NEW YORK: Pedro Alvarez’s RBI single in the eighth broke open a tie game as visiting Pittsburgh took three of four from New York with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
Clint Barmes homered and joined Alvarez and Travis Snider with two hits for the Pirates, who won their first road series against the Mets since 2004.
Justin Wilson (3-0) allowed the game-tying run in the seventh to make it 2-2, but struck out four of the other five batters he faced for the win.
The Mets’ Matt Harvey settled for his fourth straight no-decision, allowing two runs and five hits over seven innings. The 24-year-old, who struck out a season-low four, has yet to allow more than three runs in nine career home starts.
Rockies 8, Cardinals 2
Jorge De La Rosa turned the tables on St. Louis with seven dominant innings as visiting Colorado avoided a three-game sweep.
The Rockies had been shut out in the first two games of the series, but Troy Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer and Charlie Blackmon added a two-run shot to spark the offense. De Le Rosa went the first 6 2/3 without yielding a hit en route to seven scoreless innings.
Cubs 2 Nationals 1: Kurt Suzuki’s throwing error in the ninth inning allowed the go-ahead run to score as visiting Chicago claimed the rubber match of the three-game series.
Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez did not allow a baserunner until an infield single in the sixth, but the Cubs rallied against Washington’s bullpen with Starlin Castro’s tying RBI single in the eighth.
Reds 5 Brewers 1: Bronson Arroyo allowed five hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings and rookie Donald Lutz hit his first career homer as Cincinnati completed a three-game sweep of visiting Milwaukee.
Philles 4 Diamondbacks 2 (10 innings): Domonic Brown delivered a game-tying RBI single in the top of the ninth inning and Ryan Howard had a two-run single in the 10th as visiting Philadelphia rallied to spoil an outstanding effort by Arizona starter Brandon McCarthy.
McCarthy scattered seven singles over eight scoreless innings, striking out five and walking none, before closer Heath Bell blew the Diamondbacks’ 2-0 lead in the ninth.
Giants 5 Braves 1: Brandon Belt, Pablo Sandoval and Marco Scutaro homered and Tim Lincecum tossed seven shutout innings as San Francisco blanked visiting Atlanta.
Lincecum (3-2) allowed two hits while striking out seven and snapped a four-start losing streak against the Braves. After dropping the series opener, San Francisco won the next three games by a combined score of 23-4.
Dodgers 5 Marlins 3: Scott Van Slyke had two hits, including his third career home run, and drove in two runs as host Los Angeles won the rubber match of the three-game series.
Carl Crawford and Matt Kemp also had two hits apiece for the Dodgers, who have won back-to-back games for the first time since April 25-26.
