- Shohei Ohtani put on a one-man show — went 3-for-4 with two walks and also threw six shutout innings — and his .420 OBP leads the NL; he’s one outing from qualifying to challenge for the NL ERA lead.
- Cam Smith ripped a two-out, bases-clearing triple in the eighth to turn a 9-9 game into an 11-9 Astros walk-off edge over the Pirates — wild late-game comeback.
- Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez had a historic 50 2/3-inning scoreless streak (5th-longest since 1893) end, yet he still leads MLB with a 1.46 ERA and is piling up strikeouts.
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