Wainwright, Cards defeat Braves
Pitcher also gets key RBI
ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright earned his NLleading 15th win with his fifth complete game and had a key sacrifice fly to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.
Matt Holliday’s 432-foot home run off Kris Medlen (10-12) snapped a sixthinning tie for St. Louis, which took the first two games of a four-game set against the NL East leaders.
Having already thrown 101 pitches, Wainwright was allowed to bat with the one out and the bases loaded in the seventh inning and hit a long sacrifice fly off Scott Downs for his third RBI of the season to make it 3-1. He then retired the side in order in the eighth.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Phillies 4, Diamondbacks 3 at Philadelphia: Chase Utley walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, lifting Philadelphia to a comeback victory over Arizona.
It was the fifth win in six games for the Phillies, who have won four of those contests in their last at-bat.
Rockies 3, Marlins 2 at Miami: Ryan Wheeler hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth to help give Colorado a win over Miami.
Jhoulys Chacin (12-7) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings for the Rockies.
Brewers 6, Reds 4 at Cin- cinnati: Khris Davis hit a pair of two-run homers in consecutive at-bats for the first multihomer game of his career, powering Milwaukee over Cincinnati. Scooter Gennett also homered for the Brewers.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Rays 7, Yankees 2 at St. Petersburg, Fla.: Rookie Chris Archer beat New York for the third time, Evan Longoria hit one of four homers off Hiroki Kuroda and Tampa Bay topped their AL East rivals. Jose Lobaton homered and drove in four runs in support of Archer (7-5).
Twins 5, Indians 1 at Cleveland: Samuel Deduno pitched six solid innings and Josh Willingham busted out of a slump with a two-run double in the seventh, leading Minnesota over Cleveland, slowing the Indians’ climb toward a wild-card spot.
Deduno (8-7) allowed just one run and three hits for his first win since July 27 as the Twins continued to befuddle the Indians.
Orioles 9, Athletics 7 at Baltimore: Brian Roberts hit a grand slam, Adam Jones homered and had three RBIs, and Baltimore beat Oakland to gain ground in the wild-card race.
Astros 12, Blue Jays 4 at Houston: Rookie Robbie Grossman homered and drove in four runs and Matt Dominguez had a solo shot and Houston used a big fourth inning and cruised to a win over Toronto.
Rangers 11, White Sox 5 at Chicago: Ian Kinsler raced around the bases for a bizarre inside-the-park homer and Adam Rosales had a conventional tworun shot, helping Texas beat Chicago.
INTERLEAGUE
Tigers 6, Mets 1 at New York: Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer, Torii Hunter also connected and Detroit tagged Daisuke Matsuzaka early in his return to the majors.
Hunter added a long, two-run double and Doug Fister (11- 6) pitched into the seventh inning to help Detroit win.
Nationals 11, Royals 10 at Kansas City, Mo.: Jayson Werth hit a two-run homer, Bryce Harper drove in three runs and Washington rallied from a six-run hole before holding off Kansas City.