LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning,
LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.
Rookie left-hander Jake Diekman (2-0) walked Mark Ellis with one out, and Kemp drove a 1-0 pitch the other way into the pavilion seats in right-center for his 13th home run and sixth career walkoff homer, capping the 4-hour, 25-minute marathon.
Jamey Wright (4-2), the sixth Dodgers pitcher, worked one inning for the victory as the Dodgers ended a four-game losing streak.
Hunter Pence hit a two-run single in the 10th inning with the bases loaded to give Philadelphia a 3-1 lead.
But the Dodgers responded with two in the bottom half against closer Jonathan Papelbon, whose blown save was his third in 24 chances.
NATIONALS 4, METS 3
WASHINGTON — Jordan Zimmermann pitched six shutout innings, and Adam LaRoche hit a two-run homer to lead Washington to the win over New York.
Steve Lombardozzi added a two-run double as Washington handed the Mets a sixth straight loss.
Zimmermann (7-6) won his fourth straight, allowing just four hits in six innings, striking out four and walking none.
Tyler Clippard allowed home runs to David Wright and Jason Bay in the ninth before striking out Jordany Valdespin for his 15th save.
D’BACKS 7, REDS 1
CINCINNATI — Jason Kubel returned from a sore hamstring and homered in his first two at-bats as Arizona dropped Cincinnati back into a first-place tie in the NL Central.
Kubel was out of the lineup for four games because of the hamstring. He hit a two-run shot in the first inning and a solo homer in the fourth off Mat Latos (7-3), who lost for the first time since April 18.
Latos also forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk.
Ian Kennedy (7-8) gave up eight hits and a run in eight innings, striking out seven.
PIRATES 9, ROCKIES 6
DENVER — Garrett Jones had three hits, including one of Pittsburgh’s four home runs, and Pedro Alvarez also homered to lead the Pirates over the Rockies.
James McDonald (10-3) struggled through five tough innings for the win, and Rod Barajas and Casey McGehee also went deep for the Pirates, who took two of three in the series.
Jones started the fifth with a single off reliever Matt Reynolds (3-1) and McGehee followed with his eighth homer of the season. One out later, Barajas homered to make it 9-6.
PADRES 8, ASTROS 4
SAN DIEGO — Yonder Alonso drove in three runs, and San Diego used a five-run fourth inning to beat Houston for its fourth win in five games.
Clayton Richard (7-10) allowed four runs in 8 1/3 innings to snap a two-game losing streak. The left-hander gave up nine hits, including two home runs by Matt Downs, and struck out two. Richard added an RBI double in the sixth.
Huston Street came on in the ninth and earned his 15th save.
Wandy Rodriguez (7-8) allowed five runs and four hits over four innings, snapping a streak of 48 games in which the left-hander had lasted at least five innings.
CUBS 5, MARLINS 1, (7)
CHICAGO — Starlin Castro homered, and Chicago batted around in a four-run seventh inning to win a rain-shortened game.
Heavy rain began falling with Miami batting in the top of the eighth, and the teams never returned to the field. The game was called after a 1-hour, 17-minute delay.
Castro hit his eighth home run of the season off Marlins starter Josh Johnson (5-7) leading off the fourth. Jeff Baker highlighted a seventh-inning rally with a two-run, pinch-hit double with the bases loaded.
Jose Reyes homered for Miami and Emilio Bonifacio had three hits, falling a homer shy of the cycle.
Giants 9, Braves 4 (11)
ATLANTA — Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco hit three-run homers in the 11th inning for San Francisco, which blew a two-run lead in the 10th.
The Giants were one out from the win when Brian McCann hit a tying two-run homer off Santiago Casilla (3-4) in the bottom of the 10th. It was Casilla’s sixth blown save in 29 opportunities.
BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 3
MILWAUKEE — The Brewers pounced on Adam Wainwright and a shaky St. Louis infield early then held on through a nervous ninth inning for a win over the Cardinals.
Francisco Rodriguez walked in a run before getting Lance Berkman to fly out with the bases loaded, nailing down his second save since taking over as the team’s closer Tuesday night.
