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The Colorado Rockies are in first place in their division - already having spent more days in first than in all but one season of their existence (1995). They've never won a division title. A lot of the team's strength has come from their play on the road. They have a winning record on the road at 15-7 (.682), the third-best winning percentage in the majors and best in the NL on the road.

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Bill Buckner never struck out three times in game. Tony Gwynn did once (vs. Bob Welch). Gwynn had 297, 3-hit games, and one, 3-K game.

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Royals C Salvador Pérez went deep three times on Sunday, homering in both games of Kansas City's doubleheader vs. the Twins. He joined Bill Pecota (1989) as the only Royals players with three home runs in a doubleheader.

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Padres P Clayton Richard's five-hitter Sunday vs. the Diamondbacks marked San Diego's first complete game since Andrew Cashner went all nine innings on Sept. 15, 2014. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, eight opposing pitchers had hurled a complete game at Petco Park since the last time a Padres pitcher did so prior to Sunday.

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Giants P Matt Cain allowed seven runs in less than six innings during Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Cardinals, raising his career ERA vs. St. Louis to 6.62. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the highest ERA vs. the Cardinals for any of the 372 pitchers that began their career in the last 85 years and made more than 10 starts against them.

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Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays marked the first time that the Orioles made at least three errors and struck out 13 or more times in a nine-inning game at Camden Yards since the ballpark opened in 1992. (Elias Sports Bureau)

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With a home run, a double and the victory on Sunday, Rockies P Kyle Freeland became only the third rookie starting pitcher in the last 30 years to produce multiple extra-base hits, including a homer, and get the win on the mound in a single game (Elias Sports Bureau).

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Sunday marked only the second time since 1955 that a pair of Cubs went 3-for-3 or better with multiple RBIs in the same game. Kris Bryant (3-for-3, two homers, two RBIs) and Willson Contreras (3-for-3, three RBIs) managed the feat after Andre Dawson (5-for-5, two RBIs) and Dave Martinez (3-for-3, three RBIs) did so in 1987 (Elias Sports Bureau).

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Sunday marked the first time the Pirates have won 1-0 with the only run coming via a hit batsman with the bases loaded since the Cubs' Jimmy Lavender plunked Bill Hinchman on May 31, 1915 (Elias Sports Bureau).

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For the second time in five weeks, the Yankees won despite striking out at least 17 times in a nine-inning game. No other team has multiple such wins in a single season since 1900. Sunday also marked the first time in Yankees history that multiple players (Matt Holliday and Aaron Judge) had at least four K's each in a nine-inning game (Elias Sports Bureau).

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Mike Napoli's 452-foot home run was not only the deciding run in the Rangers' win, but it was comfortably the longest hit on Sunday. Mitch Moreland, Brandon Moss and a pair of Cubs players round out the list, with Kris Bryant making his second top-five appearance in four days.

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2nd time the Yankees have won a nine-inning game this season despite striking out at least 17 times