Hanson and Braves beat the Mets
NEW YORK - Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run inning spurred by David Wright's error, and the Atlanta Braves started a critical nine-game trip with a 6-4 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night.
NEW YORK - Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run inning spurred by David Wright's error, and the Atlanta Braves started a critical nine-game trip with a 6-4 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night.
Tommy Hanson (10-11) won for just the second time in 14 starts, and Omar Infante had a two-run double for the Braves, who came into the series in New York having dropped three of four at home and falling three games behind the Phillies in the NL East.
Atlanta entered Friday's games with a half-game lead over San Diego in the wild-card race.
Billy Wagner, working against his former team, threw a perfect ninth for his 34th save.
Thanks to a one-out throwing error in the fourth by Wright at third base and a two-out walk to Hanson, the Braves rallied. Melky Cabrera had an RBI single before Hanson walked to load the bases. Jonathon Niese (9-9) then gave up a two-run double to Infante before Heyward drilled a shot off the facing of the second deck in right field for a 6-3 lead. All the runs against Niese were unearned.
Bobby Cox's opener to his final regular-season series in New York ended quickly. The Braves' manager was ejected after arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Bill Hohn.
Atlanta 000 600 000 – 6 5 0
New York 030 100 000 – 4 6 1
Atlanta AB R H BI Avg. New York AB R H BI Avg.
O.Infante 2b 4 1 1 2 .339 Jos.Reyes ss 4 0 1 1 .284
Heyward rf 5 1 2 3 .288 Carter rf 4 0 0 0 .253
Prado 3b 4 0 0 0 .312 J.Feliciano rf 0 0 0 0 .268
D.Lee 1b 2 1 1 0 .251 Beltran cf 4 0 0 0 .237
McCann c 4 0 0 0 .273 D.Wright 3b 4 0 0 0 .285
M.Diaz lf 3 1 0 0 .246 I.Davis 1b 3 1 0 0 .260
d-Ankiel ph-cf 1 0 0 0 .204 Thole c 4 1 1 0 .292
Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 .258 Duda lf 3 2 2 2 .125
Me.Cabrera cf-lf 4 1 1 1 .255 Dessens p 0 0 0 0 ---
Hanson p 1 1 0 0 .107 P.Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 ---
Venters p 0 0 0 0 .000 f-Pagan ph 1 0 0 0 .294
Saito p 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Tejada 2b 2 0 0 0 .198
Moylan p 0 0 0 0 --- b-N.Evans ph-lf 1 0 1 0 .316
e-Conrad ph 1 0 0 0 .239 Niese p 1 0 1 1 .196
Wagner p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Hessman ph 1 0 0 0 .149
Totals 33 6 5 6 S.Green p 0 0 0 0 ---
Acosta p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-J.Arias ph-2b 1 0 0 0 .154
Totals 33 4 6 4
a-grounded out for Niese in the 4th. b-doubled for R.Tejada in the 7th. c-flied out for Acosta in the 7th. d-grounded out for M.Diaz in the 8th. e-flied out for Moylan in the 9th. f-struck out for P.Feliciano in the 9th. E: D.Wright (19). LOB: Atlanta 5, New York 3. 2B: O.Infante (15), N.Evans (2). HR: Heyward (18), off Niese; Duda (1), off Hanson. RBIs: O.Infante 2 (43), Heyward 3 (71), Me.Cabrera (42), Jos.Reyes (49), Duda 2 (5), Niese (4). SB: Jos.Reyes (30). RLSP: Atlanta 3 (Ale.Gonzalez, Prado 2); New York 3 (Carter 2, Jos.Reyes).
Atlanta walks (5): O.Infante, D.Lee 2, Hanson 2.
New York walks (1): I.Davis.
Atlanta strikeouts (8): O.Infante, Prado, McCann 2, Ale.Gonzalez 2, Me.Cabrera, Hanson.
New York strikeouts (8): Carter 2, Beltran 2, I.Davis 2, Duda, Pagan.
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hanson (W 10-11) 6 5 4 4 1 4 85 3.62
Venters (H 21) 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 1.81
Saito (H 17) 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 9 2.52
Moylan (H 19) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.12
Wagner (S 34-41) 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.45
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Niese (L 9-9) 4 5 6 0 3 4 91 3.76
S.Green 2 0 0 0 1 2 32 2.25
Acosta 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 3.09
Dessens 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.94
P.Feliciano 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.84
WP: Niese. Umpires: Home, Bill Hohn; first, Gary Darling; second, Bruce Dreckman; third, Paul Emmel.
T: 2:36. A: 28,002 (41,800).
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 3
Arizona 002 000 100 – 3 8 0
Pittsburgh 100 010 101 – 4 8 1
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg.
S.Drew ss 4 0 3 1 .280 Tabata cf 4 0 2 1 .300
C.Young cf 4 0 2 0 .260 Presley lf 3 0 0 0 .250
K.Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 .273 N.Walker 2b 4 1 2 1 .299
Ad.LaRoche 1b 3 0 0 0 .260 G.Jones 1b 3 0 0 0 .248
1-J.Upton pr 0 0 0 0 .273 Alvarez 3b 4 0 1 0 .234
Hampton p 0 0 0 0 --- Bowker rf 3 0 0 0 .186
Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 .000 d-McCutchn ph 0 1 0 0 .277
T.Abreu 3b 4 0 0 0 .239 Doumit c 3 1 1 1 .256
Montero c 3 1 1 0 .278 Cedeno ss 4 1 2 1 .247
Ryal lf 3 1 0 0 .263 Burres p 2 0 0 0 .143
Boyer p 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Moss ph 1 0 0 0 .111
Heilman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Allen ph-1b 1 0 0 0 .250 Meek p 0 0 0 0 1.00
G.Parra rf 4 1 2 2 .257 Totals 31 4 8 4
I.Kennedy p 1 0 0 0 .204
a-Gillespie ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .213
Totals 32 3 8 3
One out when winning run scored.a-grounded out for I.Kennedy in the 7th. b-grounded out for Burres in the 7th. c-struck out for Heilman in the 9th. d-walked for Bowker in the 9th.1-ran for Ad.LaRoche in the 9th. E: Alvarez (14). LOB: Arizona 5, Pittsburgh 6. 2B: S.Drew (31), Montero (20), G.Parra 2 (17), Tabata (19). HR: N.Walker (11), off I.Kennedy; Doumit (13), off Boyer. RBIs: S.Drew (54), G.Parra 2 (29), Tabata (29), N.Walker (54), Doumit (42), Cedeno (33). SB: J.Upton (17). CS: C.Young (6). S: I.Kennedy, Presley. RLSP: Arizona 3 (Ad.LaRoche, Gillespie, G.Parra); Pittsburgh 2 (Presley, G.Jones). RA: Ryal. GIDP: C.Young, K.Johnson, G.Jones. DP: Arizona 1 (K.Johnson, S.Drew, Ad.LaRoche); Pittsburgh 2 (N.Walker, Cedeno, G.Jones), (Alvarez, N.Walker, G.Jones).
Arizona walks (2): Ad.LaRoche, Montero.
Pittsburgh walks (3): G.Jones, A.McCutchen, Doumit.
Arizona strikeouts (6): K.Johnson 2, Ad.LaRoche, T.Abreu 2, Allen.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (6): Presley, G.Jones, Alvarez, Cedeno, Burres 2.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
I.Kennedy 6 5 2 1 1 4 91 3.79
Boyer (BS 4-4) 1 1 1 1 0 1 10 4.42
Heilman 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 4.14
Hampton 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Vasquez (L 1-6) 0 1 1 1 2 0 14 4.33
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Burres 7 7 3 2 0 3 103 4.93
Hanrahan 11/3 1 0 0 2 2 30 3.52
Meek (W 5-4) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.97
Vasquez pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. IR-S: Meek 2-0. PB: Montero. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; first, Dale Scott; second, D.J. Reyburn; third, Scott Barry.
T: 2:50. A: 22,939 (38,362).
Cubs 2, Marlins 0
Chicago 010 001 000 – 2 5 1
Florida 000 000 000 – 0 5 0
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
Fukudome rf 1 0 0 0 .273 Bonifacio ss 5 0 0 0 .299
S.Castro ss 4 0 0 0 .309 Morrison lf 4 0 1 0 .306
Byrd cf 4 0 0 0 .297 G.Sanchez 1b 4 0 1 0 .279
Ar.Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 .242 Uggla 2b 3 0 1 0 .283
Nady 1b 4 1 2 0 .268 Tracy 3b 3 0 1 0 .252
Soto c 4 1 1 1 .280 Stanton rf 2 0 0 0 .246
A.Soriano lf 4 0 2 1 .258 Maybin cf 3 0 1 0 .238
Marmol p 0 0 0 0 --- B.Davis c 3 0 0 0 .227
DeWitt 2b 2 0 0 0 .256 Sanabia p 2 0 0 0 .056
Dempster p 3 0 0 0 .143 Badenhop p 0 0 0 0 .000
Cashner p 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Helms ph 1 0 0 0 .236
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 .000 Veras p 0 0 0 0 ---
Fuld lf 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 30 2 5 2 b-Cousins ph 1 0 0 0 .278
Totals 31 0 5 0
a-struck out for Badenhop in the 7th. b-flied out for Sanches in the 9th. E: S.Castro (26). LOB: Chicago 5, Florida 11. 2B: Soto (19), A.Soriano (36), Morrison (17), Tracy (7). RBIs: Soto (53), A.Soriano (75). SB: Maybin (7). CS: Fukudome (7), Morrison (1). RLSP: Chicago 2 (Dempster, Ar.Ramirez); Florida 7 (B.Davis, Maybin, Tracy, Bonifacio 2, Stanton, Morrison). RA: S.Castro, G.Sanchez.
Chicago walks (4): Fukudome 3, DeWitt.
Florida walks (6): Morrison, Uggla, Tracy, Stanton, Maybin, B.Davis.
Chicago strikeouts (6): Byrd, Ar.Ramirez 2, Soto 2, A.Soriano.
Florida strikeouts (8): Bonifacio 2, Morrison, Tracy, Stanton, B.Davis, Sanabia, Helms.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dempster (W 14-10) 7 4 0 0 3 5 123 3.50
Cashner (H 13) 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 15 5.36
Marshall (H 21) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.82
Marmol (S 32-37) 1 0 0 0 2 1 20 2.82
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sanabia (L 4-3) 52/3 4 2 2 3 3 109 3.88
Badenhop 11/3 1 0 0 1 0 22 3.66
Veras 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.74
Sanches 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 2.44
IR-S: Marshall 2-0, Badenhop 1-0. IBB: off Sanabia (DeWitt). HBP: by Dempster (Stanton). Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; first, Adrian Johnson; second, Andy Fletcher; third, Tim McClelland.
T: 2:50. A: 22,751 (38,560).
Astros 5, Reds 3
Cincinnati 000 003 000 – 3 5 2
Houston 110 001 20x – 5 9 0
Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg. Houston AB R H BI Avg.
B.Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0 .273 Bourn cf 4 0 3 1 .265
O.Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 .266 AngSanchez ss 4 1 1 2 .284
Votto 1b 4 1 2 0 .321 Pence rf 4 0 1 0 .285
Rolen 3b 3 1 0 0 .290 Ca.Lee lf 3 1 1 1 .245
Gomes lf 4 1 1 3 .262 Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 ---
R.Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 .300 Lyon p 0 0 0 0 ---
Stubbs cf 2 0 1 0 .250 C.Johnson 3b 3 0 0 1 .316
Bloomquist rf 3 0 0 0 .167 Wallace 1b 3 0 0 0 .214
c-Bruce ph-rf 1 0 1 0 .276 M.Downs 2b 4 0 0 0 .228
Cueto p 2 0 0 0 .118 Ja.Castro c 2 0 0 0 .213
Chapman p 0 0 0 0 --- a-Keppinger ph 1 0 1 0 .293
Masset p 0 0 0 0 --- 1-Brgeois pr-lf 1 1 1 0 .237
d-Alonso ph 1 0 0 0 .250 W.Rodriguez p 2 1 1 0 .203
Ondrusek p 0 0 0 0 .000 Melancon p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 31 3 5 3 G.Chacin p 0 0 0 0 1.00
Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 .000
b-AHrnandz ph 0 1 0 0 .189
Quintero c 1 0 0 0 .227
Totals 32 5 9 5
a-singled for Ja.Castro in the 7th. b-walked for Fulchino in the 7th. c-singled for Bloomquist in the 8th. d-flied out for Masset in the 8th.1-ran for Keppinger in the 7th. E: Rolen (8), Stubbs (5). LOB: Cincinnati 9, Houston 7. 2B: Votto (32), Bourgeois (4), W.Rodriguez (2). HR: Gomes (17), off W.Rodriguez; Ca.Lee (22), off Cueto. RBIs: Gomes 3 (83), Bourn (38), Ang.Sanchez 2 (21), Ca.Lee (85), C.Johnson (47). SB: Votto (15). S: O.Cabrera. SF: C.Johnson. RLSP: Cincinnati 5 (Bloomquist, Gomes 2, Rolen, Alonso); Houston 5 (Wallace 2, Ang.Sanchez, C.Johnson, Quintero). RA: Pence.
Cincinnati walks (7): B.Phillips, Votto, Rolen, R.Hernandez, Stubbs 2, Cueto.
Houston walks (2): Wallace, A.Hernandez.
Cincinnati strikeouts (11): B.Phillips, Votto, Rolen, Gomes 2, Stubbs, Bloomquist 3, Cueto 2.
Houston strikeouts (8): Pence 2, C.Johnson 2, Wallace 2, W.Rodriguez, Quintero.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cueto 6 5 3 3 1 6 100 3.35
Chapman (L 1-1) 0 3 2 2 1 0 12 2.35
Masset 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 3.64
Ondrusek 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 4.08
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
W.Rodriguez 6 3 3 3 6 10 120 3.65
Melancon 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.88
G.Chacin 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4.54
Fulchino (W 2-0) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.56
Lindstrom (H 4) 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 3.93
Lyon (S 17-19) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.33
G.Chacin pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.Chapman pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Masset 2-0, Fulchino 1-0. HBP: by Cueto (Ca.Lee). PB: Ja.Castro. Umpires: Home, Mike Winters; First, Hunter Wendelstedt; Second, Brian Runge; Third, Jerry Layne.
T: 3:00. A: 30,218 (40,976).
Cardinals 14, Padres 4
San Diego 110 100 001 – 4 10 0
St. Louis 350 102 03x – 14 19 1
San Diego AB R H BI Avg. St. Louis AB R H BI Avg.
Venable cf 4 0 3 1 .235 Schumakr 2b-rf 5 1 2 1 .272
Hairston Jr. 2b 4 0 0 0 .244 Jay rf 3 2 1 0 .315
Salazar 2b 0 0 0 0 .233 M.Boggs p 0 0 0 0 .000
M.Tejada ss 3 1 1 1 .267 c-Winn ph-lf 2 0 0 0 .267
E.Cabrera ss 1 0 0 0 .210 Pujols 1b 5 2 3 2 .309
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 .306 Franklin p 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Stewart 1b 0 0 0 0 --- Holliday lf 5 2 2 3 .310
Ludwick rf 3 1 2 0 .265 Pagnozzi c 0 0 0 0 .333
Denorfia rf 0 0 0 0 .264 Rasmus cf 4 4 3 0 .276
Headley 3b 4 1 1 1 .265 Y.Molina c 4 0 4 5 .265
Torrealba c 3 1 1 0 .278 Salas p 0 0 0 0 ---
e-Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 .215 d-Stvinha ph-1b 1 1 1 0 .252
Cunningham lf 4 0 1 1 .313 Greene 3b 2 0 1 1 .226
Latos p 0 0 0 0 .125 P.Feliz 3b 2 1 1 1 .218
Correia p 0 0 0 0 .136 Lohse p 3 0 0 0 .194
a-Baxter ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Miles 2b 2 0 0 0 .292
LeBlanc p 0 0 0 0 .295 B.Ryan ss 5 1 1 1 .224
b-Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0 .211 Totals 43 14 19 14
Mujica p 0 0 0 0 ---
f-Durango ph 1 0 0 0 .267
Totals 34 4 10 4
a-struck out for Correia in the 4th. b-struck out for LeBlanc in the 7th. c-grounded out for M.Boggs in the 7th. d-singled for Salas in the 8th. e-reached on error for Torrealba in the 9th. f-grounded into a double play for Mujica in the 9th. E: P.Feliz (13). LOB: San Diego 5, St. Louis 9. 2B: Ad.Gonzalez (31), Cunningham (12), Schumaker (17), Pujols (36), Y.Molina 2 (18), Greene (3). 3B: Rasmus (3). HR: M.Tejada (7), off Lohse; Headley (11), off Franklin; Holliday (27), off LeBlanc. RBIs: Venable (49), M.Tejada (24), Headley (55), Cunningham (15), Schumaker (40), Pujols 2 (107), Holliday 3 (98), Y.Molina 5 (62), Greene (9), P.Feliz (38), B.Ryan (32). CS: Venable (6). S: Latos. RLSP: San Diego 2 (Headley, Baxter); St. Louis 5 (Lohse, B.Ryan 3, Winn). RA: Holliday, Greene, Miles, B.Ryan. GIDP: Hairston Jr., Durango. DP: St. Louis 2 (Miles, B.Ryan, Pujols), (Franklin, Miles, Stavinoha).
San Diego walks (1): Ludwick.
St. Louis walks (4): Schumaker, Jay, Rasmus, Greene.
San Diego strikeouts (8): Venable, E.Cabrera, Ad.Gonzalez, Headley 2, Torrealba, Baxter, Gwynn.
St. Louis strikeouts (3): Lohse 3.
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Latos (L 14-7) 11/3 9 8 8 2 1 51 2.84
Correia 12/3 1 0 0 1 1 23 5.40
LeBlanc 3 4 3 3 1 1 34 4.25
Mujica 2 5 3 3 0 0 40 3.44
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lohse (W 4-7) 5 7 3 3 1 4 90 6.75
M.Boggs 2 2 0 0 0 2 19 3.84
Salas 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 2.45
Franklin 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 3.64
IR-S: Correia 2-1. IBB: off Latos (Greene). Umpires: Home, Tom Hallion; first, Ron Kulpa; second, Lance Barksdale; third, Ed Rapuano.
T: 2:53. A: 37,806 (43,975).