NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Florida Marlins were gifted a 5-4 win over Los Angeles on Monday when the Dodgers committed two errors with two outs in the ninth.
The comeback was helped along by shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who was mired in a 2-for-27 slump and was left out of the starting lineup. He came in as a pinch hitter with two outs in the ninth and Florida trailing 4-3, and his single put runners at first and third.
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Scott Cousins grounder off Jonathan Broxton (1-1) scooted under the glove of shortstop Jamey Carroll for an error to score the tying run.
Chris Coghlan was then intentionally walked to load the bases, and Omar Infante lined a pitch. LA left fielder Jerry Sands started in, braked and leaped, and the ball sailed over his glove.
Florida’s Brian Sanches (3-0) extended his scoreless streak to start the season to 13-2/3 innings with a perfect ninth.
ROCKIES 5, CUBS 3
In Chicago, the home team’s shortstop Starlin Castro committed three errors in the second inning alone as the Colorado Rockies notched a win.
Pitcher Matt Garza’s errant throw to first on a bunt was the Cubs’ fourth error of the game and opened the door to two more runs.
Dexter Fowler had a triple, walk and scored a run for Colorado.
Rockies starter Esmil Rogers (3-1) gave up three runs in 5-1/3 innings. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his eighth save from as many chances.
Only one of the five runs scored against Garza (0-3) were earned.
DIAMONDBACKS 4, PHILLIES 0
In Phoenix, Arizona, new father Ian Kennedy threw a complete game shutout, outpitching Cliff Lee and steering the Arizona Diamondbacks past Philadelphia.
Kennedy (3-1) struck out 10 and walked none.
Chris Young and Gerardo Parra homered off Lee, both on the first pitch of an at-bat. Lee (2-2) gave up four runs in seven innings, matching his season high with 12 strikeouts, one shy of his career high.
REDS 9, BREWERS 5
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cincinnati piled on six runs in the third inning to overwhelm the Milwaukee Brewers.
Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer for the Reds, who sent 11 batters to the plate in the third, prematurely ending the night for Brewers starter Chris Narveson (1-1), who had the shortest start of his career.
Bruce homered and Brandon Phillips, Jonny Gomes, Ryan Hanigan and even pitcher Bronson Arroyo drove in a run each to give Cincinnati a 7-0 lead. Phillips added a two-run single in the ninth.
Arroyo (3-2) pitched effectively into the seventh.
PIRATES 4, NATIONALS 2
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brandon Wood’s two-run double in his first game for Pittsburgh was part of a four-run fourth inning that helped the Pirates defeat the Washington Nationals.
Wood, picked up on waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, gave the Pirates their first lead.
Pittsburgh starter Paul Maholm (1-3) retired the final 13 batters he faced in seven strong innings.
Joel Hanrahan struck out that last batter with runners on first and third to finish his sixth save.
Washington starter John Lannan (2-2) allowed four runs in 5-2/3 innings.
PADRES 5, BRAVES 3, 13 INNS
In San Diego, California, Ryan Ludwick’s second homer of the night, a two-run shot with one out in the 13th inning, lifted the San Diego Padres over Atlanta.
Ludwick’s winning shot, his fourth of the year, came off Cristhian Martinez (0-2). It was the fourth game-winning homer of his career.
Nick Hundley, who tied the game with an RBI double in the seventh, was aboard.
Padres reliever Cory Luebke (1-1) pitched two innings to take the win.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Corey Patterson and Jose Bautista homered on consecutive pitches in the fifth inning to help power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday.
Texas pitcher Colby Lewis (1-3) gave up both those shots, and another two-run homer in the same inning by Juan Rivera. He conceded six runs and walked four in five innings.
Toronto pitcher Kyle Drabek (2-0) finally got credit for a win, having got no-decisions in three consecutive starts that the Blue Jays won after he had pitched into at least the sixth. He gave up three runs in six innings.
Texas designated hitter Michael Young extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI double that made it 6-3 in the sixth.
ANGELS 5, ATHLETICS 0
In Anaheim, California, Los Angeles pitcher Jered Weaver struck out 10 and won his sixth straight start, shutting out the Oakland Athletics.
Weaver pitched his second straight complete game to help Los Angeles snap a four-game losing streak.
He is the first pitcher in the majors with six victories in his team’s first 23 games since Randy Johnson did it with the 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks.
Weaver only walked one and allowed just one runner as far as third base, lowering his ERA to 0.99.
Oakland was shut out for the third time in five games.
A’s starter Gio Gonzalez (2-2) gave up five runs in five innings while striking out five.
WHITE SOX 2, YANKEES 0
In New York, Phil Humber held the Yankees hitless until the seventh, guiding the Chicago White Sox to an impressive win.
The White Sox, who won for only the second time in 12 games, snapped a 23-inning scoreless drought in the fourth when Carlos Quentin doubled and scored on Adam Dunn’s grounder. Chicago added a run in the ninth after a popup fell behind the mound.
Sergio Santos got the final four outs for his first save and only Chicago’s second save in eight chances this season. He gave the White Sox a scare, allowing a leadoff single before a double play and a strikeout ended it.
Humber (2-2) struck out five in seven innings, while Yankees starter AJ Burnett (3-1) had his best outing of the season, pitching eight innings, but still took the loss.
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