>>Cardinals Down Marlins in Extra Innings 

Kolten Wong smacked a two-run homer in the third inning and Jason Heyward added a three-run shot in the seventh, as the St. Louis Cardinals topped the Miami Marlins 6-1, despite another long ball from the powerful Giancarlo Stanton.

The Marlins right fielder, who went 3-for-4, hit a 454-foot blast in the second inning for his major league-leading 27th homer of the season. He has 12 homers in June, tying his own club record (May 2012) and Dan Uggla's (May 2008) for most in any month.

Jaime Garcia (3-3) yielded five hits and one run and had four strikeouts over seven innings for the NL Central Division leaders.

Heyward homered for a third straight contest and the Cardinals won for the fourth time in five games.

Mat Latos (2-5) surrendered only three hits, but gave up five runs in seven innings, as the Marlins lost for the sixth time in seven contests.

Stanton, who smacked a mammoth homer in Tuesday night's series-opening 4-3 loss, got hold of a first-pitch fastball and sent a rocket over the wall in center to start the second.

Wong homered to right with Randal Grichuk aboard. Jhonny Peralta singled to start the seventh and Mark Reynolds walked ahead of Heyward's crush of a 1-0 offering over the wall in right field for a 5-1 margin.

Garcia retired 11 straight batters until Stanton singled to begin the seventh. J.T. Realmuto singled with one out, but Garcia retired the next two batters.

The Cardinals tacked on another run in the eighth courtesy of Matt Carpenter's RBI base hit, which scored Garcia. He singled to begin the inning, but came out of the game after cramping upon crossing the plate.

>>Dodgers Bats Come Alive, Beat Cubs

Justin Turner smacked a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-2 in the third of a four- game set.

Adrian Gonzalez cracked a solo shot for the Dodgers, who had dropped seven of their last nine games coming in. Starter Mike Bolsinger, a Chicago native, allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.

J.P. Howell (3-1) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win. Kenley Jansen blanked the Cubs in the ninth to notch his 10th save of the season.

Liam Hendricks (2-4) surrendered four runs on four hits and a walk over five frames for Chicago, which had its four-game winning streak halted.

The Dodgers raced out to an early lead after plating a run in the second and three more in the third. Gonzalez's leadoff shot to left-center began the scoring in the second. Bolsinger hit a one-out double in the third, Joc Pederson walked two batters later and Turner launched his three-run blast into the seats in left-center to give LA a 4-0 lead.

Chicago got a pair of runs back in the fifth. Pinch-hitter Mike Baxter led off with a single and Addison Russell plated him with a double to left. Chris Denorfia followed with a base hit to put runners at the corners and Russell scored when Anthony Rizzo grounded into a double play.

Pederson's RBI single in the eighth gave the Dodgers an insurance run.

National League Scoreboard
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Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2
Washington 2, Atlanta 1 (11 innings)
Milwaukee 4, New York 1
Arizona 8, Colorado 7
San Francisco 6, San Diego 0

>>Sale Brilliant Once Again But Sox Lose

Phil Hughes pitched eight solid innings and the Minnesota Twins scored six runs against Chris Sale in a 6-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Hughes (6-6) pitched his fourth straight quality start, only allowing a run on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

Brian Dozier and Kurt Suzuki each had two hits, an RBI and a run scored to help the Twins take the rubber game of the three-game set.

"Chris Sale throws a lot of strikes," said Dozier. "We made it a point today that anything over the white of the plate we were going up there hacking, and we did that."

Sale (6-4) came up short in his quest to become the first major league pitcher ever to strike out 12-plus batters in six straight starts. He finished with 10 punchouts and allowed six runs -- five earned -- on eight hits and a walk in 6 2/3 innings.

"I didn't leave him out there so he could go get a record," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "If he didn't feel like he was strong enough and tired, then he was going to come out."

Adam LaRoche's second-inning home run accounted for Chicago's only run.

Sale was sharp through three innings with six strikeouts and only facing one batter over the minimum. He lost Chicago's 1-0 lead in the fourth, though, when Dozier led off with a double and scored on Torii Hunter's double with one out. After a Trevor Plouffe walk, Eduardo Nunez's two-base hit plated Hunter, and the Twins led 3-0 after Suzuki's sacrifice fly.

The Twins padded their lead in the seventh with another three-run inning. Suzuki led off with a double and moved to third on Vargas' single. Both runners came around to score when Shane Robinson singled to center field and the ball rolled under Adam Eaton's glove, allowing Robinson to reach third base. Dozier later singled Robinson in to extend Minnesota's lead to 6-1.

American League Scoreboard
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Cleveland 8, Detroit 2
Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0 (12 innings)
NY Yankees 10, Philadelphia 2
LA Angels of Anaheim 2, Houston 1 (13 innings)
Boston 5, Baltimore 1
Oakland 8, Texas 2
Kansas City 8, Seattle 2