National League

Red-hot Heyward keys Cardinals' rally in victory

CARDINALS 8, NATIONAL 5

ST. LOUIS -- Jason Heyward hit a two-run, tie-breaking double in the seventh inning to key a five-run rally, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Monday night.

St. Louis won for the eighth time in nine games and moved five games ahead of the idle Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central.

Washington, which had won six of its previous eight, fell 6 1/2 games behind the New York Mets in the NL East. New York beat Philadelphia 3-1 on Monday.

The Cardinals sent 10 batters to the plate in the seventh and erased a 5-3 deficit with five two-out runs.

Kolten Wong followed Heyward's hit with a run-scoring single to push the lead to 8-5.

Stephen Piscotty and Jhonny Peralta had RBI hits off Casey Janssen (1-3) to tie the game. Felipe Rivero gave up the double to Heyward.

Kevin Siegrist (6-1) picked up the victory despite allowing three runs in the seventh.

St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal recorded his 42nd save in 44 opportunities. He had missed the previous three games after the birth of his daughter.

Ryan Zimmerman hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs for the Nationals. Zimmerman, who went 3 for 5 and was a triple shy of the cycle, has 15 RBI in his past eight games.

Heyward, who was home run shy of the cycle in Sunday's 7-5 victory at San Francisco, is 7 for 14 in his past four games.

St. Louis starter John Lackey gave up 2 runs, 1 earned, in 6 innings. He struck out eight and walked four.

Washington starter Gio Gonzalez surrendered three runs in six innings. He had given up 14 earned runs over his past three starts totaling 12 1/3 innings.

The Cardinals scored three runs in the third on successive run-scoring hits by Yadier Molina, Wong and Mark Reynolds to go up 3-1.

Zimmerman's three-run home run in the seventh, his 13th of the season, put the Nationals up 5-3.

REDS 13, CUBS 6 Eugenio Suarez and Adam Duvall hit two-run home runs in a four-run sixth inning and visiting Cincinnati took advantage of two late Chicago errors. Duvall, who was called up from Class AAA Louisville earlier Monday, snapped a 5-5 tie with his pinch-hit home run off Cubs reliever Justin Grimm (2-4), who surrendered all four runs in 1/3 of an inning.

MARLINS 4, BRAVES 0 Martin Prado and Justin Bour each had an RBI double in the eighth inning and visiting Miami extended Shelby Miller's winless streak to 19 starts with a victory over Atlanta. Miller (5-12) gave up 6 hits and struck out 7 in 7 innings.

METS 3, PHILLIES 1 Bartolo Colon breezed through eight snappy innings and host New York got home runs from Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto, extending its dominant run against Philadelphia. Colon (12-11) struck out 9, walked 1 and yielded four harmless singles, pushing his scoreless streak to 16 innings.

ROCKIES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4 Ben Paulsen hit a two-out, two-run single and host Colorado rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Arizona. Charlie Blackmon had three hits and finished a home run short of the cycle for the Rockies, who snapped a three-game home losing streak.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ASTROS 8, MARINERS 3 Dallas Keuchel (Arkansas Razorbacks) allowed 1 run and struck out 8 in 7 innings to become the American League's first 16-game winner and lead host Houston to a victory over Seattle. Rookie Carlos Correa hit a two-run home run and Jed Lowrie and Hank Conger added home runs. Keuchel (16-6), who gave up six hits, improved to 12-0 at home this season and has won 13 consecutive in Houston dating back to last year to tie a franchise record set by Danny Darwin in 1989-1990.

RED SOX 4, YANKEES 3 David Ortiz hit his 495th home run and Jackie Bradley Jr. had three hits and threw out a runner at the plate to lift host Boston Red Sox to a victory over New York. Mookie Betts hit a two-run home run for the Red Sox. It was their ninth victory in 13 games. Didi Gregorius had four singles for New York and flied out to the warning track with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth.

RAYS 6, ORIOLES 3 Chris Archer (12-10) pitched six shutout innings, and visiting Tampa Bay hit three home runs in a victory over fading Baltimore. Asdrubal Cabrera and Evan Longoria connected off Wei-Yin Chen (8-7), and Tim Beckham added a shot against Brad Brach. Logan Forsythe had three hits for the Rays, coming within a home run of a cycle.

INDIANS 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Jerry Sands singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Danny Salazar struck out 10 and visiting Cleveland won its sixth consecutive game, beating Toronto. Salazar (12-7) allowed 2 runs and 6 hits in 7 innings. Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion extended his hitting streak to 26 games with a leadoff single in the sixth.

Sports on 09/01/2015

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