NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, ST. LOUIS
The Florida Marlins kept up their bid to snatch the National League wild card berth by beating the St Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Wednesday.
Pitcher Josh Johnson gave up just one run over six innings to set up a win that kept Florida within 4-1/2 games of wild card-holding Colorado with 16 games to play.
Cody Ross had three hits and drove in two runs for the Marlins.
In other games it was:
• Rockies 4, Giants 3
• Brewers 9, Cubs 5
• Dodgers 3, Pirates 1
• Braves 6, Mets 5
• Reds 6, Astros 5
• Phillies 6, Nationals 1
• Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5, 10 innings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, BOSTON
Boston’s Alex Gonzalez hit a bases-loaded blooper down the left-field line with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Red Sox a 9-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
The Red Sox trailed 3-0 and 7-5 before tying the game in the bottom of the eighth. The Angels took the lead in the top of the ninth on three straight two-out singles against Boston pitcher Daniel Bard. But L.A. closer Brian Fuentes coughed up the lead in the bottom half.
The Red Sox have won seven straight, and 10 in a row at Fenway Park to take a firm hold on the wild card berth. With only 18 games to play, they lead out-of-form Texas by 6-1/2 games.
ORIOLES 4, RAYS 2
In Baltimore, rookie Matt Wieters hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for Baltimore, beating Tampa Bay.
The Rays went up 2-1 in the top half when Ben Zobrist hit a 3-2 pitch from Jim Johnson over the center-field wall. It was the fifth blown save for Johnson.
But in the bottom half, Luke Scott drew a leadoff walk from Russ Springer and Wieters hit his seventh homer.
In other games it was:
• Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4
• Athletics 4, Rangers 0
• Mariners 4, White Sox 1
• Tigers 4, Royals 3
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