St Louis Cardinals shut out Colorado Rockies for second successive game

Adam Wainwright pitched a two-hitter into the eighth for the St Louis Cardinals' second straight complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Combining with Shelby Miller, who retired 27 straight on Friday after allowing a lead-off single, Wainwright helped St Louis pitching hold Colorado hitless for a span of 50 batters - 49 outs plus the walk to Todd Helton in the fifth which spoiled his bid for a perfect game - until Nolan Arenado singled in the eighth.

Helton's walk also ended a run of 40 straight Rockies retired. Allen Craig, Yadier Molina and Matt Adams all had an RBI apiece for the Cards.

Stephen Strasburg retired 11 straight to begin the game then fell to his fifth straight defeat as the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 8-2.

Strasburg, who has just one win to his name this year, looked comfortable until Ryan Zimmerman's error in the fifth allowed four unearned runs to score. David DeJesus, Anthony Rizzo and pitcher Edwin Jackson each drove in a pair for the Cubs.
Rallied

The Tampa Bay Rays walked off on Evan Longoria's two-out, two-run homer as they rallied for an 8-7 win over the San Diego Padres.

James Loney also homered for the Rays, while Jesus Guzman hit a pinch-hit grand slam which put the Padres 6-2 up in the seventh.

Madison Bumgarner hurled seven innings of one-run ball, fanning 11, to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 10-1 win over the Atlanta Braves.

Jay Bruce had three hits including a homer and Todd Frazier scored three times in the Cincinnati Reds' 13-7 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Yu Darvish hurled seven innings for his sixth win of the season, allowing three runs on three hits and fanning eight, as the Texas Rangers overcame the Houston Astros 8-7.
Ethier stars

Andre Ethier had four hits and Dee Gordon homered in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 7-1 win over the Miami Marlins.

Adam Lind belted a solo homer off Boston closer Junichi Tazawa to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win over the Red Sox.

Francisco Liriano struck out nine to claim a win on his Pittsburgh debut as the Pirates beat the New York Mets 11-2.

Vernon Wells' two-run shot helped the New York Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals, while Mike Trout hit a two-run homer as the Los Angeles Angels overcame the Chicago White Sox by the same scoreline.

The Minnesota Twins were 8-5 winners over the Baltimore Orioles, the Cleveland Indians edged out the Detroit Tigers 7-6, the Philadelphia Phillies saw off the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3.