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  • The Juice: Mike Trout hits monster homer as Angels win fifth straight and creep into third place

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    This is more like what this year's Los Angeles Angels were expecting.

    Thursday night the Angels won their fifth in a row, downing the Kansas City Royals 5-4 thanks to home runs from Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo and Chris Ianetta. The win pulled the Angels even with the Seattle Mariners for third place in the AL West and gave roughed-up pitcher Joe Blanton his first win of the season in nine starts.

    The Angels are now 20-27 and the highest they've been in the standings since April 27. It's not proof that everything is right in Anaheim, but it's a promising sign that things are getting better.

    The most impressive moment for the Angels came early: Trout's first inning home run traveled 463 feet, the longest of his career, the third longest this week and 11th longest of the season, according to Home Run Tracker.

    The homer was Trout's 10th. He also stole his 10th base of the season. His recent hot streak has already started talk of Trout making a run at the 40/40 Club.

    "Oh my gosh, did they run out of tape to measure it?" Angels manager Mike Scioscia told the L.A. Times. "That thing was killed."

    Tito wins big in Fenway return: Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park on Thursday, and his new team, the Cleveland Indians, put a beat down on his old team.

    The Boston Red Sox took a 12-3 lashing from the manager who led them to two World Series titles. The Indians got big offensive contributions from Mark Reynolds (3-for-4, 3 RBIs), Michael Bourn (3-for-6, 2 RBIs) and Drew Stubbs (3-for-5, 3 RBIs, including the two-run triple above).

    ''I tried to keep my emotions inside,'' Francona said. ''I didn't want to be the main focus. You want to let the players play.''

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    Pirates 4, Cubs 2: Andrew McCutchen has three hits and two RBIs as Pittsburgh wins for the 11th time in its last 13 games.

    Tigers 7, Twins 6: Prince Fielder cracks open the tie game with a go-ahead single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Miguel Cabrera knocks two hits (including his 14th home run) and three RBIs.

    Blue Jays 12, Orioles 6: The Canadian Tuxedos backfires. The Blue Jays bats blister the O's, as Edwin Encarnacion and J.P. Arencibia notch four RBIs each. Encarnacion's came on a sixth-inning grand slam.

    “I've been waiting my entire life for this, and I haven't been able to sleep very much lately. So it was something that was great to get out of the way. Hopefully I can sleep tonight" — Kevin Gausman, the Baltimore Orioles 2012 first-round pick who was making his big league debut Thursday against the Blue Jays.

    Gausman took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits in five innings. He struck out five.

    Jose Canseco reacts to striking out in his first at-bat with the Fort Worth Cats of the United League, whom he joined as a player/manager for four games. Canseco went 1-for-3 with two strikeouts and a single. Canseco's trip to Fort Worth comes amid rape allegation in Las Vegas. Yahoo! Sports' Joe Garza reports on the Canseco sideshow in Texas.

    • Miguel Cabrera has 55 RBIs in the Tigers' first 45 games. The most since Manny Ramirez in 2001.

    • The Pittsburgh Pirates, with their 29-18 record, would be in first place in four of the other five divisions in the MLB. They're tied for second in the NL Central with the Cincinnati Reds, both trailing the St. Louis Cardinals. The only other team with a better record is the Texas Rangers, whose 30-17 mark is the best in baseball.

    • Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals went 0-for-3 to snap his 10-game hitting streak.

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  • The Juice: Chris Davis’ league-leading 14th home run helps Orioles take rubber match from Yankees

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    Chris Davis’ hot-hitting season continued with four more hits, including his American League leading 14th home run, as the Orioles locked up an important division series with a 6-3 win over the New York Yankees. Davis’ two-run blast in the first inning capped a three-run rally against Hiroki Kuroda. Nick Markakis also homered in the inning. Matt Wieters later added a three-run homer that proved to be the difference.

    All important hits in a big game, but it was Davis who kept the line moving with productive at-bat after productive at-bat. And as he noted after the game, the series was of utmost importance to the Orioles. And not just because it was their biggest competition within the division. David Ginsburg of the Associated Press tells us more:

    In the opener Monday night, Baltimore closer Jim Johnson blew a ninth-inning lead and Baltimore absorbed its sixth straight loss. The Orioles rebounded to win in 10 innings on Tuesday night before coasting in the finale.

    ''Anytime a division rival comes in, you want to try to win the series especially when you're at home,'' Davis said. ''We avoided the snowball effect to some degree and were able to get back on track.''

    The Yankees have also avoided the snowball effect this season despite numerous injuries. They added another on Wednesday night as Kuroda was forced to leave in the third inning after being struck on the calf by a Manny Machado line drive. At this time it's not believed to be a serious concern, but one could understand if Yankees fans held their breath a few hours longer.

    Zack Cozart solves Matt Harvey: I think that officially makes Zack Cozart a baseball genius. Sure, a player here or a player there has put together a solid offensive game against Mets phenom Matt Harvey, but nothing nearly as complete as Cozart's four hit effort. Among the hits were two singles and two doubles. He also scored twice, but the game itself wasn't decided until the bullpens got involved. In the ninth, it was Cincinnati who broke through for three runs against Bobby Parnell to take home the 7-4 victory.

    Another day, yet another walk...: Hold on, not so far there, San Francisco. Despite another late inning Giants rally to tie a game at home, the Washington Nationals emerged with the 2-1 victory thanks to Ian Desmond's tenth inning RBI single.

    Shocking first for Jose Bautista: Would you believe — you probably won't — that Jose Bautista never had a walk-off hit going into Wednesday? It's true, or at least it was, because he changed history with a tenth inning single. It was also Bautista who sent the game to extra innings with a solo home run off Fernando Rodney leading off the ninth. Oh, and he homered in the fourth, stole a base, singled again, and walked for good measure. Not a bad series for most.

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    Dodgers 9, Brewers 2: Manager Don Mattingly got exactly what he wanted out of his lineup.

    Braves 8, Twins 3: The legend of Evan Gattis grows — both good and unusual.

    Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 1: Colorado, Arizona and San Francisco sit atop the NL West at 26-21.

    Rangers 3, A's 1: 30-year-old Ross Wolf earns his first major league win with five outstanding innings.

    Tigers 11, Indians 7: Justin Verlander's struggles continued, but his offense (and Michael Bourn) picked him up.

    Angels 7, Mariners 1: Four straight wins for the Halos, though beating up on Seattle is pretty much everyone's gimmick these days.

    Phillies 3, Marlins 0: Three-hit shutout hurled by Cliff Lee.

    Red Sox 6, White Sox 2: Another " would you believe?" moment: David Ortiz stole third base.

    Astros 3, Royals 1: James Shields could really use a couple more runs. That's all he asks.

    Cardinals 5, Padres 3: Yadier Molina joined the four-hit parade.

    ''What was it, one walk, nine punchouts and two hits? Man, that's clean stuff.''

    — Pirates manager Clint Hurdle on Francisco Liriano's dominant outing. Liriano, along with Tony Watson and Mark Melancon, shutout the Cubs, 1-0.


    • Miguel Cabrera has 50 RBI in 44 games. That's the fewest games for a Tigers player to reach 50 RBI since Hank Greenberg in 1937.

    • Evan Gattis' grand slam traveled 344 feet. According to ESPN Stats, that's the shortest grand slam in MLB since May 16, 2009 when Jason Kubel hit one 341 feet off Mariano Rivera.

    • According to Elias, the Mat Latos (4-0) vs. Matt Harvey (5-0) matchup was the third game in MLB history featuring two undefeated starters nine or more starts into season. They both earned no decisions.

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