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Texas Rangers (46-48, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (55-38, first in the AL West) Houston; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jack Leiter (4-6, 4.32 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 63 strikeouts); Astros: Lance McCullers (2-3, 5.82 ERA, 1.

Los Angeles Dodgers (56-38, first in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (51-43, second in the NL West) San Francisco; Friday, 10:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Dustin May (5-5, 4.52 ERA, 1.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado hit leadoff homers and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Thursday night to split a four-game series.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two home runs for his fifth multi-homer game this season, powering the Chicago Cubs past the Minnesota Twins 8-1 on Thursday.

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Soderstrom opened Thursday night's game with a long home run and closed it with a one-out RBI single to give the Athletics a 5-4 11-inning victory over the Atlanta Braves.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Semien went 4 for 5 and Corey Seager hit a two-run single in a seven-run third inning to help the Texas Rangers rout the Los Angeles Angels 11-4 on Thursday night for a split of their four-game series.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe scored the winning run with an acrobatic slide on Aaron Judge's shallow sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees rallied past Seattle 6-5 on Thursday night after Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo took a no-hit

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh thinks All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz was tipping pitches when he squandered a two-run lead in the ninth inning Thursday night against the New York Yankees.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees public address announcer Paul Olden will miss his first three games since assuming the role 2009 due to a personal obligation, ending a streak of more than 1,300 games.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-1 on Thursday night. Willson Contreras homered and Alec Burleson drove in two runs as St.