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Infante hot, Shields solid as Royals blast Rockies

ROYALS 7, ROCKIES 4

DENVER -- Omar Infante had three doubles and drove in four runs to help the streaking Kansas City Royals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-4 on Tuesday night.

James Shields pitched six solid innings to get the win for the Royals, who have now won 21 of 26 after getting to Colorado rookie Tyler Matzek in the seventh.

Matzek (2-9) came into Tuesday with a 9.60 ERA in August but was having his best outing since blanking Pittsburgh over seven innings on July 26 when he ran into trouble with two outs in the seventh. Matzek got the first two outs before allowing a pinch-hit single to Josh Willingham and walking Nori Aoki.

Adam Ottavino came on and gave up consecutive doubles to Infante and Salvador Perez to give the Royals a 4-2 lead.

The Royals scored three more runs in the eighth off Colorado's bullpen. Infante had a two-run double with the bases loaded.

It was the second time in his career he has had three doubles in a game. The last time, May 27, 2004, came against the Royals when he was playing for Detroit.

That made a winner of Shields (12-6), who allowed two runs on nine hits and struck out six. He wasn't sharp, allowing base runners in every inning but his last and struck out Drew Stubbs with the bases loaded to end the fourth.

Drew Stubbs and Nolan Arenado each had three hits and a home run for Colorado.

Arenado went deep in the fifth to give Colorado a 2-1 lead and Stubbs hit a two-run home run in the ninth, when the Rockies mounted a rally. Greg Holland came on and threw one pitch to record his 39th save in 40 chances.

MARINERS 5, PHILLIES 2 Hisashi Iwakuma struck out a season-high 11 batters in eight scoreless innings and Kyle Seager homered to lead Seattle to a victory over host Philadelphia.

MARLINS 4, RANGERS 3 (10) Giancarlo Stanton hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning and Miami beat visiting Texas for its third consecutive victory. Miami (63-62) surpassed last year's total of 62.

BREWERS 6, BLUE JAYS 1 Mike Fiers pitched seven dominant innings and Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each hit two doubles as Milwaukee defeated visiting Toronto.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ANGELS 4, RED SOX 3 Chris Iannetta hit his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the ninth inning off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara, that sent visiting Los Angeles over Boston. Joe Smith (5-1) got the win for the AL West leaders.

ORIOLES 5, WHITE SOX 1 Chris Tillman threw eight strong innings and AL East-leading Baltimore won its third in a row, beating host Chicago. Tillman (10-5) matched a career high with nine strikeouts, giving up one run and three hits.

TIGERS 8, RAYS 6 Victor Martinez drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk during a three-run 11th inning and visiting Detroit beat Tampa Bay. The Tigers, the AL second wild-card leader, won for the fifth time in 13 games.

ASTROS 7, YANKEES 4 Chris Carter snapped a ninth-inning tie with a colossal three-run home run, extending his second-half power surge and sending visiting Houston to a victory over New York.

INDIANS 7, TWINS 5 Yan Gomes had three hits including a home run, rookie pinch-hitter Tyler Holt hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning, and Cleveland rallied to beat host Minnesota.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CARDINALS 5, REDS 4 Jon Jay was hit by a pitch from J.J. Hoover with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, lifting St. Louis to a victory over visiting Cincinnati. Hoover (1-10) plunked Jay to force in Peter Bourjos with the winning run.

NATIONALS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 1 After three consecutive walk-offs, host Washington went for a cakewalk instead, scoring six runs in the third inning Tuesday night as they ran their winning streak to eight games with a victory over Arizona.

BRAVES 11, PIRATES 3 Justin Upton smashed his 24th home run of the season to spoil Andrew McCutchen's return as visiting Atlanta beat Pittsburgh.

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Sports on 08/20/2014

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