Friday National League Capsules.
Friday National League Capsules.
CINCINNATI 5, NY METS 2
CINCINNATI Bronson Arroyo put an end to the New York Mets 10-game best streak with quality score, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-2 conquest.
Arroyo (8-7), who has been as a in the cards job contestant as the July 31 target , authorized only two runs and four hits. The righthander struck out four and walked a batter en way to engaging his quarter straight foundation, improving to 2-0 against the Mets this time of year.
The day out was Arroyos since striking out nine in eight round of a win over New York on May 12.
After chasing Mets ace Johan Santana from Thursdays game after four runs, Cincinnati made rapid work of John Maine (8-7) in this one. After a solo home run by learner Jay Bruce in the , Maine ran into disruption in the , when he wealthy the bases with two outs.
After a walk to Ken Griffey Jr. compulsory in a run, Brandon Phillips crowd in two with a bloop single to suited pitch that fell just out of primary baseman Carlos Delgados grasp. Two far along, Edwin Encarnacion was hit by a terrain with the bases trick, giving the Reds a 5-2 bulge.
That terminated the nightly for Maine, who permitted five runs, five hits and five with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
The Mets had held to three runs or less in each of the six tournament leading up to the All-Star weekend break. But they have sanctioned a combined 13 runs in the two sports after the halt due, in large part, to the back-to-back poor by Santana and Maine.
One night after blowing his fifth save of the season, Reds closer Francisco Cordero rebounded with a scoreless ninth to profile his 20th of the campaign.
PHILADELPHIA 4, FLORIDA 2
MIAMI Jamie Moyer recorded his 10th success in as many career starts against the Florida Marlins and Ryan Howard belted his key union-leading 29th home run of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies cruised to a 4-2 jubilation.
The 45-year-old Moyer (9-6) approved two runs and four hits in six score while able-bodied one and striking out . Two relievers bridged the gap to All-Star closer Brad Lidge, who retired the side in organization in the ninth to best his 21st save.
Geoff Jenkins belted a solo home run and other a run-scoring single for Philadelphia, which has won five of its last six contests.
Ricky Nolasco (10-5) allowed four runs and seven hits while striking out five in seven go for Florida, which lost for just the third time in its last nine tournament. The Marlins had won the s previous seven starts and 10 of his last 11.
In Nolascos closing four starts before the space, he went 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA, 30 and two walks in 29 shot.
ATLANTA 7, WASHINGTON 6
ATLANTA Brian McCann delivered a -run twofold and Brent Lillibridge auxiliary two hits and two RBI as the Atlanta Braves posted their straight win, a 7-6 exultation over the Washington Nationals.
Tim Hudson (10-7) improved to 8-1 lifetime against the Nationals despite allowing five runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 turn. The , who walked one and out two, had lost four of his aforementioned six decisions.
Lillibridge gave Atlanta the lead with a two-run binary in the second inning and, after Washington tied it with two in the third, McCann a four-run bottommost half with his two-base hit. Kelly Johnson put the Braves ahead, 7-3, with an RBI single in the , but the Nationals made gear interesting nondiscriminatory up until the conclusive at-bat.
Trailing by two entering the ninth, Washington the shortfall on Paul Lo Ducas RBI groundout. But with the tying run on third and two outs, Mike Gonzalez induced a flyout to spot-on pasture by Austin Kearns to game reserve the win and indentation his fourth part save.
Lo Duca lost with two RBI for the Nationals, who have lost 10 of 12.
COLORADO 5, PITTSBURGH 2
DENVER Matt Holliday blasted a two-run home run in the first inning and Brad Hawpe supplementary a solo shot in the to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rookie Seth Smith an inside-the-park home run in the seventh, hitting a deep fly ball that off the wall in left-center province and caromed past All-Star center fielder Nate McClouth. Smith the registration stand-up up for his second occupation homer.
Glendon Rusch (3-3) selected up his second straight win, two runs and six hits with no walks and a in 5 2/3 batting.
HOUSTON 2, CHI CUBS 1
HOUSTON Hunter Pences RBI twin with none out in the ninth inning gave the Houston Astros a 2-1 pride over the Chicago Cubs.
All-Star Miguel Tejada led off the inning with a ground-rule double off Cubs reliever Bobby Howry (3-3) and scored on Pences two-base hit, giving the Astros their straight triumph.
Chicago meze Ted Lilly through six batting but gave up a game-trussing solo homer to Carlos Lee in the and proceeded to load the bases before getting out of the jam.
Jim Edmonds hit his 11th explosion of the time in the to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.
ST. LOUIS 11, SAN DIEGO 7
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Cardinals turned a mental time lag by the San Diego Padres into a four-run eighth inning and went on to an 11-7 conquest.
With on foremost and second and the game tied at 7-7, Rick Ankiel hit a grounder that was fielded by second baseman Edgar Gonzalez, who toward second for the cogency on Albert Pujols but had no play. When Gonzalez to major, no one was shell the bag, giving Ankiel had an single.
Yadier Molina with a two-run base hit to upright discipline that made it 9-7. Chris Duncan and Aaron Miles new RBI to cap the march.
Heath Bell (6-4) was stimulating for all four runs and took the loss, while St. Louis Kyle McClellan (2-4) pitched a top of the inning to pick up the victory.
Ankiel and Ryan Ludwick each hit 22nd home runs for St. Louis.
MILWAUKEE 9, SAN FRANCISCO 1
SAN FRANCISCO CC Sabathia his second straight complete game to help the Milwaukee Brewers claim a 9-1 triumph over the San Francisco Giants.
Sabathia (3-0) legitimate just four hits, including a solo homer by Aaron Rowand, to stay put just the thing in three starts since being acquired by the Brewers from the Cleveland Indians on July 7. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner struck out 10 without walking a cricket player.
Prince Fielder and Mike Cameron both -run homers to pace Milwaukee. Fielders 19th shot of the term a four-run seventh inning, while Cameron the scoring in the ninth with his 15th flare.
LA DODGERS 8, ARIZONA 7 (11 INNINGS)
PHOENIX James Loney hit the tie-breach home run in the 11th inning, the Los Angeles Dodgers into a original-condition tie atop the National League West Division with an 8-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Nomar Garciaparra homered twice for Los Angeles (47-49), which used a four-homer crack to grab a segment of fundamental apartment in the allocation with Arizona.
In a game clear by its and turns, the Dodgers jumped out to a three-run lead after just one-half of an inning only to be faced by a -run debit after two frames. However, Garciaparra, Matt Kemp and Loney all did their part to beget the Dodgers back with home runs.
After from a three-run second-inning shortage, Garciaparra used a two-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the sixth to close the gap to 7-6 before Kemps solo discharge clenched the game at 7-7 in the . Loney completed the comeback in the 11th with a solo home run off Doug Slaten (0-3).