Major League Roundup -- May 19

Cards Double Up Brewers

(St. Louis, MO) -- Yadier Molina and Jon Jay both plated a run and scored during a four-run fourth inning as the Cardinals doubled up the Brewers 4-2 in the rubber match of a weekend series at Busch Stadium.  David Freese and Pete Kozma also had an RBI apiece for the Cards, who have won five of their last seven. John Gast gave up two runs in five-and-a-third innings to improve to 2-0. Edward Mujica pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 13th save. Yuniesky Betancourt and Jeff Bianchi drove in a run each for Milwaukee, which has lost five-of-six. Kyle Lohse permitted four runs and eight hits in six frames as he fell to 1-5.

 

Mets Rally For Win Over Cubs

(Chicago, IL) -- Daniel Murphy and Juan Lagares hit home runs to lead the Mets to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Lagares hit his first major-league homer as the Mets captured two of the three games in the series. Ruben Tejada added two hits and Murphy's eighth-inning home run made a winner of Mets reliever Scott Rice, who is 2-3. Bobby Parnell pitched the ninth inning for his third save of the week and sixth of the season. Cubs pitcher Travis Wood and Ryan Sweeney hit solo home runs for the Cubs. Kyuji Fujikawa took the loss to go to 1-1.

 

Angels Roll White Sox

(Anaheim, CA)  -- Erick Aybar knocked in three runs as the Angels dropped the White Sox, 6-2. Howie Kendrick added two RBI and a run for Los Angeles, which won the final two games of this series to earn a split. Mark Trumbo scored twice in the win. Jason Vargas struck out six in seven innings of shutout ball for his third victory. Jake Peavy allowed four runs while striking out seven in six frames as he dropped to 5-2. Alex Rios and Alejandro De Aza each had an RBI for Chicago, which had won four straight before losing the last two. 

 

Sunday, May 19 Scoreboard

MLB NL

Miami Marlins 2, Arizona Diamondbacks 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Houston Astros 0

Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

Atlanta Braves 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2

New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3

San Diego Padres 13, Washington Nationals 4

Colorado Rockies 5, San Francisco Giants 0

 

MLB AL

Cleveland Indians 6, Seattle Mariners 0

Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees (PPD)

Tampa Bay Rays 3, Baltimore Orioles 1

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Houston Astros 0

Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 1

LA Angels of Anaheim 6, Chicago White Sox 2

Oakland Athletics 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Texas Rangers 11, Detroit Tigers 8

 

MLB Interleague

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Houston Astros 0

 

Monday, May 20 Schedule (All Times Central)

MLB NL

6:10 p.m. - Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets

6:10 p.m. - Philadelphia Phillies at Miami Marlins

7:10 p.m. - Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers

7:40 p.m. - Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies

9:10 p.m. - St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Padres

9:15 p.m. - Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants

 

MLB AL

11:05 a.m. - Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians

12:07 p.m. - Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays

6:05 p.m. - New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles

7:05 p.m. - Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers

7:10 p.m. - Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox

7:10 p.m. - Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

 

MLB Interleague

6:10 p.m. - Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves