Richard fans 10, Wainwright struggles as Padres beat Cards

NATIONAL LEAGUE PADRES 5, CARDINALS 3

SAN DIEGO — Clayton Richard matched his career high with 10 strikeouts in eight strong innings for his first win in more than a month, and the San Diego Padres beat struggling Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Sunday to salvage a split of their four-game series.

Richard (2-5) held the Cardinals to two runs and five hits while walking only one to win for the first time since April 9 at Colorado. He then had a no-decision and four straight losses.

Richard has been plagued by poor run support, with the Padres scoring no runs for the big lefthander in four of his previous eight starts. Included was his last start, when he pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and struck out eight

but lost 4-0 to Washington.

Richard got enough backing Sunday thanks to Wainwright’s wildness. The 36-year-old right-hander was activated from the 10-day disabled list after a bout with right elbow inflammation and walked six in just 21/3 innings, throwing 79 pitches. He allowed two runs on three hits and struck out three. BRAVES 4, MARLINS 3 Sean Newcomb allowed no runs for the third start in a row and gave up only one hit in six innings to help Atlanta beat Miami.

PHILLIES 4, METS 2 New York’s Jacob deGrom lasted just one inning in his return from the disabled list, and pinch-hitter Nick Williams had a go-ahead, three-run homer off Paul Seward in the sixth inning that carried the Philadelphia over the New York Mets. DeGrom needed 45 pitches to get through a scoreless and hitless first, which included 20 foul balls. New York said he was removed as a precaution because of the length of the inning and the 59-minute rain delay that preceded it.

GIANTS 5, PIRATES 0 Gorkys Hernandez homered off Ivan Nova to spark a five-run sixth inning, Nick Hundley added a three-run drive and San Francisco beat Pittsburgh to stop a season-high six game-losing streak.

BREWERS 7, ROCKIES 3 Freddy Peralta took a no-bid into the sixth inning of his major league debut and set a Milwaukee rookie record with 13 strikeouts, leading the Brewers over Colorado. A 21-year-old right-hander who was 5-1 this season at Triple-A Colorado Springs, Peralta (1-0) didn’t allow a hit until David Dahl hit a sharp single to center with one out in the sixth. Peralta froze Charlie Blackmon on a 92 mph fastball for a called third strike and was replaced by Matt Albers.

REDS 5, DODGERS 3 Eugenio Suarez and Joey Votto homered, and last-place Cincinnati beat Los Angeles for its first four-game sweep of the Dodgers since the Big Red Machine accomplished the feat in August 1976. NATIONALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4 Mark Reynolds homered twice in his first game with Washington, lifting the Nationals over Arizona to complete a four-game sweep.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ORIOLES 17, RAYS 1 Joey Rickard had his first big league multihomer game and drove in four runs, and Baltimore scored its most runs in three years in a rout over Tampa Bay.

RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 3 J.D. Martinez homered and had three RBIs, Mookie Betts had two hits and made a sensational diving catch, and Boston beat Toronto. TIGERS 5, MARINERS 4 Robinson Cano left the game in the third inning with a fracture in his right hand, and Seattle went on to lose to Detroit when Jose Iglesias hit an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.

INDIANS 11, ROYALS 2 Corey Kluber became the American League’s first six-game winner and Cleveland beat Kansas City.

ASTROS 6, RANGERS 1 Former Arkansas Razorback Dallas Keuchel allowed three hits in seven shutout innings, Evan Gattis and Carlos Correa homered for the second straight game and Houston defeated Texas. YANKEES 6, ATHLETICS 2 Giancarlo Stanton went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, sending Luis Severino and the New York Yankees to a victory over the Oakland after a long rain delay. ANGELS 2, TWINS 1 Shohei Ohtani struck out 11 while pitching three-hit ball into the seventh inning, and Zack Cozart got a walk-off RBI single in the Los Angeles Angels’ victory over Minnesota.

INTERLEAGUE

WHITE SOX 5, CUBS 3 Matt Davidson hit a solo homer and a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, helping Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox salvage the finale of their weekend series against the crosstown Cubs.