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Phillies rebound to beat Marlins

Painted Baltimore Orioles fans William Defibaugh, left, and his son, also William, of Baltimore, Maryland, try to get baseballs autographed prior to the start of the Baltimore Orioles-Toronto Blue Jays baseball game on Wednesday in Baltimore. PHOTO: AP

Abraham Nunez singled home the tie-breaking run in the 10th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rebounded after blowing a four-run lead in the ninth inning to beat the Florida Marlins 8-7 on Wednesday.

Florida tied the game with a bizarre rally that included two ejections, two defensive gaffes by the Phillies and an injury to their closer, Brett Myers, who left with a strained right shoulder.

Dan Uggla tripled in two runs off Myers to pull the Marlins within two. After Uggla scored on a Hanley Ramirez bunt, Ramirez scored the tying run when he slid under catcher Rob Barajas, who stood waiting with the ball but failed to crouch low enough to make the tag for the game's final out. Barajas and Phils manager Charlie Manuel were ejected, but TV replays showed the call was correct.

Myers left the game two pitches later, after hurting his arm throwing a wild pitch.

Clay Condrey (2-0) replaced Myers. With the bases loaded, Todd Linden lined to Condrey, sending the game into extra innings. Condrey pitched a scoreless 10th.

Nunez singled in the winning run off Kevin Gregg (0-2) in the 10th.

Mets 3, Braves 0

At Atlanta, Oliver Perez pitched seven strong innings and David Wright hit his fourth homer in the last four games for New York.

The first-place Mets increased their lead over Atlanta in the National League East to 2.5 games.

Perez (6-3) gave up only four hits and two walks in seven innings. Joe Smith pitched a perfect eighth and Billy Wagner pitched the ninth for his 11th save to complete the five-hitter.

Nationals 12, Reds 7

At Cincinnati, Ryan Church returned to Washington's lineup with a pair of homers and a career-high six RBIs, keeping the Nationals on their offensive tear with a win over Cincinnati.

The Nationals hit a season-high four homers during their biggest run splurge in more than a year. Brian Schneider and Ryan Zimmerman also homered.

Cardinals 5, Pirates 3

At St. Louis, Kip Wells ended a seven-game losing streak with seven strong innings and was backed by three home runs as St. Louis put on a rare power display to down Pittsburgh.

David Eckstein opened the first with his fifth career leadoff homer, Jim Edmonds hit his second of the year in the second and Chris Duncan added a two-run shot in the fifth for the Cardinals, who have won two straight after losing five in a row.

Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 0

At Phoenix, Jeff Francis allowed five singles in seven innings for Colorado to improve to 7-1 lifetime against Arizona, and 4-0 at Chase Field.

Francis (3-4) allowed only two runners to reach second base. He walked two and struck out four and was lifted after throwing a season-high 119 pitches. Brian Fuentes got three outs for his 13th save in 14 chances.

Padres 2, Cubs 1

At San Diego, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run homer and David Wells allowed one run in seven innings as San Diego beat Chicago.

Kouzmanoff hit a 2-0 pitch from Sean Marshall (0-1) an estimated 438 feet into the second deck in left-center field to put San Diego ahead 2-1 in the seventh inning. It was his second homer in two games.

Giants 9, Astros 1

At San Francisco, Bengie Molina had four RBIs to help Barry Zito bounce back from an awful outing, and San Francisco completed a three-game sweep of Houston.

Molina had two hits including his fourth career triple, and Ray Durham added two RBIs for the Giants, winners of four straight. Zito (4-5) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings.

Barry Bonds got the night off. He still needs 10 home runs to match Aaron's career mark of 755.

Morgan Ensberg hit his 100th career home run for the Astros. Matt Albers (1-4) allowed four runs and four hits, walking five in 6 1-3 innings.

Dodgers 5, Brewers 1

At Los Angeles, Brad Penny stranded six runners in scoring position through seven scoreless innings, and Russell Martin tied a career high with four RBIs as Los Angeles trounced Milwaukee.

Justin Morneau homered for the third time in two games and Boof Bonser won his third straight start, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday.

Morneau's 14th homer of the season, a solo drive in the third off Robinson Tejeda (4-4), gave Minnesota a 3-1 lead.

Sammy Sosa pinch hit for Texas with two on and two outs in the ninth and struck out, remaining two home runs shy of 600.

Bonser (3-1) allowed two runs and six hits in five innings, struck out six and walked two. Joe Nathan, the Twins' fifth pitcher, got three outs for his ninth save in 10 chances.

Mark Teixeira had three hits and drove in two runs for the Rangers.

Yankees 8, Red Sox 3

At New York, Andy Pettitte pitched seven vigorous innings and Hideki Matsui hit one of two homers off an ineffective Curt Schilling to lead the Yankees.

Mariners 5, Devil Rays 1

At St. Petersburg, Florida, Jose Guillen had four hits and two RBIs, Miguel Batista gave up one run in six innings and Seattle handed Tampa Bay its fifth straight loss.

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 2

At Baltimore, Corey Patterson stole home at the end of a botched rundown, Brian Roberts went 3-for-3 with two walks, and Baltimore beat Toronto.

Tigers 8, Angels 7

At Detroit, Magglio Ordonez had his 20th two-homer game and Detroit held on to snap Los Angeles' six-game winning streak.

Carlos Guillen and Curtis Granderson also homered for the Tigers. Granderson drove in three runs, Placido Polanco drove in two and Ivan Rodriguez was 3-for-4.

Athletics 4, White Sox 0

At Chicago, Chad Gaudin threw seven-plus scoreless innings, Hiram Bocachica hit his first home run in almost three seasons and Oakland ended a three-game losing streak.

Gaudin (4-1) retired 16 straight from the second to the seventh, and won his second straight start to help the A's avoid a series sweep by the White Sox. Alan Embree pitched a perfect ninth for Oakland.

Royals 11, Indians 7

At Kansas City, Missouri, John Buck and Mike Sweeney each homered for the second straight game, fueling a five-run second inning to lead the Royals.

Mark Grudzielanek was 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs.

Buck added an RBI double and Alex Gordon also homered and drove in two runs to help the Royals win for the eighth time in 10 games and drop the AL Central-leading Indians to 10-13 on the road.

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