NATIONAL LEAGUE
Julio Teheran earned his first big league win as the Atlanta Braves used a lineup with Chipper Jones as the No. 2 hitter for the first time in 15 years to beat the New York Mets 5-1 on Thursday and complete a sweep of a doubleheader made necessary by the threat of Hurricane Irene.
Jones had a sacrifice fly and RBI double in the nightcap and a solo homer and a double in the opener, a 6-5 victory for Atlanta. The Braves were making a quick stop in New York to play two games postponed on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 after being handed their first three-game sweep of the season, by the Phillies.
The Braves next head to St Louis, Missouri, for a crucial series with the team they lead in the wild-card race by seven-and-a-half games. Only several hundred fans were on hand to see the start of the twinbill at 4:10pm. A few thousand more sat through a misty rain in the nightcap.
DODGERS 7, NATIONALS 4
In Washington, Tony Gwynn hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning as Los Angeles beat Washington in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Gwynn drove in Jerry Sands and Rod Barajas with a long double to center off Drew Storen (6-3). Dee Gordon added a run-scoring single — setting a career high with his fourth hit of the game.
Mike MacDougal (3-1), the Dodgers’ sixth pitcher, worked a scoreless eighth for the win. Javy Guerra pitched the ninth for his 16th save. Six Los Angeles relievers held Washington hitless over the last 6-1/3 innings.
The second game of the doubleheader was later rained out.
In other NL games, it was:
‧ Phillies 7, Brewers 2
‧ Diamondbacks 4, Padres 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AP, BALTIMORE
Robert Andino singled home the winning run in the 10th inning after leveling it in the eighth as the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Thursday.
Vladimir Guerrero homered, doubled twice and scored two runs for the Orioles, who celebrated their second straight extra-inning win over the Yankees by mobbing Andino at second base.
In the 10th, Nolan Reimold got an infield hit off Scott Proctor (0-1) with one out and advanced on a walk. Andino then hit a grounder inside third base that got Reimold home without a throw.
Clay Rapada (1-0) retired the only batter he faced in the 10th.
BLUE JAYS 7, RED SOX 4
In Toronto, Ricky Romero won for the seventh time in nine starts and J.P. Arencibia hit a three-run homer as Toronto beat Boston.
Edwin Encarnacion and Eric Thames added solo shots as the Blue Jays won back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 in Baltimore.
Rookie David Cooper went three-for-four and had two RBIs as Toronto evened their record at 72-72.
Boston lost for the fourth time in five games and failed to gain ground on the first place New York Yankees. The Red Sox are two-and-a-half games behind New York with 19 left to play.
Romero (14-10) came in 2-6 with an 8.08 ERA in 11 career starts against the Red Sox, including an 0-3 record and 10.62 ERA in five home starts. However, the left-hander turned his luck around in this one, allowing three runs and five hits in 6-2/3 innings.
White Sox 8, Indians 1
In Chicago, Brent Morel hit two homers and Paul Konerko had a grand slam to lift Chicago to a victory over Cleveland.
Morel hit a solo shot off Indians starter David Huff (2-4) in the third and a three-run homer off Frank Herrmann in the seventh — both on the first pitch. It was Morel’s first career multi-homer game and his four RBIs were a career-high.
Konerko’s 10th career grand slam tied Robin Ventura’s White Sox record and capped Chicago’s seven-run seventh.
Gavin Floyd struck out four and held Cleveland to one run and five hits in 5-2/3 innings. Matt Thornton (1-4) retired all four batters he faced, striking out three.
In other AL games, it was:
‧ Mariners 4, Royals 1
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