>>Pirates Crush Cardinals
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- Pedro Alvarez homered twice as part of a four-hit, four-RBI night to lead the Pirates in a 9-0 rout of the Cardinals. James McDonald struck out six over seven innings of two-hit ball to improve to 12-and-6. Clint Barmes knocked in a pair of runs for the Bucs, who won for only the second time in eight games. Jake Westbrook was shelled for seven runs and 11 hits in five innings to fall to 13-and-10. St. Louis lost for only the second time in its last eight contests. Cards catcher Yadier Molina left after a collision with Josh Harrison in the second inning.
>>Brew Crew Downs Cubs
(Chicago, IL) -- Jeff Bianchi hit a three-run homer to power the Brewers in a 4-1 win over the Cubs. Yovani Gallardo struck out nine over seven innings of one-run ball to improve to 14-and-8. John Axford recorded his 21st save. Milwaukee has won three straight and seven of its last eight. Travis Wood did all he could for Chicago, going seven innings and allowing three runs to suffer the loss. Wood also gave the Cubs their only run of the game with a solo homer. Chicago managed just three hits off Milwaukee pitching. The Cubs have lost two in-a-row and seven of their last nine.
MLB NL
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New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5 (10 inn)
Miami Marlins 9, Washington Nationals 0
San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2
Colorado Rockies 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Cincinnati Reds 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 2
Atlanta Braves 2, San Diego Padres 0
>>Orioles Blank White Sox Behind Tillman
(Baltimore, MD) -- Chris Tillman outshined Cy Young hopeful Chris Sale as the Orioles shutout the White Sox, 6-0. Tillman improved to 7-and-2 with seven frames of one-hit ball. Nick Markakis hit a three-run double while Lew Ford and Adam Jones connected on solo homers. It was Jones' 100th jack of his career and snapped a skid of 110 at-bats without a round-tripper. Manny Machado added a sac-fly for Baltimore, which has won four straight and seven of its last nine. Sale gave up four runs in as many innings to fall to 15-and-5. Adam Dunn managed to reach base twice with a walk and a hit. Chicago has dropped the first two contests of the four-game series after winning six in-a-row.
MLB AL
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Oakland Athletics 7, Cleveland Indians 0
New York Yankees 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Texas Rangers 1, Tampa Bay Rays 0
Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 8
Seattle Mariners 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6, Boston Red Sox 5
