Phillies edge Giants in 11 innings

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Thu, 2010-04-29 22:51

Jayson Werth's three-run double with two outs in the ninth kept the visitors in the game.
Phillies slugger Ryan Howard snapped a career-worst 65 at-bat homerless streak in the fifth. It was his first homer since agreeing Monday to a $125 million, five-year contract extension.
Giants ace Tim Lincecum, the two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, struck out 11 and was poised to win his fifth straight start to begin the year until Giants closer Brian Wilson blew it.
San Francisco's Nate Schierholtz had an RBI double in the bottom of the 11th for his career-high fifth hit but it wasn't enough on a day the Giants stranded 16 baserunners.
Ryan Madson (1-0) pitched one inning for the win. Nelson Figueroa finished for his first career save. Sergio Romo (0-2) took the loss.
In Miami, San Diego came back from a four-run deficit to beat Florida.
David Eckstein hit a three-run double, while Adrian Gonzalez walked three times and singled home the go-ahead run in the fifth. Yorvit Torrealba hit his first homer and scored twice.
Padres pitcher Kevin Correia (4-1) won his fourth start in a row despite falling behind 4-0 and lasting only five innings. Four relievers combined to allow only two hits over the final four innings.
Florida starter Nate Robertson (2-2), working on three days' rest, held San Diego hitless until the fourth but failed to retire a batter in the fifth, when he allowed five runs.
Florida's Jorge Cantu, who began the day tied for the NL lead with 20 RBIs, drove in two more runs with his fifth homer and a sacrifice fly.
In Chicago, rookie Luis Atilano pitched six strong innings to steer Washington to a tight win over Chicago.
Atilano (2-0), in his second start in the majors, allowed only two runs.
Adam Dunn and Adam Kennedy homered for the Nationals (12-10), who hadn't been two games over .500 this far into a season since the inaugural year in Washington, in 2005.
Nationals closer Matt Capps earned his major league-leading 10th save in 10 attempts.
Cubs starter Ryan Dempster (2-1) lost for the first time in eight career decisions against the franchise despite only allowing four hits and one walk in eight innings.
In Denver, Kelly Johnson homered to lead off the 10th inning as Arizona, after blowing a six-run lead and then falling behind by five, rallied past Colorado.
Johnson sent a drive from Franklin Morales (0-2) long for his eighth homer of the season, capping a seesawing game that saw abbreviated outings by both starters, a dozen extra-base hits and the ejection of Arizona manager A.J.
Hinch.
Arizona reliever Bob Howry (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings and Juan Gutierrez got three outs for his first save in two chances.
Chris Young's three-homer highlighted a big first inning that put Arizona ahead 6-0. He matched a career high with five RBIs.
Troy Tulowitzki's two-run double helped Colorado score six times in the third for a 7-6 lead, and the Rockies added four more in the fourth.
In New York, the hosts beat Los Angeles to complete their best homestand in more than 20 years.
The Mets finished the 10 straight home games 9-1 - their best since 1988. Recovering from a slow start to the season, New York heads into a weekend series at NL champion Philadelphia atop the NL East division.
Mets starter John Maine (1-1) returned from an injury to pitch into the seventh inning, striking out nine.
Angel Pagan had a two-run triple, helping the Mets beat the Dodgers for the third time in less than 24 hours and extend their winning streak to seven.
The Dodgers lost their fourth straight, and John Ely (0-1) took the loss on his big league debut.
In Milwaukee, Garrett Jones' two-out, run-scoring double in the 14th rallied Pittsburgh past Milwaukee.
Pittsburgh's Ryan Doumit homered off Trevor Hoffman for the second straight day to start the ninth, tying it at 4-4. Hoffman has blown four of seven save chances this season - he failed only four times all of last year.
Andrew McCutchen hit the second of his two homers in the 10th for Pittsburgh, but Milwaukee responded in the bottom of the inning with a run on Casey McGehee's single.
Akinori Iwamura singled to lead off the 14th inning and Jones delivered a double down the right-field line off Brewers reliever Manny Parra (0-1).
D.J. Carrasco (1-0) got the victory with three scoreless innings.
At St. Louis, rookie Jaime Garcia worked seven scoreless innings and David Freese had two hits and two RBIs as the Cardinals beat Atlanta, handing the punchless Braves their eighth straight loss.
Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus each had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals, who have won four in a row and can sweep the Braves for the first time since 1993 in the finale of a four-game set Thursday, with Adam Wainwright coming off consecutive complete games. Jair Jurrjens will pitch for the Braves, who have mustered only 13 runs during their worst slump since losing 10 in a row in June 2006.

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