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 Grichuk's two-out solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning
Monday night lifted St. Louis to a 4-3 win at sold-out Busch
Stadium.
Grichuk picked on a 2-2 slider from reliever Adam Warren (3-1),
cracking it 382 feet into the Cardinals' bullpen beyond the
right-center field wall for the first walkoff homer of his career.
Trevor Rosenthal (2-1) earned the win with a scoreless ninth,
escaping a two-on, one-out jam when third baseman Matt Carpenter
made a diving catch of Anthony Rizzo's looping liner and doubled
Dexter Fowler off third.
St. Louis (24-21) improved to 4-3 on its nine-game homestand and
moved within six games of Chicago (29-14) in the NL Central. It was
the Cubs' sixth loss in their last eight games, but they remain five
games clear of second-place Pittsburgh.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0
LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw won his fifth straight decision and
helped Los Angeles to a shutout win over Cincinnati in the series
opener at Dodger Stadium.
 Kershaw (7-1) didn't have much offense to work with as the game was
scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning, but he was dominant
nonetheless, shutting out the Reds in his 24th career complete game.
He scattered five hits, walked one and struck out seven in his 15th
career shutout.
Brandon Finnegan (1-3) took the loss in eight innings of work.
Finnegan allowed one earned run, struck out two and walked four. It
was the first complete game of Finnegan's career.
Howie Kendrick's double play scored Justin Turner from third in the
sixth and the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead.
Giants 1, Padres 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hunter Pence's towering flyball fell between two
San Diego Padres defenders in short right field with two outs in the
bottom of the ninth inning Monday night, scoring Brandon Belt from
first base and giving the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 victory.
Pence was pinch-hitting for Johnny Cueto, who went the distance,
allowing just two hits.
The win was the seventh straight for the Giants this season against
the Padres and ninth in a row dating back to last season.
Athletics 5, Mariners 0
SEATTLE -- Oakland starter Rich Hill continued his mastery of
Seattle by pitching eight shutout innings as the A's snapped the
Mariners' four-game winning streak.
Hill (7-3) scattered eight hits while striking out six over eight
innings, falling three outs short of his third career shutout. Over
11 career appearances against Seattle, including four starts, the
36-year-old Hill is now 4-0 with a 1.35 ERA.
Oakland's Stephen Vogt broke a scoreless tie with a leadoff homer in
the seventh, then the A's (20-26) broke the game open with four
unearned runs in the eighth.
 Pirates 6, Rockies 3
PITTSBURGH -- Josh Harrison drove in two runs with a pair of
singles, first baseman Mark Reynolds' two-base throwing error scored
two more runs during Pittsburgh's four-run third and the Pirates
beat Colorado.
The Pirates won for the ninth time in 10 games against the Rockies
in a makeup of a Sunday rainout in which the two teams
unsuccessfully waited nearly four hours to play.
The Pirates got a major scare during the win -- their sixth in eight
games -- when right-hander Ryan Vogelsong was struck near the left
eye by a Jordan Lyles pitch during a two-run Pittsburgh second. A
bloodied Vogelsong left the field on a cart, holding a towel to his
face, but there was no immediate update on his status.
Indians 5, White Sox 1 (Game 2)
CHICAGO -- Cody Anderson earned his first win and Cleveland hit
three home runs to split a doubleheader against Chicago with a win
in the second game at U.S. Cellular Field.
Anderson, called up from Triple-A Columbus as the Indians' 26th man
for the doubleheader, allowed just one run in seven innings for the
win. Carrying an inflated 7.99 ERA into the game, Anderson struck
out nine and walked none in his third stint with Cleveland this
season.
It was his third career start against the White Sox and second this
season, after allowing two runs in six innings for a no-decision
April 9 in Chicago's 7-3 win.
White Sox 7, Indians 6 (Game 1)
CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox broke out of an offensive slump and
needed every run to defeat Cleveland in the first game of a
doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field.
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Brett Lawrie, playing designated hitter for the first time this
season, led the way for the White Sox by going 2-for-2 with a
two-out, three-run home run in the fifth inning that put Chicago up
6-3.
The White Sox, who had scored five total runs in their previous
three games, made it 7-3 with a run in the seventh off two errors
and three walks. That was the difference after the Indians scored
three runs in the eighth, highlighted by Jose Ramirez's two-run
homer off reliever Matt Albers.
Angels 2, Rangers 0
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Albert Pujols' creep up baseball's ladder of
history hasn't been done silently, especially recently.
Pujols tied Rafael Palmeiro for 12th all-time with his 569th career
home run, a two-run shot with two outs in the third inning that
accounted for the only runs in Los Angeles' shutout win over Texas.
The first baseman's ninth home run of the season, part of a 1-for-4
night, made a winner out of right-hander Nick Tropeano (3-2), who
snapped Texas' three-game winning streak and continued a good run of
Angels starting pitching.
Tigers 5, Phillies 4
DETROIT -- Victor Martinez lined a single to right to score Miguel
Cabrera from third with one out in the seventh inning to give
Detroit a victory over Philadelphia and the club's seventh win in
eight games.
Cabrera, who also hit two solo home runs, became the 62nd major
league player to reach 500 career doubles when he lined a two-bagger
to the wall in right center with one out in the seventh. He went to
third on a wild pitch and scored the tie-breaking run when Victor
Martinez lined a high 1-0 pitch to right for a single.
Justin Wilson (1-1) got the win for pitching a scoreless seventh
while Colton Murray (0-1) took the loss. Francisco Rodriguez notched
his 13th save, striking out two of the three batters he faced in the
ninth for the Tigers.
Marlins 7, Rays 6
MIAMI -- Ichiro Suzuki went 4-for-5 -- including a key eighth-inning
hit -- to help Miami rally to a win over Tampa Bay at Marlins Park.
Suzuki, making his third consecutive start in place of left fielder
Christian Yelich (back issues), has 10 hits in 13 at-bats during
that span and has 2,960 hits for his U.S. career.
The 10 hits are the most Suzuki has had in a three-game span since
2006.
Mets 7, Nationals 1
WASHINGTON -- David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker hit home
runs and Bartolo Colon settled down after a rocky start as New York
hammered first-place Washington in the first of a three-game series.
The Mets went deep three times against starter Gio Gonzalez (3-2),
who had allowed just three homers in his first eight starts. Colon
(4-3), meanwhile, kept the ball in the park as he gave up just one
run on five hits in seven innings after he had yielded 11 runs in
his previous three outings.
Wright had three RBIs while Curtis Granderson, Juan Lagares,
Cespedes, Walker and former National infielder Asdrubal Cabrera each
had two hits for the Mets. The 4-5-6 hitters for New York combined
for six hits, four runs and three RBIs.
Royals 10, Twins 4
MINNEAPOLIS -- Salvador Perez went 5-for-5, setting a career high
for hits, as Kansas City rolled to a win over Minnesota.
Perez finished a homer shy of the cycle.
Paulo Orlando added three hits for Kansas City, and Whit Merrifield
and Lorenzo Cain each had two of the Royals' 17 hits.
Omar Infante drove in three runs, and Jarrod Dyson and Orlando each
had two RBIs.
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