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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
TORONTO, May 22 (UPI) -- Hunter Pence socked a go-ahead homer and Wandy Rodriguez delivered six strong innings Sunday in the Houston Astros' 3-2 win over Toronto.
Pence's blast in the fifth inning put the Astros up 3-1 and Brett Wallace added two hits and an RBI for Houston, which took the rubber match of their three-game interleague series with the Blue Jays.
Rodriguez (3-3) yielded two runs on six hits, walking three and striking out six for the Astros.
Wilton Lopez tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and Mark Melancon picked up his third save despite loading the bases with two outs in the ninth inning.
Kyle Drabek (3-3) was tagged with three runs on eight hits over six frames for the Blue Jays.
Juan Rivera and J.P. Arencibia connected for solo homers in Toronto's loss.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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