ST. LOUIS - Carlos Beltran drove in four runs and rookie left hander John Gast picked up a victory in his major-league debut, helping the St. Louis Cardinals cruise past the New York Mets 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Gast (1-0) tossed five shutout innings before giving up four runs in the sixth. He surrendered 6 hits, struck out 3 and walked 1 in a 71-pitch effort to help the Cardinals win for the fifth time in six games and 11th in their past 13.
Beltran slammed a three-run home run in the fifth inning, his team-high 10th, to give St. Louis a 9-0 lead. He also added a run-scoring hit in the third.
Dillon Gee (2-5) gave up 6 runs - 5 earned - in 4 innings for the Mets,who lost their fifth consecutive.
ROCKIES 9, CUBS 4 Carlos Gonzalez hit two home runs and finished with a career-high five hits to lead visiting Coloado to a victory over Chicago. Gonzalez was 5 for 5 and fell a triple shy of a cycle, and Eric Young Jr. hit a home run for the Rockies, who had lost five of their past six.
REDS 6, MARLINS 2 Homer Bailey pitched a six-hitter to earn his first victory since April 5, and visiting Cincinnati extended its winning streak to four games by beating Florida. Xavier Paul hit a three-run double for the Reds, who took advantage of consecutive bases-loaded walks by Ricky Nolasco.
PIRATES 4, BREWERS 3 Andrew Mc-Cutchen hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the 12th inning to lift host Pittsburgh over Milwaukee. McCutchen hit a 2-2 pitch from Mike Fiers (0-2) into the right-center field stands for his fifth home run of the season and the fourth game-ending shot of his career.
American League RAYS 5, RED SOX 3 Matt Moore pitched six innings to remain unbeaten and tie for the major-league lead in victories, sending host Tampa Bay over the Boston. Moore (7-0) yielded a three-run home run to David Ortiz in the first, then limited the Red Sox to one hit over the next five innings.
YANKEES 4, MARINERS 3 Robinson Cano hit a two-run double, Lyle Overbay delivered a tie breaking sacrifice fly and host New York rallied past Seattle after Felix Hernandez left following a couple of odd twists. Hernandez exited after six innings with a 3-1 lead, having out pitched CC Sabathia in the first match up between the former Cy Young Award winners. Hernandez, however, tweaked his back in the sixth when he fielded a come backer, pivoted and threw to second for a force out. The right-hander allowed one earned run and leads the league with a 1.53 ERA. Sabathia, who had won his past eight starts against Seattle, struck out 10 in 6 1/3 innings while giving up 10 hits.
TIGERS 6, ASTROS 2 Miguel Cabrera hit a home run, Doug Fister pitched seven innings and Andy Dirks gave the Tigers a lift for a second consecutive night in host Detroit’s victory over Houston. Dirks hit a grand slam in Monday’s victory over Houston, and a night later he capped a three-run fifth with a tie breaking double. The Tigers added two runs in the sixth, and Cabrera hit his eighth home run in the seventh, a solo shot that gave Detroit a 6-2 lead.
WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 2 Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo hit consecutive home runs to back Jake Peavy in visiting Chicago’s victory over Minnesota.
Interleague PHILLIES 6, INDIANS 2 Jonathan Pettibone pitched into the seventh, Kevin Frandsen and Domonic Brown hit home runs and host Philadelphia beat Cleveland. John Mayberry Jr. had three hits and three RBI, including a goahead two-run double for the Phillies, who won their third consecutive game to get within two victories of .500.
BLUE JAYS 10, GIANTS 6 R.A. Dickey broke a four-start winless streak, Melky Cabrera had four hits against his former team and host Toronto beat San Francisco. Edwin Encarnacion drove in two runs and scored twice as the Blue Jays had a season-high 18 hits and won three consecutive games for the second time this season.
PADRES 3, ORIOLES 2 Chris Denorfia and Everth Cabrera hit two-out RBI singles off Jim Johnson in the ninth inning, and visiting San Diego got a home run from Carlos Quentin in a victory over Baltimore.
Tuesday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 3, 12 innings Cincinnati 6, Miami 2 Colorado 9, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis 10, NY Mets 4 Atlanta at Arizona, (n) Washington at LA Dodgers, (n) AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 4, Seattle 3 Detroit 6, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 2 Kansas City at LA Angels, (n) Texas at Oakland, (n) INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 2 San Diego 3, Baltimore 2 Toronto 10, San Francisco 6
Sports, Pages 22 on 05/15/2013