NATIONAL LEAGUE D4


S EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


Atlanta 60 45 .571 — 4-6 W-1 Phila.


57 48 .543 3 8-2 W-1


Florida 53 52 .505 7 6-4 L-1 New York 53 53 .500 7A 4-6 L-2 xWash. 46 59 .438 14 5-5 L-1


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


xSt. Louis 59 46 .562 — 5-5 W-3 Cincinnati 60 47 .561 — 7-3 W-3 xMilwaukee 48 58 .453 11A 5-5 L-5 xChicago 46 59 .438 13 3-7 L-5 xHouston 45 59 .433 13A 7-3 W-5 Pittsburgh 36 69 .343 23 2-8 L-5


TODAY’S NL GAMES


NATIONALS AT DIAMONDBACKS, 9:40


Olsen (L)


W-L ERA TEAM 3-2 3.67 5-4


Saunders (L) 6-10 4.51 9-12 REDS AT PIRATES, 7:05 Leake (R)


7-2 3.57 12-7


Maholm (L) 6-9 4.52 9-12 METS AT BRAVES, 7:10 Dickey (R) Lowe (R)


REDS 4, PIRATES 0 Rookie Travis Wood shut


7-4 2.32 7-7 10-9 4.58 10-12


PHILLIES AT MARLINS, 7:10 Halladay (R) 12-8 2.21 13-9 West (L)


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BREWERS AT CUBS, 8:05 Narveson (L) 8-7 5.90 8-9 Diamond (R)


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ASTROS AT CARDINALS, 8:15 Norris (R) Garcia (L)


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3-7 5.63 5-10 9-4 2.33 11-9


GIANTS AT ROCKIES, 8:40 Sanchez (L) 7-6 3.54 14-7 Cook (R)


4-7 5.08 7-13


PADRES AT DODGERS, 10:10 Latos (R) Lilly (L)


11-4 2.45 14-5 3-8 3.69 6-12


out Pittsburgh on two singles over seven innings and 1B Mi- guel Cairo drove in two runs as Cincinnati won for the fifth time in six games. Russ Springer, 41, brought up from the minors Monday, and Arthur Rhodes, 40, a first- time all-star, pitched an inning each to complete the com- bined three-hitter.


Cincinnati AB R H BI BBSO AVG B.Phillips 2b


O.Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 .260 Rhodes p Cairo 1b Rolen 3b Gomes lf


3 2 2 0 2 0 .288 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


Springer p Janish ss Bruce rf


Heisey cf-lf Hanigan c Tr.Wood p Stubbs cf Totals


N.Walker 2b G.Jones 1b Snyder c


Milledge rf


3 0 1 2 0 0 .300 4 0 0 0 0 2 .299 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 4 0 1 0 0 2 .258 3 1 2 1 0 0 .292 4 0 0 1 0 0 .299 3 0 0 0 0 2 .118 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 32 4 7 4 4 8 —


Pittsburgh AB R H BI BBSO AVG A.McCutchen cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 Tabata lf


4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 3 0 0 0 0 1 .227 3 0 1 0 0 0 .272


An.LaRoche 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Cedeno ss Ohlendorf p Clement ph Ledezma p Hanrahan p


2 0 0 0 1 0 .245 1 0 0 0 0 1 .050 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


Delw.Young ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .257 J.Thomas p Totals


Cincinnati 101 100 010 —470 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 —030


LOB: Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4. 2B: Gomes (19), Heisey (3). HR: Heisey (7), off Hanrahan.


NL SCORES


Nationals Late at D’Backs Gm. Reds


Pirates


Braves Mets


4 0


4 1


Brewers Late at Cubs Gm.


Astros Late at Cards Gm.


Padres Late at Dodgers Gm.


Cincinnati


Tr.Wood (W, 2-1) Springer Rhodes


Pittsburgh


Ohlendorf (L, 1-9)


Ledezma Hanrahan J.Thomas


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 2 0 0 1 4 2.42


1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.49 IP H R ER BBSO ERA 5 5 3 3 4 4 4.41


2 0 0 0 0 1 12.2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3.47 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.71


HBP: by Ohlendorf (Heisey). T: 2:46. A: 15,172 (38,362).


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 0 3 0 1 5 —


x-Late game Around the horn PERSONNEL DEPT.


Brewers: Agreed to terms with OF Corey Hart on a three-year contract extension through 2013. Cardinals: Agreed to terms with LHP Nate Robertson on a minor league contract and assigned him to Class AAA Memphis. Phillies: 1B Ryan Howard has left the team to have his injured ankle examined in Philadelphia. Rays: Recalled RHP Jeremy Hellickson from Class AAA Durham. Placed reliever Andy Sonnanstine on the 15-day DL with a strained left hamstring. Reds: Selected the contract of RHP Russ Springer from Class AAA Louisville. Red Sox: Placed OF Mike Cameron on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Daniel Nava from Class AAA Pawtucket.


300 HOME RUNS


Nationals’ Iván Rodríguez has become the fifth catcher to hit 300 homers. Rodríguez hit a solo shot off Diamondbacks RHP Rodrigo López in the second inning Monday night to reach the milestone. He joins Mike Piazza (396), Carlton Fisk (351), Johnny Bench (327) and Yogi Berra (306).


BRAVES 4, METS 1 TODAY’S AL GAMES


ANGELS AT ORIOLES, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Bell (R) 1-2 6.46 1-0


Guthrie (R) 4-11 4.23 6-15 WHITE SOX AT TIGERS, 1:05 Buehrle (L) 9-8 4.15 12-9 Porcello (R) 4-9 5.50 5-11 WHITE SOX AT TIGERS, 7:05 Torres (R)


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Bonderman (R) 5-6 5.05 11-7 BLUE JAYS AT YANKEES, 7:05 Romero (L) 8-7 3.46 10-11 Moseley (R) 1-0 3.24 1-0 INDIANS AT RED SOX, 7:10 Huff (L)


2-9 6.04 3-10


Beckett (R) 2-1 6.33 7-3 TWINS AT RAYS, 7:10 Duensing (L) 4-1 1.83 1-1 Niemann (R) 9-3 3.08 16-5 ROYALS AT ATHLETICS, 10:05 Davies (R) 5-6 5.48 11-9 Mazzaro (R) 6-3 4.04 6-5 RANGERS AT MARINERS, 10:10 Lewis (R)


9-7 3.40 9-11 Vargas, J (L) 6-5 3.20 8-12 AL SCORES


Blue Jays 8 Yankees 6 Indians


Red Sox 5 Twins 6 Late at Rays Gm.


Royals Late at Athletics Gm.


Tim Hudson pitched six sol- id innings and Rich Ankiel drove in two runs with his first hit for Atlanta, a two-out, two- run single in a three-run first inning.


Chipper Jones added a solo home run in the seventh as the Braves, who had lost five of seven, increased their NL East lead to three games over idle Philadelphia. New York


Jos.Reyes ss Pagan lf


Beltran cf


D.Wright 3b I.Davis 1b


Francoeur rf H.Blanco c Carter ph Cora 2b


L.Castillo 2b Thole ph-c J.Santana p Parnell p Totals


Atlanta


Infante 2b Heyward rf C.Jones 3b M.Diaz lf Saito p


Wagner p


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 1 1 0 0 1 .280 5 0 1 0 0 1 .311 2 0 1 1 2 1 .228 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302 3 0 1 0 1 0 .249 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 3 0 1 0 0 0 .264 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 3 0 0 0 0 1 .128 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 1 8 1 3 5 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 1 2 0 0 0 .343 3 0 0 0 1 2 .268 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 4 1 2 1 0 2 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 1 0 0 0 2 .241 Glaus 1b Ankiel cf D.Ross c


T.Hudson p


3 0 1 0 1 2 .244 4 0 2 2 0 2 .286 4 0 1 0 0 2 .282 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250


Di.Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Venters p


New York 000 010 000 — 1 8 0 Atlanta


300 000 10x — 4 11 2


E: T.Hudson 2 (3). LOB: New York 10, At- lanta 9. 2B: Beltran (3), M.Diaz 2 (11), Ankiel (1), T.Hudson (4). HR: C.Jones (8), off J.Santana.


New York


J.Santana (L, 8-6) Parnell Atlanta


T.Hudson (W, 12-5) Venters Saito


IP H R ER BBSO ERA 7 9 4 4 2 11 3.20


1 2 0 0 0 2 2.29 IP H R ER BBSO ERA 6 6 1 1 3 3 2.36


1 0 0 0 0 1 1.19 1 2 0 0 0 0 3.38


Wagner (S, 25) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.61 T: 3:00. A: 33,030 (49,743).


Me.Cabrera lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Totals


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 4 11 4 2 13 —


INDIANS 6, RED SOX 5


Fausto Carmona rebound- ed from his worst start of the season with seven solid in- nings, Shelley Duncan had a career-high four hits and Cleveland held on to beat Bos- ton. Indians C Carlos Santana was taken off the field on a stretcher with his left leg in an air cast after blocking home for an out in the seventh.


Cleveland AB R H BI BBSO AVG Crowe cf


C.Santana c Gimenez c LaPorta 1b J.Brown dh Duncan lf J.Nix 3b


A.Marte 3b Donald 2b Totals Boston


Scutaro ss J.Drew rf


Youkilis 1b Cash c


V.Martinez c-1b-c


A.Beltre 3b Kalish lf-cf Hall 2b


A.Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .273 Choo rf


4 1 1 1 1 1 .259 5 0 1 2 0 2 .292


3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 5 1 2 0 0 0 .252 4 2 1 0 1 1 .125 5 1 4 2 0 1 .281 1 1 0 0 3 0 .219 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 36 6 11 5 7 10 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 0 2 0 0 0 .284 5 0 1 0 0 0 .266 1 0 0 0 0 0 .307 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143


Lowrie ph-1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .310 D.Ortiz dh


4 2 2 0 0 0 .261 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284


3 2 2 5 0 1 .336 3 0 3 0 1 0 .500 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236


E.Patterson cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Nava ph-lf Totals


Cleveland 000 213 000 — 6 11 1 Boston


010 000 130 — 5 13 0


E: LaPorta (2). LOB: Cleveland 10, Boston 7. 2B: Crowe (16), LaPorta (12), J.Brown (1), Duncan (6), Scutaro (26), Kalish (1). HR: A.Beltre (18), off Carmona; A.Beltre (19), off Herrmann.


Cleveland


Carmona (W, 11-8)


R.Perez Herrmann


IP H R ER BBSO ERA 7 8 2 1 1 5 3.78


B 2 2 2 0 0 3.72 C 2 1 1 0 0 3.47


C.Perez (S, 13) 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.08 Boston


Lackey (L, 10-6) 5B 9 6 6 5 7 4.48 Delcarmen Richardson Wakefield D.Bard


IP H R ER BB SO ERA B 0 0 0 0 0 4.82


B 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 2 1 0 0 2 2 5.54 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.80


Inherited runners-scored: Herrmann 2-2, Delcarmen 3-0, Richardson 3-2. T: 3:18. A: 37,931 (37,402).


2 0 1 0 0 0 .290 37 5 13 5 1 5 —


FIELDER’S CHOICE RAYS 4, TWINS 2


Jeremy Hellickson won his major-league debut, Matt Joyce had two RBI and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.


Hellickson allowed two runs and three hits in seven in- nings, helping the Rays win for the ninth time in the last 10 games.


Jason Kubel homered and had two RBI for the Twins, who had an eight-game winning streak end.


Minnesota AB R H BI BBSO AVG Span cf


A.Casilla 2b


Cuddyer 1b Thome dh Valencia 3b Hardy ss Butera c Totals


4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 3 1 0 0 1 1 .270


Delm.Young lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .334 Kubel rf


4 1 2 2 0 1 .262 3 0 0 0 1 1 .273 4 0 0 0 0 3 .253 4 0 0 0 0 0 .374 2 0 0 0 1 1 .258 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179 30 2 4 2 3 8 —


Tampa Bay AB R H BI BBSO AVG Jaso c


Shoppach ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Crawford lf Longoria 3b W.Aybar dh Joyce rf


B.Upton cf TAMI CHAPPELL/REUTERS Mets’ Luis Castillo, left, loses the ball but Braves’ Jason Heyward is called out. QUOTABLE “It’s obviously been a problem


beating these guys.” — San Francisco pitcher Matt Cain on the Giants


sweeping the Dodgers for the first time since April 24-26, 2007, and their first at home since 2004


STAR OF THE DAY Travis Snider, Blue Jays


Snider hit two of an AL record-tying six doubles in a seven-run fifth inning in Toronto’s 8-6 win.


BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 6


Travis Snider hit two of an


AL record-tying six doubles in a seven-run fifth inning and To- ronto prolonged Alex Rodri- guez’s search for his 600th homer in a win over New York. The Yankees fell into a tie for first place in the AL East with Tampa Bay. Toronto


F.Lewis dh


Y.Escobar ss J.Bautista rf V.Wells cf Overbay 1b A.Hill 2b Snider lf


New York Jeter ss


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 5 1 0 0 0 1 .299 4 1 1 2 1 3 .260 5 2 2 2 0 1 .277 3 0 0 0 2 1 .249 4 1 2 1 0 1 .209 4 1 2 1 0 2 .248


Encarnacion 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .242 J.Molina c Totals


3 0 1 0 1 0 .288 35 8 10 8 5 9 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 2 2 0 0 1 .275


Swisher rf-cf 5 2 2 3 0 0 .301 Teixeira 1b


A.Rodriguez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Cano 2b Posada c


5 1 1 2 0 2 .255 3 1 0 0 1 1 .328


4 0 2 0 0 1 .267


Berkman dh 3 0 1 1 1 1 .182 Granderson cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Thames ph-lf-rf 2 0 2 0 0 0 .302 Gardner lf-cf Kearns ph-lf Totals


3 0 0 0 0 2 .292 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270 37 6 10 6 3 12 —


Toronto 010 070 000 — 8 10 0 New York 200 021 001 — 6 10 0


LOB: Toronto 6, New York 7. 2B: F.Lewis (28), J.Bautista (25), V.Wells (34), A.Hill (15), Snider 2 (12), Posada (16). HR: V.Wells (21), off A.J.Burnett; Encarna- cion (11), off A.J.Burnett; Swisher (21), off Morrow; Teixeira (22), off Morrow; Swisher (22), off Gregg.


Toronto


Morrow (W, 8-6) S.Downs Frasor Purcey


A.J.Burnett (L, 9-9) Mitre


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5B 7 5 5 2 9 4.79


1C 1 0 0 0 1 2.20 C 1 0 0 1 0 4.39 B 0 0 0 0 1 1.59


Gregg (S, 24) 1 1 1 1 0 1 3.67 New York


IP H R ER BBSO ERA 4C 8 8 8 2 4 4.93


D.Robertson 1 0 0 0 1 2 4.30 Logan


1B 2 0 0 0 0 3.58 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.33


Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 1 2 5.48


Inherited runners-scored: S.Downs 1-0, Purcey 2-0, Mitre 1-1. HBP: by A.J.Bur- nett (F.Lewis). WP: Morrow, A.J.Burnett. T: 3:31. A: 47,034 (50,287).


CARDINALS 9, PIRATES 1


Late Sunday Albert Pujols hit a two-run


homer, and Adam Wainwright stayed unbeaten at home with seven strong innings and the go-ahead RBI for St. Louis. Wainwright improved to 11-0 at home with a 1.22 ERA.


Pittsburgh AB R H BI BBSO AVG A.McCutchen cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .291 Tabata lf


N.Walker 2b G.Jones 1b S.Jackson p Alvarez 3b Milledge rf Cedeno ss A.Diaz ph Jaramillo c Duke p


J.Thomas p


4 0 2 0 0 0 .299 3 0 0 0 1 0 .301 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 4 0 1 0 0 3 .222 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 3 0 1 1 0 2 .247 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 4 0 1 0 0 0 .148 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000


An.LaRoche ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Gallagher p Clement 1b Totals


St. Louis


F.Lopez 3b Jay rf


Winn ph-rf Pujols 1b


LaRue ph-c Holliday lf


Schumaker lf


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 .202 35 1 10 1 1 7 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 0 0 1 1 .263 4 1 1 1 0 0 .378 0 0 0 1 1 0 .263 4 1 1 2 0 0 .298 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 4 1 1 1 0 0 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259


Y.Molina c-1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .241 Rasmus cf B.Ryan ss


D.Reyes p


Stavinoha ph Boggs p Miles 2b Totals


4 1 2 0 0 1 .274 3 3 3 0 1 0 .218


Wainwright p 3 1 2 1 0 0 .175 Motte p


0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 2 3 0 0 .323 35 9 14 9 3 2 —


Pittsburgh 010 000 000 — 1 10 0 St. Louis


001 050 03x — 9 14 1


E: B.Ryan (13). LOB: Pittsburgh 9, St. Lou- is 6. 2B: Rasmus (20), B.Ryan (12). 3B: Milledge (3). HR: Pujols (25), off Duke; Holliday (20), off S.Jackson.


Pittsburgh


Duke (L, 5-10) 5 7 6 6 1 1 5.36 J.Thomas Gallagher S.Jackson St. Louis


IP H R ER BBSO ERA 1 3 0 0 0 0 9.00


Wainwright (W, 15-6)


Motte


D.Reyes Boggs


1 0 0 0 0 0 4.86 1 4 3 3 2 1 9.95 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 6 1 1 0 5 2.19


B 1 0 0 0 1 2.34 C 0 0 0 1 1 3.00 1 3 0 0 0 0 3.23


Inherited runners-scored: D.Reyes 1-0. T: 2:50. A: 43,338 (43,975).


TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH


Angels at Orioles 7 p.m., MASN


The Buck Showalter era begins with the Orioles’ most consistent starter of late, Jeremy Guthrie, going against Trevor Bell.


GIANTS 2, DODGERS 0 Late Sunday


Matt Cain pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning for surging San Francisco, earning his first career win against Los Angeles in a victory that com- pleted a three-game sweep. Cain allowed four hits in 72


⁄3


innings, improving to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in his last four starts. The right-hander also raised his career record against San Francisco’s longtime rival to 1-8 with a 3.94 ERA in 15 games.


Los Angeles AB R H BI BBSO AVG Podsednik lf 4010 0 0 .200 Theriot 2b 4000 0 2 .281 Furcal ss 3000 1 0 .317 Loney 1b


3010 1 1 .290


Kemp cf 4000 0 1 .259 Blake 3b 3000 0 3 .244 Paul rf


R.Martin c Kershaw p J.Carroll ph Dotel p Totals


3000 0 1 .233 3010 0 0 .246 2000 0 1 .053 1010 0 0 .276 0000 0 0 --- 30 0 4 0 2 9 —


San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO AVG Torres rf-lf


4010 0 0 .286


F.Sanchez 2b 3000 1 1 .262 A.Huff 1b 4010 0 0 .309 Br.Wilson p 0000 0 0 .000 Posey c 3000 1 0 .350 Burrell lf


3110 0 1 .273


Schierholtz rf 1000 0 0 .245 Sandoval 3b 4010 0 1 .263 Rowand cf


2110 2 0 .252


Renteria ss 3012 1 1 .284 M.Cain p 3000 0 2 .098 Ja.Lopez p


Ishikawa ph-1b 1000 0 0 .296 Totals


Los Angeles 000 000 000 — 0 4 2 San Francisco 000 002 00x — 2 6 0


E: Furcal (15), Kershaw (1). LOB: Los An- geles 5, San Francisco 10. 2B: A.Huff (23), Burrell (6). 3B: Renteria (1).


Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Kershaw (L, 10-6) Dotel


Br.Wilson (S, 31)


7 6 2 2 4 6 2.94 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.17


San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA M.Cain (W, 9-8) 7C 4 0 0 1 7 2.98 Ja.Lopez


B 0 0 0 0 0 2.77 1 0 0 0 1 2 2.28


Inherited runners-scored: Ja.Lopez 1-0. IBB: off Kershaw (Renteria, Rowand, Posey). T: 2:44. A: 42,922 (41,915).


0000 0 0 .000 31 2 6 2 5 6 —


S.Rodriguez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Brignac 2b Bartlett ss Totals


Minnesota 000 101 000 — 2 4 1 Tampa Bay 001 030 00x — 4 10 0


E: Butera (2). LOB: Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 9. 2B: Jaso (11), Crawford (23), Joyce (9), B.Upton (26). HR: Kubel (13), off Hellickson.


Minnesota


Pavano (L, 13-7) 6 9 4 4 2 4 3.32 Mahay Slama Crain


IP H R ER BB SO ERA C 0 0 0 0 1 3.41


Mijares Tampa Bay


Hellickson (W, 1-0)


Qualls Choate


B 0 0 0 2 1 8.10 C 1 0 0 1 1 3.07 B 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 3 2 2 2 6 2.57


C 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 C 0 0 0 1 1 5.88


Wheeler (S, 3) C 0 0 0 0 0 2.91


Inherited runners-scored: Mijares 2-0, Choate 1-0, Wheeler 1-0. IBB: off Crain (Brignac). HBP: by Hellickson (Butera). WP: Hellickson, Qualls. T: 2:48. A: 17,689 (36,973).


3 1 1 0 1 1 .272 4 1 1 1 0 1 .309


2 1 1 1 2 0 .292 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 4 0 2 2 0 1 .244 4 0 3 0 0 1 .232


3 1 1 0 1 0 .270 3 0 1 0 0 1 .240 30 4 10 4 5 8 —


KLMNO WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR


xSan Diego 61 42 .592 — 6-4 W-1 San Fran. 61 45 .575 1A 8-2 W-3 Colorado 55 50 .524 7 4-6 W-4 xL.A. Dodg. 54 51 .514 8 4-6 L-5 xArizona 39 66 .371 23 2-8 W-1


EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


New York 66 39 .629 — 5-5 L-2 xTampa Bay 66 39 .629 — 9-1 W-2 Boston 60 46 .566 6A 6-4 L-1 Toronto 55 51 .519 11A 7-3 W-1 Baltimore 32 73 .305 34 2-8 L-3


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Chicago 59 45 .567 — 7-3 W-1 xMinnesota 59 47 .557 1 8-2 L-1 Detroit 52 52 .500 7 2-8 L-2 xK.C.


45 60 .429 14A 4-6 W-3 Cleveland 45 61 .425 15 4-6 W-3


TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010 AMERICAN LEAGUE


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR Texas


61 44 .581 — 6-4 L-1


Los Angeles 54 53 .505 8 3-7 W-1 xOakland 52 52 .500 8A 5-5 L-1 Seattle 39 67 .36822A 2-8 L-7


x-Late game


PADRES 5, MARLINS 4 Late Sunday


Jerry Hairston Jr. hit a two- run double with two outs in the sixth inning as San Diego avoided a three-game sweep. Newly acquired Ryan Lud- wick came up big during the three-run rally, delivering a pinch-hit single. Florida


H.Ramirez ss 4111 1 1 .282 Morrison lf


G.Sanchez 1b 5000 0 1 .288 Uggla 2b C.Ross cf Stanton rf Helms 3b


AB R H BI BB SO AVG 5011 0 2 .214 3100 1 1 .275


R.Paulino c Bonifacio ph


4 1 2 0 0 0 .274 2 0 1 0 2 0 .235 4 0 1 1 0 1 .252 4 1 2 1 0 2 .276


Jo.Johnson p 2000 0 0 .109 Ohman p


0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 1 .279


Tankersley p 0000 0 0 --- Badenhop p 0000 0 0 .000 Do.Murphy ph 1000 0 0 .308 Totals


San Diego


Hairston Jr. 2b 4012 0 1 .251 Headley 3b


3010 1 0 .272


Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4110 0 2 .295 M.Tejada ss 3100 1 0 .100 Torrealba c Venable rf Frieri p


Stairs ph


Gregerson p H.Bell p


Hairston lf Gwynn cf


4132 0 0 .324 1110 2 0 .229 0000 0 0 --- 1000 0 0 .190 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 4000 0 1 .235 2000 0 1 .215


Ludwick ph-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Garland p


Florida 011 001 001 — 4 8 0 San Diego 200 003 00x — 5 8 1


E: Garland (1). LOB: Florida 8, San Diego 7. 2B: C.Ross (21), R.Paulino (16), Hairston Jr. (10), Torrealba (11). 3B: Venable (5). HR: H.Ramirez (14), off Garland.


Florida


Jo.Johnson (L, 10-4) Ohman


Tankersley Badenhop San Diego


Garland (W, 10-7) Frieri


Gregerson


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5C 7 5 5 4 5 1.96


B 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 B 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 1C 1 0 0 0 1 4.79 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 5 3 3 3 6 3.60


1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.45


H.Bell (S, 30) 1 2 1 1 1 0 1.99


Inherited runners-scored: Ohman 1-0. PB: R.Paulino, Torrealba. T: 2:57. A: 27,560 (42,691).


Denorfia ph-cf 1001 0 1 .268 Totals


2000 0 0 .189 31 5 8 5 4 6 —


35 4 8 4 4 9 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG


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NL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Votto, Cin .... .322 Gonzalz, Col .320 Polanco, Phl .317 Furcal, LA ..... .317 Byrd, Chi ...... .315


HOME RUNS Votto, Cin ........ 27 Pujols, StL ...... 25 Dunn, Was ..... 25 Reynolds, Ari .. 24 Fielder, Mil ..... 24


RBI Howard, Phl .... 81 Wright, NY ....... 77 Pujols, StL ....... 74 Votto, Cin ........ 72 Hart, Mil ......... 72 LaRoche, Ari ... 70


STOLEN BASES Bourn, Hou ..... 32 Morgan, Was .. 28 Pagan, NY ...... 23 Young, Ari ....... 22 2 Tied .............. 21


ON-BASE PCT. Votto, Cin .... .420 Pujols, StL ... .398 Huff, SF ........ .397 Fielder, Mil .. .395 3 Tied........... .390


RUNS Phillips, Cin ..... 76 Prado, Atl ........ 75 Votto, Cin ........ 74 Uggla, Fla ........ 73 Weeks, Mil ...... 71 Gonzalz, Col ... 68


AL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Hamltn, Tex . .362 Cabrera, Det .351 Mornu, Min . .345 Young, Min .. .335 Beltre, Bos .. .333


HOME RUNS Bautista, Tor ... 32 Cabrera, Det .. 26 Konerko, Chi .. 25 Pena, TB ......... 23 Hamilton, Tex . 23


RBI Cabrera, Det .. 93 Guerrero, Tex . 85 Rodriguez, NY 85 Young, Min ..... 81 Bautista, Tor ... 80 Hamilton, Tex . 75


STOLEN BASES Pierre, Chi ...... 39 Crawford, TB .. 38 Davis, Oak ...... 32 Podsednik, KC 30 Gardner, NY ... 30


ON-BASE PCT. Morneu, Min .437 Cabrera, Det .429 Youkilis, Bos .412 Hamiltn, Tex .409 Gardner, NY .395


RUNS Youkilis, Bos ... 77 Teixeira, NY ..... 77 Crawford, TB ... 76 Cabrera, Det ... 74 Cano, NY ......... 73 2 Tied .............. 72


Nationals Journal 6voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal Willingham’s career


year, interrupted Following the best half-season of his career, Josh Willingham is officially slumping to start the second half of this season. Since the all-star break, Willingham is 9 for 50. He has five walks and 14 strikeouts, including six in his past nine plate appearances. His only three extra-base hits have been doubles, and he has not hit a home run since July 2, some 75 at-bats ago. It says a lot about the quality of Willingham’s season that, despite his funk, his on-base percentage still ranks fifth in the National League despite sitting at .390, 21 points lower than it was at the all-star break and a season low point for Willingham. Opposing pitchers still respect him enough to pitch to Adam Dunn, who has eight walks in the 16 games since the break. His rough patch, though, continues a trend for Willingham. During every full season of his career, Willingham has skidded at some point after the all-star break: In 2006, he went 7 for 45 in the second half of July. In 2007, he went 6 for 40 during one July stretch.


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RADIO: WFED (820 AM, 1500 AM) In 2008, he went 7 for 47 to


start August. In 2009, he went on a tear in


July and August but went 14 for 90 (.156) from September on. (The black-and-white numbers don’t do Willingham justice in this case, as he played under trying circumstances following the death of his brother and his grandfather.) Now, 57 plate appearances are not enough to derail any season. But, for now, the stretch has turned Willingham’s season from an obvious career year to basically in line with his career


A search for momentum Before the all-star break, Ryan Zimmerman summarized the Nationals’ mission for the second half by saying, in part: “It’s important for us as far as building some momentum, some confidence that we can play with anyone. It could be a big stepping stone for us.” The Nationals, despite a loss that dropped them to 1-7 this


year in extra innings, chopped some wood in that vein this week. They went 4-2 against the Braves and Phillies, continuing surprising success against the National League East -- the Nats are 20-19 this year within their division. “I don’t know why that is,”


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Josh Willingham is 9 for 50 dating from the all-star break and has not hit a home run since July 2. averages.


shortstop Ian Desmond said. “But we play the National League East pretty well.” To build on their solid homestand and their 7-9 record


since the all-star break, the Nationals will have to solve one of their most glaring issues this year: winning on the road. The Nationals are 17-36 away from Nationals Park, the fifth-worst road record in the majors. They’ll have a chance to amend that for four games in Arizona against the owners of second-worst record in the National League, losers of 12 of their last 17 games.


— Adam Kilgore


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