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The world got the matchup in baseball it wanted to see. Mike Trout against Shohei Ohtani. Ninth inning with a 3-2 count and the title is on the line.

Santana homered twice, including his first grand slam in three years, and Ty France drove in four runs as the Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Kyle Seager had a two-run double in the decisive third inning among his three hits and three RBIs, Mitch Haniger added two doubles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2.

Shohei Ohtani pitched six innings, and he also doubled and scored an early run in the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Marco Gonzales pitched a two-hitter, J.P. Crawford and Jake Fraley homered and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-1.

Frankie Montas struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings and Oakland took advantage of some early Los Angeles miscues in Starling Marte’s debut with the Athletics and beat the Angels 4-0.

Cole Irvin struck out eight in eight innings to remain unbeaten in five June starts, and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2.

Yu Darvish became the fastest big leaguer to reach 1,500 strikeouts for his career by fanning 11. Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth homered and the Padres beat the Dodgers 6-2.

J.D. Martinez had two more doubles and Eduardo Rodriguez struck out eight Mariners in six innings to help the Red Sox beat Seattle 5-3.

Houston's Gerrit Cole struck out 10 batters, including his 300th of the season, Yuli Gurriel and Jose Altuve homered and the Astros beat the Texas Rangers 3-2.