MLB ROUNDUP \ Sunday’s other games


NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rockies 6, Giants 4, 10 innings

SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning to pull within nine of Hank Aaron’s career record 755. Bonds’ 12th homer of the year was his first in 15 games. Former Giant LaTroy Hawkins gave up Bengie Molina’s tying single to right with two outs in the eighth after Bonds drew a full-count walk with a runner on first. Steve Kline (0-1) allowed Todd Helton’s leadoff single in the 10th and was responsible for pinch-runner Kazuo Matsui, who scored on Troy Tulowitzki’s single. Ramon Ramirez (2-1) pitched the ninth for the win as Colorado completed its first three-game sweep in San Francisco.

Mets 6, Marlins 4

MIAMI — New York continued its mastery of left-handers with a four-run fourth against Florida starter Scott Olsen and a three-game sweep. David Wright had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Beltran walked and scored twice for the Mets. Miguel Cabrera had two hits, including an RBI double in the eighth, for Florida. Miguel Olivo had two hits, including his third home run of the year.

Phillies 13, Braves 6

ATLANTA — Ryan Howard went 3-for-4 with a pair of two-run homers, Greg Dobbs added another two-run shot and Philadelphia completed its first sweep of the season. Howard and Dobbs hit two-run homers in the first before the Phillies put the game away with seven runs in the fifth. The Braves have lost 10 of 14 to fall to 12-13 in May. The Braves, in second place in the NL East, are only two games ahead of the third-place Phillies, who are 22-13 since starting 4-11. Cole Hamels (7-2) gave up six hits and three runs in six innings. He had eight strikeouts and walked one batter. The Phillies had four extra-base hits in the first inning off Kyle Davies (2-3). Rollins tripled and scored on Howard’s homer just inside the right-field foul pole. Aaron Rowand doubled and scored on Dobbs’ homer.

Nationals 7, Cardinals 2

ST. LOUIS — Ronnie Belliard had four hit, including a two-run homer for Washington, which took two of three for their first series win over St. Louis since 1999, when the franchise was in Montreal. Leadoff hitter Felipe Lopez added three hits and Ryan Langerhans hit his first career grand slam — also his first homer of the season — off Randy Flores to cap a five-run eighth that included two hits, three walks and a bases-loaded wild pitch. Albert Pujols had three hits for the Cardinals and is 22-for-45 (.477) during an 11-game hitting streak that has raised his average 63 points to .302. Scott Spiezio homered in the eighth for St. Louis, which completed a 4-2 homestand. The Cardinals wasted a strong start from Adam Wainwright (4-4), who allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Saul Rivera (1-1) allowed one run and two hits to pick up the win.

Padres 3, Brewers 0

SAN DIEGO — Jake Peavy held Milwaukee to two hits in seven innings and hit an RBI double off Jeff Suppan and San Diego finished off a three-game sweep of the Brewers. Adrian Gonzalez added a solo homer for the Padres, who won for the 10th time in 13 games. It was the first time the Brewers were swept this season. Milwaukee, which opened the season at 24-10, lost its fifth straight game and were defeated for the 12th time in 16 games. Heath Bell and Trevor Hoffman finished up the combined three-hitter, with Hoffman picking up his 15th save in 17 chances and extending his career record to 497. Peavy (7-1) lowered his major league-leading ERA from 1.63 to 1.47 while striking out eight and walking one.

Diamondbacks 8, Astros 4

PHOENIX — Carlos Quentin hit a two-run home run and Arizona beat Roy Oswalt for the first time, handing Houston its eighth straight loss. Livan Hernandez (5-2) allowed 11 hits in his 43rd complete game and first since Sept. 9, 2005, for the Washington Nationals against San Francisco.

Dodgers 2, Cubs 1, 11 innings

LOS ANGELES — Andre Ethier hit a game-tying home run in the eighth, and Juan Pierre got hit with the bases loaded in the 11th to force in the winning run for Los Angeles. Guzman (0-1), working his third inning of relief, opened the 11th with walks to Ramon Martinez and Wilson Betemit. Martinez advanced to third on a delayed steal before Carlos Marmol replaced Guzman with a 1-0 count on Rafael Furcal. Marmol walked Furcal intentionally to set up a force everywhere, but his 2-2 pitch bounced and hit Pierre in the left knee.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Angels 4, Yankees 3

NEW YORK — John Lackey earned his major league-leading eighth victory as Los Angeles finished a three-game sweep. Los Angeles took advantage after starter Mike Mussina got a quick hook, with pinch-hitter Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins drawing bases-loaded walks from Scott Proctor. The Yankees lost for the seventh time in 10 games and dropped a season-high six games below .500.

Orioles 8, Athletics 4

BALTIMORE — Miguel Tejada, Melvin Mora and Nick Markakis homered for Baltimore, negating another home run by Oakland’s Nick Swisher. Swisher homered in a third consecutive game, a three-run shot that got the A’s to 5-4 in the fifth. It was his ninth home run of the season, the fifth in five games against Baltimore.

Twins 4, Blue Jays 2

MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Silva ended a four-game losing streak and Justin Morneau homered and drove in three runs for Minnesota. Silva (3-5) allowed six hits and struck out three in 71⁄3 innings, and the Twins won at home for just the third time in eight games.

Mariners 7, Royals 4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jarrod Washburn gave up four hits and three runs and Jose Vidro and Raul Ibanez drove in two runs each as Seattle completed a three-game sweep. Washburn (5-4) took a one-hit shutout and 6-0 lead into the sixth, but following a 22-minute rain delay gave up two runs, one on a wild pitch. He struck out four and walked one. The left-hander is 5-1 with a 2.83 ERA in Kauffman Stadium, where he won in his major league debut.

Devil Rays 11, White Sox 5

CHICAGO — Carl Crawford hit a go-ahead RBI triple in the seventh inning for Tampa Bay to back Scott Kazmir, who won for the third time in 17 starts dating to last season. Ty Wigginton and Carlos Pena homered and Tampa Bay came from behind to win for the 17th time. The Devil Rays tied a season high with 15 hits, including four by B.J. Upton.

Red Sox 6, Rangers 5

ARLINGTON, Texas — J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell hit RBI singles in the eighth inning and Boston held on to complete a three-game sweep. Jason Varitek also homered for Boston, which has the best record in baseball.

Associated Press