ST. LOUIS (AP) — Marcell Ozuna drove in four runs and threw out a runner at home plate from left field, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Monday night.St. Louis retained its two-game lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. Washington is one-half game ahead of the Cubs for the top NL wild card.Nationals manager Dave Martinez missed the game following a heart procedure in Washington, and bench coach Chip Hale was in charge of the dugout.Dexter Fowler walked against Sean Doolittle (6-5) with one out in the seventh, Hunter Strickland walked Paul Goldschmidt with two outs and Ozuna doubled just inside the left-field line, just the second hit in 11 at-bats for the Cardinals with runners in scoring position.Dakota Hudson (16-7) won for the sixth time in seven starts. Carlos Martínez got his 20th save in 23 chances.ROCKIES 9, METS 4DENVER (AP) — Pitcher Antonio Senzatela hit a tying, two-run single that ended a year-long 0-for-44 slide at the... [More]

Tigers third. Travis Demeritte doubles to left field. Grayson Greiner singles to right field. Travis Demeritte scores. Victor Reyes singles to shallow left field. Grayson Greiner to second. Willi Castro grounds out to shortstop. Victor Reyes out at second. Grayson Greiner to third. Miguel Cabrera walks. Ronny Rodriguez strikes out swinging.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 1, Royals 0.Royals third. Humberto Arteaga grounds out to shallow infield, Daniel Norris to Jeimer Candelario. Nick Dini walks. Whit Merrifield singles to left field. Nick Dini to second. Adalberto Mondesi flies out to deep right field to Travis Demeritte. Nick Dini to third. Jorge Soler homers to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Nick Dini scores. Hunter Dozier strikes out swinging.3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Royals 3, Tigers 1.Tigers seventh. Brandon Dixon grounds out to shortstop, Adalberto Mondesi to Ryan McBroom. Travis Demeritte strikes out on a foul tip. Grayson Greiner singles to center field.... [More]

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — José Quintana pitched seven crisp innings, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 on Sunday night in the MLB Little League Classic.Nicholas Castellanos and Jason Heyward also connected as Chicago earned its second straight win since consecutive heartbreaking losses to the Phillies and Pirates.The Cubs took two of three in the unusual weekend set and remain in a virtual tie with St. Louis for the top spot in the NL Central.Starling Marté had three hits for Pittsburgh, including his 21st homer in the ninth. Mitch Keller (1-2) allowed six runs in 4 1/3 innings.With grinning Little Leaguers dressed in their uniforms filling the stands at BB&T Ballpark, Quintana (11-7) allowed five hits and walked none. The left-hander improved to 7-0 in nine starts since his last loss June 22.ASTROS 4, ATHLETICS 1OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Zack Greinke threw seven smooth innings for his 200th win, helping the AL West-leading Astros avoid... [More]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Zack Greinke threw seven smooth innings for his 200th win, pitching the first-place Houston Astros past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.Alex Bregman had a three-run homer among his four hits to back Greinke, who won his third straight start since joining the Astros from the Arizona Diamondbacks at the July 31 trade deadline.Greinke (13-4) went nine up, nine down on 25 pitches to start the game before giving up Marcus Semien's 21st homer. The right-hander allowed four hits with three walks and six strikeouts. He became the 115th pitcher in major league history to reach 200 career wins, and the second in Houston's rotation along with Justin Verlander.Roberto Osuna finished for his 27th save as the Astros stopped a five-game slide.Yuli Gurriel added an RBI double for Houston, which snapped Oakland's four-game winning streak. The Astros went back ahead of the A's by 7 1/2 games in the AL West race.Athletics lefty Brett Anderson (10-9) allowed... [More]

Mets first. Amed Rosario singles to right field. Joe Panik triples to deep left field. Pete Alonso is intentionally walked. Michael Conforto homers to right field. Pete Alonso scores. Joe Panik scores. Wilson Ramos grounds out to shortstop, Nicky Lopez to Ryan O'Hearn. Todd Frazier grounds out to third base, Cheslor Cuthbert to Ryan O'Hearn.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Mets 3, Royals 0.Royals fourth. Nicky Lopez grounds out to first base, Pete Alonso to Zack Wheeler. Hunter Dozier doubles to deep left field. Jorge Soler reaches on catcher interference. Interference error by Tomas Nido. Ryan O'Hearn grounds out to shallow center field, Joe Panik to Pete Alonso. Jorge Soler to third. Hunter Dozier scores. Cheslor Cuthbert grounds out to third base, Todd Frazier to Pete Alonso.1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Mets 3, Royals 1.Royals fifth. Bubba Starling singles to left field. Brett Phillips singles to center field. Bubba Starling to second. Nick Dini reaches on a sacrifice bunt to... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Donaldson homered against Sean Doolittle in the top of the 10th, and the Atlanta Braves pulled out a 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday to take two of three in the series and pad their NL East lead to 6 1/2 games.After the Nationals scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game, Donaldson swatted a fastball from Doolittle over the center-field wall for his 25th homer of the season.Adam Duvall homered for the fourth time in five games. Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies and Tyler Flowers also drove in runs for the Braves, who won consecutive series in Washington for the first time since 2013. They also won two of three in late June.Atlanta got another quality road start from Mike Soroka (10-2), who pitched seven innings and allowed just three hits, including a leadoff homer to Juan Soto in the second.Washington starter Aníbal Sánchez (6-6) could not keep pace, allowing four runs on 10 hits in five innings of work.YANKEES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5NEW... [More]