MILWAUKEE — Zach Duke stranded the bases loaded with a strikeout in the 10th inning after Randal Grichuk hit an RBI single in the top half of the inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Seung Hwan Oh (4-2) pitched out of a jam in the ninth to get the win. Duke got his first save with the Cardinals by entering to strike out pinch-hitter Manny Pina after Matt Bowman walked three batters.
The Cardinals’ Jhonny Peralta led off the 10th with a single off Corey Knebel (0-2) and moved to third on Yadier Molina’s ground-rule double. Jeremy Hazelbaker, who pinch ran for Peralta, scored the winning run on Grichuk’s flare to right.
St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright and Milwaukee’s Wily Peralta dueled for seven innings, leaving a 1-1 game for the bullpens.
Neither team had a hit until the fourth and neither scored until the sixth.
St. Louis’ Jedd Gyorko broke the scoreless tie with a two-out home run in the sixth. The Cardinals have homered in 19 consecutive games, tying a franchise record set in July 2006.
Martin Maldonado’s run-scoring double tied it in the bottom of the inning.
Wainwright retired the first nine batters until Jonathan Villar singled leading off the fourth. Wainwright gave up three hits and one run in seven innings. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter.
Peralta retired the first nine batters before surrendering a single to Matt Carpenter, who led off the fourth.
Peralta has pitched well since being recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Aug. 8 after struggling earlier in the year. He gave up three hits and one run in seven innings, walking one and striking out a season-high 10. It marked the second time in his career that he reached double digits in strikeouts.
Peralta had not gone more than six innings in a game this season.
The Brewers put two runners on in the ninth, but Oh struck out Chris Carter to end the threat. Milwaukee has lost six straight, all at home.
NATIONALS 3, PHILLIES 2 Max Scherzer didn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning and he was dominant through eight as the Washington Nationals continued their mastery of the Philadelphia Phillies. Scherzer (15-7) allowed three hits and struck out 11 while walking one. He was perfect through the first four innings, striking out five consecutive batters — all swinging — between the second and third innings. Ryan Howard, who got the start despite being 1 for 18 with 11 strikeouts against Scherzer coming in, hit an opposite-field two-run home run in the seventh inning to break up the shutout and pull the Phillies within 3-2. But Scherzer closed the door from there, striking out three more in the seventh and eighth en route to his 15th win of the season.
BRAVES 7, PADRES 3 Julio Teheran won for the first time in 10 starts, rookie Dansby Swanson drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres. Teheran began the night with the lowest run support in the major leagues, but the two-time All-Star used a rare offensive outburst by Atlanta to earn his first home victory since last Oct. 2, a span of 14 starts. The Braves, who rank last in runs, used six hits to take a 5-0 lead off journeyman Edwin Jackson in a five-run third. Adonis Garcia, Freddie Freeman, Jace Peterson and Swanson had RBI singles. Tyler Flowers added a sacrifice fly. Teheran (4-9) allowed six hits and two runs and struck out eight in seven innings.
METS 7, MARLINS 4 Curtis Granderson came off the bench and homered twice, Jose Reyes had four hits and the surging New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins. Asdrubal Cabrera extended his recent tear at the plate, hitting a two-run homer in his return to the lineup after missing one start due to a sore left knee. Rookie right-hander Seth Lugo (2-2) gave up two runs in the first inning but recovered nicely as the Mets won for the eighth time in 10 games. By winning the first two games of the four-game series, New York (68-64) moved ahead of slumping Miami for second place in the NL East.
CUBS 3, PIRATES 0 Kyle Hendricks threw seven dominant innings to lower the majors’ best ERA to 2.09 and Anthony Rizzo homered to lead the Cubs past the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chicago’s 21st victory in August. Hendricks (13-7) allowed three hits and has given up three or fewer runs in 18 straight starts. He didn’t allow a hit until Gregory Polanco’s bloop to left-center in the fifth and faced the minimum 17 batters until John Jaso’s two-out double in the sixth. Rizzo belted a two-run homer off Chad Kuhl (3-2) in the first and Miguel Montero added an RBI single an inning later as the Cubs improved to 84-47. Carl Edwards Jr. worked the eighth and Aroldis Chapman finished the four-hitter for his 31st save as the Cubs improved to 21-6 this month.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 3 Matt Wieters hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Jason Grilli in the eighth inning to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Orioles pulled within three games of the first-place Blue Jays, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. After losing the opener 5-1, the Orioles will look to gain more ground in the series finale today. Michael Saunders drilled a two-run shot off Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez that tied the game 3-3 in the seventh. In the eighth, Jonathan Schoop walked and Wieters homered off Grilli (4-2), his 12th of the season. Brad Brach (8-2) picked up the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. INDIANS 5, TWINS 4 Francisco Lindor drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the Cleveland Indians survived another poor start by Josh Tomlin to beat Minnesota, extending the Twins’ losing streak to 12 games. Lindor’s double off Alex Wimmers (0-1) snapped a 4-4 tie and helped the Indians maintain their lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central. Rajai Davis hit a three-run homer and Jason Kipnis added a solo shot for Cleveland, which trailed 4-1 in the second after the Twins knocked around Tomlin Dan Otero (4-1) pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings and Bryan Shaw worked out of a jam in the seventh RAYS 4, RED SOX 3 Evan Longoria broke a tie with a solo homer in the eighth inning, clearing Fenway Park’s “Green Monster” and rallying Tampa Bay to a victory over the Boston Red Sox. Luke Maile of the Rays hit a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh. It was just the second career homer for Maile, who drove a 1-2 pitch from Drew Pomeranz out to left to restore the tie after Boston had taken a 3-1 lead. Pomeranz and Tampa Bay starter Jake Odorizzi both pitched well but didn’t factor in the decision as both bullpens struggled to hold a lead. Enny Romero (2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts and got the win. Alex Colome survived a hit and a passed ball in the ninth while picking up his 29th save. Former starter Clay Buchholz (5-10) took the loss.
TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 4 Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox. Kinsler came into the game hitting .085 (4 for 47) in his last 13 games, but he hit a two-run homer in the fifth and added a two-run single in Detroit’s four-run sixth inning. JaCoby Jones had two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers in his major league debut, while Todd Frazier homered for Chicago Bruce Rondon (5-2) picked up the win in relief of Daniel Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings. Matt Albers (2-6) took the loss.
ASTROS 3, ATHLETICS 1 Collin McHugh threw six scoreless innings, Colby Rasmus and Evan Gattis homered and the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics. Rasmus put Houston up 1-0 with a homer in the second inning in his first at-bat since returning from the 15-day disabled list. Rasmus went on the DL on Aug. 5 with a cyst in his right ear. Gattis hit a solo homer in the seventh to make it 3-0. McHugh (9-10) allowed four hits and struck out five. He had allowed at least three runs in each of his previous six starts. Houston remained two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card.
RANGERS 8, MARINERS 7 Rougned Odor hit a game-ending two-run homer and the ALbest Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners Odor’s 25th homer was a drive to the hill in center field on a 2-2 pitch from Mariners closer Edwin Diaz (0-3), who had converted his first 11 save chances of the season. Adrian Beltre started the ninth with a single, his third hit of the game Beltre homered for the Rangers, who won their fourth straight game and have a 10½-game lead over third-place Seattle in the AL West. Houston remained 8½ games back after winning earlier Tuesday against Oakland.