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The Diamondbacks suffered a tough defeat at home against the Houston Astros, dropping to 5 1/2 games back in the wild-card chase.

It wasn’t an ideal start to the second half of the season for the Detroit Tigers, who lost two out of three games to the Texas Rangers.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks went heavy on pitching prospects on the second and final day of the MLB draft, also choosing a player with a familiar name.

DBacks pitcher Yilber Diaz would panhandle and worked as a street vendor and a car windshield washer. He lived hand-to-mouth before his big break.

Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte said thieves broke into his home and stole $400,000 worth of items while he was out of town last week at the All-Star Game in Atlanta.