WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, Ian Desmond homered in the seventh, and the Washington Nationals beat the slumping Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Friday. WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, Ian Desmond
WASHINGTON — Stephen Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, Ian Desmond homered in the seventh, and the Washington Nationals beat the slumping Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Friday.
Making his 14th start of the season, Strasburg (4-6) allowed one run and five hits for his first win since May 31. After DJ LeMahieu’s RBI single in the third, Strasburg kept the Rockies scoreless.
Colorado lost its fifth straight.
METS 4, PHILLIES 3
PHILADELPHIA — Juan Lagares hit a go-ahead double, Jeremy Hefner pitched six effective innings, and New York came back from a three-run deficit to beat Philadelphia.
Hefner (2-6) gave up three runs — two earned — and 10 hits to help the Mets snap a five-game losing streak against the Phillies.
Eric Young Jr. had two hits, including a two-run single for the Mets, who have won three of four. Scott Rice and Carlos Torres each tossed a hitless inning, and Bobby Parnell finished for his 12th save in 15 tries.
BREWERS 2, BRAVES 0
MILWAUKEE — Jean Segura homered, and Wily Peralta allowed two hits in seven innings to lead Milwaukee past Atlanta for its second shutout of the season.
Peralta (5-8) won for the second time in his last eight starts, giving up two singles to go with four strikeouts and four walks.
Francisco Rodriguez pitched the eighth, and Jim Henderson threw the ninth for his 10th save.
Segura finished with three hits, including his 11th homer, and Norichika Aoki added three singles after the birth of his son Thursday.
DIAMONDBACKS 11, REDS 5
PHOENIX — Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, and Arizona beat Cincinnati in Johnny Cueto’s worst outing in three seasons.
Goldschmidt drove in three runs to raise his NL-leading RBI total to 65. Gerardo Parra hit a leadoff home run for the Diamondbacks, and Jason Kubel tied his career high with four hits.
Kubel doubled in a run and scored twice.
Cueto (4-1) went 4 1/3 innings and allowed seven runs, his most since Milwaukee scored eight against him on Sept. 22, 2010. The 11 hits off him matched his career worst.
PADRES 5, DODGERS 2
SAN DIEGO — Chris Denorfia and Chase Headley each had two RBIs as San Diego touched up Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw.
Four relievers shut down the Dodgers after Clayton Richard left two pitches into his start with shoulder pain. Tim Stauffer (1-0) gave up one run in four innings for his first win since Sept. 16, 2011, and Huston Street secured his 15th save in 16 chances.
MARLINS 6, GIANTS 3
SAN FRANCISCO — Marcell Ozuna hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning after tying it with an RBI single in the sixth, and Miami beat San Francisco for its ninth straight win at AT&T Park.
Ozuna also threw out Andres Torres trying to stretch a sixth-inning double into a triple. Torres left the game and was having X-rays on his right knee after a hard slide on the play.
Logan Morrison hit his first home run in nearly a year and also had an RBI triple for the Marlins, who haven’t lost in San Francisco since July 28, 2010.
RANGERS 6, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS — Nelson Cruz snapped a ninth-inning tie with a two-run single through a drawn-in infield, and Texas beat St. Louis in the opener of a series between 2011 World Series opponents.
Derek Holland went seven innings after a shaky start, and Neal Cotts (4-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth when Jon Jay tapped out on a full-count pitch. Joe Nathan finished for his 23rd save in 24 chances.
CUBS 3, ASTROS 1
CHICAGO — Matt Garza pitched into the ninth inning, and Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run since May 18 to lead Chicago over Houston after a rain delay that lasted 3 hours, 18 minutes.
Darwin Barney and Scott Hairston also homered for the Cubs, who had lost four of five. Barney was a triple short of the cycle.
The subject of trade speculation, Garza (2-1) allowed four hits and struck out eight for his first win since beating Arizona on May 31. The right-hander walked Jose Altuve to begin the ninth and was replaced by Kevin Gregg, who earned his 11th save in 11 tries.
Blue Jays 7, Orioles 6
TORONTO — Rajai Davis singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for their ninth straight win.
Munenori Kawasaki hit his first career home run, a tying two-run shot in the seventh. Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion also connected for the Blue Jays.
YANKEES 6, RAYS 2
NEW YORK — Zoilo Almonte provided much-needed pop in his first major league start, homering and adding two singles that led the Yankees over the Rays.
Almonte started in place of slumping left fielder Vernon Wells and quickly delivered, a day after getting a pinch single for his first hit. The Yankees won for the third time in 10 games.
INDIANS 5, TWINS 1
CLEVELAND — Scott Kazmir allowed one run in seven strong innings, and Jason Kipnis drove in three, leading the Indians over Minnesota.
Kazmir (4-4) gave up just a leadoff homer to Brian Dozier in the sixth and four other hits. The left-hander struck out seven, including five in his final two innings.
RED SOX 10, TIGERS 6
DETROIT — Shane Victorino homered and hit three singles, driving in five runs to lead the Red Sox to a win over the Tigers.
Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer for Detroit, which nearly rallied from a 6-1 deficit but couldn’t come through against the Boston bullpen. Jon Lester (7-4) allowed five runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings, but he won for the first time in seven starts.
Doug Fister (6-5) allowed six runs and 11 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Andy Dirks also homered for Detroit, and Cabrera had four hits.
WHITE SOX 9, ROYALS 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hector Santiago shut down the Royals’ punchless offense for a career-best eight innings, and the White Sox roughed up Kansas City starter Jeremy Guthrie in a rout.
Dayan Viciedo hit a three-run homer, and Alejandro de Aza added a two-run shot for the White Sox, who snapped a three-game skid with their best offensive output in nearly two weeks.
They scored twice in the first inning and five times in the third, when they chased Guthrie (7-5) from the game.
Santiago (3-5) gave up just three hits and a walk, and Eric Hosmer’s homer in the sixth represented the only run Santiago has allowed to the Royals in 19 1/3 career innings.
ATHLETICS 6, MARINERS 3
SEATTLE — Yoenis Cespedes hit a pair of two-run homers and Bartolo Colon won his seventh straight start to lead the Athletics past the Mariners.
Cespedes homered in the first inning and again in the ninth for his third career multihomer game — all this month. Jed Lowrie and Coco Crisp also went deep for the Athletics, who maintained their one-game lead in the AL West over Texas.
Colon (10-2) gave up three runs and seven hits over eight innings, tying unbeaten Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers for most wins in the American League.
Nick Franklin hit a three-run homer for Seattle, which has lost three straight and five of six.
Hisashi Iwakuma (7-3) lost at home for the first time this season, giving up four runs and six hits.
PIRATES 5, ANGELS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gerrit Cole pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning in his native Orange County, earning his third straight victory to open his major league career in the Pirates win over the Angels.
The Pirates’ 22-year-old right-hander out of Orange Lutheran High School and UCLA dazzled the Angels in his first career road start, repeatedly hitting 100 mph on Angel Stadium’s radar gun. He struck out five and retired 11 straight before Albert Pujols’ leadoff homer in the seventh.
Cole (3-0) outpitched Angels ace Jered Weaver (1-4), who yielded nine hits and four runs over six rocky innings in his fourth straight winless start.
Pedro Alvarez and Jordy Mercer homered in the second inning of the Pirates’ first game in Anaheim since 2007.
