Miami: Right-handed pitcher Carlos Martinez shook off a slow start and a fastball that hit him in the right shoulder to pitch seven innings and help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Tuesday.
Martinez (8-3) trailed 3-0 after 1/1-3 innings before settling down. He retired the final seven batters he faced, including three after taking a 94mp/h fastball in the shoulder while trying to bunt in the seventh.
Martinez struck out nine and allowed eight hits. He gave up a two-run homer in the first inning to major league home run and RBI leader Giancarlo Stanton, a shot estimated at 484 feet.
That matched Stanton’s previous longest this year, and he now has 26 homers, including the longest two in the majors in 2015.
Justin Heyward hit his eighth homer for the Cardinals.
San Diego’s Alexi Amarista singled in the go-ahead run as the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 in 11 innings.
Brandon Maurer (5-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the victory while Craig Kimbrel earned his 18th save.
Derek Norris doubled against Hunter Strickland (0-1) with one out in the 11th and went to third on Justin Upton’s single. Amarista’s grounder tipped off Strickland’s glove and out of the reach of second baseman Joe Panik, allowing Norris to cross the plate.
In Chicago, Chris Denorfia hit a game-ending sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 fir their fourth consecutive victory.
The Cubs loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th on two singles and a walk. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly then replaced Joel Peralta (1-1) with Kenley Jansen and brought the infield in.
Rookie slugger Maikel Franco homered again for the Phillies and had five RBIs for the second straight night at Yankee Stadium, breaking a ninth-inning deadlock with a two-run double that sent Philadelphia to a 11-6 victory over New York.
—AP
