WASHINGTON — Pedro Beato threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded in the 10th inning that allowed the winning run to score, and the Washington Nationals rallied for a 5-4 victory after blowing a late lead Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON — Pedro Beato threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded in the 10th inning that allowed the winning run to score, and the Washington Nationals rallied for a 5-4 victory after blowing a late lead Tuesday night.
The Nationals fell behind twice after leading 2-0 going into the ninth. Mets pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin hit a three-run homer off closer Tyler Clippard.
But Danny Espinosa’s single off Bobby Parnell in the bottom half sent it to extra innings. Josh Thole’s RBI double put the Mets up 4-3 in the 10th before Washington came back again.
PHILLIES 3, DODGERS 2
LOS ANGELES — Roy Halladay pitched five effective innings in his first start off the disabled list, Hunter Pence hit a go-ahead, two-out single in the eighth inning, and Philadelphia won its fourth straight.
The Phillies loaded the bases in the eighth when Ronald Belisario (3-1) walked Chase Utley with two outs, then hit Ryan Howard on the foot with a 1-2 pitch and plunked Carlos Ruiz on a full count. Pence greeted Kenley Jansen with a sharp single to center, scoring Utley and pinch-runner John Mayberry Jr. and giving him a team-high 55 RBIs.
It was Jansen’s first appearance since he was on the mound when San Diego’s Everth Cabrera stole home for the tying run in the Dodgers’ 7-6 loss on Saturday night. Jansen has five blown saves in 21 opportunities.
Halladay threw 80 pitches, allowing two runs and five hits with six strikeouts and no walks.
PADRES 8, ASTROS 2
SAN DIEGO — Ross Ohlendorf pitched six innings, and Yonder Alonso hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs to help the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros.
Alexi Amarista and Cameron Maybin each had three hits for the Padres.
Ohlendorf (3-0) allowed two runs, one earned, in his longest outing of the season and gave up six hits while striking out six and walking one. The right-hander has also made four relief appearances but picked up his first victory as a starter this season.
Three relievers combined to hold Houston scoreless and give San Diego its third win in four games.
Lyles (2-6) yielded five runs on 11 hits over six innings and has yet to win a game on the road in his career. The right-hander walked two and struck out three.
REDS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 0
CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto showed no signs of being bothered by a finger blister during six shutout innings, and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer that sent Cincinnati to its first victory without Joey Votto.
Votto had surgery earlier in the day to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, sidelining the former National League MVP for up to a month.
Cueto (11-5) threw 105 pitches, giving up four hits and four walks.
Arizona’s Trevor Bauer (1-2) had the roughest time in his four starts so far. The 21-year-old lasted only three innings.
GIANTS 9, BRAVES 0
ATLANTA — Georgia native Buster Posey drove in five runs with three hits, and Barry Zito combined with two relievers on a five-hitter for San Francisco.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy made a pregame request for better pitching away from home with his staff’s road ERA sitting at 4.85 — third-worst in the majors. Zito (8-6), who came in with a 5.19 road ERA, answered Bochy’s call by allowing only three hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Posey, who played for Lee County High School, had run-scoring singles in the first and third innings. His third hit was a three-run double off Luis Avilan after Jair Jurrjens (3-3) departed in the fourth.
MARLINS 9, CUBS 5
CHICAGO — Carlos Lee hit a grand slam, and Miami beat the Cubs to give Ozzie Guillen a win in his first game back managing in Chicago.
Lee’s slam against Travis Wood highlighted a five-run fifth and tied him with Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams for seventh on baseball’s career list with 17.
BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 2
MILWAUKEE — Francisco Rodriguez picked up a save on his first night as Milwaukee’s new closer, Rickie Weeks hit a mammoth home run, and Randy Wolf won his first game since April 30.
The Cardinals’ Matt Holliday left the game after getting hit in the leg with a pitch in the first inning, and Brewers slugger Ryan Braun was removed with a right adductor strain in the seventh. St. Louis’ Lance Berkman was ejected for arguing a strike call on a checked swing.
PIRATES 6, ROCKIES 2
DENVER — Erik Bedard pitched effectively into the seventh inning for his first win in more than a month, Andrew McCutchen homered, and Pittsburgh became the fifth team with at least 50 wins.