Major League Baseball
Phillies sweep Rockies PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Chase Utley hit his major league-leading 17th homer to help Adam Eaton earn his first win, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.
Eaton (1-3) allowed one run over six innings, Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run shot and the Phillies (31-24) moved a season-best seven games above .500 with their first sweep of the season. Philadelphia outscored Colorado 33-10 in the series.
Brewers 1, Braves 0
MILWAUKEE – Rickie Weeks delivered a run-scoring triple in the eighth inning to make a winner of Jeff Suppan, who baffled the Atlanta Braves over eight innings.
Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes (2-3) had given up just two hits and retired 14 batters in a row before walking J.J. Hardy on four pitches leading off the eighth.
Cardinals 6, Astros 1
ST. LOUIS – Adam Wainwright shackled the Houston Astros for eight innings and Yadier Molina had two hits and two RBIs to help spoil Wandy Rodriguez’s first start in more than a month.
Cesar Izturis added a two-run triple for the Cardinals, who are 7-3 in their last 10 games against the Astros.
Wainwright (5-2) matched his career high with eight strikeouts, allowed three hits and issued his only walk to Michael Bourn with two outs in the eighth.
Yankees 4, Orioles 2
BALTIMORE – Jason Giambi homered and drove in two runs to back an effective pitching performance by Andy Pettitte, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Wednesday night to avert a three-game sweep.
Pettitte (5-5) gave up two runs and eight hits in 6 2-3 innings to improve to 24-6 lifetime against the Orioles, including 15-4 in Baltimore. He has more wins at Camden Yards than any visiting pitcher.
Rays 5, Rangers 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Matt Garza pitched a career-high eight innings, leading first-place Tampa Bay over Texas.
Despite being off to the best start in franchise history and beginning the day tied with the Chicago Cubs for the best record in major leagues, Tampa Bay drew an announced crowd of 10,927.
White Sox 6, Indians 5
CLEVELAND – Carlos Quentin drove in three runs, including a go-ahead, two-run double in a three-run seventh inning.
Gavin Floyd (5-3) allowed two runs in the first, then retired 15 of 17 hitters before the Indians scored three times to take a 5-3 lead in the sixth. Floyd gave up five runs – four earned – and eight hits in six innings with seven strikeouts.
Copyright Associated Press 2008