Houston Chronicle

D-Backs, Phillies hit record 13 HRs

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PHILADELPH­IA — Arizona got to play Home Run Derby in Philly.

The Diamondbac­ks hit three straight home runs to open the game and finished with a team-record eight in a 13-8 win over the Philadelph­ia Phillies in a homerhappy game.

Scott Kingery hit two of Philadelph­ia's five home runs for the combined MLB record of 13 homers in one game.

On most nights, five would be enough to win a game. But not this one in steamy Philly, where the Diamondbac­ks turned it into extended batting practice.

Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta hit the homers all in a row off Jerad Eickhoff in the first inning to get the record romp rolling. Eduardo Escobar became the first Diamondbac­k to homer from different sides of the plate in consecutiv­e innings. Ildemaro Vargas also homered twice, Alex Avila went deep and the Diamondbac­ks made the Citizens Bank Park outfield seats the place to be for a souvenir.

RAYS 6, ATHLETICS 2: Charlie Morton remained unbeaten with Tampa Bay, pitching seven shutout innings en route to a victory over visiting Oakland.

Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two days, snapping a scoreless tie in the sixth inning and helping the Rays take over sole possession of the first place in the AL East. RANGERS 4, RED SOX 3 (11): Danny Santana doubled to lead off the 11th inning for his fourth hit of the game and scored on Elvis Andrus' single to give visiting Texas a victory over Boston.

The Rangers who rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the ninth inning to take a 3-2 lead. Boston rallied to tie it in the bottom half, but Texas went ahead again in the 11th. ANGELS 5, DODGERS 3: Shohei Ohtani scored on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the 8th inning and Brian Goodwin followed by scoring on a wild pitch as the Angels beat the visiting Dodgers. CARDINALS 4, MARLINS 1: Michael Wacha pitched six scoreless innings in his return to St. Louis’ rotation as it broke a three-game losing streak by beating host Miami. BRAVES 13, PIRATES 7: Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam and Ozzie Albies added two homers as host Atlanta beat Pittsburgh.

The Braves hit five homers, including two-run shots by Nick Markakis and Freddie Freeman. Markakis had four hits and drove in four runs. NATIONALS 12, WHITE SOX 1: Trea Turner homered in the second straight game, Anibal Sanchez pitched into the seventh, and Washington beat host Chicago. ROCKIES 6, CUBS 5: Ryan McMahon had a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning as host Colorado rallied to beat Chicago.

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