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White Sox, Cards Win Sunday; Cubs Swept

>>White Sox Sneak Past Brewers

(Chicago, IL)  --  Eduardo Escobar hit a pinch-hit RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to give the White Sox a 1-0 win over the Brewers.  Jose Quintana dealt eight scoreless innings with four strikeouts, while reliever Brian Bruney grabbed his first win of the season.  Alejandro De Aza and Gordon Beckham each had two hits for Chicago, who took two-of-three from Milwaukee.  Michael Fiers struck out seven and didn't give up a run in seven-and-one-third innings in the loss.  Reliever Manny Parra fell to 0-and-2.

>>Cards Pound Royals

(Kansas City, MO)  --  Carlos Beltran hit his 20th home run of the season, a three-run shot in the first inning, to help the Cardinals beat the Royals, 11-8.  Allen Craig was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Matt Holliday went 1-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI as the St. Louis swept Kansas City to move three games above .500.  After a scorching start to the year, Lance Lynn gave up five earned runs or more for his second straight outing.  Reliever Victor Marte earned the win.  The Cards open a three-game set with the Marlins in Miami tonight.  Jake Westbrook will get the start against Ricky Nolasco.

>>Snakes Sweep Cubs

(Phoenix, AZ)  --  Justin Upton plated three runs to back eight strong innings from Wade Miley as the Diamondbacks cruised to a 5-1 win over the Cubs.  Miley struck out seven and gave up just one run on three hits with a walk to improve to 9-and-3 on the season.  Jason Kubel added a solo home run and Aaron Hill also knocked in a run for Arizona, which swept the three-game set at Chase Field and has won four straight overall.  Alfonso Soriano's solo dinger in the seventh inning accounted for Chicago's lone run of the game.  Matt Garza gave up three runs in seven innings of duty to suffer the loss.  The Cubs have dropped four in-a-row and six of their last eight.

MLB Interleague
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Tampa Bay Rays 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (Gm.1)
Tampa Bay Rays 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (Gm.2)
Minnesota Twins 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Miami Marlins 9, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Boston Red Sox 9, Atlanta Braves 4
Baltimore Orioles 2, Washington Nationals 1
Detroit Tigers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Houston Astros 7, Cleveland Indians 1
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Oakland Athletics 4, San Francisco Giants 2
San Diego Padres 2, Seattle Mariners 0
Texas Rangers 4, Colorado Rockies 2
New York Yankees 6, New York Mets 5

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