Gonzalez, Turner turn up heat, end Cards' streak

ST. LOUIS -- Adrian Gonzalez hit his eighth home run, red-hot Justin Turner got two more RBI and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-2 on Saturday night to end the Cardinals' five-game winning streak.

Turner's two-run double capped a four-run third. Gonzalez's 429-foot solo blast to center sparked a three-run sixth.

Kenta Maeda (9-7) rebounded from a poor outing against Arizona on July 17, giving up two runs over 52/3 innings. Only one of the Cardinals' first 15 batters was able to hit the ball out of the infield against the Japanese right-hander.

Maeda helped himself with an RBI bunt single to start the third-inning rally.

Andrew Toles went 3 for 4 and scored once for the Dodgers. He has reached safely in nine of 10 games since being called up from the minors.

Mike Leake (7-8) allowed 7 runs -- 6 earned -- in 6 innings. He was victimized by a mental error on Maeda's single when second baseman Greg Garcia failed to cover first on the bunt attempt.

Matt Adams homered for the second consecutive game. His blast to left in the fourth extended the Cardinals' streak of home runs to 14 consecutive games.

Aledmys Diaz reached safely for the 26th consecutive game with a first-inning single. Diaz's streak is the second longest by a Cardinals rookie since Albert Pujols had streaks of 30 and 48 games in 2001.

PIRATES 7, PHILLIES 4 Gregory Polanco and David Freese hit two-run singles during a five-run fifth inning to rally host Pittsburgh over Philadelphia after top Pirates prospect Tyler Glasnow was removed with shoulder discomfort.

NATIONALS 3, PADRES 2 Pinch-hitter Stephen Drew hit a game-ending RBI triple in the ninth inning to give Washington a victory over visiting San Diego.

REDS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Jay Bruce hit a three-run home run and barely missed another during one of host Cincinnati's final home games before the non-waiver trade deadline, and it beat Arizona for a modest breakthrough.

BREWERS 6, CUBS 1 Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit two home runs, Zach Davies took a shutout into the seventh inning and Milwaukee beat visiting Chicago.

MARLINS 7, METS 2 Giancarlo Stanton homered and had his first four-hit game since 2012 as host Miami beat New York.

ROCKIES 8, BRAVES 4 Trevor Story hit two home runs to set an NL rookie record for shortstops and Colorado beat visiting Atlanta.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

MARINERS 14, BLUE JAYS 5 Hisashi Iwakuma pitched six innings to win his fifth consecutive start, Nelson Cruz hit his ninth career grand slam and homered twice, and Seattle routed host Toronto.

ORIOLES 5, INDIANS 2 Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 30th home run, Kevin Gausman pitched seven shutout innings and Baltimore beat visiting Cleveland.

ASTROS 7, ANGELS 2 Evan Gattis had 2 home runs and 4 RBI, Collin McHugh threw 6 strong innings and host Houston beat Los Angeles.

TWINS 11, RED SOX 9 Miguel Sano homered and Eduardo Nunez drove in three runs, including two in a five-run seventh inning, as visiting Minnesota rallied for a victory over Boston.

RANGERS 7, ROYALS 4 Cole Hamels allowed one unearned run in 51/3 innings, Nomar Mazara and Adrian Beltre homered, and Texas defeated host Kansas City.

ATHLETICS 4, RAYS 3 Ryon Healy hit a game-ending home run in the ninth inning two batters after Jake Smolinski tied it with a two-run home run, and Oakland rallied past visiting Tampa Bay.

INTERLEAGUE

GIANTS 2, YANKEES 1 (12) Mac Williamson homered in the fifth inning and hit a tiebreaking single in the 12th, lifting San Francisco over host New York for the Giants' first victory since the All-Star break.

Sports on 07/24/2016

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