James Loney drives in 4 runs and Randy Wolf dominates former team as Dodgers beat Phillies 9-2PHILADELPHIA — Randy Wolf had the kind of performance that used to get the fans howling in Philadelphia. Wolf dominated his former team, James Loney homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 9-2 on Wednesday night. LaRoche becomes first to lose homer on reversal, but Pirates beat Cardinals 5-2PITTSBURGH — Adam LaRoche became the first player to have a home run taken away by video replay, but it didn’t prevent the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates from beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 on Wednesday night behind Ross Ohlendorf’s two-hit pitching over six innings. Pablo Sandoval hits 3-run homer with 2 outs in 9th to lift Giants to 9-7 win over NationalsSAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Zimmerman’s hitting streak is stretching into its second month, but Washington’s third baseman can’t enjoy it much. The Nationals have the majors’ worst record and a bullpen that makes far too many hitters look as good as Zimmerman himself. Duke settles down after Pujols’ homer, ends Pirates slide during 7-1 win over CardinalsPITTSBURGH — Zach Duke limited St. Louis to three singles over eight innings after giving up a homer to Albert Pujols in the first and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended an eight-game losing streak by beating the Cardinals 7-1 on Tuesday night. Gallardo strikes out career-high 11, homers as Brewers beat Pirates 1-0MILWAUKEE — Yovani Gallardo struck out a career-high 11, homered in the seventh inning and the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Pittsburgh Pirates — again — with a 1-0 victory Wednesday. Ohlendorf pitches into eighth, LaRoche hits two homers to lift Pirates to 8-3 win over PadresSAN DIEGO — Ross Ohlendorf pitched into the eighth inning and Adam LaRoche hit two home runs, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. |