With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Stanton hit a 2-1
pitch from Danys Baez (2-4) into the seats in left. He had been hitless in his
previous four at-bats, striking out twice and grounding into a bases-loaded
double play.
The home run was Stanton's 17th this season, and the
first walkoff homer of his career.
The Marlins won for only the second time in their past 17
games decided by one run. They also ended a streak of seven consecutive losses
to the Phillies.
Florida's Edward Mujica (6-2) pitched a perfect 10th to
take the win.
In Atlanta, Chipper Jones hit a
two-run homer as in-form Atlanta downed Colorado.
Dan Uggla added a two-run homer in the eighth and Jordan
Schafer had four hits for the Braves, who have won eight of their past nine,
including three straight over Colorado.
Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens (12-3) earned his
NL-leading 12th win, allowing one run in six innings. He has allowed no more
than one run in four straight starts, leaving his NL-best ERA at 1.87.
The Braves scored three runs in the first off Aaron Cook
(0-4) before Jones' homer in the third pushed the lead to 5-0.
The Rockies have lost four straight and are five games
under .500 for the first time this season.
In Milwaukee, pinch-hitter
Casey McGehee hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted Milwaukee
over Arizona.
McGehee, benched three of the previous five games because
of a season-long slump, hit his first home run since May.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo (10-5) allowed one run
over seven innings, helping prevent Arizona from sweeping Milwaukee for the
first time. Gallardo, who gave up a home run on his third pitch of the game,
struck out six and walked one.
Arizona reliever Joe Paterson (0-2) gave up consecutive
singles in the seventh and was relieved by Sam Demel who gave up McGehee's
homer.
In St. Louis,
pinch-hitter Ramon Hernandez doubled in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning as
Cincinnati survived blowing an eight-run lead and beat St. Louis to avoid a
three-game sweep.
Chris Heisey, Jay Bruce, Fred Lewis and Scott Rolen
homered for the Reds, who led 8-0 in the fifth but managed only three hits over
the next seven innings.
Bruce walked and Drew Stubbs singled ahead of the hit by
Hernandez, the last regular on the Cincinnati bench, off Raul Valdes (0-1).
Albert Pujols had an RBI single in a five-run seventh for
the Cardinals. He was 1 for 6 in his first game since returning a month ahead
of the timetable from a broken left wrist.
Jose Arredondo (1-3) allowed two hits and struck out two
in two innings for the Reds. Aroldis Chapman allowed a hit before finishing for
his first career save.
In San Francisco, Nate
Schierholtz hit his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the
14th inning, lifting San Francisco over San Diego.
Schierholtz had three hits and drove in three runs for
the Giants.
San Francisco reliever Javier Lopez (4-1) threw two
scoreless innings while Pat Neshak (1-1) took the loss for the Padres.
Pablo Sandoval drove in three runs, including the
game-tying runs in the eighth inning, as the Giants rallied from a three-run
deficit. Andres Torres had three hits for San Francisco, which won its first
game in four.
In Los Angeles, Ruben Tejada, filling
in for the injured Jose Reyes, doubled home two runs as New York made it four
straight wins by defeating Los Angeles.
Carlos Beltran doubled twice and scored twice while
Justin Turner got a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning for the Mets, who
have scored 166 runs with two outs this season; second in the majors behind
Boston.
New York starter Jonathon Niese (8-7) allowed five hits
over seven innings to notch a career-best four straight outings on the road.
Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (6-10) gave up four runs
over six innings, dropping to 1-5 with a 5.75 ERA in seven career starts
against the Mets.
In Washington, Wilson Ramos' suicide
squeeze drove in Michael Morse in the seventh inning to lift Washington over
Chicago.
Ramos pulled off the tiebreaking sacrifice after missing
the signal earlier in the count, when he swung at a Kerry Wood (1-4) pitch with
Morse charging home, but managed to foul it off.
Danny Espinosa and Ryan Zimmerman homered for the
Nationals, and Carlos Pena and Aramis Ramirez did the same for the Cubs - all
four coming with a man on base.
Ryan Mattheus (2-0) pitcto take the win.
In Atlanta, Chipper Jones hit a
two-run homer as in-form Atlanta downed Colorado.
Dan Uggla added a two-run homer in the eighth and Jordan
Schafer had four hits for the Braves, who have won eight of their past nine,
including three straight over Colorado.
Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens (12-3) earned his
NL-leading 12th win, allowing one run in six innings. He has allowed no more
than one run in four straight starts, leaving his NL-best ERA at 1.87.
The Braves scored three runs in the first off Aaron Cook
(0-4) before Jones' homer in the third pushed the lead to 5-0.
The Rockies have lost four straight and are five games
under .500 for the first time this season.
In Milwaukee, pinch-hitter
Casey McGehee hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted Milwaukee
over Arizona.
McGehee, benched three of the previous five games because
of a season-long slump, hit his first home run since May.
Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo (10-5) allowed one run
over seven innings, helping prevent Arizona from sweeping Milwaukee for the first
time. Gallardo, who gave up a home run on his third pitch of the game, struck
out six and walked one.
Arizona reliever Joe Paterson (0-2) gave up consecutive
singles in the seventh and was relieved by Sam Demel who gave up McGehee's
homer.
In St. Louis,
pinch-hitter Ramon Hernandez doubled in the go-ahead run in the 13th inning as
Cincinnati survived blowing an eight-run lead and beat St. Louis to avoid a
three-game sweep.
Chris Heisey, Jay Bruce, Fred Lewis and Scott Rolen
homered for the Reds, who led 8-0 in the fifth but managed only three hits over
the next seven innings.
Bruce walked and Drew Stubbs singled ahead of the hit by
Hernandez, the last regular on the Cincinnati bench, off Raul Valdes (0-1).
Albert Pujols had an RBI single in a five-run seventh for
the Cardinals. He was 1 for 6 in his first game since returning a month ahead
of the timetable from a broken left wrist.
Jose Arredondo (1-3) allowed two hits and struck out two
in two innings for the Reds. Aroldis Chapman allowed a hit before finishing for
his first career save.
In San Francisco, Nate
Schierholtz hit his second home run of the game leading off the bottom of the
14th inning, lifting San Francisco over San Diego.
Schierholtz had three hits and drove in three runs for
the Giants.
San Francisco reliever Javier Lopez (4-1) threw two
scoreless innings while Pat Neshak (1-1) took the loss for the Padres.
Pablo Sandoval drove in three runs, including the
game-tying runs in the eighth inning, as the Giants rallied from a three-run
deficit. Andres Torres had three hits for San Francisco, which won its first
game in four.
In Los Angeles, Ruben Tejada, filling
in for the injured Jose Reyes, doubled home two runs as New York made it four
straight wins by defeating Los Angeles.
Carlos Beltran doubled twice and scored twice while
Justin Turner got a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning for the Mets, who
have scored 166 runs with two outs this season; second in the majors behind
Boston.
New York starter Jonathon Niese (8-7) allowed five hits
over seven innings to notch a career-best four straight outings on the road.
Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda (6-10) gave up four runs
over six innings, dropping to 1-5 with a 5.75 ERA in seven career starts
against the Mets.
In Washington, Wilson Ramos' suicide
squeeze drove in Michael Morse in the seventh inning to lift Washington over
Chicago.
Ramos pulled off the tiebreaking sacrifice after missing
the signal earlier in the count, when he swung at a Kerry Wood (1-4) pitch with
Morse charging home, but managed to foul it off.
Danny Espinosa and Ryan Zimmerman homered for the
Nationals, and Carlos Pena and Aramis Ramirez did the same for the Cubs — all
four coming with a man on base.
Ryan Mattheus (2-0) pitched one inning to get his second
major league win — and second in five days - for the Nationals, whose past 10
wins have either been by one run or in extra innings.
Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 22nd save for
Washington, which has won three straight.
In Pittsburgh, Hunter Pence had
three hits, including an RBI single during a five-run sixth inning which jolted
Houston from a slump and set up with victory over Pittsburgh.
Houston took the field after a team meeting that lasted
an hour and 15 minutes. The Astros had lost 10 of 11 and have the majors' worst
record.
Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton (7-5) limited Houston
to three hits over the first five innings, but seven of the eight batters who
faced him in the sixth reached base.
The Astros had six hits and benefited from two errors in
the sixth. Angel Sanchez, Carlos Lee, Jeff Keppinger and Clint Barmes also had
RBI hits in the inning.
Houston's Bud Norris (5-6) allowed two runs over seven
innings to win for the first time in five starts.
