NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rockies’ De La Rosa turns tables on Cardinals

ST. LOUIS - Jorge De La Rosa held the St. Louis Cardinals hitless into the seventh inning and Troy Tulowitzki’s three-run home run ended Colorado’s scoreless streak at 28 innings, sending the Rockies to an 8-2 victory on Sunday.

De La Rosa did not allow a hit until David Freese’s two-out single in the seventh, answering a pair of pitching gems by St. Louis over the weekend.

Charlie Blackmon added a two run home run off Jaime Garcia (4-2) for the Rockies, who snapped a four-game skid. They finished with 11 hits after totaling three in consecutive shutout losses to rookie Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright.

Nolan Arenado, who singled with one out in the eighth to break up Wainwright’s no-hit bid Saturday,was among four Rockies with two hits apiece.

The Cardinals lost for just the second time in 11 games. Pinch-hitter Matt Adams’ RBI single off Matt Belisle in a two-run ninth ended Colorado’s bid for a shutout.

De La Rosa (4-3) struck out seven and allowed two hits in seven innings, baffling the Cardinals until Freese singled sharply to right off the glove of first baseman Jordan Pacheco and Jon Jay followed with a double.

De La Rosa entered 1-3 with a 5.13 ERA on the road and 2-0 at home with 12 scoreless innings.

Tulowitzki’s eighth home run stopped the Rockies’ scoreless streak two innings shy of the team record. They went 30 innings without a run from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2010, according to STATS.

REDS 5, BREWERS 1 Don Lutz hit his first career home run, a three-run drive in the second inning that led host Cincinnati over Milwaukee for a three-game sweep.

PIRATES 3, METS 2 Pedro Alvarez hit an RBI single against New York’s overworked bullpen, and visiting Pittsburgh beat New York for a series victory.

CUBS 2, NATIONALS 1 Alfonso Soriano scored the tie breaking run in the ninth inning on a throwing error by catcher Kurt Suzuki, and visiting Chicago rallied to beat Washington. The Cubs didn’t have a base runner through the first five innings and trailed 1-0 entering the eighth.

DODGERS 5, MARLINS 3 Chris Capuano pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Scott Van Slyke homered, leading host Los Angeles to a 5-3 victory over Miami.

GIANTS 5, BRAVES 1 Pablo Sandoval splashed a home run into McCovey Cove, Brandon Belt and Marco Scutaro also connected to back Tim Lincecum, and host San Francisco beat Atlanta.

PHILLIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Ryan Howard looped a two-run single to right field in the 10th inning after Philadelphia scored twice in the ninth to tie it, lifting the Phillies to a 4-2 victory over host Arizona.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

INDIANS 4, TIGERS 3 Pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds hit a tie breaking single in the 10th inning, and Cleveland beat host Detroit. Cleveland had tied it in the ninth when Michael Brantley hit a two-out RBI single off Detroit closer Jose Valverde.

BLUE JAYS 12, RED SOX 4 Jose Bautista hit two of Toronto’s five home runs, and the visiting Blue Jays beat Boston to take two of three in the weekend series.

RANGERS 12, ASTROS 7 Adrian Beltre’s three run home run was one of his four hits, and David Murphy and Leonys Martin also homered as Texas completed a three-game road sweep over Houston.

ORIOLES 6, TWINS 0 Chris Davis, Adam Jones and Steve Pearce all hit home runs and visiting Baltimore defeated Minnesota.

YANKEES 4, ROYALS 2 Robinson Cano finally hit a home run at Kauffman Stadium after failing to hit one there last year in the Home Run Derby, Vernon Wells went deep for the second straight game and the Yankees swept Kansas City.

MARINERS 6, ATHLETICS 1 Joe Saunders (3-4) won his ninth consecutive decision at Safeco Field and Kendrys Morales hit a three-run home run, leading Seattle over Oakland.

WHITE SOX 3, ANGELS 0 Chris Sale pitched a one-hitter after being perfect into the seventh inning, and host Chicago beat Los Angeles to avoid a three game sweep. Mike Trout’s single to center broke up the perfect game with one out in the seventh.

INTERLEAGUE

RAYS 4, PADRES 2 Sean Rodriguez, Yunel Escobar and James Loney drove in late runs for host Tampa Bay in a victory that completed a three game sweep of San Diego.

Sunday’s games

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 1 Pittsburgh 3, NY Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 2, Washington 1 Colorado 8, St. Louis 2 San Francisco 5, Atlanta 1 LA Dodgers 5, Miami 3 Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2, 10 inn.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland 4, Detroit 3, 10 inn.

Toronto 12, Boston 4 Baltimore 6, Minnesota 0 NY Yankees 4, Kansas City 2 Texas 12, Houston 7 Seattle 6, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 3, LA Angels 0

INTERLEAGUE

Tampa Bay 4, San Diego 2

Sports, Pages 16 on 05/13/2013

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