>>Cardinals Crush Mets

Matt Adams and Jason Heyward each homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-0 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night.

Kolten Wong had three hits with two RBI and two runs scored for St. Louis, while Matt Holliday also notched three hits to extend his on-base streak to 38 games.

Carlos Martinez (4-2) was solid in his outing for the Cardinals, pitching 6 1/3 scoreless frames and striking out five.

Mets starter Bartolo Colon (6-3) was not up to par and had a lengthy streak that gave him a franchise record end. The right-hander, attempting to become the majors first seven-game winner, was roughed up for nine runs -- eight earned -- on 11 hits and two walks over 4 1/3 innings.

>>Wada Leads Cubs Past Padres

Tsuyoshi Wada struck out nine batters in his season debut to guide the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.

Wada threw 45 of his 69 pitches for strikes, tossing just 4 2/3 innings in his first major-league action of the season. He was charged with two runs on four hits and a walk.

Tyson Ross (2-4) was responsible for all three runs on four hits over seven innings to absorb the loss. Ross struck out eight and walked three.

Five relief pitchers were used by Chicago after Wada departed. Justin Grimm (1-0) picked up the win after tossing 1 1/3 innings and Hector Rondon finished the game, pitching around a leadoff single to record his ninth save.

National League Scoreboard
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Arizona 6, Miami 1
Philadelphia 4, Colorado 2
Washington 3, NY Yankees 2
Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 3 (13 innings)
Detroit 5, Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 2, Tampa Bay 1
Kansas City 7, Cincinnati 1
San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 0

>>Indians Hold Off Sox

Michael Brantley's two-run double during the seventh inning helped the Cleveland Indians hold off the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in the third of a four-game set on Wednesday.

Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored and an RBI, while Mike Aviles also drove in a run for the Indians, who have won two in a row.

Shaun Marcum (1-0), who was recalled from Triple-A Columbus prior to the game, surrendered just two runs on four hits with no walks and six strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings in his first major league start since July 6, 2013 with the New York Mets.

Adam Eaton and Conor Gillaspie each hit solo home runs and Alexei Ramirez supplied an RBI single for the White Sox, who have dropped their last two games on the heels of a six-game winning streak.

Carlos Rodon gave up one run on four hits and five walks over six innings.

American League Scoreboard
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Houston 6, Oakland 1
Seattle 4, Baltimore 2
LA Angels of Anaheim 4, Toronto 3
Texas 2, Boston 1

>>Cards' Garcia To Return To Face Mets

Jaime Garcia takes the hill for the first time in almost a year on Thursday when the St. Louis Cardinals close out a four-game series with the New York Mets at Citi Field.

Garcia has dealt with numerous shoulder issues since 2012 and hasn't pitched in a big league game since June 20 of last season. He also had a setback in spring training from the thoracic outlet surgery that was performed to alleviate numbness and tingling in his pitching arm and hand

However, Garcia hasn't exactly instill confidence in a pair of minor league rehab assignments, as he pitched to a 7.27 ERA over 8 2/3 innings.

He becomes the third pitcher to fill in the rotation spot left open by the injury to ace Adam Wainwright.

Garcia has faced the Mets four times and is 2-0 against them with a sparkling 0.96 ERA.

New York counters with the NL's reigning Rookie of the Year, Jacob deGrom.