THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Cubs 2, Mets 0: Kyle Hendricks flummoxed New York for six innings to win his career-best seventh straight start, Javier Baez hit a two-run homer in the first off Marcus Stroman and visiting Chicago avoided a four-game series sweep. Hendricks (9-4) struck out seven and walked two, retiring his last eight batters after consecutive walks in the fourth.

Braves 4, Cardinals 0: Charlie Morton didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning and took a shutout into the eighth, lifting Atlanta over visiting St. Louis. Morton gave up his first hit when Paul Goldschmidt lined a single to left-center with one out, but the right-hander followed by getting Nolan Arenado to pop up and struck out Tyler O’Neill.

Giants 10, Diamondbacks 3: Arizona set a major league record with its 23rd straight road loss, making dubious history in getting trounced at San Francisco.

Rockies 7, Brewers 3: German Marquez allowed one hit over six scoreless innings, C.J. Cron ignited a five-run first with a grand slam and Colorado beat visiting Milwaukee for its fourth consecutive victory.

WEDNESDAY’S LATE RESULTS

Giants 13, Diamondbacks 7: Arizona dropped its 22nd straight road game at San Francisco, matching the 1963 Mets and ’43 Philadelphia Athletics for the major league record.

Phillies 2, Dodgers 0: Zack Wheeler outpitched Clayton Kershaw, and Rhys Hoskins homered early to end an 0-for-33 slump as visiting Philadelphia beat Los Angeles to avoid a three-game sweep.