CARDINALS 5, BREWERS 1
ST. LOUIS -- Randal Grichuk made two key plays and Adam Wainwright pitched eight strong innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 on Saturday night.
Grichuk made a perfect throw to the plate to cut down Jake Elmore trying to score from second in the eighth. Then he doubled in the bottom half, helping clear the way for a five-run rally. Matt Adam drove in the tying run with a grounder to second and Grichuk scored on Kolten Wong's single, giving St. Louis a 2-1 lead.
Wainwright (11-8) struck out seven and allowed six hits in his most impressive outing since he shut out San Diego on July 21. He was helped by double plays in the second and seventh and Grichuk's throw in the eighth.
Keon Broxton's 429-foot home run in the fifth gave Milwaukee a 1-0 lead. The Brewers have homered in eight consecutive games.
Brewers starter Chase Anderson (9-11) allowed 3 hits and walked 2 in 5 2/3 innings. He was coming off five shutout innings against Pittsburgh last Sunday.
Carlos Torres followed Anderson with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, but Corey Knebel (1-3) and Jhan Marinez faltered in the eighth. After Wong's single, Stephen Piscotty doubled home two more runs and Yadier Molina added an RBI single.
Brewers first baseman Hernan Perez was ejected by home plate umpire Carlos Torres after taking a called strike three to end the top of the eighth, stranding the bases loaded. Perez tossed his helmet and bat and voiced his displeasure with the call.
After the ejection, he ran to the plate and made a kicking motion near the batter's box indicating where he thought the pitch was.
DODGERS 5, MARLINS 0 Los Angeles pitcher Rich Hill was removed after throwing seven perfect innings against host Miami in a Los Angeles victory.
NATIONALS 3, PHILLIES 0 Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Washington to a victory over visiting Philadelphia.
BRAVES 4, METS 3 (10) Adonis Garcia's tiebreaking single in the 10th inning scored Dansby Swanson from third base and host Atlanta snapped New York's six-game winning streak.
REDS 8, PIRATES 7 Joey Votto celebrated his 33rd birthday with four hits, including a home run, and visiting Cincinnati beat collapsing Pittsburgh.
GIANTS 11, DIAMONDBACKS 3 Hunter Pence had three hits, including a solo home run, and Johnny Cueto pitched seven solid innings to lead San Francisco to a victory over host Arizona.
PADRES 6, ROCKIES 3 Left-hander Christian Friedrich matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts in seven brilliant innings to win for the first time since June 23, leading San Diego to a victory against visiting Colorado.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
YANKEES 5, RAYS 1 Gary Sanchez homered and almost hit another while visiting Tampa Bay was trying to intentionally walk him, leading Masahiro Tanaka and hard-charging New York to its season-best seventh consecutive victory. The Yankees closed within three games of AL East-leading Boston, their closest to the lead since mid-April.
BLUE JAYS 3, RED SOX 2 J.A. Happ got his 18th victory, Melvin Upton Jr. hit a two-run home run and host Toronto beat Boston, closing within one game of the AL East-leading Red Sox.
MARINERS 14, ATHLETICS 3 Felix Hernandez pitched six scoreless innings to continue his dominance at the Coliseum and visiting Seattle routed Oakland.
ORIOLES 11, TIGERS 3 Matt Wieters hit two of Baltimore's four home runs, and the team chased Jordan Zimmermann in the second inning and moved back ahead of host Detroit in the AL wild-card race.
TWINS 2, INDIANS 1 (12) Joe Mauer's single off Joe Colon scored Brian Dozier from second in the 12th inning to lift Minnesota over visiting Cleveland.
ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 5 Whit Merrifield hit a go-ahead two-run double in a three-run seventh inning and Kansas City held on for a victory over host Chicago.
INTERLEAGUE
ASTROS 2, CUBS 1 Rookie Alex Bregman homered, Collin McHugh combined with his bullpen on a two-hitter and host Houston beat Chicago as it tried to gain ground in the AL wild card race.
Sports on 09/11/2016