Goldschmidt, Young fire Arizona
PAUL Goldschmidt and Chris Young homered on consecutive pitches in the ninth inning to lift Arizona 2-1 over St. Louis in the National League on Thursday.
With St. Louis ahead, Jason Motte (4-4) struck out the first batter in the ninth. Goldschmidt fouled off three full-count pitches, then drove a pitch over center for his 18th home run of the season. Young sent the next pitch over the wall in left.
Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez (2-2) pitched a perfect eighth, and J.J. Putz finished with a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
Arizona had lost its previous seven games against St. Louis dating to last season.
In Pittsburgh, Garrett Jones hit two three-run homers to power the Pirates to a 10-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, avoiding a three-game sweep.
Jones had a career-high six RBIs for the Pirates, who had lost six of seven. He homered in the first and fifth for his fifth two-homer game of his career.
Pittsburgh starter A.J. Burnett (15-4) became the first Pirates pitcher this century to notch 15 wins in a season. He allowed seven hits with seven strikeouts.
Dodgers starter Joe Blanton (8-11) fell to 0-2 since being acquired in a trade from Philadelphia. He gave up eight runs and a season-worst four walks in 4 1-3 innings. Los Angeles had won six straight.
In Cincinnati, rookie Matt Harvey drove in one more run than he allowed as New York snapped Cincinnati's five-game winning streak with a 8-4 win.
Harvey (2-3), who had lost three straight starts after winning in his major league debut, allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out eight, walked one and hit a batter. Harvey doubled in two runs in New York's three-run fourth inning.
Elsewhere in the national League, it was: Braves 6, Padres 0; Brewers 7, Phillies 4; and Rockets 5, Marlins 3.
In the American League, Texas' Craig Gentry, starting for the first time in two weeks, hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning that lifted the Rangers to a 10-6 victory over the New York Yankees.
The Rangers avoided a four-game sweep in a matchup of AL division leaders and won for the first time at Yankee Stadium in nine attempts. Also, it was: Rays 7, Angels 0; Red Sox 6, Orioles 3; White Sox 7, Blue Jays 2; and Athletics 3, Royals 0.
With St. Louis ahead, Jason Motte (4-4) struck out the first batter in the ninth. Goldschmidt fouled off three full-count pitches, then drove a pitch over center for his 18th home run of the season. Young sent the next pitch over the wall in left.
Diamondbacks reliever David Hernandez (2-2) pitched a perfect eighth, and J.J. Putz finished with a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.
Arizona had lost its previous seven games against St. Louis dating to last season.
In Pittsburgh, Garrett Jones hit two three-run homers to power the Pirates to a 10-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, avoiding a three-game sweep.
Jones had a career-high six RBIs for the Pirates, who had lost six of seven. He homered in the first and fifth for his fifth two-homer game of his career.
Pittsburgh starter A.J. Burnett (15-4) became the first Pirates pitcher this century to notch 15 wins in a season. He allowed seven hits with seven strikeouts.
Dodgers starter Joe Blanton (8-11) fell to 0-2 since being acquired in a trade from Philadelphia. He gave up eight runs and a season-worst four walks in 4 1-3 innings. Los Angeles had won six straight.
In Cincinnati, rookie Matt Harvey drove in one more run than he allowed as New York snapped Cincinnati's five-game winning streak with a 8-4 win.
Harvey (2-3), who had lost three straight starts after winning in his major league debut, allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out eight, walked one and hit a batter. Harvey doubled in two runs in New York's three-run fourth inning.
Elsewhere in the national League, it was: Braves 6, Padres 0; Brewers 7, Phillies 4; and Rockets 5, Marlins 3.
In the American League, Texas' Craig Gentry, starting for the first time in two weeks, hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning that lifted the Rangers to a 10-6 victory over the New York Yankees.
The Rangers avoided a four-game sweep in a matchup of AL division leaders and won for the first time at Yankee Stadium in nine attempts. Also, it was: Rays 7, Angels 0; Red Sox 6, Orioles 3; White Sox 7, Blue Jays 2; and Athletics 3, Royals 0.
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