National League

Standings and statistics

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Cardinals 7, Phillies 6: Nolan Arenado sparked a record barrage of four straight home runs by St. Louis in the first inning, then hit a tiebreaking drive in the ninth that sent the Cardinals over host Philadelphia. With two outs in the first, Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carson homered off Kyle Gibson. It was the first time in major league history a team connected for four homers in a row in the first inning.

Braves 4, Reds 1: Spencer Strider allowed one hit over six innings and matched a career high with 11 strikeouts, and Austin Riley homered for the second straight game and drove in two runs to lead visiting Atlanta.

Marlins 5, Nationals 3: Jesus Aguilar hit a two-run home run in the first inning and scored in the seventh, Daniel Castano picked up his first win of the season and visiting Miami continued its domination of Washington. The Marlins have won 10 of 11 games against the Nationals this season.

Pirates 7, Brewers 4: Oneil Cruz got his 12th RBI in 13 games this season to help host Pittsburgh bounce back from a blowout loss. The 23-year-old prospect put the Pirates up 4-1 with two outs in the fourth on a 392-foot solo blast to right with a 112.3 mph exit velocity that chased Milwaukee starter Aaron Ashby (1-6).

Rockies 11, Diamondbacks 7: Brendan Rodgers homered, Connor Joe had a three-run triple and host Colorado overcame a twohomer game by Christian Walker to beat Arizona.

(IL) Rangers 7, Mets 3: Kole Calhoun homered twice and drove in four runs, and Martin Perez won his seventh straight decision as Texas beat host New York.

(IL) Cubs 3, Red Sox 1: Mark Leiter Jr. threw 51⁄3 solid innings of emergency relief, Nico Hoerner and Patrick Wisdom each had two hits and host Chicago capitalized on a pair of Boston errors.

(IL) White Sox 5, Giants 3: Gavin Sheets doubled twice and drove in two runs, and visiting Chicago held on to beat San Francisco.

FRIDAY’S LATE RESULT

(IL) White Sox 1, Giants 0: Leury Garcia broke up a scoreless game on an RBI single with two outs in the top of the ninth, and visiting Chicago beat San Francisco.