NATIONAL LEAGUE
AP, PHILADELPHIA
Roy Halladay threw a three-hitter for his second shutout in three starts and Shane Victorino hit a three-run homer as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Mets 10-0 on Saturday to end New York’s eight-game winning streak.
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Halladay (5-1) struck out six, walked one and recorded his 17th career shutout in his first outing since sustaining his first loss with the Phillies at San Francisco on Monday last week. The six-time All-Star right-hander went the distance for the third time this season.
Mets right-hander Mike Pelfrey (4-1) extended his scoreless innings streak to 27 before giving up six runs in the fourth.
GIANTS 6, ROCKIES 1
At San Francisco, Matt Cain gave up one hit over eight innings and Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer as the Giants improved to 6-2 on their nine-game homestand.
Aubrey Huff and Bengie Molina also homered for San Francisco, while Cain struck out eight and walked three while earning his first win of the season. Cain (1-1) won for the first time since Sept. 27 last year, throwing 123 pitches — his most since Aug. 20, 2008.
BRAVES 10, ASTROS 1
At Atlanta, Georgia, Troy Glaus drove in four runs, rookie Jason Heyward homered again and Tim Hudson pitched well into the seventh inning for the Braves.
Hudson (2-1) allowed five hits and one run with two walks and one strikeout in six-and-two-thirds innings. The right-hander faced the minimum over his last 12 batters before Peter Moylan, the first of three Atlanta relievers, replaced him with two out in the seventh.
Heyward’s seventh homer, a solo shot off reliever Sammy Gervacio, gave the Braves a 7-1 lead in the seventh. The Atlanta right-fielder leads all rookies in home runs and RBIs (20).
Wandy Rodriguez (1-3) gave up 10 hits as Houston lost its fifth straight.
CARDINALS 6, REDS 3
At St Louis, Missouri, Skip Schumaker singled to break an eighth-inning deadlock after the Reds twice rallied to level the score.
Albert Pujols had an RBI double and added one of two bases-loaded walks in a three-run eighth for the Cardinals. Pujols is 9 of 17 with three doubles and four RBIs the first six games of a seven-game homestand.
David Freese added his second homer of the season and second in three days, and Ryan Franklin (1-0) got the last four outs to pick up the win.
CUBS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5
At Chicago, Alfonso Soriano homered and Derrek Lee delivered the go-ahead two-run single as the Cubs rallied from three down again to beat Arizona.
Soriano’s two-run shot off former Cubs pitcher Bob Howry in the seventh leveled it at 5, and Lee made it 7-5 with a two-run bases-loaded single in the eighth off Juan Gutierrez (0-3).
MARLINS 7, NATIONALS 1
At Miami, Florida, Chris Volstad pitched a four-hitter for the second complete game of his career as Florida broke a three-game losing streak.
Hanley Ramirez had three hits, including an RBI double and a two-run homer. Jorge Cantu added a two-run homer.
Volstad (2-2) struck out eight, walked one and threw 114 pitches.
His only other complete game was a five-hitter last July 8 at San Francisco.
Volstad also had two singles and scored a run before a crowd of 34,886, the Marlins’ largest since their home opener.
In other NL play, it was:
• Brewers 2, Padres 1
• Dodgers 5, Pirates 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, NEW YORK
Andruw Jones hit two more homers off a shaky Javier Vazquez and A.J. Pierzynski hit a go-ahead double as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 7-6 on Saturday.
The Yankees’ three-game winning streak ended, and they also lost center fielder Curtis Granderson. He strained his left groin while dashing on a hit-and-run single, badly hobbled into third and went to a hospital for an MRI exam.
The White Sox rallied in the seventh. Paul Konerko doubled with one out and Carlos Quentin drew an intentional walk from David Robertson (0-2) with two outs. Damaso Marte relieved and Pierzynski met him with a double to deep left-center.
Scott Linebrink (1-0) won despite allowing Swisher’s two-run homer. Bobby Jenks pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
ORIOLES 12, RED SOX 9
At Baltimore, Maryland, Ty Wigginton and Matt Wieters homered in a six-run fifth inning against Daisuke Matsuzaka as the Orioles ensured their first series win of the season.
The teams had nine homers, including two each by Wigginton and Boston’s David Ortiz.
Matsuzaka (0-1) gave up seven runs, six earned, in four-and-two-thirds innings.
The right-hander was making his season debut after spending a month on the disabled list with a neck strain.
Brad Bergesen (1-2) gave up four runs in five innings for the Orioles, who improved to 3-2 against the Red Sox after going 2-16 against Boston last season.
ROYALS 4, RAYS 2, 11 INNINGS
At St Petersburg, Florida, Alberto Callaspo hit a two-run double in the 11th inning as the Royals handed the Rays just their fourth loss in 18 games.
Rays reliever Lance Cormier (2-1) got the first two batters out in the 11th before loading the bases on a single and two walks.
RANGERS 6, MARINERS 3
At Seattle, Washington, Mariners ace Felix Hernandez saw his string of 18 consecutive quality starts ended in his shortest outing in nearly a calendar year as Matt Harrison dazzled for Texas.
Hernandez (1-1) lasted just four-and-one-third innings, and was tagged for five runs and eight hits by the Rangers. It was the first time since May 9 of last season that Hernandez failed to go at least five innings and ended a string of quality starts dating to Aug. 1.
In other AL play, it was:
• Tigers 3, Angels 2
• Indians 5, Twins 4, 11 innings
• Athletics 4, Blue Jays 3
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