Cardinals shut out Brewers
GENARO C. ARMAS
MILWAUKEE — Matt Carpenter had four hits and scored three times, Carlos Martinez pitched eight innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6- 0 on Monday.
Martinez ( 5- 5) allowed five singles, walked one and struck out eight, rebounding nicely after having allowed at least four runs in each of his three previous starts. Entering Monday, Martinez had a 1.34 ERA in 15 career games, including four starts, against Milwaukee.
Carpenter sparked the offense from the leadoff spot. He even scored from second in the seventh after catcher Jonathan Lucroy lost track of a wild pitch by Jhan Marinez that trickled to the backstop.
The Cardinals built a 3- 0 lead after three innings, with the lineup’s top four hitters accounting for 10 of the team’s 12 hits on the day.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 0
CHICAGO — Travis Wood and three other relievers combined for seven perfect innings after starter Jason Hammel left with cramps, and the Chicago Cubs held the Los Angeles Dodgers to one hit in a 2- 0 victory Monday.
Hammel exited after his right hamstring cramped while warming up for the third inning. Wood ( 3- 0) pitched four perfect innings in his longest stint of the season.
Justin Grimm, Pedro Strop and Hector Rondon pitched one inning each for the Cubs, with Rondon getting his ninth save. He has converted 20 straight save opportunities dating back to Aug. 14.
Ben Zobrist extended his hitting streak to a career- high- tying 16 games. He singled leading off the fifth and reached third when right fielder Yasiel Puig misplayed the ball. He scored on Jason Heyward’s infield single, the latter scoring on an Anthony Rizzo double.
Rangers 9, Indians 2
CLEVELAND — Nomar Mazara hit a three- run homer, Ian Desmond had a tworun shot and the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 9- 2 on Monday night.
Derek Holland ( 4- 4) pitched six innings and gave up one run — a solo homer by Mike Napoli — to win for the first time since April 30.
Josh Tomlin ( 7- 1) lasted 3 2/ 3 innings and lost for the first time since Sept. 15. The right- hander was 12- 0 in 13 starts following a Cleveland loss dating back to last season.
Desmond, the game’s second batter, gave Texas a quick lead with a homer into the left- field bleachers. Mazara, who is having an impressive rookie season, hit his ninth homer to dead center during a fourrun fourth.
Red Sox 7, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE — Xander Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 23 games and drove in two runs, Jackie Bradley put Boston ahead for good with a sixth- inning homer and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7- 2 Monday in a matchup of the top two teams in the AL East.
David Ortiz and rookie Marco Hernandez also homered for the Red Sox, who stretched their division lead to two games. Both drives came in a four- run eighth.
Knuckleballer Steven Wright ( 5- 4) pitched a four- hitter, striking out seven and walking five in his third straight complete game.
Mookie Betts scored twice on RBIs by Bogaerts before Bradley connected off Tyler Wilson ( 2- 4) leading off the sixth. Bradley’s 29- game hitting streak, which ended last week, is the only one this season longer than Bogaerts’ career- best run.
Ortiz led off the eighth with his 14th home run and Hernandez added a three- run shot to send many in the crowd of 43,926 up the exit ramps.
Mets 1, White Sox 0
NEW YORK — Matt Harvey rediscovered his form with seven dominant innings of two- hit ball, Neil Walker homered off Jose Quintana, and the New York Mets beat Chicago 1- 0 Monday to send the reeling White Sox to their seventh straight loss.
Harvey ( 4- 7) has been one of baseball’s biggest puzzles, transforming from a premier pitcher to baffled ballplayer. Two