NATIONAL LEAGUE Cardinals' Pujols breaks April record for home runs
Barry Bonds had a day off as the Giants defeated the Diamondbacks.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols set a major league record with his 14th homer in April, a tiebreaking shot in the eighth inning that sent the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
After NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter and All-Star Livan Hernandez locked up in a pitchers' duel, Pujols broke a 1-all tie when he connected off Jon Rauch (0-1) leading off the eighth.
Jason Isringhausen walked the bases loaded in the ninth before retiring Nick Johnson on a comebacker for his seventh save in nine opportunities. Johnson finished 0-for-5, dropping his batting average to .352.
Jose Guillen homered for the Nationals.
WASHINGTONST. LOUIS
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ASrano lf4010Eckstin ss3000
Vidro 2b4020JEcrcn rf4110
NJhnsn 1b5000Pujols 1b3111
JGillen rf4121Edmnd cf3010
Zmrmn 3b4000Spiezio 3b2021
Byrd cf4030Tguchi lf4000
Schndr c4010Isrnghs p0000
Clayton ss4000YMlina c3000
LHrndz p3000Luna 2b3000
Rauch p0000Crpnter p2000
Ward ph0000Gall ph1000
MrAnd pr0000Looper p0000
Schmkr lf0000
Totals36191Totals28252
Washington000100000--1
St. Louis10000001x--2
E--JGuillen (2). DP--Washington 1. LOB--Washington 11, St. Louis 7. HR--JGuillen (2), Pujols (14). SF--Spiezio.
IPHRERBBSO
Washington
LHernandez731044
Rauch L,0-1121100
St. Louis
Carpenter791103
Looper W,2-0100001
Isringhausen S,7100030
Umpires--Home, Bill Welke; First, Tim McClelland; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Bob Davidson. T--2:22. A--39,596.
Giants 3, Diamondbacks 2
SAN FRANCISCO -- Randy Winn made two spectacular plays in left field in the top of the ninth inning, and Moises Alou homered leading off the bottom half to give San Francisco a victory over Arizona.
Winn, starting in left because Barry Bonds was given a day off, made a sliding catch in left-center to rob Shawn Green of a hit and then topped that effort on the next batter. Winn leaped high above the wall to rob Eric Byrnes of a potential go-ahead home run, getting a standing ovation from the crowd and hearty congratulations from his teammates as he ran off the field.
The 41-year-old Bonds most likely would not have been able to make those plays on his surgically repaired right knee. Bonds, expected back in the lineup today, has 711 homers, three shy of tying Babe Ruth for second place on the career list.
ARIZONASAN FRAN
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Cunsell ss4000Vizquel ss4120
OHudsn 2b4000Frndsn 2b3000
Tracy 3b4030Winn lf4011
LGnzlz lf2100Alou rf4111
CJcksn 1b3110SFinley cf3110
ShGren rf4011TGreen c3000
Byrnes cf4011Feliz 3b3000
CSnydr c3010Niekro 1b3011
JuCruz p2000Hnnssy p2000
Aquino p0000Fssero p0000
AGreen ph1000MaSwy ph1000
Lyon p0000Kline p0000
LVzcno p0000Benitez p0000
Totals31272Totals30363
Arizona000200000--2
San Francisco001000101--3
No outs when winning run scored.
E--JuCruz (1). DP--Arizona 1, San Francisco 2. LOB--Arizona 5, San Francisco 4. 2B--Tracy (8), Vizquel (5). HR--Alou (7). CS--Tracy (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Arizona
JuCruz521103
Aquino100000
Lyon121100
LVizcaino L,0-2121100
San Francisco
Hnnssy662231
Fassero100000
Kline110000
Benitez W,1-0100000
LVizcaino pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. HBP--by JuCruz (Frandsen). Umpires--Home, Laz Diaz; First, Ramon Armendariz; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Ted Barrett. T--2:25. A--38,187.
Reds 6, Astros 3
CINCINNATI -- Aaron Harang earned his fourth consecutive victory and streaking Cincinnati set a club record for wins in April by beating Houston.
Rich Aurilia hit his fourth homer and Brandon Phillips had two RBIs as Cincinnati sent Andy Pettitte (1-4) to his third straight loss. The Reds (17-7) extended their winning streak to six, their longest since a seven-game spurt in May 2004.
Harang (4-1) gave up five hits and three runs in 72/3 innings, striking out seven. David Weathers got his eighth save in nine opportunities.
Jason Lane hit a two-run homer for the Astros.
HOUSTONCINCINNATI
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Biggio 2b4010Freel cf4020
Tveras cf4010FLopez ss5000
Brkmn 1b4011Aurilia 1b4111
Ensbrg 3b3010Dunn lf3210
PrWlsn lf3110Kearns rf3120
Brkski p0000EEcrcn 3b4121
Lamb ph1000BPhilps 2b3112
Sprger p0000LaRue c4020
Lane rf4112Harang p3010
Asmus c4000Merckr p0000
AEvrtt ss2000McCkn ph1000
Pettitte p2000Wthers p0000
Burke lf2110
Totals33373Totals346124
Houston020000010--3
Cincinnati00042000x--6
E--Pettitte (1), FLopez (5). DP--Houston 1, Cincinnati 1. LOB--Houston 6, Cincinnati 8. 2B--Biggio (10), Ensberg (7), Dunn (2), EEncarnacion (10). 3B--EEncarnacion (1). HR--Lane (5), Aurilia (4). SB--BPhillips (3). CS--Taveras (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Houston
Pettitte L,1-45116636
Borkowski210012
Springer100001
Cincinnati
Harang W,4-17 2-353327
Mercker1-320000
Weathers S,8100011
WP--Pettitte. Umpires--Home, Eric Cooper; First, Bill Miller; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Brian Gorman. T--2:46. A--24,873.
Brewers 16, Cubs 2
CHICAGO -- Prince Fielder hit two of Milwaukee's six homers, Rickie Weeks connected for his first leadoff shot and the Brewers had their biggest offensive outburst in six years.
Bill Hall, Carlos Lee and J.J. Hardy also connected for the Brewers, who batted around twice and fell one homer short of the franchise record set on April 29, 1980, at Cleveland.
Hardy had four RBIs, and Fielder and Weeks each finished with three. It was the first multihomer game of Fielder's career.
The Brewers scored their most runs since a 16-8 victory on Aug. 21, 2000, at Arizona. It was their largest margin of victory since May 9, 1996, when they defeated the Red Sox 17-2.
Milwaukee starter Doug Davis (1-2) took advantage of the run support in an easy victory. He pitched 61/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits.
Glendon Rusch (1-4) lasted only 22/3 innings. He gave up seven runs, four homers and three walks.
MILWAUKEECHICAGO
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Weeks 2b4123Pierre cf3010
Hardy ss5124Ohman p0000
Jenkins rf4120Barrett ph0000
Gross lf0100Novoa p1000
CaLee lf5111Cedeno ss5000
Cirillo 3b1000TWalkr 1b1000
Fildr 1b5323Mabry 1b2000
BHall 3b6331ARmrz 3b2000
DMiller c5220NPerez 3b1000
BClark cf3212Murton lf3110
DDavis p3111JJones rf2010
Cpllan p1000Bynum cf2021
Koskie ph1000Hrst Jr 2b4100
Demaria p0000HBlnco c3000
Rusch p0000
Ardsm p1000
Rstvich rf2021
Totals43161615Totals32272
Milwaukee304123003--16
Chicago000000110--2
E--Fielder (2), BHall (3). DP--Milwaukee 4. LOB--Milwaukee 11, Chicago 9. 2B--Hardy (3), Jenkins (6), BClark (3), Restovich (1). 3B--Bynum (1). HR--Weeks (1), Hardy (4), CaLee (9), Fielder 2 (5), BHall (4). SB--Pierre (8).
IPHRERBBSO
Milwaukee
DDavis W,1-26 1-351152
Capellan1 2-321102
Demaria100010
Chicago
Rusch L,1-42 2-367730
Aardsma2 1-343332
Ohman243320
Novoa223333
WP--Ohman, Novoa. Umpires--Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Randy Marsh. T--3:15. A--40,644.
Rockies 8 Marlins 7
MIAMI -- Garrett Atkins homered and drove in three runs to lead Colorado Rockies over a sloppy Florida team.
Matt Holliday had two doubles, a triple and two RBIs for the Rockies, who won their third straight. Colorado has won the first two games of the three-game series and is 3-0-1 in road series this season.
With the score tied at 5, the Rockies scored two unearned runs in the sixth off Randy Messenger (0-1), whose throwing error on Clint Barmes' bunt allowed Cory Sullivan come around and set up Atkins' RBI single.
COLORADOFLORIDA
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Barmes ss6100HaRmz ss5221
Carroll 2b4220Uggla 2b5000
Hlliday lf5132MiCbra 3b3120
Atkins 3b4133Amzga pr0000
Hawpe rf4110Wlnhm lf4132
LuGnzl 1b4110Jacobs 1b3001
Fremn cf3010Cepcky rf4000
Asencio p1000Aguila ph1000
Mesa p0000Abrcrm cf5110
Splbrgh ph1000Tranor c2110
Fentes p0000Olivo c1010
Ojeda c4000JVrgas p1000
Fogg p1000Nolasco p0000
Sllivan cf2121Mitre ph0100
Mssngr p0000
Reed ph1000
Wllmyr p0000
Helms ph1000
FGrmn p0000
Totals398136Totals367104
Colorado004102100--8
Florida001400200--7
E--Fogg (3), MiCabrera (5), Abercrombie (1), Treanor (1), Messenger (1). LOB--Colorado 11, Florida 9. 2B--Holliday 2 (7), Atkins (8), LuGonzalez (4), Freeman (2), Sullivan 2 (10), Olivo (6). 3B--Holliday (2). HR--Atkins (4), Willingham (5). SB--Carroll (3), LuGonzalez (1), HaRamirez (6). CS--Freeman (1). S--Carroll, Fogg, Mitre. SF--Jacobs.
IPHRERBBSO
Colorado
Fogg465232
Asencio W,1-0322202
Mesa110002
Fuentes S,5110012
Florida
JVargas2 1-364333
Nolasco1 2-321101
Messenger L,0-1222002
Wellemeyer231112
FGerman100011
HBP--by Fuentes (MiCabrera). WP--Fogg. Umpires--Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Wally Bell; Third, Mark Carlson. T--3:23. A--15,405.
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