NATIONAL LEAGUE

Howard's home run, overturned call lift Phillies

PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Howard hit a home run in his second game since a three-game benching and scored the go-ahead run on an overturned call at the plate in the Philadelphia Phillies' 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

With the score 2-2 in the sixth, Howard walked with two outs against Vidal Nuno (0-2). Marlon Byrd popped up to short right field, where second baseman Didi Gregorius backpedaled slowly, settled under the ball and had it kick off his glove and bounce toward center.

Ender Inciarte picked up the ball and threw to the plate, where Montero was blocking Howard's path, grabbed the throw on the fly and tagged the runner as Howard tried to get around him on the infield side.

Umpire Dale Scott signaled out, but after a review of 2 minutes, 55 seconds, Howard was ruled safe because Montero blocked the plate before he grabbed the throw.

NATIONALS 4, REDS 2 Doug Fister (10-2) allowed three hits in seven shutout innings and Adam LaRoche drove in two runs and Anthony Rendon added an RBI single in the ninth for the visiting Nationals.

METS 2, BREWERS 0 Lucas Duda hit a two-run home run in the sixth off Jimmy Nelson (1-2), his third home run in four days in Milwaukee for the visiting Mets.

CARDINALS 1, CUBS 0 Adam Wainwright (13-5) allowed five hits in seven innings and Matt Holliday hit a home run in the first off rookie Kyle Hendricks (1-1) for the visiting Cardinals. Trevor Rosenthal pitched the ninth for his 32nd save, completing a six-hitter.

BRAVES 8, PADRES 3 Chris Johnson and Ryan Doumit each drove in two runs during host Atlanta's six-run third inning. Mike Minor (4-6) allowed 3 runs and 8 hits in 62/3 innings, and Atlanta roughed up Eric Stults for 6 runs and 6 hits in 6 innings.

PIRATES 7, ROCKIES 5 Josh Harrison had four hits, including an eighth-inning home run on the first pitch by Rex Brothers (3-5) that broke a 5-5 tie and Gregory Polanco hit a home run four pitches later for the visiting Pirates.

DODGERS 4, GIANTS 3 Carl Crawford hit an RBI triple to back Hyun-Jin Ryu’s third consecutive victory, and the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sweep of host San Francisco.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RED SOX 3, RAYS 2 David Ortiz hit a three run home run, and the visiting Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay to end a five-game losing streak.

BLUE JAYS 5, YANKEES 4 Dioner Navarro hit a go-ahead single with two outs in the ninth, and visiting Toronto rallied after wasting three leads for its first series victory in the Bronx since Aug. 27-29, 2012. Aaron Sanchez (1-0) gave up Carlos Beltran’s tying RBI hit in the eighth. Munenori Kawasaki had put Toronto ahead with a sacrifice fly.

TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 3 Sam Fuld hit a tiebreaking, two-run single off Javy Guerra in a three-run seventh inning, and host Minnesota avoided a four-game sweep.

ANGELS 2, TIGERS 1 David Freese hit a tiebreaking home run off Joba Chamberlain (1-4) in the eighth inning, and host Los Angeles won its third consecutive. Erick Aybar scored from second base on Rick Porcello’s poor pickoff throw in the fifth for the Angels.

INDIANS 10, ROYALS 3 Carlos Santana hit 2 two-run home runs, giving him six home runs in six games and visiting Cleveland ended Kansas City’s winning streak at five. Ryan Raburn and Yan Gomes also homered for the Indians, who stopped their four-game losing streak and ended Kansas City’s five-game winning streak.

ORIOLES 3, MARINERS 2 Manny Machado lifted a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 10th for visiting Baltimore off Yoervis Medina (4-2), who was pitching on his 26th birthday. Adam Jones had led off with a double, and Nelson Cruz and Chris Davis walked. Baltimore took three of four in the series, twice winning in extra innings.

ATHLETICS 9, RANGERS 3 John Jaso drove in three runs, helping Scott Kazmir and visiting Oakland beat Texas.

INTERLEAGUE

MARLINS 4, ASTROS 2 Garrett Jones and Marcell Ozuna hit home runs for visiting Miami, which completed a three-game sweep. Houston has lost five in a row and eight of 10. Jones' homer capped a three-run first for the Marlins, and Ozuna padded the lead with his solo shot in the sixth. Miami has won seven of eight following a six-game skid.

Sports on 07/28/2014

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