AROUND THE HORN

Cardinals: Tommy Pham homered and drove in three runs in an 11-6 victory over the Marlins. Jeremy Hazelbaker hit a two-run homer, and Kolten Wonghad two RBIs. Marlins OF Ichiro Suzuki went 0-for-4 to remain at 2,998 career hits. The Cardinals have won four of five and lead the Marlins by one game in the NL wild-card standings.

Tigers: Tyler Collins and Justin Upton hit three-run homers in the Tigers’ fourth straight win, a 14-6 rout of the Astros. James McCann added a solo shot as the Tigers moved a half-game behind the Astros for the second AL wild-card spot.

Blue Jays: Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Troy Tulowitz- ki hit solo home runs in the first inning of a 6-5 victory over the Orioles. The Jays cut the Orioles’ AL East lead to a half-game. The Orioles have lost four in a row.

Indians: Abraham Almonte scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in a four-run seventh as the Indians erased a two-run deficit for a 5-3 victory over the A’s. Carlos Santana homered.

Rockies: Tyler Chatwood (10-6) improved to 6-0 with a 1.30 ERA on the road, Carlos Gonzalez homered and drove in four runs and the Rockies beat the Mets 6-1 for their fourth straight victory. The Rockies are 11-4 since the All-Star break and have moved within four games of the second NL wild-card spot.

Athletics: LHP Rich Hill was scratched from Sunday’s start after 60 throws of long toss made his left middle finger feel “hot,” he said. Sonny Gray will start against the Indians on his regular turn. Hill, now a potential DL candidate with the blister problem, has been the subject of intense trade speculation.

Yankees: Alex Rodriguez expects to play some 1B in the final two months. That could give manager Joe Girardi additional moves off the bench. “I want to give Joe as much flexibility as possible,” Rodriguez said. He is hitting .206 with nine home runs and 29 RBIs in 58 games as a DH and pinch hitter. He has been out of the lineup six straight games.