Ramirez Propels LA
Padres Rally To Fluster Pirates
MIAMI — Hanley Ramirez drove in two runs playing for the first time against the team that traded him last month as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Friday night.
Ramirez, who spent seven seasons with the Marlins before being dealt July 26, broke a tie in the sixth inning with an RBI single. He added a 40-foot single with the bases loaded in the seventh.
Clayton Kershaw (106) allowed two runs in 6⅓ innings to win his third consecutive start. Kenley Jansen completed a four-hitter to earn his 23rd save in 29 chances.
Combined with San Francisco’s loss, LA moved into a tie for first place in the West.
ROCKIES 3, GIANTS 0: In San Francisco, Tyler Chatwood combined with three relievers on a three-hitter as Colorado beat San Francisco.
Wilin Rosario doubled twice and scored, and Tyler Colvin added two hits and an RBI for the Rockies.
Colorado, swept at home by the Giants a week ago, scored all their runs off Tim Lincecum. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner had allowed only two runs in his previous two starts.
PADRES 9, PIRATES 8: In Pittsburgh, Chase Headley homered from both sides of the plate for the first time in his career and drove in five runs to rally San Diego past Pittsburgh.
Headley hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run fifth inning that tied the score at 7. His two-run drive in the seventh off left-hander Tony Watson (5-2) put the Padres ahead 9-8 after Rod Barajas hit an RBI single for the Pirates in the sixth.
BRAVES 4, METS 0: In New York, Paul Maholm pitched a three-hitter in his second start for Atlanta, and the Braves got two-run homers from Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla to beat New York.
The Braves played their first in a stretch of 20 straight games, this one without Chipper Jones. He said he was out with back tightness caused by the bed in his New York hotel room.
NATIONALS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 1: In Phoenix, Stephen Strasburg (13-5) allowed one hit over six innings, and Ryan Zimmerman homered to help Washington rout Arizona for its seventh straight win.
Michael Morse homered, Steve Lombardozzi had a career-high four hits and scored three runs, and Bryce Harper added two sacrifice flies for the Nationals.
PHILLIES 3, CARDINALS 1: In Philadelphia, Roy Halladay pitched eight innings, and Chase Utley hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth to lift Philly over St. Louis.
It was the second straight outstanding outing for Halladay (6-6). He threw seven innings in a 3-0 victory over Arizona on Saturday.
REDS 10, CUBS 8: In Chicago, rookie Todd Frazier doubled twice and drove in four runs, and Aroldis Chapman came out of the bullpen to stop an eighth-inning rally as Cincinnati beat Chicago to end its season-high losing streak at five games.
After Chicago closed to 9-8 with two runs in the eighth, Chapman struck out Anthony Rizzo with a runner on third. Chapman then retired the side in order in the ninth for his 26th save.
ASTROS 4, BREWERS 3: In Houston, Brian Bogusevic’s RBI single in the ninth inning capped a two-run rally that lifted Houston over Milwaukee.
The Astros won for the fifth time in 39 games. The only team since 1900 to lose at least 35 times in a 39-game span was the 1916 Philadelphia A’s.
ROCKIES: Colorado first baseman Todd Helton underwent surgery Friday to repair a torn labrum in his right hip, which brought an end to his season.
DIAMONDBACKS: Arizona placed right-hander Josh Collmenter on the 15-day disabled list Friday with ulcers.