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Torii Hunter, Angels, homered twice in Los Angeles' 9-6 victory over Texas.
David Wright, Mets, homered and drove in four runs, and New York held on for a 10-9 win over Philadelphia.
John Buck and Mike Aviles, Royals. Each homered in the 10th inning to lift Kansas City to a 7-4 win over Tampa Bay.
Hiroki Kuroda, Dodgers, retired the first 21 batters he faced before giving up a double to lead off the eighth inning. He settled for a one-hitter in Los Angeles' 3-0 win over Atlanta.
Ricky Nolasco, Marlins, allowed five hits in eight innings, as Florida beat San Diego, 3-1.
Stuck on 350
Greg Maddux failed to win his 351st game for the 11th consecutive start in San Diego's 3-1 loss to Florida. Maddux became the ninth major-league pitcher to reach 350 victories May 10. Since then, he's 0-4 with seven no-decisions, even though he's allowed two or fewer earned runs eight times in that streak. San Diego is 6-5 in Mad Dog's last 11 starts.
Count on it
Wes Bankston hit his first career homer to lift Oakland to a 4-3 win over Seattle. Bankston hit a two-run home run off Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn in the fifth inning, as Oakland rallied for the win. Bankston also doubled and scored in the second, raising his average to .391 since being promoted to the majors. He was called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday, when the A's placed shortstop Bobby Crosby on the disabled list.
Safety dance
Jimmy Rollins stole his 36th consecutive base without getting caught in the fifth, dating to Aug. 31, 2007. He's 22 for 22 this season.
Streaking
Ian Kinsler of the Rangers went 4 for 5 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games in Texas' 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. ... Dustin Pedroia extended his career-high hitting streak to 15 games in Boston's 1-0 win over Minnesota.
Seasons
July 9
1902 -- Rube Waddell beat Bill Dinneen, 4-2, in 17 innings when light-hitting Monte Cross hit a two-run homer for Philadelphia.
1932 -- Ben Chapman of the Yankees hit three homers, including two inside-the-park, as New York beat the Detroit Tigers, 14-9, at Yankee Stadium.
1940 -- The NL recorded the first shutout in All-Star play, with a 4-0 win at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Five pitchers -- Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Whit Wyatt, Larry French, and Carl Hubbell -- held the AL to three hits. Max West hit a three-run homer.
1946 -- After a one-year break due to war travel restrictions, the Americans trounced the Nationals, 12-0, at Fenway Park -- the most one-sided of the All-Star games. Ted Williams of the Red Sox didn't disappoint the hometown fans. He hit two homers and two singles for five RBI.
1968 -- Willie McCovey hit into a double play, scoring Willie Mays with the only run of the 39th All-Star Game, played at the Houston Astrodome. It was the first game of this series played indoors and the first 1-0 contest in All-Star history.
1976 -- Houston's Larry Dierker pitched a no-hitter, as the Astros beat Montreal, 6-0. Dierker struck out eight and walked four.
1991 -- Cal Ripken hit a three-run homer to lead the AL over the NL, 4-2, in the All-Star Game for the AL's fourth consecutive victory in the contest.
1996 -- Mike Piazza launched an upper-deck home run in his first at-bat and lined an RBI double next time up, leading the Nationals to a 6-0 victory in the All-Star Game in Philadelphia.
2000 -- Tyler Houston hit three home runs, tying his career-high with six RBI, in Milwaukee's 10-2 rout of Detroit.
2002 -- Despite Barry Bonds hitting a home run and Torii Hunter making a spectacular catch, the All-Star Game finished in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings when both teams ran out of pitchers.
2005 -- It took 847 regular-season games at Coors Field -- the most any stadium needed -- before playing host to its first 1-0 game. The lowest total runs scored in a game at Coors Field before Colorado's 1-0 win over San Diego was 2-0. There had been three 2-0 games at the 11-year-old stadium.
2007 -- Los Angeles Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero won the Home Run Derby, hitting 17 homers and beating Toronto's Alex Rios, 3-2, in the final round of the All-Star competition.
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