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Phillies complete sweep of Mets

The Oakland Athletics' Marco Scutaro, right, tags out the Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis in a run down between second and third base in the eighth inning at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Thursday. The Red Sox won 1-0. PHOTO: EPA

Chase Utley delivered the go-ahead hit in extra innings for the second time in three days after Pat Burrell tied it in the ninth with a solo homer, and Philadelphia beat the New York Mets 6-3 in 10 innings on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep.

Carlos Delgado, David Wright and Paul Lo Duca hit consecutive homers off Cole Hamels in the sixth inning to give the Mets a 3-2 lead, and they were three outs away from snapping their first three-game losing streak of the season.

But Burrell hit his 37th career homer against the Mets leading off the ninth against closer Billy Wagner, his former teammate, to tie it at three. For Wagner, it snapped a string of 31 consecutive successful save opportunities.

Jimmy Rollins got the winning rally started with a lead-off single against Scott Schoenweis (0-1) in the 10th. Shane Victorino bunted Rollins to second.

Utley served an opposite field double down the left-field line to score Rollins.

Rookie Mike Zagurski (1-0) earned his first career victory with a scoreless ninth. Antonio Alfonseca earned the save for the third straight night, his fourth of the season.

Rockies 7, Astros 6

At Denver, Troy Tulowitzki singled home the winning run to cap a three-run rally in the ninth inning for Colorado.

Houston led 6-2 in the sixth and was ahead 6-4 when Dan Wheeler (0-3) took over from Brad Lidge to start the ninth.

Pirates 3, Nationals 2

At Washington, Jason Bay homered off Chad Cordero in the ninth inning, and Pittsburgh won for the third time in nine games.

Reds 5, Cardinals 1

At St. Louis, Kyle Lohse came within two outs of his second shutout in three starts and Cincinnati Reds got home runs from Ken Griffey Jr, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Dunn.

Giants 5, D-backs 4, 11 innings

At Phoenix, Barry Bonds had two hits in his return to the lineup and San Francisco rallied to avoid a three-game sweep in Arizona.

Padres 6, Dodgers 5

At San Diego, Russell Branyan drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the ninth to complete a five-run rally as San Diego completed a three-game sweep of Los Angeles.

The Padres won their fifth straight and their 10th in 12 games to remain atop the NL West.

Cubs 2, Braves 1

At Atlanta, Rich Hill matched his career high with 11 strikeouts and Chicago won in manager Lou Piniella's return from a four-game suspension.

Hill (5-4) gave up three hits in eight innings and the Cubs won for the fourth time in five games, a streak that began a day after Piniella's theatrical argument during Saturday's game against Atlanta at Wrigley Field, which led to his ejection and suspension.

Curt Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter on Thursday, losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right field in Boston's 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

Schilling looked on his way to making history when he retired Mark Kotsay and Jason Kendall on grounders to shortstop for the first two outs of the ninth.

With a strong contingent of a Red Sox fans cheering on at the Coliseum, Stewart lined the first pitch through the hole between first and second for Oakland's only hit.

Schilling's teammates in the dugout and many of the fans gave him a standing ovation after the hit. The 40-year old Schilling (6-2) retired Mark Ellis on a foul popout to end the third one-hitter of his career. He would have been the fourth-oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter, behind Nolan Ryan, who did it as a 43 and 44-year old; Cy Young, who threw one at 41; and Randy Johnson, who was 40 years, eight months when he pitched a perfect game.

David Ortiz hit his 11th home run in the first inning against Joe Blanton (5-4) to give Schilling all the support he would need and help Boston stop a season-high four-game losing streak.

Yankees 10, White Sox 3

At Chicago, Joe Torre got his 2,000th managerial victory, Alex Rodriguez hit his 15th career grand slam and New York put together its longest winning streak in a month.

Tigers 11, Rangers 4

At Arlington, Texas, Gary Sheffield homered to ignite a six-run third, and Curtis Granderson had two triples and three RBIs for Detroit.

Indians 8, Royals 3

At Cleveland, Fausto Carmona won his seventh consecutive decision, and Cleveland improved to 21-7 at home this year.

Devil Rays 5, Blue Jays 3

At Toronto, Delmon Young hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning, and Tampa Bay won despite striking out 13 times against Toronto's A.J. Burnett.
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