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Ildemaro Vargas hit two homers and had five RBIs, Nolan Arenado added a two-run shot and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Chicago White Sox 11-7.

Ildemaro Vargas has 2 HRs and 5 RBIs, leads Diamondbacks past White Sox in 11-7 slugfest

Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season.

White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami ties MLB rookie record with HR in 5th straight game

Hunter Goodman had two doubles and a homer, TJ Rumfield knocked in two runs and Tomoyuki Sugano struck out four in 5 2/3 innings as the Colorado Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres 8-3.

Goodman, Rumfield and Sugano lead the Rockies to an 8-3 win over the Padres

Pittsburgh Pirates star Oneil Cruz rocketed a cut fastball from Jalen Beeks left over the middle of the plate off the top of the right-field foul pole measured at 432 feet.

Cruz missile strikes top of rightr-field foul pole at 116.9 mph, hardest hit ball this season

Patrick Bailey broke up a scoreless game with a three-run homer in the sixth inning after Shohei Ohtani left the mound, and the San Francisco Giants sent the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to their fourth loss in five games with a 3-0 win.

Bailey breaks up scoreless game with 3-run homer in 7th after Ohtani leaves, Giants win 3-0

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"We can't sit here and make excuses," Carlos Mendoza said. "It's all part of it. We lost Soto and we had a hard time. We got to figure it out."

Lennon: You can't make it up! Mets snap skid with Soto back but lose Lindor to calf injury.

Hal Steinbrenner should green-light this request by players to wear occasionally wear alternate jerseys on the road.

Boland: Yanks should OK players' request to buck tradition, wear alternate jerseys

Luke Weaver pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to finish it off and snap the Mets longest losing streak since 2002.

Oh thank heaven! Mets' losing skid ends at 12 as Vientos hits go-ahead single in 8th

The Mets will have to manage his workload, at least at first, but Soto's infusion into the order couldn't come at a more opportune moment.

Mets' Soto returns to lineup amidst brutal 12-game losing streak

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