Former Brave Dan Uggla hits threerun home run in the ninth inning to cap Nationals’ rally past Atlanta.
Bumgarner, Giants again top Kershaw, Dodgers
ATLANTA — Dan Uggla drove in five runs, three on a homer in the ninth inning, to help the Washington Nationals rally from the franchise’s biggest deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 13-12 on Tuesday night and snap a seven-game losing streak.
The Nationals twice trailed by eight runs but chipped away at the lead as Jose Lobaton hit a three-run homer in a four-run fifth, Denard Span hit a solo homer in the sixth and Uggla had a two-run triple and Reed Johnson a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh.
Washington’s previous biggest comeback was on June 17, 2006, when it trailed the New York Yankees by seven runs.
Uggla, released last year by the Braves and still owed over $18 million at the time, was booed in every at-bat, but he quieted the crowd with his first homer for Washington, a blast into the seats in left field off closer Jason Grilli.
GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1: In Los Angeles, Madison Bumgarner pitched eight sharp innings in his fifth career matchup against Clayton Kershaw and batterymate Buster Posey homered, leading San Francisco to a victory over Los Angeles.
Bumgarner (2-1) gave up a run and five hits, struck out nine and walked one while throwing 110 pitches. Last year’s World Series and NLCS MVP is 3-1 lifetime against Kershaw, who was his mound opponent six nights earlier in San Francisco when neither got a decision in the Giants’ 3-2 win.
Kershaw (1-2) allowed two runs and seven hits over seven innings before he was lifted for a pinch hitter.
YANKEES 4, RAYS 2: In New York, the revelation that ace Masahiro Tanaka will be out at least a month because of a mild forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis overshadowed New York’s victory behind Brian McCann’s two doubles that drove in three runs.
Chase Whitley (1-0) was making a spot start that was meant to give Tanaka and others extra rest. But the right-hander could find himself in the rotation for a while after giving up six hits and one run in five gritty innings.
CARDINALS 11, PHILLIES 5: In St. Louis, Matt Carpenter tripled and doubled, and St. Louis had season highs in runs and hits to help Michael Wacha remain unbeaten with a victory over Philadelphia.
Matt Holliday and Matt Adams each added three hits for the Cardinals, who finished with 15 hits.
CUBS 6, PIRATES 2: In Chicago, Dexter Fowler had three hits and two RBIs, Travis Wood tossed seven strong innings and Chicago won its fourth straight.
Kris Bryant, Starlin Castro, Junior Lake and Addison Russell each had an RBI for the Cubs.
REDS 4, BREWERS 2: In Cincinnati, Johnny Cueto gave up three hits over eight innings during his latest dominant performance against Milwaukee, and Brandon Phillips had a two-run homer.
The Brewers fell to 4-17, the worst start by a National League team in 18 years, according to STATS. The 1997 Cubs had an identical record. The 2010 Orioles were the last team in the majors to open a season 4-17.
Cueto is 9-3 career against Milwaukee, including 8-0 in 11 career starts at Great American Ball Park.
DIAMONDBACKS 12, ROCKIES 5: In Phoenix, Diamondbacks pitcher Archie Bradley was hit in the face by a line drive but walked off the field and gave a thumbs up to the crowd, apparently avoiding serious injury during Arizona’s victory over Colorado.
Bradley was struck on the right side of his face by a liner off the bat of slugger Carlos Gonzalez in the second inning. The 22-year-old rookie lay virtually motionless on the mound for several minutes as trainers attended to him.
ASTROS 14, PADRES 3: In San Diego, George Springer homered and drove in five runs, Evan Gattis added a two-run shot and Houston routed San Diego to win its fifth straight.
BLUE JAYS 11, RED SOX 8: In Boston, Jose Bautista had an RBI in Toronto’s five-run third inning, another in a three-run fourth and then added a homer to help Toronto snap a four-game losing streak.
ATHLETICS 6, ANGELS 2: In Oakland, Calif., Sonny Gray struck out six and didn’t walk a batter over eight impressive innings, Brett Lawrie hit a three-run homer in the first that held up, and Oakland snapped a seasonhigh four-game losing streak.
MARLINS 4, METS 3: In Miami, Michael Morse hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning that sent Miami to victory.
ROYALS 11, INDIANS 5: In Cleveland, Kendry Morales’ three-run homer capped a six-run seventh inning for Kansas City.
MARINERS 2, RANGERS 1: In Arlington, Texas, J.A. Happ doubled his season strikeout total with nine in 6⅔ innings and Rickie Weeks homered for Seattle.
TWINS 3, TIGERS 2: In Minneapolis, Mike Pelfrey turned in his second consecutive strong start, Kurt Suzuki had two hits and the go-ahead single in the seventh inning and Minnesota beat Detroit.
ANGELS: Manager Mike Scioscia believes Josh Hamilton was “wrong” not to express remorse to his teammates and missed a key chance before departing Los Angeles to thank them for their support throughout his ordeal.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the left fielder’s trade to Texas was finalized, Scioscia said the lack of an apology was “disturbing.”
He said: “I think the support he got here was very strong, both from his teammates and from everything we did.”
DODGERS: Injury-prone left fielder Carl Crawford has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Los Angeles Dodgers after an MRI revealed a tear in his right oblique.
GIBSON: Kirk Gibson has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
The 1988 National League MVP was fired in September as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks after fourplus seasons. He now calls Tigers games for Fox Sports Detroit, but Gibson had not been in the broadcast booth since Opening Day April 6 while undergoing tests.