Gee, Buck lead Mets to victory over Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Pa.: Dillon Gee pitched another gem against the Pirates, and John Buck hit a two-run single to lead the New York Mets to a 4-2 victory Sunday and avoid a sweep by Pittsburgh before the All-Star break.
Gee (7-7) allowed just one unearned run in 6 2/3 innings to the Pirates (56-37). He is 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA in five career starts against Pittsburgh. Gee scattered five hits, struck out two and walked one.
Buck's hit capped a three-run first inning against fill-in starter Gerrit Cole (4-3), who lost his third straight start after becoming the first Pirates pitcher since Nick Maddox in 1907 to win the first four of his career.
Buck, Eric Young Jr. and Marlon Byrd each had three hits for New York, which finished a 6-3 road trip.
Cardinals 10 Cubs 6: In Chicago, Yadier Molina hit a three-run homer in St. Louis' four-run ninth inning, and the Cardinals beat Chicago in the majors' final game before the All-Star break.
Allen Craig lined a tiebreaking RBI single into left field before Molina drove an 0-2 pitch from Kevin Gregg (2-2) over the wall in left for his seventh homer. Craig and Molina tuned up for Tuesday's game in New York with four hits apiece, helping St. Louis to a season-high 21 hits overall.
Chicago went up 4-3 on Darwin Barney's three-run homer in the sixth and pinch hitter Cody Ransom had a tying two-run double in the eighth, but the Cubs' bullpen was unable to hold off the NL's highest-scoring team.
Nationals 5 Marlins 2, 10 innings: In Miami, Denard Span had three hits, including a tiebreaking two-out RBI double in the 10th inning, and Washington beat Miami.
Span was dropped from the top spot in the order for the first time this season, and he responded with three hits in the No. 7 position. He snapped a 1-for-20 slump with a two-out RBI double in the second inning, and singled in the fourth.
The defending NL East-champion Nationals averted a series sweep and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Reds 8 Braves 4: In Atlanta, Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer in Cincinnati's four-run third inning, Shin-Soo Choo also homered, and the Reds beat Julio Teheran and Atlanta.
Bruce led the Reds with three hits. Brandon Phillips had a two-run double in the ninth, and Choo had two hits and scored three runs as the Reds split the four-game series.
Reds right-hander Logan Ondrusek (3-0) threw two scoreless innings as the second reliever behind Tony Cingrani, who lasted only four innings.
Rockies 3 Dodgers 1: In Los Angeles, Michael Cuddyer hit a two-run homer and drove in another run to help Colorado defeat Los Angeles in the teams' last game before the All-Star break.
The clubs split the four-game series, leaving Colorado with a 46-50 record. The Dodgers fell back to .500 at 47-47.
Jhoulys Chacin (9-4) allowed one run and six hits in six innings, struck out six and walked three. Rafael Betancourt pitched the ninth to earn his 15th save in 16 chances.
Brewers 5 Diamondbacks 1: In Phoenix, Wily Peralta pitched seven effective innings, Logan Schafer homered and drove in two runs, and Milwaukee ended a four-game losing streak by beating Arizona.
The Diamondbacks won the first three games of the series, mostly by coming from behind.
The Brewers prevented the sweep by roughing up Ian Kennedy (3-6) early with a string of two-strike hits and a second straight strong outing by Peralta (7-9)
Carlos Gomez hit a two-run single in the first inning, and Jean Segura had three hits for Milwaukee, which ended a six-game losing streak to the Diamondbacks.
Padres 10 Giants 1: In San Diego, Carlos Quentin hit one of San Diego's four home runs and drove in three runs as the Padres routed Barry Zito and San Francisco one day after being no-hit by Tim Lincecum.
Nick Hundley had a homer among his three hits, and Chris Denorfia and Will Venable also went deep as the Padres avoided a four-game sweep by the defending World Series champions heading into the All-Star break.
The Padres had been outscored 23-3 in the first three games of the series, including a 9-0 loss Saturday night when Lincecum threw his first career no-hitter.