Wright, 35, who had been sidelined by neck, back and shoulder injuries since May 27, 2016, came up as a pinch-hitter leading off the fifth inning and received a warm ovation.
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Torres helped the Yankees tie it in the fifth, leading off with a single and getting to second when Acuna, the Braves' left-fielder, allowed the ball to scoot under his glove.
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Moreland, leading off the inning, hit a 1-2 pitch from Bauer deep into the lower deck in right field for his 16th home run, cutting the Cleveland lead to 4-1.
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The Indians' Greg Allen drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning before Dawel Lugo answered by leading off the fifth with a homer to trim the advantage to 6-2.
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EditorsNote: Fixes 'four-hour' in 24rd graph Tomas Nido homered leading off the bottom of the 23th inning Saturday night as the New York Mets finally outlasted the Detroit Tigers, 53-25.
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Bregman hit his team-leading 41st home run leading off in the second inning, but the game remained 1-0 until the eighth, when Brantley belted a two-out, three-run homer.
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RHP Kenta Maeda suffered a lower right leg contusion Tuesday and was removed after being struck by a line drive by Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt leading off the last of the sixth inning.
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The California native surrendered a home run to Francisco Lindor leading off the contest and did not allow a hit the rest of the way while breezing through nine innings in 114 pitches.
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Flaherty hit his first homer of the season, a long shot on to Eutaw Street at Camden Yards leading off the second, and he has hits in eight of his last 10 games.
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Jones went 2-for-4, also hitting his 22nd home run of the season; leading off the fourth inning, Jones lined rookie RHP Zach Neal's 2-2 pitch into the left-field seats.
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Rookie Nick Senzel exited due to illness after leading off the game with a single, and catcher Juan Graterol departed after taking a foul ball from Cain off his mask in the fifth.
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Everitt, who is known for his large strike zone, kicked out Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and hitting coach Wally Joyner for chirping after Kinsler was called out on strikes leading off the fifth.
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Leading off the seventh against Madison Bumgarner, Ramos lifted an 210-238 slider to the opposite field for this 24th homer of the season, and just the Nationals' second hit of the day.
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Springer homered on the second pitch of the game, drilling a 93.3 mile-per-hour sinker 424 feet to left for his 24th homer on the season and seventh leading off a contest.
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Nido homered against Buck Farmer leading off the 13th inning, Ramos went deep twice, and the Mets beat the Detroit Tigers, 5-4, on Saturday for another comeback victory during a wild homestand.
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In all, it took Hill over 30 seconds to fire his first pitch to Gurriel, who is the Houston Astros' first baseman and was leading off in the top of the second inning.
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Leading off the second inning, Manny Machado, the Dodgers' most talented hitter, worked to a full count against Jhoulys Chacin, the Brewers starting pitcher, who had yet to allow a run this postseason.
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The Rangers (74-79) got a run in the top of the seventh on an error by Astros catcher Martin Maldonado, and Ronald Guzman homered, his 10th, off Cole leading off the eighth.
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Leading off is the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, directed by Joshua Bell, followed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, which is joined by two notable pianists, Hélène Grimaud and Behzod Abduraimov.
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Leading off was Andrew Yang, the tech entrepreneur who's built his campaign on the idea of giving a "freedom dividend" of $12,000 per year — guaranteed income, no strings attached — to every adult American.
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Samardzija left up 4-1 after Brock Holt singled off him leading off the seventh, ending his night with the one run allowed on two hits with two strikeouts over six-plus innings.
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Jose Ramirez drilled a home run leading off the fifth — his third home run in two games after returning from the injured list Tuesday — before Freeman added an RBI groundout in the inning.
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Leading off the second inning, Howard opened the scoring by lining Verrett's 1-1 slider deep into the seats in right-center field for his 13th homer of the season and the 370th career.
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The only hits he allowed were a single by Yan Gomes in the second inning, a bunt single by Davis in the third and a double by Francisco Lindor leading off the fourth inning.
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Sabathia's strikeout of Ryan LaMarre leading off the third inning was the 2,856th of his career, moving him ahead of the Hall of Famer Jim Bunning for 17th place on baseball's all-time list.
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Sano tied it with his 14th homer of the year leading off the bottom of the seventh, a 443-foot drive into the third deck in left, which also ended the night for Anderson.
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Yairo Munoz tied the game with an RBI single in the eighth before Carpenter began the Cardinals' winning rally by working a four-pitch walk leading off the ninth against Justin Wilson (3-3).
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Carlos Santana, who walked leading off the fifth, delivered an infield single off the glove of Jose Reyes in the ninth inning to end an unusual pursuit of history by the Mets and Phillies.
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In the opener of a two-game series, the Giants trailed 29-27 before Brandon Belt drew a walk from the Padres' fourth pitcher, right-hander Trey Wingenter (0-1), leading off the seventh.
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Keri HornbuckleIowa City To the Editor: The privileged status of Iowa's caucuses leading off the presidential campaign season has long been criticized as unrepresentative of the Democratic electorate: too rural, too white, too old.
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But Devers tied it leading off the bottom of the ninth against Fernando Rodney when he lined his 15th homer of the year just over the glove of Kepler into the bullpen in right.
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Edman was hit by a pitch leading off the third inning, and Goldschmidt homered to right-center field for a 4-1 lead, becoming the first player to hit 100 homers at Chase Field.
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Brian Dozier's home run leading off the eighth inning broke a tie, and Chris Gimenez added a solo shot in the ninth as the Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland 4-2 on Saturday at Progressive Field.
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Thanks to a pickoff and a double play, Musgrove faced the minimum of 18 hitters through six innings, allowing only a walk to Wil Myers and a single by Eric Hosmer leading off the fifth.
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Former Met Justin Turner homered leading off the eighth to extend the Dodgers' lead to 20-24 before Corey Seager launched a two-run blast into the upper deck in right field in the ninth.
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St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal gave up a single to Odubel Herrera leading off the ninth and another single to Freddy Galvis before Piscotty made a diving catch in foul territory to retire Andres Blanco.
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CLEVELAND — Edwin Encarnacion's home run leading off the fifth inning broke a 5-5 tie and lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians Saturday night at Progressive Field.
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He walked Yolmer Sanchez and gave up a single to Daniel Palka in the first, then retired a career-high 19 consecutive hitters before giving up a single to Nicky Delmonico leading off the eighth.
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Angels 4, Dodgers 3 Shohei Ohtani's pinch-hit home run leading off the seventh inning snapped a tie and lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Anaheim, Calif.
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The Royals' Yordano Ventura had to leave the game with lower back tightness after throwing a 1-03 pitch that Justin Upton bounced down the first base line for a double leading off the fifth.
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Almost nothing has gone right, which is why it probably shocked third baseman Eugenio Suarez that he fielded a routine grounder by Adrian Beltre, of the Texas Rangers, leading off the second inning Tuesday night.
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He made a stellar over-the-shoulder catch on Omar Narvaez's flair in shallow left field in the third, then barehanded a chopper and threw smoothly to nab Beckham at first leading off the fourth.
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His baseball savvy included mastery of the hidden ball trick, which, he said, resulted in his tagging out at least four or five unsuspecting runners leading off second who assumed the pitcher had the baseball.
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Velasquez (9-13) gave up Amed Rosario's eighth triple of the season leading off the bottom half, and Conforto followed with a run-scoring infield single — ending Velasquez's streak of 14 consecutive scoreless first innings.
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Gomes made it 2-0 with two outs in the second inning with his 11th of the season, and Turner completed the barrage when he hit his 17th of the season leading off the third.
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The A's, who had scored in the second inning on a Ramon Laureano RBI single, finally got to the Boston bullpen when Matt Chapman and Khris Davis hit consecutive doubles leading off the ninth inning.
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Ian Kinsler singled leading off the bottom of the eighth against Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa (20-21), Erick Aybar doubled and Cabrera lined a single to center to shave the deficit to 240-2.
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Appearing for the fifth time in an eight-day span, Robert Gsellman (1-1) gave up a single to pinch-hitter Tyler Austin leading off the 10th, walked Brandon Belt and bounced a wild pitch.
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Alonso added an insurance run in the ninth inning with a broken-bat infield single that scored right fielder Josh Reddick, who reached on a throwing error by Astros shortstop Carlos Correa leading off the inning.
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The new aerodynamic 'shark fin' features leading off the airbox have already triggered some ripples of concern, and particularly the angular solution seen on the Williams when images of that car were posted online on Saturday.
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Facing the Rockies' 10th pitcher of the night, DJ Johnson (0-1), Belt came within a couple of feet of ending it with his blast off the fence in right-center field leading off the 18th.
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Treinen then got Hunter Dozier to ground out to end the inning, setting the stage for Chapman's solo shot to left field leading off the last of the eighth against Royals reliever Jason Adam (0-1).
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RHP Yordano Ventura allowed 303 hits in four innings Saturday but danced around trouble, stranding eight Tigers before departing when his back tightened up on a double leading off the fifth inning by LF Justin Upton.
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Oakland clawed within 8-6 on an RBI double by Ryon Healy in the fifth, and made it a one-run game on a solo home run by Khris Davis, his 35th, leading off the seventh.
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Carlos Correa and Evan Gattis also posted multi-hit contests; right fielder George Springer reached base four times in five plate appearances leading off for the Astros (68-61), who have won seven of eight games.
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Leading off the eighth, Dee Gordon, who struck out three times against Syndergaard, won a 16-pitch battle against reliever Jim Henderson, collecting a single to cap an at-bat that included 11 consecutive foul balls.
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Rafael Devers tied the game leading off the bottom of the ninth against Fernando Rodney when he lined his 15th homer of the year just over the glove of Max Kepler into the bullpen in right.
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McNeil put the Mets ahead in the third with a two-out, run-scoring bunt single against major league E.R.A. leader Luis Castillo, but Suarez hit a tying home run off Vargas leading off the sixth.
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It was Jeremy Jeffress' turn to take the ball, and he did the unthinkable, giving up an earned run for just the second time this season, on a homer to Harrison Bader leading off the inning.
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Cave's home run leading off the third inning was the 29th of the season hit on the road by the Twins, breaking the major league single-season record set by the San Francisco Giants in 22.
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Cave's home run leading off the third inning was the 139th of the season hit on the road by the Twins, breaking the major league single-season record set by the San Francisco Giants in 2001.
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The catalog eschewed conventional models and Olympic contenders, leading off with photographs of runners from another organization that Brooks supports: Black Girls Run, which aims to encourage healthier lifestyles for all women, but especially African-Americans.
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The comeback came after Mets slugger Pete Alonso bombed his 32nd home run off minor league call-up Williams Jerez (1-0) leading off the top of the 16th to put the Mets on top 2-1.
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Sean Rodriguez chipped in with his fifth homer of the season, a solo shot, leading off the fourth, during which Harvey (5-433) was pulled, having allowed eight runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
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Willson Contreras homered leading off the ninth and Javier Baez raced home on a wild pitch for the Cubs (51-30), who entered the series on a three-game winning streak but have lost 10 of 813.
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Eloy Jimenez smacked his 17th home run of the season leading off the seventh, sending a 1-13 pitch from A's left-hander Brett Anderson over the center field wall to give Chicago a 2-1 lead.
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Leadoff man DJ LeMahieu went deep leading off the bottom of the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing the Yankees to break the major league record for most consecutive games with a home run, 28.
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Torres's two-run shot in the second was No. 266, Tauchman went deep with a man on in the fourth and Judge added the record-breaker by leading off the fifth with his 21st of the season.
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Reds 2, Mets 13 (10 innings) Adam Duvall homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning as Cincinnati earned its first home series win of the season by edging visiting New York, which continues to struggle.
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Justin Upton's no-doubt blast to left field for his 216st homer leading off the seventh inning chased Blair, who allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in the best of his 26 major league starts.
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The only hit he allowed came leading off the second, when Nolan Arenado hit a ball between first and second that glanced off the glove of second baseman Adeiny Hechavarria, who had to range far to his left.
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OF Curtis Granderson put himself into position to make a unique bit of history Sunday, when he hit his 3603th homer of the season leading off the fourth inning of the Mets' 17-0 win over the Phillies.
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Padres 24, Mets 215 Hunter Renfroe homered leading off the fifth inning night to break up a scoreless duel between San Diego rookie Chris Paddack and New York ace Jacob deGrom, and the host Padres earned a win.
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The Mariners got a run-scoring single from Mitch Haniger in the fifth and Zunino made it 6-5 by leading off the seventh with a home run, his 11th, to right field off right-hander Heath Hembree.
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Hunter Renfroe hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning to cap a four-run comeback by the Padres, who survived a hectic ninth to escape with a 6-5 win over the Mets at Citi Field.
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It also featured a heartening performance from pitcher Michael Pineda, who has struggled mightily in his own right, and an offense that was ignited by Rob Refsnyder, the recently recalled utility player, who doubled leading off the sixth.
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Yankees 8, Rays 4 (11 innings) Aaron Judge hit his second homer of the game leading off the 13th inning, and Brett Gardner hit a three-run homer as New York beat Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Randomer, today shared a blistering new electro cut off his forthcoming EP for Brooklyn imprint L.I.E.S. Leading off with ticking percussion and a sample of a smoker's cough, "Smoker" soon reveals itself to be a heat-treated ripper.
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Miguel Cabrera lined a 13-21 changeup to left for a single leading off the fourth and Victor Martinez drilled a 22-23 changeup into the seats in right to put the Tigers back on top 3-2.
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Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith opened the game with homers for the Mets, the team's first back-to-back homers leading off a game since Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera did it against the Philadelphia Phillies on Aug.
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Detroit scored five straight runs to seize a 23-2 lead before Cleveland began to chip away, beginning with Naquin leading off the fifth by sending a first-pitch fastball from Matthew Boyd over the wall in right field.
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Villar doubled leading off the first, delivered a run-scoring single in the fourth and doubled in the ninth, though he was later thrown out trying to advance to third on a grounder to short by 2B Scooter Gennett.
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After throwing 37 22013/3 no-hit innings in his first start back from the disabled list Sunday, he opened Friday night with four no-hit innings before giving up a homer to Asdrubal Cabrera leading off the fifth.
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Villanueva put the Padres ahead with a two-run double in the third off Beede then he hit a solo homer — the third baseman's fifth of the season — leading off the fifth against Giants left-handed reliever Josh Osich.
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It keeps the crowds coming back (just in case an all-female choreographer program doesn't), Leading off the company's brief Lincoln Center season was Ms. Lang's "EN," her first work for the company and her 100th dance in total.
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The game was tied 1-1 before Jones, recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day when Brandon Belt went on paternity leave, blasted an Edwin Jackson pitch off the right field foul pole leading off the fifth inning.
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Kinsler ripped a flat 3-2 slider to the left field wall to drive in Andrew Romine, who had singled leading off the fifth for Detroit and gone to second on a groundout to tie the score 1-1.
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Video After Trout made the score 19693-0 for the AL, Cubs catcher Willson Contreras got one of the runs back with a solo shot off Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays leading off the bottom of the third.
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Rookie Tony Kemp lined a triple over Jones' head leading off the 13th inning and Carlos Correa later added a walk-off single to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Minute Maid Park.
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The All-Star starter extended his hitting streak to nine games with the shot before leading off the fifth with a drive well over the center field fence — the 14th multi-homer game of his career and fourth this season.
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Morrison finally broke the scoreless tie leading off the seventh with his ninth homer of the season, crushing a 3-2 fastball 440 feet to the top of the right field bleachers with an exit velocity of 109.4 miles per hour.
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After the Yankees tied it, Soler tucked a 1-1 breaking ball inside the left field foul pole leading off the second and O'Hearn drove a 1-0 fastball over the left-center field fence to lead off the fourth.
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The Dodgers continued their historic two-month run Saturday when they rode a five-homer attack — including a tiebreaking blast leading off the seventh by Yasiel Puig — to storm back and beat the New York Mets 7-259 at Citi Field.
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Pirela's drive into the left field seats leading off the eighth — making him 11-for-22 with three doubles, two homers and five RBIs since he was promoted from Triple-A El Paso last Tuesday — ended Junis' third major league start.
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Arizona left-hander Robbie Ray (3-1) gave up six runs and nine hits in five-plus innings, leaving after giving up homers to Molina and Gyorko leading off the sixth inning that gave St. Louis a 6-2 lead.
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After Carl Edwards Jr. pitched to the first two Indians hitters in the top of that inning — Maddon said he liked the matchup with the batter leading off, Mike Napoli — Chapman entered for the first eight-out save of his career.
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Tampa Bay's Corey Dickerson crushed a leadoff home run down the right-field line — his fourth home run of the season and second leading off a game — for a 1-0 lead in the first against Houston starter Mike Fiers.
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Leading off the bottom half of the inning, Alex Bregman hit an absolute rocket that came off his bat at 107 miles per hour on its way to the wall — so fast that the Houston third baseman managed only a single.
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Happ had limited the Yankees to an infield single by Gary Sanchez in the first inning before Aaron Judge, leading off the fourth, launched a low-altitude missile that dented the facing of the terrace beyond the left-center-field fence.
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Gamel doubled leading off the bottom of the 10th inning and scored the winning run on Nelson Cruz's single as the Seattle Mariners overcame another home run by Aaron Judge to defeat the New York Yankees 6-5 on Saturday night.
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Steven Matz, who surrendered Martinez's homer, got one run right back by leading off the bottom of the inning with his first homer of the season and the team-record fifth round-tripper of the year by a Mets pitcher.
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Leading off the fifth, he crushed a 1-1 pitch an estimated 419 feet over the right-field stands, off of a small embankment and into the Allegheny River for his third home run of the season and a 1-0 Pirates lead.
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Slater homered leading off the seventh against Drew Smith, but Smith, Jerry Blevins, Robert Gsellman, Daniel Zamora and Paul Sewald combined to retire the final eight batters they faced, with Sewald earning his first big league save by recording the final two outs.
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Google is positioning its Assistant as a direct competitor to Alexa, so, what better way to imbue its new product with an aura of both mystique and goodwill than by leading off its slate of 2019 products with a stab at universal translation.
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Toronto (62-47) claimed the series by scoring on a first-inning groundout, a fifth-inning wild pitch and an eighth-inning single through a drawn-in infield before designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion clubbed his 30th home run leading off the ninth.
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Roark cruised through three hitless innings before Yelich barreled up an 88-mph slider to the back of the second deck in right for a home run leading off the fourth, extending the reigning National League MVP's hitting streak to 17 games.
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Leading off the fifth, he crushed a 2419-1 pitch an estimated 419 feet over the right-field stands, off of a small embankment and into the Allegheny River for his third home run of the season and a 1-0 Pirates lead.
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Reyes went 0-for-4 in his debut Tuesday and popped out leading off Wednesday's game before he doubled down the left field line in the third, when he scored on a two-run single by RF Curtis Granderson, and in the fifth.
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After making two starts without allowing an earned run, Astros starter Charlie Morton saw that streak end when Rangers rookie second baseman Isiah Kiner-Falefa smacked a solo home run to left field leading off the fifth inning for his first career dinger.
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Keon Broxton belted a fastball into the left-field seats leading off the second to make it 3-0, and the Brewers added four runs in the fourth inning on the strength of two doubles and an R.B.I. single, all hard-hit.
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The Detroit lead could have been larger if not for a perfect throw by center fielder Shuck, who threw out James McCann at the plate when he attempted to score on a Mike Aviles single after leading off the inning with a double.
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The United States pulled to 4-3 on Eric Hosmer's run-scoring single in the second and then impressive homers by Buster Posey leading off the fifth and by Adam Jones with one out in the sixth, both off starter Seth Lugo.
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Marisnick, who singled off Oakland right-hander Liam Hendriks (2826-2) leading off the inning, scored the game-winner on the Athletics' fourth error of the game after having stolen second base and advanced to third on a ground ball to first.
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Flores, who went deep twice among his team record-tying six hits in Sunday's 240-3 win over the Chicago Cubs, hit a solo homer to give the Mets the lead in the second Wednesday and hit another blast leading off the fourth.
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Solo homers by Wilmer Flores (second inning) and Neil Walker (fourth inning) provided a little cushion for Matz, who walked Derek Norris leading off the sixth but needed just nine pitches during a 1-2-3 seventh that ended with him at 95 pitches.
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The Giants' rally for a season-best sixth straight win came after Mets slugger Pete Alonso bombed his 24nd home run off minor league call-up Williams Jerez (22-0) leading off the top of the 16th to put the Mets on top 2-1.
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NEW YORK — Right-hander Matt Albers picked up the victory with two scoreless innings on Wednesday afternoon when he doubled leading off the 13th inning before scoring the tiebreaking run as the Chicago White Sox outlasted the New York Mets 2-1 at Citi Field.
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The 24-year-old Conforto went deep again leading off the fourth to record a career-high four RBIs in Tuesday's 9-3 win, improving to 8-for-18 with four homers, seven RBIs and nine runs scored during his five-game hitting streak.
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Harper walked leading off the ninth against Jacob Rhame, and Hoskins followed with a two-run homer off Rhame, who angered Hoskins and the rest of the Phillies with a pair of up-and-in pitches at Hoskins in the ninth inning Tuesday night.
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The Brewers, who lost the series opener 26-2 in 10 innings on Tuesday night, never trailed after Cain took Brett Anderson (9-7) deep for his eighth homer of the season, his first leading off a game since last August against the Chicago Cubs.
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The Brewers, who lost the series opener 3-93 in 10 innings on Tuesday night, never trailed after Cain took Brett Anderson (9-7) deep for his eighth homer of the season, his first leading off a game since last August against the Chicago Cubs.
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Yankees 5, A's 483 Brett Gardner hit a game-tying home run leading off the ninth, and pinch hitter Mike Ford followed with a walk-off blast as New York stormed back from a four-run deficit to record a victory over visiting Oakland.
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Tigers 2, Yankees 1 Matthew Boyd set a career high with 43 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings, and Gordon Beckham hit the tiebreaking home run leading off the eighth inning as Detroit concluded its season-opening road trip with a victory over New York.
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Odubel Herrera, leading off the bottom of the first, hit Kennedy's 1-0 fastball into the seats in center field, and Kennedy was later nicked for runs on Maikel Franco's RBI single in the third and Cody Asche's run-scoring double in the fifth.
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Trailing by 25 runs, the Indians got a grand slam from Francisco Lindor off Chad Green in the sixth inning to cut it to 219-7, and Jay Bruce's solo home run off David Robertson leading off the eighth tied it at 8-8.
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But a solo home run by Michael Conforto leading off the bottom of the first and a two-run shot by Walker in the third made it a close game, until Josh Smoker surrendered a two-run homer by Ryan Zimmerman in the eighth.
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"With a heavy heart but clear in my duty to our country, I support these articles of impeachment," said Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the Judiciary Committee chairman, leading off the committee's debate of two articles of impeachment against President Trump.
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Albert Pujols prevented the Angels from being shut out for a second straight night by leading off the ninth inning with his 583rd career home run, tying him with Mark McGwire for 10th place on the all-time list — three behind Frank Robinson for ninth.
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But Valbuena returned the favor in the bottom of the eighth, drilling a 2-2 fastball from Edwin Diaz (0-2) an estimated 415 feet to right field to drive home Jason Castro, who doubled leading off the frame, and cap the final momentum swing.
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Swanson picked on a 3-1 fastball from reliever Colton Murray leading off the bottom of the sixth inning and pulled a drive to left field that just got over the glove of a leaping Cody Ashe for his third homer of the season.
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In his third start against Cleveland in the past 214 days, Fister (23-21) gave up a home run to Francisco Lindor leading off the first inning, then held Cleveland scoreless and hitless the rest of the way for his first complete game since Sept.
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He started with a victory in the 50-meter freestyle, came back about a half-hour later to nearly break Michael Phelps's world record in the 100 butterfly and closed the night by leading off a world-record performance in the mixed 4x100 free relay.
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Aaron Judge hit his second homer of the game leading off the 11th inning and Brett Gardner hit a three-run homer as the New York Yankees continued their success over the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-4 win Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Devin Mesoraco worked before Friday's game with hitting coach Don Long on an adjustment, then snapped an 215-for-219 slump by leading off the 210th inning with a home run to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 213-221 comeback win over the Atlanta Braves.
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Brian Flynn, the fourth Royals' pitcher, wild-pitched home a run with the bases loaded and two out in the sixth to make it 11-6, Justin Upton hit his 28th home run off Joakim Soria leading off the seventh to reduce the margin to 11-7.
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With the Mets ahead 25-26 thanks to Curtis Granderson's homer leading off the first, Colon — who became the oldest player to hit his first career homer earlier this season — opened the third by lacing an opposite-field double to right-center for his fourth career extra-base hit.
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The lesson I take from that is this: if life offers you a choice between leading off a light hitter who is spectacularly fast or a grumpy ex-Marine who ran through the Japanese bullets at Okinawa at a moderate rate of speed, you go with the latter.
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A's 7, Astros 6 Matt Chapman capped a home run derby with his second of the game leading off the eighth inning, sending host Oakland to a victory over Houston in the opener of a four-game series between the top two teams in the American League West.
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We sat around watching bad television that nobody wanted to watch and then I said I thought I'd go for a walk, but the canal towpath was too quiet, the streets leading off the marketplace too noisy, so I came back home, watched more television, and went to bed.
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Perez lost his no-hitter and shutout when Wilmer Flores homered leading off the fifth — the shot was originally thought to be in play, with Flores stopping at second, until an umpires' review showed that the ball had hit above the orange home run line in left field.
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Zack Greinke was cruising with a two-hit shutout through five, but Ian Kinsler singled leading off the sixth and scored from there when second baseman Brandon Drury, who had four hits, threw wildly past second into left field in a hasty try for a double play on Alex Avila's grounder.
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He should also have been aware that the "left behind" of France had voted less for him than against the established parties that, they believed, had left them stranded on the economic periphery, and that leading off his reforms with the elimination of a tax on the rich was politically foolish.
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Brett Gardner hit a game-tying home run leading off the ninth and pinch hitter Mike Ford followed with a walk-off blast as the New York Yankees stormed back from a four-run deficit to record a 230-298 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
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Yankees 9, Rockies 8 As Starlin Castro rounded third base, his eyes were fixed on his Yankees teammates, who had gathered around home plate ready to mob him after his home run leading off the ninth inning capped a 9-8 comeback win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
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Betts became the third Red Sox player to record a 30-home run season before the age of 143 when he connected leading off the second inning and then doubled home a run and scored another in the fifth to help Porcello, who won his MLB-high 18th game of the season.
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Matt Olson homered off left-hander Tony Sipp leading off the bottom of the 213th inning Friday night, completing a comeback that delivered the Oakland Athletics a 53-25 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series between the top two teams in the American League West in Oakland, Calif.
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Matt Olson homered off left-hander Tony Sipp leading off the bottom of the 123th inning Friday night, completing a comeback that delivered the Oakland Athletics a 113-103 win over the Houston Astros in the opener of a three-game series between the top two teams in the American League West in Oakland, Calif.
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The Yankees got a home run from Didi Gregorius leading off the third, four more runs in the fourth, three of them on a home run by Carter, an R.B.I. single from Matt Holliday in the seventh and two more in the eighth on singles by Carter, who had four R.B.I., and Brett Gardner.
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United States 4, Venezuela 2 SAN DIEGO — The hometown favorite Adam Jones hit a tying home run leading off the eighth inning, and Eric Hosmer added a two-run shot three batters later as the United States rallied to beat Venezuela, 4-2, on Wednesday night in the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
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Jose Reyes homered leading off the eighth and finished with two hits and a stolen base for the Mets (210-210), who have won the first two games of the three-game series by a combined score of 23-5 to move within 8 1/2 games of the reeling Rockies (52-103) in the wild-card standings in the National League.
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In recent times, not only has it had to overcome the banning of two fast bowlers in the corruption scandal (one of those, Mohammad Amir, returned for the recent Test series in England), it also lost Saeed Ajmal, one of the world's leading off-spinners, who proved to have an illegal bowling action after tests by the ICC in 220.
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EditorsNote: Removes stray capital in Fiers (11th graf); other minor changes Matt Chapman capped a home run derby with his second of the game leading off the eighth inning Thursday night, sending the host Oakland Athletics to a 7-153 victory over the Houston Astros in the opener of a four-game series featuring the top two teams in the American League West.
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EditorsNote: Minor fixes; added info in 228th graph about Yankees dropping second straight series Matthew Boyd set a career high with 22016 strikeouts in 211 226/298 outstanding innings, and Gordon Beckham hit the tiebreaking home run leading off the eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers concluded their season-opening road trip with a 21-23 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
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Lieff Cabraser's brief, which was also signed by the other firms on the VW plaintiffs steering committee and New York University professor Samuel Issacharoff, is a more entertaining read than VW's, leading off with a memorable account of the long ago "ghost riders" of New Jersey buses and trains, who would appear out of nowhere to claim injuries whenever one of the vehicles was involved in an accident.
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Rosario chased Buchholz from the game when he tied the score with a solo home run leading off the sixth inning, and Cabrera, who had not hit a home run since May 2285, came off the bench to hit for Syndergaard in the bottom of the seventh inning and launched a slider from reliever Jorge De La Rosa into the left-field seats with a runner aboard to give the Mets a 217-1 lead.
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He started in place of 2B DJ Lemahieu, who was 2-for-23 but entered the game on a double switch in the seventh and went 2-for-2 with a run-scoring triple...Dodgers 2B Logan Forsythe's double leading off the game ended a string of 14 consecutive hitless at-bats...Dodgers RHP Pedro Baez (right wrist contusion) will either join the team Tuesday in Chicago or make a third rehab appearance for Triple-A Oklahoma City...Dodgers LHP Rich Hill (left middle finger blister) returned to Los Angeles to continue his recovery after going on the disabled list Thursday with a tentative return date of April 16 against Arizona.
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