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• Phils beat Marlins 5-4, sweep doubleheader

  • AP, PHILADELPHIA
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  NATIONAL LEAGUE

  Carlos Ruiz’s RBI single to center with two outs in the 10th inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 comeback victory over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday and a sweep of a doubleheader.

  Ryan Howard was hit by reliever Mike Dunn’s first pitch of the 10th. Two outs later, Domonic Brown walked and Ruiz laced an 0-1 pitch from Dunn (4-5) past diving shortstop Hanley Ramirez to score Howard and extend the Phillies’ winning streak to six games.

  

  The Toronto Blue Jays’ Aaron Hill, center, turns a double play over the Baltimore Orioles’ Nick Markakis, right, as teammate Yunel Escobar backs up the play, in the fourth inning of their American League game in Toronto on Wednesday.

  Photo: Reuters

  The Phillies scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth on a single by Shane Victorino to tie it.

  Ryan Madson (3-1) pitched a scoreless 10th for the Phillies, who have won nine of 11.

  The Marlins had two on with two outs in the 10th, but Madson struck out Mike Stanton.

  In the opener, Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run homer and Wilson Valdez had a three-RBI triple for Philadelphia in an 8-1 win.

  Kyle Kendrick (4-4) allowed one run and five hits over seven innings in the first game.

  ROCKIES 6, PADRES 3

  In Denver, Jhoulys Chacin scattered three hits over six innings and Seth Smith hit a tiebreaking single as part of a five-run sixth to lift Colorado over San Diego.

  Chacin (8-4) gave up a solo homer to Rob Johnson, as he lowered his ERA to 2.81.

  He had seven strikeouts and walked two to pick up his third straight win.

  The Rockies had seven singles in the sixth inning, including five straight. Smith, Ty Wigginton and Charlie Blackmon all had RBI singles, while pinch-hitter Ryan Spilborghs added a two-run base hit up the middle.

  Chris Denorfia drove in two runs for San Diego, including a two-out RBI single in the ninth.

  REDS 7, DODGERS 2

  In Los Angeles, Scott Rolen had three hits and drove in three runs to lead Cincinnati to their first three-game sweep of Los Angeles since 2004.

  Rolen hit two RBI doubles and added a run-scoring single. Ryan Hanigan and Fred Lewis both drove in two runs.

  The Dodgers dropped a season-high eight games under .500. Travis Wood (5-4) allowed one run, five hits and five walks over six innings.

  In other NL action, it was:

  ‧ Nationals 10, Cardinals 0

  ‧ Mets 4, Braves 0

  ‧ Brewers 9, Cubs 5

  ‧ Pirates 7, Astros 3

  ‧ Giants 5, Diamondbacks 2

  AMERICAN LEAGUE

  AP, ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

  Pitcher Josh Beckett allowed only an infield single in the third inning by Reid Brignac as the Boston Red Sox blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Wednesday.

  Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run homer and that was plenty for Beckett (6-2).

  Beckett struck out six, walked none and retired the last 19 batters. Brignac set down eight straight batters before Brignac hit a slow roller up the third-base line and easily beat Youkilis’ throw.

  Youkilis homered off Jeremy Hellickson (7-5) in the seventh, ending the rookie right-hander’s streak of consecutive innings without allowing a run at home at 24.

  YANKEES 12, RANGERS 4

  In New York, Mark Teixeira hit two-run homers from each side of the plate as New York connected five times to romp past Texas.

  Robinson Cano and youngsters Eduardo Nunez and Ramiro Pena homered as New York handed Texas their season-high fourth straight loss. Cano also connected on Tuesday night, when the Yankees routed the AL champion Rangers by the exact same score.

  Teixeira homered from the right side in the first after Ivan Nova (6-4) gave up two quick runs to Texas. The Yankees first baseman tied Chili Davis and Eddie Murray for most times homering from both sides of the plate with 11.

  BLUE JAYS 4, ORIOLES 1

  In Toronto, Ricky Romero struck out 12 batters and gave up three hits in eight-plus innings as Toronto beat Baltimore for the 16th straight time at the Rogers Centre.

  Adam Lind, Yunel Escobar and Juan Rivera each hit home runs.

  Romero (6-6) matched his career high for strikeouts. He was charged with an earned run after Matt Wieters hit an RBI single off reliever Frank Francisco in the bottom of the ninth.

  In other AL action, it was:

  ‧ Indians 6, Tigers 4

  ‧ Twins 4, White Sox 1

  ‧ Athletics 2, Royals 1

  ‧ Mariners 3, Angels 1
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