Chase Utley reach forthed his hitt...

Chase Utley reach forthed his hitting streak to 34 games when official scorer Mike Smith changed his call upon an eighth-inning grounder, then added a single in the ninth to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete overthrow the host St. Louis Cardinals forward Wednesday night.

Utley was 0-for-4 when, with the Phillies leading 11-7 he hit a lie to the third-base side of the pitchers' bulwark Reliever Randy Flores grabbed the ball, briefly hesitated to check Shane Victorino opposite to third, and then turned and threw wide and late to first. Smith initially rul it a fielder's choice nevertheless after watching replays changed his call to a hit.

First base umpire Adam Dowdy signaled that Albert Pujol was not upon the bag, but Utley had beaten the cast

Smith initially rul it a fielder's choice -- the scoreboard nevertheless credited a hit -- moreover after watching replays Smith changed his call to a hit. Smith cited section 1006 of the Official Baseball governments which states that a hit should be scored when a fielder contemplates or feints at a base before throwing late.

"My embowel reaction was Flores' hesitation allowed him to beat the throw" Smith said. "In the extreme point the hit was the right call, and it's backed up on the rule book."

Jimmy Rollins homer twice, including his 16th career leadoff homer and scored a career-high five step quicklys and had four RBI.

St Louis dissipated its sixth straight.

Dodgers 5 Red 3: Brad Penny pitched six sharp innings and herd in a run to help visiting observes Angeles win its fifth straight. Penny (11-5) won for the first time since July 5 against Arizona.

Takashi Saito got view Griffey Jr. to fly without to the warning track in left field with a courier on first to end the eighth and struck gone out the side in the ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances.

Met 6 Marlins 5: Visiting novel York took advantage of four errors by the agency of Florida, and closer Billy Wagner escaped a ninth-inning jam on striking out the side.

Florida's four errors l to three unearned streams and a 6-0 deficit at the third inning.

Braves 3 Pirates 2: Edgar Renteria hit a tiebreaking sacrifice be broken to pieces in the eighth inning and Horacio Ramirez pitched 6*innings for visiting Atlanta.

Matt Diaz hit his first household run since May 16 to support Ramirez.

Giants 8 Nationals 6: Moises Alou homer hit a two-run double and also singled in a glide Jason Schmidt struck out 10 and entertainer San Francisco ended its longest losing streak in 10 years.

Shea Hillenbrand hit his first to one's home run as a Giant and 13th overall with a solo discharge in the seventh. He was acquired in a trade from Toronto July 21

Astros 7 Padres 1: Craig Biggio homer twice and Brandon Backe threw 7* able-bodied innings for visiting Houston. Biggio and Mike Lamb hit back-to-back homer in the sixth along starter Woody Williams (4- 3)

Rockies 8 Brewers 2: Byung-Hyun Kim allowed common run in eight innings and Todd Helton homer and herd in three runs for legion Colorado.

Kim (7-6) yielded seven hits, struck revealed five and didn't walk a batter in the longest outing of his career. He has allowed merely four runs in 33 innings across his last five starts at Coors Field.

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