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Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguezextendedhis MLB record with the25thgrand slam of his career Tuesday to give the Yankees a lead in the seventh inning of an eventual 8-4win over the Twins. The go-ahead homer was also A-Rod's 25th of the season and No.679of hiscareer.The estimated420-foot blast was the first long ball forRodriguez since his 40th birthday onJuly 27, a span of72 at-bats.

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Yankees relievers were able to preserve the victory, the66th for the Bombers this season. New York still leadsthe Blue Jays, who also won Tuesday,by one game in the AL East, and is five games up on the Orioles, who lost to the Mets.

Three games ended in walkoff fashionas the Astros, Pirates and Athletics all won in their final at-bat.

First,Astros outfielderMarwinGonzalez enjoyed his first career walkoff,hammered ahome run in the10thinning to beat the Rays, 3-2.

Then, the Pirates'Pedro Florimon, who was batting .063 entering Tuesday's game, delivered an RBI tripleas the Bucs outlasted the Diamondbacks 9-8 in 15 innings.

Finally, who doesn't love a bite of late-night breakfast,"Country Breakfast," to be exact?Billy Butlerhit a double off Dodgers reliever Yimi Garcia in the bottom of the 10th as the A's spoiled Clayton Kershaw's outing, 5-4.

Here are more highlights from Tuesday's games:

Impact players

C Francisco Cervelli, Pirates: Finishing 4 for 7 in the Pirates' marathon against the Diamondbacks,Cervelli scored the winning run in the bottom of the 15th.

1B Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals: Britton Colquitt Jersey Ending a 1-for-19 slump,Zimmerman went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two walks as the Natsrouted the Rockies, 15-6.

2B Ian Kinsler, Tigers: Kinsler went 5for 5, falling a triple shy of the cycle, against the Cubs. He addedthree runs and twoRBIs.SS Ian Desmond, Nationals: Desmond went 3 for 6 with four RBIs and a run scored. He and teammateYunel Escobar becamethe first Nationals duo with at Bernie Kosar Jersey least fourRBIs in same game .

3B Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays:Donaldson went 3 for 4 with twohomers, three runs scored and four RBIs. He now has33 home runs and 91 RBIs on the season.

OF Melvin Upton Jr., Padres: The man formally know as B.J.went 3 for 4 with two homers and five RBIs. His sixth-inning blast was the first of his career with his .

DH David Ortiz, Red Sox: Big Papiextended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 2 for 4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored.

SPJacob deGrom, Mets:deGrom continues to dominate. He loweredhis ERA to 1.98 with7 2/3 innings of one-run ball against the Orioles. He struck out six and now owns an impre sive158:29K:BB ratio over 154 1/3 innings.

Key injuries

Dodgers outfielderYasielPuig exited against the A's with aright hamstring injury.He will have an MRI on Wednesdaybut said after the game the injury as the one that sidelined him for 38 games earlier in the season.

Giants right-hander Mike Leake, who was scheduled to come off the disabled list and start Tuesday against the Cardinals, instead will with a nagging left hamstring problem.

Leake's teammateHunter Pence mi sed Tuesday's game against the Cardinals aftergetting his leftside checked by team doctors. They ruled . He'll head to Greg Joseph Jersey the 15-day disabled list to recover.

Yankees first baseman MarkTeixeirahasa in his right shin, but he is expected to avoidthe disabled list.

Out16 days with inflammation in his right shoulder, Indians second basemanJason Kipnis was activated from the 15-day disabled list. He was hitle s in a pinch-hit at-bat.

Shut down last September with a neck i sue,Twins closerGlen Perkins may have a similar fate thisseason. Hewill undergo an Wednesday.

Rockies outfielderCarlos Gonzalez exitedagainst the Nationalswith .He's listed asdaytoday.

The Phillies placed third baseman Maikel Franco on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 12, with a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist. He is batting .277/.340/.490.

After sitting out with sorene s in his left knee, Rangers outfielderJosh Hamilton is to the lineup Thursday against the Tigers.

Out since July 2 witha fractured right wrist, Astros outfielder George Springerplayed catchand took dry swings Tuesday.

Marlins pitcherDavid Phelps is after being diagnosed with a stre s fracturein his right forearm.

Web gems

Mets Seth DeValve Jersey rookie left fielderMichael Conforto fields Henry Urrutia's single andmakes a strong throw to catcherTravis d'Arnaud, who tags out the Orioles' J.J. Hardy at home plate:

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Dodgers aceClayton Kershaw madea terrific playwith his back turned to home plateto snare a comebacker off the bat of A's batterEric Sogard.He later after a fielding lapse.

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Surprise performers

Good: Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner andTigers reliever Buck Farmer each got a hit in their respective games.Bumgarner was called on as a pinch hitter in the seventh.

Bad: On the opposite side of the diamond, D-backssluggerDavid Peraltawas 0 for 6 despite his team putting up eight runs on 12 hits.

Facts of the day

With his 3-for-5performance, Astros second basemanJose Altuvehas156 multi-hit games in the last threeseasons, the.

Reds closerAroldis Chapman converted 56 straight save opportunitiesat home before blowing a save against the Royals. It wasthe longest streak since saves became an official statistic in 1969, .

Alex Rodriguez's grand slam Tuesday was his 7th career go-ahead grand slam. No other player in MLB's divisional era has more than 5 (6 tied)

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Angels sluggerAlbert Pujols hithis 553rd career home runand is now just two homersshy of tying Manny Ramirez for 14th on baseball's all-time list.

Off the field

The Angels Antonio Callaway Jersey called up former first-round pickKaleb Cowartfrom Triple-ASalt Lake, where he wasbatting .323/.395/.491.The third baseman went 0for 3in his MLB debut.

Rockies manager Walt Wei s announcedthatJohn Axford will returnto his ninth-inning .Axford was demotedJuly 31 in favor ofTommy Kahnle, who failed to embrace the role. Kahnle had a4.05 ERA with just two saves the past 15 games.

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