AROUND THE HORN

Nationals: Daniel Murphy homered for the seventh time run this year against his former team as the Nationals beat the Mets 3-2. He homered three times and drove in 10 runs as the NL East leaders took three of four in the series. The Nats won their 54th game, matching the 1994 Montreal Expos for the most in franchise history before the break. Jose Reyes hit two home runs for the Mets.

Blue Jays: Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer, R.A. Dickey won back-to-back starts for the first time in a month and the Jays whipped the Tigers 6-1. Donaldson is the sixth player in AL history to hit at least 20 home runs and score 80 or more runs before the All-Star break. The others were Lou Gehrig (1936), Ted Williams (’46), Reggie Jackson (’69), Frank Thomas (’94) and Alex Rodriguez (2000).

Twins: Max Kepler hit the Twins’ first grand slam this season, one of their four homers in a 15-5 rout of the AL-leading Rangers. The Twins took three of four. Kennys Vargas, Eduardo Escobar and Brian Dozier also homered.

Dodgers: Kenta Maeda struck out a career-high 13 and Adrian Gonzalez homered in a 3-1 victory over the Padres. Maeda (8-6) allowed one run on two hits in seven innings. Gonzalez is batting .455 over his last 12 games.

RedSox: David Price struck out 10 in eight four-hit innings, send- ing the Rays to their sixth straight loss 4-0. David Ortiz hit a tworun homer and enters the break with a .332 average and 72 RBIs.

Orioles: Chris Tillman (12-2) pitched seven innings of threehit ball in a 4-2 victory over the Angels as the AL East leaders improved to 33-14 at home. Chris Davis and J.J. Hardy homered, and Adam Jones and Pedro Alvarez had three hits each. Tim Lincecum (1-3) gave up three runs on nine hits in 52⁄ innings.

Marlins: Giancarlo Stanton’s 20th home run keyed a 7-3 victory as the Marlins swept the Reds for the first time since 2003. Adeiny Hechavarria scored from second base on a passed ball, a franchise first.