Game Recap

With a chance to go ahead by 7.5 games in the NL West, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to a spirited San Diego Padres team Thursday night 10-7. 

The Padres posted 15 hits in a game that featured multiple momentum shifts. 

Dodgers' starting pitcher Mat Latos had trouble right out of the gate, allowing two runs on hits by Justin Upton and Jedd Gyorko in the first inning. His night would not get better. 

Latos went on to give up eight hits and four earned runs in just four innings pitched. 

Take a bow, Clayton Kershaw.

The left-handed pitcher dominated the San Francisco Giants Wednesday during a 2-1 victory. He threw a complete game and allowed only one earned run, six hits and a walk on the way to 15 strikeouts behind 132 pitches.

Ryan Zimmerman helped carry the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 30-year-old went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and slugged a pair of home runs. The second homer he launched was the 200^th of his career.

His RBI single in the eighth inning broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Nationals a much-needed win.

Max Scherzer wasn’t sharp and gave up 11 hits in just six innings, but limited the damage by striking out 10 batters.

The Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees rivalry doesn't have the same juice as it once did now that the Red Sox have been out of playoff contention for a while.

Still, Tuesday's matchup will pique attention in the battle of the Northeast.

This one means everything for the Yankees, which are trying to track down the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East. Currently, they're one-and-a-half games behind Toronto in a race that's sure to go on until late September.

The Los Angeles Dodgers gave the San Francisco Giants fits for the second straight game in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.

LA also increased its lead in the NL West to 5.5 games with the win.

As expected, this game was a pitcher's duel between two of the best in baseball. The Dodgers' Zack Greinke allowed five hits and one earned run while striking out five Giants. He is still undefeated in his career against San Francisco. 

Justin Verlander led the Detroit Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The right-hander gave up four runs (two earned) on seven hits in 6.2 innings.

The win gave the 32-year-old the 20th victory of his career against the Royals.

For Kansas City, Johnny Cueto's struggles continued. It became apparent early that Cueto’s command was off and the Tigers’ offense jumped on his mistakes. The ace gave up four earned runs on nine hits in six innings of work.

The Texas Rangers arrived in San Diego on a hot streak, but had a cold showing Monday night in a shutout loss to the Padres. 

Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis gave up five earned runs (six total) and seven hits through 5.2 innings pitched after showing good command of his pitches early in the game. 

Jake Arrieta with a historic performance Sunday night leading the Cubs to a 2-0 victory over the Dodgers. But more importantly, a no-hitter. What started as a must-see matchup between two playoff teams ended up being the Arrieta show.

The Cy Young contender struck out twelve batters, including all three batters he faced in the ninth inning in his first career no-hitter and the sixth in the MLB this season.

Arrieta was also the first pitcher to get to 17 wins this season and is truly establishing himself as an ace.

Thanks to a walk-off single by left fielder Michael Brantley, the Cleveland Indians downed the New York Yankees 5-4 in 16 innings Tuesday night.  

The sides entered the 10th inning tied 2-2 after Carlos Beltran launched a solo shot in the eighth, and when Chase Headley plated two runs with a single in the top of the 10th, New York appeared to seize an insurmountable edge. 

The Washington Nationals activated ace Stephen Strasburg off the disabled list Friday after more than a month on the shelf due to a strained left oblique, and he twirled a gem Saturday evening in his first MLB start since July 4.