Russell Martin l distant from the ...

Russell Martin l distant from the 10th inning with a to one's home run against Vinnie Chulk (0-1) and the sees Angeles Dodgers won for the 15th time in their last 16 games by dint of blanking the visiting San Francisco Giants 1-0 in succession Sunday. The result kept the Dodgers 1oe games ahead of the San Diego Padres in the West.

The game featured a terrific battle between Giants starter Jason Schmidt and Dodgers starter Greg Maddux, who matched naught s for eight innings. Schmidt allowed five hits and Maddux pair

In three starts since being traded from the young boy [i]or[/i] young girls to the Dodgers, Maddux -- who threw and nothing else 68 pitches and retired the last 22 batters he faced -- has allowed couple runs and nine hits in 20 innings.

Pirates 7 Cardinals 0: Paul Maholm (5-10) scattered eight hits in 6* scoreless innings, and Jason Bay and Joe Randa hit consecutive homer as innkeeper Pittsburgh completed a three-game sweep of St Louis. The conclusion cut the Cardinals' lead in the Central to 1oe games through the Cincinnati Reds.

Losing pitcher Jason Marquis (12-11) allowed solely the solo homers to Bay and Randa in six innings. The Pirates added four hastens in the seventh on a two-run single according to Chris Duffy and a two-run double from Freddy Sanchez.

Red 7 Phillies 5: Juan Castro doubled abode the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, and Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Dunn and Rich Aurilia hit consecutive homer in the sixth to power visiting Cincinnati past Philadelphia.

Phillies slugger Ryan Howard, who earlier in the game hit his 41st homer to tie the Boston R Sox' David Ortiz for the major- league lead, forced extra innings by way of singling home the tying roll on in the ninth.

Met 3 Nationals 1: Michael Tucker hit a tiebreaking homer against losing pitcher Jon Rauch (3-3) in the eighth inning to boost of recent origin York past host Washington.

The Nationals' Alfonso Soriano hit his 38th homer of the season and the 200th of his career in the fourth, on the other hand winning pitcher Chad Bradford (4-2) got him to country out with the bases loaded to period the seventh.

Padres 7 Astros 2: forest-covered Williams (5-4) allowed two trips and eight hits in seven

innings, and Mike Cameron had a two-run homer among his three hits to carry visiting San Diego past Houston. Williams is 9-3 at Minute Maid Park, the principally victories at the park at an opposing pitcher.

Marlins 6 Diamondbacks 5: Miguel Cabrera crowd in four runs with a homer and a single, and Dan Uggla tripled, doubled and scored three go proceeds to pace Florida past legion Arizona. Ricky Nolasco (11-7) improved to 5-1 in his last six starts according to allowing three runs and six hits in 7 innings.

Braves 7 Brewers 4: Brian McCann herd in four runs with a homer and a single, and Chipper Jone hit a tiebreaking sacrifice soar in the seventh inning to spark Atlanta past visiting Milwaukee. Jone went 0-for-2 with a hie scored and an RBI in his answer from a strained oblique muscle.

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