ST. LOUIS - Jake Westbrook pitched seven solid innings and contributed offensively with his second career steal, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night.
Matt Adams had two hits and three RBIs and Shane Robinson’s three-run triple in the fifth was his third hit of the game for the Cardinals, who are 4-1 since the All-Star break and lead the majors with a 61-37 record. They scored in four consecutive innings, totaling nine runs on 12 of their 16 hits from the second through fifth.
Allen Craig had two hits and a walk to give him 16 hits during a nine-game hitting streak.
He’s second in the league in hitting at .337 behind teammate Yadier Molina, who had three hits and an RBI and is batting .339.
John Mayberry had two hits and an RBI for the Phillies, who were without top run producer Domonic Brown and have lost four in a row. Brown is being evaluated for concussion-like symptoms and the team expects to know Thursday whether he’ll be placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Right fielder Delmon Young threw out a runner at the plate in the second to thwart a sacrifice fly bid.
Westbrook (7-4) had his first career three-hit game and helped knock out John Lannan (2-4) when he drew a two-out walk in the fourth, stole second and scored on Carpenter’s single for a 4-0 lead.
Westbrook is 2 for 2 in his career on steals, getting his first last season. He has scored four runs this year, matching his total from the last two seasons combined.
BRAVES 8, METS 2 Tim Hudson (8-7) took a shutout into the eighth inning before getting spiked at first base and carted off the field during Atlanta’s victory over host New York.
BREWERS 3, PADRES 1 Kyle Lohse (7-7) pitched seven strong innings and Carlos Gomez had four hits and drove in two runs to lead host Milwaukee to a victory over San Diego.
PIRATES 4, NATIONALS 2 Pirates left hander Francisco Liriano (10-4) did not allow a hit until the sixth inning and Pedro Alvarez hit a home run off Stephen Strasburg, leading visiting Pittsburgh past Washington.
ROCKIES 2, MARLINS 1 Jorge De La Rosa (10-5) pitched six scoreless innings, Todd Helton doubled and scored a run, and host Colorado held on to beat Miami.
INTERLEAGUE
DODGERS 8, BLUE JAYS 3 Mark Ellis hit a two-run home run to highlight Los Angeles’ five-run 10th inning as the Dodgers beat host Toronto. Yasiel Puig also went deep in the 10th for the streaking Dodgers.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ANGELS 1, TWINS 0 Jered Weaver (5-5)allowed two hits over eight innings and Albert Pujols drove in the only run, leading host Los Angeles to a victory over Minnesota.
INDIANS 10, MARINERS 1 Scott Kazmir (6-4) allowed just one hit over his eight innings, Michael Bourn hit his first career grand slam and visiting Cleveland routed Seattle.
ATHLETICS 4, ASTROS 3 Coco Crisp hit a two-run home run to help Oakland to a victory over host Houston.
RANGERS 3, YANKEES 1 Matt Garza (1-0) pitched into the eighth inning of his Rangers debut and host Texas beat New York.
RAYS 5, RED SOX 1 David Price pitched a five-hitter for his third complete game of the season, Wil Myers had a two-run single, and surging Tampa Bay beat host Boston.
ROYALS 4, ORIOLES 3 Eric Hosmer hit two home runs and Alcides Escobar drove in the winning run in the ninth to lift host Kansas City to a victory over Baltimore.
TIGERS 6, WHITE SOX 2 Prince Fielder, Austin Jackson and Torii Hunter (Pine Bluff) each hit a home run, and Anibal Sanchez pitched six scoreless innings to help visiting Detroit in a victory over Chicago.
Wednesday’s games
NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 4, Washington 2 Atlanta 8, NY Mets 2 Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1 St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 3 Colorado 2, Miami 1 Chicago Cubs at Arizona, (n) Cincinnati at San Francisco, (n)
AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 4, Houston 3 LA Angels 1, Minnesota 0 Cleveland 10, Seattle 1 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1 Texas 3, NY Yankees 1 Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3 Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 2
INTERLEAGUE LA Dodgers 8, Toronto 3 (10)
Sports, Pages 20 on 07/25/2013