NEW YORK -- Bartolo Colon pitched three-hit ball for seven sharp innings and the New York Mets overcame another home run by Jedd Gyorko to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 Tuesday night for a doubleheader split.
Gyorko homered in both ends and has connected seven times in nine games. His two-run shot helped St. Louis win the opener 3-2.
Colon (9-5) struck out eight and walked none. After Gyorko homered in the second and Alberto Rosario doubled in the third, Colon set down 14 of his final 15 batters.
Addison Reed worked the eighth and Jeurys Familia closed for his 36th save this year and 52nd in a row during the regular season.
Asdrubal Cabrera ended his 0-for-32 rut with runners in scoring position with an RBI double and added a sacrifice fly off Jaime Garcia (7-7). Wilmer Flores doubled and singled twice, and Manager Terry Collins helped, too, winning his third replay challenge of the day.
The Mets have alternated victories and losses for the past 12 games. They returned to Citi Field for the first time since the All-Star break, facing their fellow NL wild-card contenders.
A rainout Monday forced the first doubleheader between the Mets and Cardinals since 1999.
Gyorko hit his 14th home run for an early edge in the nightcap. The Cardinals lead the NL with 138 home runs, one more than last year's total.
St. Louis has homered in 17 consecutive games, its best streak since a team-record string of 19 games in 2006.
MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 0 Tom Koehler pitched six innings of three-hit ball, helping host Miami beat Philadelphia. Ichiro Suzuki made his first start in five games and went 1 for 5, giving him 2,997 career hits. He also stole a base and scored a run.
BREWERS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4 Scooter Gennett and Jonathan Villar each hit a two-run single in a five-run eighth inning that sent Milwaukee to a victory over visiting Arizona.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TIGERS 9, RED SOX 8 Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run home run, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Tyler Collins each had a pair of RBI and Detroit roughed up knuckleballer Steven Wright to beat host Boston.
YANKEES 6, ASTROS 3 CC Sabathia allowed just two runs in 62/3 innings to get back on track after a tough stretch and help visiting New York to a victory over Houston.
ANGELS 13, ROYALS 0 Tyler Skaggs pitched seven innings in his first big league start in two years and Yunel Escobar went 5 for 5 to help Los Angeles pound host Kansas City.
ATHLETICS 6, RANGERS 3 Sonny Gray had a season-high eight strikeouts and overcame one volatile inning, Josh Reddick drove in three runs and visiting Oakland beat Texas.
INTERLEAGUE
ROCKIES 6, ORIOLES 3 Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story had two RBI apiece in a four-run third inning, and Colorado beat Chris Tillman and host Baltimore to end the Orioles' five-game winning streak.
MARINERS 7, PIRATES 4 Felix Hernandez settled down after a shaky start and picked up his first victory in more than two months when visiting Seattle topped Pittsburgh.
BLUE JAYS 7, PADRES 6 (12) Devon Travis scored the winning run on a wild pitch, and host Toronto rallied for three runs in the 12th inning to beat San Diego.
WHITE SOX 3, CUBS 0 James Shields allowed four singles in 72/3 innings, Adam Eaton homered and the White Sox stayed unbeaten since Chris Sale's suspension by beating the Cubs in Chicago's crosstown rivalry.
INDIANS 7, NATIONALS 6 Francisco Lindor pushed an RBI single through Washington's drawn-in infield with one out in the ninth inning, and host Cleveland rallied for three runs in its final at-bat to stun Washington in a matchup of two first-place teams with their sights on October.
BRAVES 2, TWINS 0 Lucas Harrell pitched six innings, Adonis Garcia homered and visiting Atlanta beat Minnesota in a matchup of the worst teams in the majors.
Sports on 07/27/2016