Seattle Mariners best Philadelphia Phillies
PHILADELPHIA—Carlos Ruiz hit a three-run double against his old team, Robinson Cano and Danny Valencia homered and the Seattle Mariners beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-6 Wednesday.
Ruiz earned another standing ovation a day after he returned and was honored with a video tribute that highlighted his career with the Phillies. The former All-Star catcher was 3 for 30 this season before clearing the bases with a liner off the left-field wall in the seventh against Joaquin Benoit (0-2).
Seattle swept the twogame interleague series. The Phillies have lost 10 of 12.
Tony Zych (2-0) pitched a scoreless inning.
ROCKIES 3, CUBS 0
DENVER—German Marquez (1-2) allowed three hits over eight innings, struck out eight and got his first major league hit with a two-run single in the seventh off Kyle Hendricks (2-2).
Marquez had a no-hit bid until Kris Bryant's double leading off the seventh inning.
Greg Holland threw a perfect ninth for his 14th save in as many chances to help the Rockies take two of three from Chicago.
Ian Desmond hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fourth that was set up by shortstop Javier Baez's error.
GIANTS 6, METS 5 NEW YORK—Hunter Pence hit a tying single and Christian Arroyo had a three-run double against Jeurys Familia (1-1) in a fourrun ninth as San Francisco, a major league-worst 12-23, took advantage of third baseman Wilmer Flores' error to stop a five-game losing streak.
Flores nearly tied the score with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, hitting a tworun double off the top of the left-center fence for his third hit. Derek Law, subbing for injured closer Mark Melancon, retired Kevin Plawecki on a dribbler in front of home plate for his second save.
Bryan Morris (1-0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Buster Posey homered in every game of the series, connecting in three straight for the third time in his career and first since June 2013. ATHLETICS 3, ANGELS 1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)— Andrew Triggs (5-2) walked his first three batters on 14 pitches and allowed Jefry Marte to hit into an RBI forceout but lasted six innings and didn't allow another run. Liam Hendriks, Ryan Madson and Santiago Casilla finished the four-hitter, with Casilla striking out his first two batters in a one-hit ninth for his sixth save.
Jesse Chavez (2-5) allowed two runs and three hits over 5 2/3 innings in the first start against his former club.
Chad Pinder homered for Oakland
CARDINALS 7, MARLINS 5
MIAMI—Stop if you've heard this one: After putting an infielder on the disabled list and tweaking their lineup, the Miami Marlins took an early lead against the St. Louis Cardinals but lost after the bullpen took over.
The Marlins' 7-5 loss to the Cards on Wednesday, which completed St. Louis' threegame sweep, followed a script eerily similar to their Tuesday loss.
NATIONALS 7, ORIOLES 6
WASHINGTON—It was payback time for Matt Wieters and the Washington Nationals.
Wieters hit a winning, tworun single in the bottom of the ninth inning against his former team, and the Nationals rallied to beat Baltimore 7-6 on Wednesday night and end the Orioles' six-game winning streak.
After losing twice in Baltimore, the first-place Nationals trailed 6-2 in the seventh inning at their own ballpark and were in danger of extending their losing streak.
BLUE JAYS 8, INDIANS 7
TORONTO—Ryan Goins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 on Wednesday night.
Jose Bautista hit a threerun home run and Ezequiel Carrera added a tying, two-run drive for the Blue Jays, who won consecutive series for the first time this season.
Carrera hit a one-out single in the ninth off Cody Allen, and Justin Smoak and Steve Pearce walked with two outs. Goins lined the first pitch into the right-field corner for his third hit of the game.