Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO ó Clayton Kershaw was one pitch better than Tim Lincecum in a matchup of All-Star aces, leading Los Angeles past San Francisco 1-0 on Wednesday.
Kershaw (11-4) allowed three hits in eight innings to help the Dodgers snap a four-game losing streak and six straight to the Giants. He struck out 12 to improve his major league lead to 167 this season.
Dioner Navarroís home run off Lincecum (8-8) landed in McCovey Cove and was the only pop Los Angeles showed on a day hitting coach Jeff Pentland was fired. Mets 6, Cardinals 5, 10 innings
NEW YORKó Angel Pagan homered with one out in the 10th inning and New York rallied from an early four-run deficit.
Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer and Josh Thole had two RBIs for the Mets, including a tying single off Jason Motte with two outs in the eighth.
Matt Holliday had three hits and two RBIs for St. Louis, which has lost four of five since the All-Star break.
Jason Isringhausen (2-0) worked two scoreless innings for the win.
Rockies 3, Braves 2
DENVER ó Carlos Gonzalez singled home the winning run off Eric OíFlaherty with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to lift Colorado.
OíFlaherty retired his first two batters before third baseman Martin Prado let Dexter Fowlerís grounder go through his legs for a two-base error. Pinch-hitter Ty Wigginton drew an intentional walk, and Gonzalez slapped the first pitch into right field, scoring Fowler from second.
That made a winner out of Huston Street (1-3), who threw a 1-2-3 ninth that ended with Fowler catching pinch-hitter Brian McCannís drive against the wall.
Padres 14, Marlins 3
MIAMI ó Ryan Ludwick and Jesus Guzman both drove in four runs for San Diego.
Will Venable homered, scored three runs, and reached base four times for the Padres, who set a season-high in runs while the 20 hits were their second-highest.
Venable led off the game with a home run off Ricky Nolasco (6-7), who allowed nine runs in 11/3 innings. The Padres scored four in the first and nine in the second to build a 13-0 lead on 14 hits.
Phillies 9, Cubs 1
CHICAGO ó Vance Worley pitched eight dominant innings, Jimmy Rollins homered from both sides of the plate and the Phillies pounded Ryan Dempster at steamy Wrigley Field.
Reds 3, Pirates 1
PITTSBURGH ó Johnny Cueto gave up one run over six innings, leading Cincinnati to the victory. Chris Heisey and Jay Bruce had two hits apiece for the Reds, who won for just the second time in nine games this season against the Pirates.Astros 3, Nationals 2, 11 innings
HOUSTON ó Jason Michaels hit an RBI single in the 11th inning to lift Houston.