Cardinals’ ‘rain man’ overcomes more delays

Cardinals 2, Giants 0: Michael Wacha allowed three hits over six innings in his fifth rain-delayed start of the season and Oscar Taveras homered in his second career at-bat for host St. Louis in a victory over San Francisco yesterday.

Yusmeiro Petit gave up two hits in six innings for the Giants, but one of them was Taveras’ 418foot drive in the fifth.

The Cardinals have had 6 hours, 30 minutes of idle time in Wacha’s starts, with delays of 51 and 47 minutes yesterday.

Jhonny Peralta added an RBI double off George Kontos in the seventh for St. Louis, which ended a three-game losing streak and ended the Giants’ four-game winning streak.

YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Braves 9, Marlins 5: Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman each drove in two runs to help lead visiting Atlanta.

Ervin Santana (5-2) won for the first time since May 10, allowing three runs and seven hits in six innings. Craig Kimbrel got the last two outs for his 15th save of the season, which tied him with John Smoltz for the most saves in franchise history with 154. Mets 5, Phillies 4, 14 innings: David Wright had an RBI single with two outs in the 14th inning, leading New York over host Philadelphia in the second straight marathon game between the teams.

New York needed 5 hours, 32 minutes to win yesterday after losing to the Phillies 6-5 in a 14inning game on Friday night that took 5:23 to complete. Cubs 8, Brewers 0: Anthony Rizzo hit two tworun homers and Jason Hammel pitched seven strong innings, helping visiting Chicago end a three-game losing streak. Yankees 3, Twins 1: Masahiro Tanaka lowered his American League-leading ERA to 2.08, and Brian McCann lined a go-ahead double in the eighth inning that sent host New York over Minnesota.

Tanaka (8-1) permitted only an unearned run in eight innings. The heralded rookie from Japan gave up four singles, just two leaving the infield. Blue Jays 12, Royals 2: Juan Francisco had three hits and four RBI, Marcus Stroman won his first career start and host Toronto used a seven-run first inning to rout Kansas City. Orioles 4, Astros 1: Nelson Cruz hit his major league-leading 20th home run and drove in three runs as Baltimore ended a four-game skid. Host Houston’s season-best seven-game winning streak ended.