By BETH HARRIS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Jason Marquis relied on his bread-and-butter pitch to extend his run of effective outings for the San Diego Padres.
Backed by a solid sinker, Marquis carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday night after dropping the first two games of the series.
“I was working real hard to find consistent delivery and was able to do that and carry it over to the game,” he said. “When I have a good one like that I tend to go to it over and over.”
Marquis (7-2) allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1-3 innings while improving to 6-0 with a 3.28 ERA in his last eight starts. The veteran right-hander also is 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA in his last four outings against the Dodgers dating to last season.
“He gives us trouble all the time,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. “Ever since I’ve been out here in California, it seems like he pitches good every time.”
Marquis had his no-hitter broken up when Skip Schumaker doubled to deep center field with two outs in the sixth, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Adrian Gonzalez followed with a RBI single that trimmed San Diego’s lead to 3-1.
Earlier in the inning, Padres right fielder Kyle Blanks temporarily preserved Marquis’ no-hit bid with a diving catch and slide on his belly that robbed pinch hitter Jerry Hairston Jr.
“Outstanding,” Marquis said.
Marquis left after Scott Van Slyke homered with one out in the seventh. He struck out six and walked two.
“I saw the legit sinker just pounding it on right-handers and keeping it away from lefties,” Padres manager Bud Black said. “It was a lot of sinkers and good sliders down underneath.”
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (5-4) struck out nine and was charged with three runs and seven hits. The left-hander gave up at least one hit in each of his six innings.
“I saw a lot of tough at-bats against a very good pitcher,” Black said.
The last-place Dodgers could have passed the Padres in the NL West standings with a victory, but they never led while falling to .500 at home with a 16-16 record.
San Diego extended its lead to 6-2 with three runs in the ninth. Jedd Gyorko and Yasmani Grandal each had a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, and pinch hitter Will Venable singled home a run.
Gyorko also had a leadoff homer in the fourth and walked and scored on Jesus Guzman’s double in the sixth. Guzman tied his career high with three hits.
“They’re a scrappy team. They’ve got a lot of grit over there,” Kershaw said. “They’re fouling pitches off and putting good at-bats every single time out there. You’ve got to tip your cap to them. They’re not going to be easy outs.”
The Padres grabbed the lead on Grandal’s RBI single with two outs in the second. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig went to field the ball with his left-handed glove and it went behind him, allowing Guzman to score.
Puig was hitless in four at-bats with two strikeouts after going a combined 5 for 9 in his first two major league games on Monday and Tuesday, when he had two homers and five RBIs.
“Marquis is a tough matchup,” Mattingly said. “He’s a guy who keeps the ball down, he can run the ball at him and break the ball to the other side.”
ROCKIES 12, REDS 4
CINCINNATI — Carlos Gonzalez tied his career high with three of Colorado’s six homers, and Troy Tulowitzki went 5 for 5 with a pair of homers Wednesday night, powering the Rockies to a 12-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
The Rockies hadn’t hit six homers in a game since they had that many against the Marlins on July 4, 2008, according to STATS LLC.
Gonzalez got Colorado’s splurge going with a solo shot and a three-run drive off Pedro Villarreal (0-1), who was roughed up by one of the NL’s top offenses in his first big league start. Tulowitzki tied his career high with five hits, including a two-run homer and a solo shot.
Todd Helton also homered as the Rockies piled up a season-high 20 hits, the most allowed by Cincinnati since 2009. The Reds came in with the second-best earned run average in the NL.
Jon Garland (4-6) gave up four runs — all in the first — and lasted six innings.
The Rockies took the last two games of their series, ending a streak of six straight losses against Cincinnati.
DIAMONDBACKS 10, CARDINALS 3
ST. LOUIS — Paul Goldschmidt hit his second grand slam in five days for Arizona, and Wade Miley bounced back from his two worst outings of the season.
Arizona has won four of five. St. Louis, with the best record in the majors, dropped back-to-back games for the first time since April 28-29.
Goldschmidt became the first Arizona player with two slams on the same road trip. He hit one in a 12-4 win at the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
Miley (4-5) gave up three runs and 11 hits over 6 2-3 innings. He had given up seven earned runs in each of his previous two starts.
St. Louis’ Joe Kelly (0-3), making his first start of the season, gave up one earned run in 5 2-3 innings. Matt Carpenter had four hits for the Cardinals and pushed his career-best hitting streak to 14 games.
BRAVES 5, PIRATES 0
ATLANTA — Julio Teheran carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, leading Atlanta to the win.
Pinch hitter Brandon Inge singled to left with two outs in the eighth for Pittsburgh’s only hit of the game. Teheran then received an ovation from Braves fans, who also cheered after the inning ended on Starling Marte’s popup.
Teheran (4-2) set a career high with 11 strikeouts in eight innings in the Braves’ fifth straight win, including a sweep of the three-game series. David Carpenter pitched a perfect ninth.
Evan Gattis and Gerald Laird hit back-to-back homers in the sixth.
Pittsburgh’s Wandy Rodriguez (6-4) left with tightness in his left forearm after recording only one out in the first inning. He gave up two hits and a run and hit Freddie Freeman with his 14th and final pitch.
The Pirates have lost three straight and five of six.
PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 1
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels had a season-high 11 strikeouts in seven dominant innings, Domonic Brown hit another homer and the Phillies completed a three-game series sweep.
Hamels (2-9) allowed one run and four hits to snap a personal six-game losing streak.
Jimmy Rollins hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the seventh off A.J. Ramos (0-2). Ryan Howard followed with a two-run triple, diving headfirst into third.
Then Brown went downtown to make it 6-1. Brown has 10 homers in the last 12 games and leads the NL with 18.
The Phillies (30-30) have their first four-game winning streak and will try to go above .500 for the first time when they open a four-game series at Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Marlins starter Jacob Turner allowed one run and four hits in six innings.
METS 10, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON — Marlon Byrd maintained his mastery of Dan Haren with a pair of home runs, and the Mets snapped a four-game losing streak.
The win put the Mets above .400 and the Nationals below .500 — a succinct reflection of the mixed fortunes of both clubs — and also dropped preseason favorite Washington to third place behind Philadelphia in the NL East. The Nationals trail division-leading Atlanta by eight games.
Byrd hit a two-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the third, making him 10 for 18 in his career against Haren (4-7).
New York’s Dillon Gee (4-6) allowed one run and nine hits over seven innings in his second consecutive solid start after his spot in the rotation had been put in doubt by a series of short outings.
David Wright, in a 1-for-18 slump entering the game, also homered for the Mets in the third inning.
ATHLETICS 6, BREWERS 1
MILWAUKEE — Bartolo Colon won his fourth straight start and Brandon Moss hit a three-run homer to power the Athletics to the victory.
Oakland has won 16 of its last 19 games. Colon (7-2) gave up a run and eight hits in seven innings.
Colon is among more than a dozen players whose names have been tied to a now-closed Miami anti-aging clinic under investigation by Major League Baseball. The right-hander missed the end of last season when he was suspended 50 games after testing positive for synthetic testosterone.
Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun, who has also been linked to the clinic, did not play because of a lingering thumb problem.
Yovani Gallardo (4-6) allowed five runs and six hits in six-plus innings to lose for the fifth time in his last six starts.
BLUE JAYS 4, GIANTS 0
SAN FRANCISCO — R.A. Dickey allowed two hits in 8 1-3 innings and sparked a four-run fifth inning with an RBI double, helping Toronto to a split of the two-game series.
Mark DeRosa added a two-run single and Adam Lind had three hits for his eighth multihit performance in the past 12 games.
Barry Zito (4-4) was done in by the one big inning and lost at home for the first time since last August. The defending World Series champion Giants have lost 11 of 18 games heading into a nine-game road trip.
Dickey (5-7) bounced back from a pair of rough starts in which he allowed six runs each to Baltimore and Atlanta. He shut down the Giants thanks to his dancing knuckleball that helped him record five strikeouts.
Zito allowed four runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings to lose at home for the first time since Aug. 2, 2012, against the Mets.
ASTROS 11, ORIOLES 7
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros hit six home runs and won for the seventh time in eight games, beating Baltimore.
Jason Castro, Carlos Pena and J.D. Martinez each had two-run homers, and Jose Altuve, Matt Dominguez and Marwin Gonzalez added solo shots as the Astros came one home run shy of a single-game franchise record for home runs.
The Astros tagged Freddy Garcia (2-3) for four homers and reached reliever Steve Johnson for two in the fourth inning.
Dallas Keuchel (3-2) got the win.
J.J. Hardy and Matt Wieters homered for the Orioles.
ROYALS 4, TWINS 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jeremy Guthrie lasted six shaky innings and the Kansas City bullpen held off Minnesota Twins the rest of the way, wrapping up a victory that ended the Royals’ franchise-record 11-game home losing streak.
The Twins jumped out to a first-inning lead off Guthrie (6-3), but the right-hander escaped a bases-loaded jam with the help of a nice catch by first baseman Eric Hosmer to prevent any additional damage.
Greg Holland put the first two runners aboard in the ninth before striking out Justin Morneau, Ryan Doumit and Chris Parmelee for his 10th save of the season.
P.J. Walters (2-1) took the loss.
CUBS 8, ANGELS 6
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run double in the 10th inning and the Chicago Cubs overcame a pair of homers by Mark Trumbo to beat the Los Angeles Angels.
Cody Ransom added a three-run homer for the Cubs.
Rookie Robert Coello (3-2) walked Dioner Navarro with one out in the Cubs’ 10th and Darwin Barney singled with two outs. Luis Valbuena walked before Rizzo doubled into the right-field corner, increasing his team-high RBIs total to 39.
Former Angels right-hander Kevin Gregg (2-0) pitched the final 1 1-3 innings for the victory.
YANKEES 6, INDIANS 4
NEW YORK — CC Sabathia retired the first 14 batters and pitched his first complete game of the season, leading the New York Yankees over Cleveland for a three-game sweep.
Travis Hafner and Brett Gardner homered for the Yankees.
Sabathia (6-4) gave up seven hits and struck out nine.
Hafner, who was Sabathia’s teammate in Cleveland when the Indians beat the Yankees in the 2007 AL division series, hit a two-run homer in the first inning off Corey Kluber (3-4).
RANGERS 3, RED SOX 2
BOSTON — Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning after earlier ending a 1-for-18 slump and the Texas Rangers beat Boston.
Neal Cotts (1-0) got the win despite walking three of the four batters he faced. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 19 chances.
Craig Breslow (2-1) took the loss.
The victory gave the Rangers their best record through the first 58 games at 36-22 — their previous best was 35-23 three times in the 1990s. They also broke a four-game road losing streak.
Texas has the best record in the AL, while Boston is second at 36-24 after its three-game winning streak was stopped.
RAYS 3, TIGERS 0
DETROIT — Matt Joyce hit a sacrifice fly to break a scoreless tie in the ninth inning, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays over Detroit.
Evan Longoria added an RBI single later in the ninth off Doug Fister (5-3), who pitched well again for the Tigers but got no offensive support.
Alex Cobb allowed five hits in 7 2-3 scoreless innings for Tampa Bay, and Joel Peralta (1-2) struck out Prince Fielder with two on to end the eighth.
Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 17 chances.
