Cubs sweep Cards
Ian Happ (above, right) hit two home runs, pinch hitter Jon Jay drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Chicago Cubs beat St. Louis 7-6 on Sunday night to complete a threegame sweep. Koji Uehara worked a perfect ninth inning for his second save in four chances.
CHICAGO — Ian Happ hit two home runs, pinch hitter Jon Jay drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh with a single and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Sunday night to complete a threegame sweep.
Happ staked Chicago to a 6-4 lead with a solo home run in the third and a three-run drive in the fourth against Michael Wacha.
Jay broke a 6-6 tie with his twoout single off Matt Bowman (1-2) in the seventh. Anthony Rizzo had three hits and scored the go-ahead run, and the Cubs (28-27) moved back over .500 with their 10th home victory in 12 games. They also swept three from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field for the first time since 2006, and they did it after an 0-6 trip to the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego.
Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run homer in the fourth off Kyle Hendricks. The Cardinals tied it with two in the sixth against Hector Rondon, only to lose for the eighth time in 11 games.
Hendricks gave up 4 runs and 4 hits in 4 innings.
Wacha lasted 41/3 innings, allowing 6 runs and 6 hits. He walked four and struck out five after getting pounded in back-to-back losses to the Dodgers.
MARLINS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 5
A.J. Ellis hit a tiebreaking single on the 14th pitch of an at-bat against Archie Bradley in the seventh. Tyler Moore hit a three-run homer and Derek Dietrich had two sacrifice flies for Miami..
ROCKIES 3, PADRES 1
Jeff Hoffman cruised through seven innings for visiting Colorado, and Trevor Story had two hits and two RBI.
BRAVES 13, REDS 8
Ender Inciarte tied his career high with five hits and drove in a career-high five runs. Visiting Atlanta set a season
Sunday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 13, Cincinnati 8 Miami 6, Arizona 5 Pittsburgh 11, NY Mets 1 Philadelphia 9, San Francisco 7 Milwaukee 3, LA Dodgers 0 Colorado 3, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 3, NY Yankees 2 Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 4 Boston 7, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 8, Kansas City 0 Houston 7, Texas 2 Minnesota 3, LA Angels 2 Washington 11, Oakland 10 Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 1
INTERLEAGUE
Washington 11, Oakland 10 high for runs. Danny Santana had four hits and three RBI, including his first home run since being acquired from Minnesota on May 8.
PIRATES 11, METS 1
David Freese drove in three runs, including an RBI single for the visiting Pirates. Andrew McCutchen hit a threerun homer, got three hits and scored three times to back rookie Trevor Williams (3-3).
PHILLIES 9, GIANTS 7
Philadelphia’s Maikel Franco hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth off Derek Law (3-1) and Freddy Galvis homered from both sides of the plate to beat visiting San Francisco
BREWERS 3, DODGERS 0
Zach Davies (6-3) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, Eric Thames hit his 15th homer and host Milwaukee averted a three-game series sweep.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ASTROS 7, RANGERS 2
George Springer hit two of Houston’s four home runs and Houston matched their Texas rival for the longest winning streak in the majors this season at 10.
TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 4
Justin Upton hit a game-ending, three-run home run, and host Detroit overcame Justin Verlander’s groin injury to beat the Chicago White Sox.
BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 2
Justin Smoak hit a tying two-run home run off Luis Severino in the sixth inning, Josh Donaldson homered against Tyler Clippard (0-3) in the eighth as host Toronto gained a four-game split.
RED SOX 7, ORIOLES 3
Chris Sale (7-2) struck out 9 in 6 innings to win his sixth consecutive decision and visiting Boston split the four-game series. Andrew Benintendi (Arkansas Razorbacks) had his first multihomer game as a Major Leaguer
INDIANS 8, ROYALS 0
Roberto Perez and Daniel Robertson hit two-run doubles off Eric Skoglund (0-1) in the second inning and six Cleveland pitches shut out the host Royals in a game delayed for nearly two hours by rain
TWINS 3, ANGELS 2
A video review overturned Ben Revere’s stolen base and changed the call to a caught stealing for the final out with the replay determining he overslid second.
MARINERS 7, RAYS 1
Ariel Miranda (6-2) pitched a four-hitter, struck out a career-high nine and walked one in his first big league complete game as host Seattle finished a series sweep.
INTERLEAGUE
Ryan Zimmerman hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the eighth inning, sending the visiting Nationals to the victory.