MILWAUKEE -- St. Louis lost ace Adam Wainwright to an ankle injury, and then got a boost from Mitch Harris that helped the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.
Wainwright was helped from the field by a trainer after injuring his left ankle while stumbling out of the batter's box on his popup to first leading off the fifth inning. He allowed three hits in four shutout innings.
The 29-year-old Harris then tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in his major league debut after serving five years of active duty in the U.S. Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy.
Matt Holliday hit a three-run home run in the seventh for St. Louis, which has won four in a row. It was Holliday's first home run of the season.
The Brewers lost for the 10th time in 11 games to fall to 3-15. Every other team in the majors has at least six victories.
Milwaukee scored three runs with two outs in the eighth on an RBI single by Adam Lind and a bases-loaded double by Aramis Ramirez, but Hector Gomez bounced out to third to strand the tying runs.
Matt Belisle (1-0) got five outs for the win and Seth Maness pitched 1 1/3 innings for his first save.
Holliday's 26th career home run against the Brewers put the Cardinals up 5-0. Matt Carpenter, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a fifth-inning single, doubled with one out in the seventh and Jason Heyward drew a walk.
BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 2 Andrelton Simmons led off the seventh inning with a home run, sparking a rally that helped visiting Atlanta beat Philadelphia. The Braves scored three runs in the seventh and chased David Buchanan (0-4) while snapping a four-game losing streak.
DODGERS 11, PADRES 8 Adrian Gonzalez hit his sixth home run against San Diego this year, a three-run shot, and Andre Ethier, Howie Kendrick and Juan Uribe each had a two-run home run to give visiting Los Angeles a victory over the Padres..
GIANTS 5, ROCKIES 4 (11) Nori Aoki scored from third on Joe Panik's bunt down the first base line in the 11th inning, lifting host San Francisco to a victory over Colorado. Aoki reached on a leadoff walk from Brooks Brown (0-1) and was sacrificed to second. Angel Pagan followed with a single to center but Drew Stubbs' strong throw forced Aoki to hold up. Panik followed with a well-placed bunt down the line that allowed Aoki to break for the plate, and he slid into the bag just ahead of the throw home..
PIRATES 2. DIAMONDBACKS 1 Starling Marte singled home Neil Walker with two outs in the ninth inning, and visiting Pittsburgh edged Arizona. Walker doubled to the center-field wall against Addison Reed (0-1), his second double of the game, before Marte hit a grounder past diving shortstop Cliff Pennington.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANGELS 4, RANGERS 1 C.J. Cron hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the sixth inning, leading Los Angeles to rally to its third consecutive victory. Albert Pujols tied it with a bases-loaded single for the Angels, who scored three runs in the sixth despite having two runners thrown out at the plate.
ASTROS 9, ATHLETICS 3 Houston star Jose Altuve hit a three-run home run and extended his hitting streak against Oakland to 28 games. Jed Lowrie drove in two runs and George Springer homered for the Astros (10-7). Scott Feldman (2-2) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win.
ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 4 (10) David Lough hit a game-ending home run in the 10th inning to cap a two-run rally against Koji Uehara, and host Baltimore beat Boston to end a five-game losing streak.
Sports on 04/26/2015