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SAN FRANCISCO — Angel Pagan hit a game-ending double that right fielder Jay Bruce misplayed in the wind with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a four-game series split with a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
Buster Posey poked a pitch from Jose Arredondo (4-2) down the right-field line that bounced into the stands for a two-out double. Then Pablo Sandoval was walked intentionally to set the stage for a wild finish.
The crowd let out a sigh when Bruce drifted under Pagan’s fly ball to right until those whipping gusts along the bay carried the ball over his head. The 42,039 from the sold-out stands at AT&T Park erupted, Pagan tossed his helmet and the Giants streamed out of the dugout in celebration.
Santiago Casilla (2-3) blew the save in the ninth but worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs to give San Francisco a shot.
“I looked at it and I thought, ‘I don’t think I have a chance,’” Pagan said. “I thought he caught it. Then I heard the crowd cheer and I went nuts. It was a weird walk-off.”
Santiago Casilla (2-3) blew the save in the ninth but worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs to give San Francisco another shot.
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong allowed only a two-run homer to Todd Frazier in seven innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked one, and the benches cleared after he slammed his bat because of an inside pitch from Reds starter Bronson Arroyo in the sixth.
After all the drama, the Giants ended the weekend the same way they started it: in first place in the NL West over the rival Dodgers.
“We’ll take it,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Reds slugger Joey Votto sat out the game with inflammation in his left knee. Miguel Cairo, who replaced Votto in the bottom of the fifth Saturday, started at first base.
BREWERS 2, D-DBACKS 1
MILWAUKEE — Pinch runner Carlos Gomez raced home following two throwing errors after he stole second base in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over Arizona.
Gomez entered after Aramis Ramirez drew a leadoff walk from Patrick Corbin (2-4). With one out, Gomez swiped second and jumped to his feet as the throw from catcher Miguel Montero ended up in center field. Outfielder Gerardo Parra picked up the ball but threw wildly to third, allowing Gomez to score the winning run.
John Axford (2-5) pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
NATIONALS 8, BRAVES 4
ATLANTA — Ryan Zimmerman homered and drove in four runs and Gio Gonzalez scuffled for his sixth straight road victory to help Washington beat Atlanta in 105-degree heat.
Gonzalez (11-3) capped his second All-Star selection despite allowing five hits, four runs and four walks in five-plus innings.
Washington, which has won four of five, took a 4-0 lead in the first off Tim Hudson (6-4). The NL-leading Nationals are 10-2-1 in their last 13 series matchups against the Braves.
Atlanta has lost three of four.
CARDINALS 5, PIRATES 4
ST. LOUIS — Allen Craig homered for the second time in three days and All-Star Yadier Molina also connected for the Cardinals. Pittsburgh was trying to sweep a series of at least three games in St. Louis for the first time since 1997.
Jason Motte got the last four outs for his 17th save in 21 chances to end the Pirates’ four-game winning streak.
Jake Westbrook (7-6) beat the Pirates for the first time in six career decisions.
Erik Bedard (4-9) threw 100 pitches in 4 2-3 innings and gave up five runs.
CUBS 3, ASTROS 0
CHICAGO — Travis Wood pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning and used some nifty baserunning to set up Anthony Rizzo’s go-ahead single as the Chicago Cubs completed a three-game sweep of Houston.
Astros star first baseman Carlos Lee said he was still undecided on whether he will accept a trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was 1 for 4 with a double in the ninth.
Wood (3-3) held the Astros to three hits in 7 2-3 innings. He also doubled and scored on Rizzo’s single in the sixth off Wandy Rodriguez (6-6).
Carlos Marmol pitched a scoreless ninth for eighth save in 10 chances. He saved all three games of the series.
MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 2
MIAMI — Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings, Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run home run, and the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep of struggling Philadelphia.
It was the first Marlins sweep of the Phillies since August 2009 at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies have lost five straight.
All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton also homered, and Omar Infante and John Buck each had RBI doubles for the Marlins, who have won four straight.
Nolasco (7-6) won and Heath Bell earned his 17th save in 21 chances.
Joe Blanton (7-7) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.
PADRES 2, ROCKIES 0
DENVER — Kip Wells tossed seven strong innings for his first win in nearly three years, Chris Denorfia and Alexi Amarista had two hits apiece and the San Diego Padres beat Colorado.
Huston Street, picked for the NL All-Star team earlier in the day, pitched a perfect ninth to pick up his 12th save in as many chances.
Wells (1-1) last won on Sept. 20, 2009, when he beat the Marlins as a member of the Cincinnati Reds. The Padres signed him to a minor league contract May 7.
Drew Pomeranz (0-3) turned in an impressive outing after being recalled from Triple-A before the game. He allowed an unearned run on two hits in six innings.
ANGELS 10, BLUE JAYS 6
TORONTO — Rookie Mike Trout hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, Mark Trumbo and Alberto Callaspo added two-run shots and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6.
Trout led off the eighth with a blast to center against Francisco Cordero (3-5) as the Angels spoiled Toronto’s Canada Day party and disappointed the crowd of 34,853.
One out later, Albert Pujols singled and Trumbo, named an All-Star reserve before the game, followed with a drive to left, his 20th homer this season.
Trout went 2 for 4 with a walk and scored three times, raising his AL-leading average to .339.
Jason Isringhausen (3-0) worked one inning for the win despite allowing J.P. Arencibia’s tying home run in the seventh, and Los Angeles earned a split in the four-game series.
YANKEES ?, White Sox ?
NEW YORK — Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking two-run homer after wasting a chance with the bases loaded his first time up against Gavin Floyd and New York beat the White Sox for a series split between division leaders.
Eric Chavez connected for a two-run drive in the second inning, helping New York raise its major league-leading total to 124 home runs. The power surge helped make Phil Hughes a winner on the Yankees’ 66th Old-Timers’ Day.
Coming off eight scoreless innings in his previous start, Hughes (9-6) gave up two quick runs in the first inning. He then settled in nicely to limit the hard-hitting White Sox to just three more hits over his final seven innings.
Hughes followed Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova in giving the Yankees three quality starts from a rotation that took a couple of big hits Wednesday — CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte went on the disabled list on the same day.
Cano homered in the third off Floyd (6-8).
INDIANS 6, ORIOLES 2
BALTIMORE — Justin Masterson pitched seven innings of five-hit ball and Shelley Duncan homered and hit two doubles for Cleveland.
Aaron Cunningham also homered for the Indians, who took three of four from the Orioles.
Jim Thome went 0 for 4 in his Baltimore debut. Acquired Saturday in a trade with Philadelphia, the 41-year-old slugger struck out twice and grounded out twice against the team with which he broke into the majors in 1991.
Masterson (5-7) retired the first 12 batters he faced and earned his first road win in four tries since May 3.
All-Star selection Adam Jones drove in a run and scored one for the Orioles, who have lost five of six and nine of 12.
Baltimore starter Brian Matusz (5-10) lost his fifth straight start.
TIGERS 6, RAYS 2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rick Porcello allowed four hits in seven shutout innings and Austin Jackson hit a three-run homer.
Porcello (6-5) struck out four in winning for the third time in four starts.
Jackson put the Tigers up 4-0 with his eighth homer in the eighth off Joel Peralta, who returned after serving an eight-game suspension for having pine tar on his glove.
After Tigers reliever Joaquin Benoit gave up solo homers to pinch-hitter Jeff Keppinger and Carlos Pena in the eighth, Jhonny Peralta gave Detroit a 6-2 lead with a two-run single in the ninth.
Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson (4-4) left in the third after being struck in the lower right leg by Prince Fielder’s liner. The Rays said Hellickson, who missed his previous two starts because of right shoulder inflammation, has a bruised shin.
RED SOX 2, MARINERS 1 (10)
SEATTLE — David Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to help Boston beat Seattle and split a four-game series.
Ryan Kalish, pinch-hitting for Brent Lillibridge, hit a one-out double off the right-center field wall against Seattle reliever Brandon League (0-5) in the 10th. Dustin Pedroia followed with a single to right, putting runners at the corners.
Ortiz, announced earlier in the day as the AL’s designated hitter in the All-Star game, hit a 2-0 pitch to deep right field for the go-ahead run.
Vicente Padilla (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth. Alfredo Aceves recorded his 19th save.
Pedroia tied it in the eighth with his sixth home run of the season. He connected off Jason Vargas, who allowed five hits in eight innings.
TWINS 10, ROYALS 8
MINNEAPOLIS — Trevor Plouffe homered twice, Josh Willingham and Drew Butera had one each for Minnesota.
With one run already across in the sixth, Willingham hit a three-run homer to tie the game at 5. Two batters later, Plouffe hit a solo shot for his second of the day.
Plouffe also hit a solo homer in the second inning. Butera added a three-run shot in the eighth.
The home runs came off Kansas City starter Bruce Chen (7-7), who had mostly breezed through the first five innings.
Chen (7-7), who had allowed just one earned run in each of his last two starts, gave up six earned runs and six hits in 5 2-3 innings. Irving Falu drove in four runs for the Royals.
Reliever Jeff Gray (4-0) got the last two outs of the sixth and the first of the seventh for Minnesota.