>>Schwarber Sends Cubs Past Reds
Kyle Schwarber's solo home run in the 13th inning led the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the second of this four-game series.
Schwarber belted a pitch from Nate Adcock (1-2) over the wall in right, and Justin Grimm pitched a 1-2-3 home half for his second save of the season.
Schwarber hit a two-run home run in the ninth to send the game to extra innings, and finished the game 4-for-7 with four RBI. Chris Coghlan also hit a solo home run for the Cubs, who have won three of their last four. Jason Motte (7-1) tossed two scoreless innings of relief for the win.
Todd Frazier drove in three runs and Skip Schumaker had an RBI for the Reds, who have lost three of their last four.
Jason Hammel went five innings for Chicago and was charged with two runs -- one earned -- on five hits with three walks and four strikeouts, while Raisel Iglesias lasted 5 2/3 frames for Cincinnati and allowed two runs on six hits with four walks and eight strikeouts.
Cincinnati got on the board in the first as Brandon Phillips singled, moved to third on a Dexter Fowler error off a Joey Votto fly ball, and came home on Frazier's sacrifice fly.
The Reds made it a 2-0 game in the second on Schumaker's groundout that scored Marlon Byrd, who had reached on a single and wound up at third after another single and wild pitch.
Chicago cut its deficit in half in the fifth, as Addison Russell walked with one out, moved to second on Fowler's single, and came home when Schwarber hit a ground-rule double. Iglesias limited the damage by striking out Kris Bryant and forcing a line out from Anthony Rizzo.
In the sixth, Coghlan tied the game with his home run to left, his ninth of the year. It initially fell for a triple, but a replay showed it had cleared the wall and the game was tied.
Phillips and Votto hit singles in the seventh to leave runners at the corners, and Votto stole second. Frazier then dropped a single into shallow left that scored both runners for a 4-2
The Cubs, though, tied the game in the ninth as Fowler led off with a single and Schwarber crushed a pitch well over the wall in right for his second of the season.
>>Holliday's Slam Helps Cards Past Sox
Matt Holliday smacked a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-5 in the opener of a brief two-game set.
Mark Reynolds cracked a solo homer and Yadier Molina went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI for the Cardinals, who have won three of their last four games.
Michael Wacha (11-3) struck out eight, but allowed five runs on four hits and two walks to register the win. Trevor Rosenthal blanked the White Sox in the ninth for his 28th save of the season.
Tyler Saladino launched a two-run shot among his three hits and two runs scored and Geovany Soto added a solo blast for Chicago, which has dropped three in a row and five of its last six games.
Carlos Rodon (3-3) surrendered seven runs on seven hits and three walks with six punchouts over four frames to garner the loss.\
The Cardinals raced out to a huge lead after plating a run in the second, two in the third and four more in the fourth.
Matt Carpenter's RBI single in the second and Molina's two-run base hit in the third staked St. Louis to a 3-0 advantage. Reynolds worked a leadoff walk in the fourth, Stephen Piscotty singled and Kolten Wong was hit by a pitch before Holliday belted his grand slam into the seats in left two batters later for a 7-0 Cards cushion.
Jose Abreu's RBI single and Melky Cabrera's sacrifice fly in the home fourth got the White Sox on the board. St. Louis, though, got a run back in the fifth on Reynolds' liner over the wall in left-center, extending the margin to 8-2.
Saladino's two-run shot and Soto's solo blast in the bottom of the fifth cut the deficit to 8-5.
National League Scoreboard
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New York 7, Washington 2
Atlanta 4, Los Angeles 3
Miami 3, Arizona 0
Tampa Bay 1, Philadelphia 0
Milwaukee 8, Cleveland 1
Kansas City 3, Pittsburgh 1
Texas 9, Colorado 0
San Francisco 9, San Diego 3
American League Scoreboard
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New York 3, Baltimore 2
Seattle 11, Detroit 9
Houston 8, Boston 3
Toronto 7, Oakland 1
LA Angels of Anaheim 7, Minnesota 0
>>Cardinals Recall Top Prospect Piscotty
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased the contract of outfielder/first baseman Stephen Piscotty from Triple-A Memphis prior to Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox.
The right-handed hitting Piscotty was batting .272 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI in 87 games at Memphis this season.
Piscotty, 24, a supplemental first round draft selection (36th player overall) by the Cardinals in 2012, owns a career batting average of .288 with 39 home runs and 196 RBI in 390 minor league games.
Following Sunday's game, the team optioned outfielder Tommy Pham to Memphis. To make room for Piscotty on the 40-man roster, the Cardinals designated Memphis infielder Ty Kelly for assignment.
