SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014

Jay’s 2- lifts MLB results/standings

Cardinals over Padres 4-3 LA Dodgers 6, Atlanta 4; Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 2; Kansas City 7, Oakland 3; Milwaukee 6, 2; Boston 9, Houston 4; Washington 4, NY Mets 1; 5, Arizona 4 (10 ); Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3; St. Louis 4, San Diego 3; Brewers beat Chicago Cubs 6-2 Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3.

ST LOUIS: Pinch-hitter delivered a two-run double in Brewers 6, Cubs 2 American League the eighth and right fielder Shane Robinson threw out Right-hander Mike Fiers scattered three hits and struck out Eastern Division the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth to help the St 14 over six innings as the sal- W L PCT GB Louis Cardinals hold off the 4-3 Thursday vaged a series split with a victory over the Chicago Cubs. Baltimore 69 50 .580 - night. Jhonny Peralta an early two-run homer for the Second baseman Scooter Gennett doubled in two first-inning Toronto 63 59 .516 7.5 Cardinals, who moved ahead of Pittsburgh into second place runs, left fielder Khris Davis homered and scored twice while NY Yankees 61 58 .513 8 in the NL Central. St. Louis remained two games behind divi- shortstop Elian Herrera went 3-for-4 with an RBI and run Tampa Bay 60 61 .496 10 sion-leading Milwaukee. scored. Boston 55 65 .458 14.5 San Diego had its five-game winning streak snapped and Central Division fell to 16-9 since the All-Star break. Trailing by two in the Rays 6, Rangers 3 Kansas City 66 54 .550 - ninth, the Padres loaded the bases with one out against clos- Second baseman and designated hitter Detroit 65 54 .546 0.5 er Trevor Rosenthal. Pinch-hitter Jake Goebbert came Evan Longoria hit two-run homers and combined for five hits Cleveland 60 60 .500 6 through with an RBI to right, but Alexi Amarista was cut and five RBIs in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ victory over the 57 64 .471 9.5 down at home when he tried to score from second. The . The Rays scored two runs in each of the sec- Minnesota 54 65 .454 11.5 replay review lasted 4 minutes, 9 seconds. Padres manager ond, third and fifth innings in support of right-handed Western Division Bud Black then was ejected for continuing to argue the call. Jake Odorizzi (9-9), who picked up the victory by holding the Oakland 73 48 .603 - After a four-pitch walk to Will Venable loaded the bases Rangers to two runs, four hits and one walk while striking out LA Angels 70 49 .588 2 again, Rosenthal struck out Tommy Medica for his 36th save seven in seven innings. Seattle 65 55 .542 7.5 in 40 opportunities. San Diego reliever Alex Torres (1-1) Houston 50 72 .410 23.5 appeared to strike out Tony Cruz leading off the eighth, but it Marlins 5, Diamondbacks 4 Texas 47 74 .388 26 was ruled Cruz foul-tipped the ball. Replays showed Cruz Center fielder Marcell Ozuna hit a walk-off double in the missed the pitch. 10th inning to lead the to a win over the Eastern Division Given another chance, Cruz singled on the next delivery. . Marlins’ reliever Mike Dunn (10-5) Washington 66 53 .555 - Pinch-hitter walked on four pitches and earned the win in two scoreless innings and set a franchise sin- Atlanta 61 60 .504 6 Kolten Wong came in to run for Cruz. Matt Carpenter loaded gle-season record with 10 wins by a reliever. Miami 60 61 .496 7 the bases with a single to left. NY Mets 57 65 .467 10.5 entered to face Jay, who went after the first Red Sox 9, Astros 4 Philadelphia 53 68 .438 14 pitch and drove a one-hop double off the wall in center to The last-place champions scored seven runs in Central Division snap a 2-all tie. Jay is 5 for 17 with three RBIs as a . the sixth inning and roared from behind to their fourth succes- Milwaukee 67 55 .549 - He has a six-game hitting streak with seven RBIs. Seth Maness sive win and beat the . Second baseman Dustin St Louis 64 56 .533 2 (4-2) earned the win with one spotless inning of relief. Peralta Pedroia stroked two of his three hits and capped the big Pittsburgh 64 57 .529 2.5 hit his 16th to drive in Matt Adams, who led off the inning with a two-run double for the Red Sox. Cincinnati 60 61 .496 6.5 second with a single. That lifted Peralta into a tie with Edgar Chicago Cubs 52 68 .433 14 Renteria (2000) and Daryl Spencer (1960) for the St. Louis sin- Rockies 7, Reds 3 Western Division gle-season record for home runs by a shortstop. Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven innings and allowed just LA Dodgers 70 53 .569 - The Padres tied the score with two runs in the sixth after three runs to lead Colorado to victory. De La Rosa improved to San Francisco 63 57 .525 5.5 loading the bases with none out. Venable scored on a field- 12-8 while shortstop Charlie Culberson, starting in place of San Diego 57 63 .475 11.5 er’s choice. Medica, who had doubled, came home when Josh Rutledge, hit a three-run homer in the fifth when the Arizona 52 69 .430 17 Rymer Liriano beat out an infield single with two outs. Both Rockies scored for the fourth straight inning and built a five- Colorado 47 74 .388 22 starters went seven innings. Cardinals right-hander John run lead. — Reuters Lackey improved on his last start in Baltimore that resulted in nine earned runs over five innings. Lackey allowed five hits and two runs with five . Eric Stults gave up two runs and four hits for San Diego. Stults has allowed three or fewer earned runs in nine of his last 10 starts.

Dodgers 6, Braves 4 The improved to a National League- best 70-53 with their victory over Atlanta. Adrian Gonzalez was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs, Dee Gordon had three hits and four runs and added three hits while making the defensive play of the game by crashing into the fence to rob Braves’ first baseman Freddie Freeman of extra-bases in the sixth inning.

Tigers 5, Pirates 2 Max Scherzer struck out a season-high 14 batters and col- lected his American League-leading 14th victory as the defeated the . Scherzer (14-4) did not give up a run on three hits in eight innings. J.D. Martinez drove in two runs for Detroit (65-54) while pinch hit- ter Gaby Sanchez hit a late two-run homer for the Pirates (64- 57).

Royals 7, Athletics 3 Right fielder Nori Aoki’s two-run in the fifth inning gave the the lead they held to beat the . The Royals batted around in a five-run sev- enth. Oakland (73-48) has seen their lead in the AL West trimmed to two games.

Nationals 4, Mets 1 Adam LaRoche and Bryce Harper both hit two-run homers and Stephen Strasburg threw seven strong innings as the beat the . The Nationals (66-53) increased their lead in the NL East over Atlanta to a ST LOUIS: Alexi Amarista #5 of the San Diego Padres reaches to score as A.J. Pierzynski #35 of the St Louis Cardinals tries season-high six games. to apply the tag in the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on Thursday in St Louis, . — AFP