ST. LOUIS - Carl Crawford’s line-drive double off Shelby Miller’s right elbow ended the St. Louis Cardinals starter’s night after just two pitches and the Los Angeles Dodgers punished the rookie’s replacements as well in a 13-4 victory Wednesday night.
Andre Ethier and Skip Schumaker each had three hits and a season-best four RBI, and Crawford had a season-best four hits and a walk. The Dodgers had 18 hits to top their previous best by one, a night after the Cardinals ended their franchise-record 15-game road winning streak. The Dodgers are 16-3 since the All-Star break.
X-rays on Miller for what the team described as an elbow contusion were negative. The 22-yearold, among the league leaders with a 2.89 ERA and is 11-7 in 22 starts, pivoted after the pitch to Crawford but couldn’t get his arm out of the way of the line drive that bounded into shallow left field for a double.
BRAVES 6, NATIONALS 3 Jason Heyward singled and Justin Upton doubled in three runs in the eighth inning of Atlanta’s victory over host Washington. Upton also homered, and Kris Medlen (9-10) allowed 3 runs and 3 hits over 7 innings as the Braves won their 13th in a row to take a 15½-game lead over the second-place Nationals in the National League East.
CUBS 5, PHILLIES 2 Donnie Murphy hit a tie breaking three-run shot in the ninth inning for his second home run of the game, lifting visiting Chicago to a victory over Philadelphia.
METS 5, ROCKIES 0 Matt Harvey bounced back from a rare loss with his first career shutout and the Mets’ top position prospect Wilmer Flores drove in his first major-league runs with a three-run double, leading host New York to a victory over Colorado. Harvey (9-3) gave up four hits in his 33rd career start.
PIRATES 4, MARLINS 2 Charlie Morton retired his final 11 batters over seven strong innings and host Pittsburgh maintained the best record in the majors with a victory over Miami. Morton (4-3) shook off a shaky beginning in which he allowed six hits over his first three-plus innings to beat Miami for the second time in an 11-day span.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RED SOX 7, ASTROS 5 Stephen Drew hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth to rally visiting Boston to a victory over Houston. David Ortiz had four hits and Jonny Gomes also hit a home run for the Red Sox, who have won seven of their past nine games.
ROYALS 5, TWINS 2 The Kansas City bullpen picked up starter Danny Duffy when he labored in his return from elbow ligament replacement surgery, keeping visiting Minnesota guessing and sending the Royals to a victory. Duffy struck out seven in 3 2/3 innings in his first outing since May 2012, but needed 93 pitches to get that far.
TIGERS 6, INDIANS 5 Prince Fielder hit a two-run double in the 14th inning as visiting Detroit won its 11th in a row over Cleveland, which fell six games out of first place in the American League Central. After the Tigers put two on against Bryan Shaw (2-3), Fielder lined his double off Marc Rzepczynski into the gap as the Tigers beat the Indians for the 11th time in12 games and improved to 12-3 against their nearest division rival.
WHITE SOX 6, YANKEES 5 Alejandro De Aza’s two-run double in the 12th rallied host Chicago to a victory over New York. The Yankees fell for the 14th time in 20 games after Mariano Rivera blew the lead in the ninth and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead home run in the 12th.
MARINERS 9, BLUE JAYS 7 Humberto Quintero’s two-run home run highlighted a sixrun fifth inning, and host Seattle rallied for a victory over Toronto.
INTERLEAGUE
REDS 6, ATHLETICS 5 Jay Bruce hit a tworun home run and threw out a runner at the plate, helping host Cincinnati beat Bartolo Colon and Oakland. Corky Miller added two run-scoring doubles for Cincinnati.
ORIOLES 10, PADRES 3 Chris Davis hit his major league-best 41st home run in Baltimore’s four-run eighth inning, helping the Orioles beat host San Diego. Davis belted a tie breaking three run shot into the bleachers in right-center on the first pitch from Colt Hynes. Brian Roberts tacked on a sacrifice fly, and the Orioles then broke it open with three more runs in the ninth.
Wednesday’s games
NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta 6, Washington 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 4, Miami 2 NY Mets 5, Colorado 0 LA Dodgers 13, St. Louis 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle 9, Toronto 7 Detroit 6, Cleveland 5 (14) Boston 7, Houston 5 Kansas City 5, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 6, NY Yankees 5 (12) Texas at LA Angels, (n)
INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 6, Oakland 5 Baltimore 10, San Diego 3 Tampa Bay at Arizona, (n)
Sports, Pages 22 on 08/08/2013