Rockies rout Padres to complete sweep
DENVER — Nolan Arenado lined three homers as part of his five-hit afternoon and tied a career-high with seven RBIs, helping the Colorado Rockies complete a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres with an 18-4 victory Wednesday.
Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon also homered on a scorching day when the Rockies had a season-high 21 hits. Gerardo Parra ran his streak of reaching base to 10 straight plate appearances over three games before flying out in the fifth. He finished with four singles.
Arenado had a pair of RBI singles to start the game, followed by solo shots in the fourth and fifth innings, and a three-run homer in the sixth. He had a chance at a fourth homer in the eighth and lined out to left.
Jon Gray (3-1) kept the Padres in check until running out of steam. The right-hander allowed all four of his runs in the sixth — his last inning of work.
Padres starter Clayton Richard (5-10) lasted just 3 2/3 innings and gave up 11 runs, 10 earned, inflating his ERA from 4.75 to 5.35. He also matched a team record by allowing 14 hits.
Phillies 10, Marlins 3
MIAMI — Daniel Nava tied a career high with four hits and the Philadelphia Phillies had a season-best 20 hits to beat Miami and win a road series for only the third time this season.
Nava singled in each of his first four at-bats, drove in two runs and hiked his average to .300.
Rookie Nick Williams had the first two triples of his career, while Freddy Galvis had three hits and scored three times. Cesar Hernandez and Tommy Joseph also had three hits apiece, and Maikel Franco drove in three runs.
Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton hit his 30th homer to forge a tie with the Yankees’ Aaron Judge for the major league lead in homers. Christian Yelich hit his ninth homer for the Marlins.
Both homers came against Nick Pivetta (3-5). He gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings and threw two wild pitches in the third inning. Four relievers completed a seven-hitter.
Dan Straily (7-5) lost for the first time since June 5. He allowed four runs in five innings.
Interleague Giants 5, Indians 4
SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey pinch hit a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning and San Francisco defeated Cleveland.
Posey, on a scheduled rest day, doubled off the wall on a 3-2 slider on the seventh offering from Indians reliever Bryan Shaw (2-4).
The Indians lost for the sixth time in seven games as they concluded a 1-5 West Coast trip. The American League Central front-runners fell to 4-13 in interleague and are winless in six interleague series.
Cory Gearrin (4-3) faced just one batter in the top of the eighth for the win.