Phillies top Braves in game marred by fatal fall

ATLANTA: Cole Hamels took a shutout into the ninth inning, Cody Asche hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 Monday night in a game overshadowed by a fatal fall at Turner Field.
A police spokesman said a man died after falling more than 60 feet from an upper-level platform to a parking lot. He said the fall occurred before 9 p.m. and appeared to be an accident.
Hamels (5-13) struck out nine with one walk while allowing six hits and one run as the Phillies snapped a streak of 11 straight road losses.
Asche, a left-handed hitter, pulled a fastball from Julio Teheran (9-6) about three rows deep into the right-field seats in the sixth inning.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel earned his 1,000th career win.
Dodgers 4 Mets 2: In Los Angeles, Adrian Gonzalez scored the go-ahead run on Yasiel Puig’s sacrifice fly that capped a three-run sixth inning, helping Los Angeles beat New York for its sixth straight victory.
The Dodgers improved to 38-8 since June 22, the franchise’s best 46-game stretch in the modern era that began in 1900. The 1899 Brooklyn Superbas had 38 wins in several 46-game stretches between April and June.
Gonzalez went 3 for 4 and drove in a run for the seventh straight game, the longest RBI streak on the team this season.
Ricky Nolasco (9-9) extended his winning streak to four. Kenley Jansen got the final four outs to earn his 18th save in 21 chances.
Reds 2 Cubs 0: In Chicago, Mat Latos allowed six hits in eight innings, and Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer in the seventh to lead Cincinnati over All-Star Travis Wood and Chicago.
Latos (12-3) struck out nine for the Reds, who are 13-1 in their last 14 games at Wrigley Field and gained a half-game on idle Pittsburgh and St. Louis in the NL Central.
Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth inning for his 28th save in 32 tries to hand the Cubs their third straight home shutout loss. They have gone 32 2-3 innings without a run at Wrigley Field.
Phillips provided all the offense with his 15th homer of the season.
Rockies 14 Padres 2: In Denver, Jhoulys Chacin pitched eight solid innings and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, leading Colorado past San Diego on a rainy night for its fourth consecutive victory.
D.J. LeMahieu had three hits, including a homer, a double and two RBIs in a game that included a 63-minute weather delay. Dexter Fowler went 3 for 4 with a double and four RBIs, Wilin Rosario added three RBIs and Nolan Arenado had four hits and an RBI as the Rockies put up a season high in runs.
Chacin (11-6) worked out of first-inning trouble by inducing Yonder Alonso to ground into a double play with runners at first and third and one out.

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Diamondbacks 7 Orioles 6: In Phoenix, Adam Eaton hit the first pitch of the ninth inning for a game-ending homer and Arizona beat Baltimore.
Arizona trailed 4-2 before stringing together three straight run-scoring singles in the seventh inning to take the lead.
Chris Davis tied the game in the eighth inning with major league-leading 43rd homer.
Wil Nieves then led off the bottom half with his first homer in a year to put Arizona up 6-5.
Baltimore tied it in the ninth on Nick Markakis’ sacrifice fly off Brad Ziegler (6-1), but Eaton put a quick end to a night of momentum swings by sending the first pitch by Darren O’Day (5-2) into the pool in right-center to set off a wild celebration.