>>Cardinals Crush Mets
Randal Grichuk went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a run scored to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-2 win over the New York Mets.
Mark Reynolds homered among his three hits and Kolten Wong had two RBI for St. Louis, which bounced back from a 14-inning loss in the series opener on Monday night.
Michael Wacha (6-0) remained unbeaten after he scattered four hits and allowed two runs with five strikeouts over seven innings.
Daniel Murphy was the only Met to hurt Wacha, smacking a home run in the fourth to account for New York's offense.
Jon Niese (3-4) was roughed up for eight runs on 11 hits over five innings in the loss.
>>Cubs Sloppy In Loss
James Shields struck out 11 batters and the San Diego Padres took advantage of three Chicago defensive mistakes in their 4-3 win over the Cubs on Tuesday.
Shields gave up a pair of solo home runs among the six hits that he scattered over seven innings for the Padres, who snapped a three-game losing skid. Shields has given up at least one home run in eight of nine starts this season and leads the majors in homers allowed.
Chris Coghlan and Dexter Fowler went deep off Shields in the third inning to give the Cubs an early 2-0 lead.
Jason Hammel tossed a gem for Chicago but was betrayed by his defense. He struck out eight in seven innings, yielding just three hits and two unearned runs.
National League Scoreboard
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Arizona 4, Miami 2
Colorado 6, Philadelphia 5
San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 0
Minnesota 8, Pittsburgh 5
Tampa Bay 5, Atlanta 3
Milwaukee 8, Detroit 1
Washington 8, NY Yankees 6 (10 innings)
Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 0
>>Bauer Sends Tribe Past Sox
Trevor Bauer tossed 7 1/3 strong innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in the second of a four-game set.
Bauer (3-1) struck out seven and allowed a run on four hits and three walks for the Indians. Brandon Moss smacked a solo homer in the triumph.
Cody Allen tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to notch his seventh save of the season.
Jose Quintana (2-4) surrendered two runs on eight hits and four walks over seven frames for Chicago, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
The game was tied 1-1 before the Indians scored a run in the fifth and another in the eighth to go ahead.
Jason Kipnis dumped a two-out single to shallow center in the fifth and he came home on Jose Ramirez's double down the left-field line.
Moss cracked his solo shot into the seats in right to make it 3-1 in favor of the Indians.
American League Scoreboard
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Baltimore 9, Seattle 4
LA Angels of Anaheim 3, Toronto 2
Boston 4, Texas 3
Houston 6, Oakland 4
