National League

Cardinals 12, Brewers 2

In less than three weeks, the surging St. Louis Cardinals have climbed to the top of the division -- and then some.

Marcell Ozuna's bases-loaded double keyed a six-run second inning and St. Louis pounded out a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.

The Cardinals, who have won five straight, jumped on starter Gio Gonzalez (2-2) for eight runs in the first two innings en route to their 14th victory in 17 games.

Yadier Molina and Paul DeJong each homered and drove in three runs for St. Louis, which moved to a season-high 14 games above .500. The Cardinals extended their lead in the N.L. Central to three games over idle Chicago. The third-place Brewers dropped 5½ back.

"I think everything is just kind of coming to fruition. I don't think we're doing anything different," DeJong said. "We might just have a little bit better focus when the game starts, knowing our plan, going out and executing without panic and without worry."

Before their recent success, the Cardinals were in third place, four games out of first on Aug. 8.

Despite being staked to a 9-1 lead, starter Adam Wainwright lasted just 3 2-3 innings, throwing 90 pitches. He allowed two runs on six hits with three walks.

"The toughest part about today was I had a seven-run lead at that point and my manager looked out there and thought 'we better make a change,'" Wainwright said. "That's on me. But that hurts. It hurts my soul, it really does. But it's going to make me work harder between starts and keep competing.

John Gant (9-0) relieved Wainwright and struck out three in 2 1/3 hitless innings for the victory.

Molina's bases-loaded single with two outs in the first put the Cardinals up 2-0.

Molina's fifth homer, a solo shot in the fourth, made it 9-1. DeJong added a two-run homer, his 24th, in the sixth and a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

"It was a bad game from the start," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "Nothing went right. You've got to turn the page. We've got to forget about it. We played a poor game tonight. Come back tomorrow and try to change the score."

The Cardinals manufactured a run to open the decisive second when Harrison Bader reached on an infield single, advanced on a sacrifice and took third on an errant pickoff throw by Gonzalez.

Dexter Fowler singled in Bader to make it 3-0. Tommy Edman singled and Paul Goldschmidt walked. Ozuna cleared the bases with a double down the right-field line.

"It was definitely one of those games where it was on me," said Gonzalez, who managed to get through five innings, allowing just one run after the rough start. "The whole game. I did nothing to help us out. Put us behind extremely early. It just wasn't my night."

Despite having a 10-run lead, Shildt opted to bring in closer Carlos Martinez with two outs in the ninth to face Yasmani Grandal. Martinez replaced Andrew Miller, who faced three hitters. "Made sense to get Andrew in there for the ninth," Shildt said. "The plan was to get him in there for an out then get Carlos on the mound, but he got a double play ball. Regardless of the score, they were going to pitch tonight. We wanted to make sure we limited their workload as well and it worked out."

Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas left the game in the third inning with pain in his left palm and wrist after being struck by hard-hit bouncer by Harrison Bader the previous inning.

Phillies 6, Pirates 5 (11 innings)

Sean Rodriguez lined a home run leading off the bottom of the 11th inning to give Philadelphia a victory over Pittsburgh.

Josh Bell hit a solo homer off Philadelphia closer Hector Neris to tie it at 5 in the ninth after Corey Dickerson hit a two-run shot against his former team in the eighth to give the Phillies a one-run lead.

But after stranding five runners in the ninth and 10th, the Phillies won it when Rodriguez went deep against Michael Feliz (2-4) for his fourth career walk-off homer. Rodriguez was in a 1-for-21 slump before he connected.

Philadelphia moved within a game of the idle Cubs for the second NL wild card.

Bryce Harper homered with two outs in the eighth in his first game back from paternity leave to cut it to 4-3. After J.T. Realmuto's infield single, Dickerson ripped one out to put the Phillies ahead 5-4.

Dickerson, acquired from the Pirates before the July 31 trade deadline, has 21 RBIs in 19 games for the Phillies.

Brad Miller also had a two-run shot for Philadelphia. Mike Morin (1-0) tossed two scoreless innings for the win.

Rockies 3, Braves 1

Ryan McMahon hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift Colorado over Atlanta.

McMahon hit a 1-1 fastball from Jerry Blevins just over the scoreboard in right field for the second game-ending homer of his career. Nolan Arenado started the inning with a walk against Anthony Swarzak (1-2).

Jairo Diaz (5-3) blew the save in the ninth but got the win.

It was a makeup from an April 10 game postponed due to inclement weather, forcing Atlanta to crisscross the country.

Padres 4, Dodgers 3

Greg Garcia scored the tying run on a throwing error by center fielder A.J. Pollock, and Manny Machado drove in the go-ahead run on a groundout during a three-run rally in the sixth inning that carried San Diego past Los Angeles.

Dodgers rookie Dustin May (1-3) took a 3-1 lead into the sixth before the Padres rallied to hand the NL West leaders their third loss in four games.

Eric Lauer (7-8) improved to 5-0 against the Dodgers in seven career starts. He allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, striking out eight.

All-Star closer Kirby Yates pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 38th save in 41 chances.

Justin Turner and Kiké Hernández homered for the Dodgers. Turner also had an RBI double.

Reds 6, Marlins 3

Sonny Gray pitched into the seventh inning, Freddy Galvis drove in four runs and Cincinnati stopped a three-game slide.

Gray (10-6) walked five, but limited Miami to two runs and two hits. The right-hander improved to 4-0 in August, allowing three runs in five starts.

Galvis had three hits and Eugenio Suárez hit his 36th homer for the Reds.

Neil Walker and Jorge Alfaro homered for the Marlins. Pablo Lopez (5-6) allowed four runs in five innings.

Diamondbacks 6, Giants 4

Arizona outfielder Jarrod Dyson made a pair of stellar defensive plays in the sixth inning after Eduardo Escobar scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, and the Diamondbacks held on to beat San Francisco.

Adam Jones delivered his third pinch-hit homer this season. Wilmer Flores added three hits and an RBI to help the Diamondbacks to their sixth win in eight games against the Giants.

Alex Young (6-3) allowed two runs, one earned, in 5 1/3 innings and beat the Giants for the second time this year. Archie Bradley earned his eighth save.

Dyson's defense stood out on a night when two teams chasing an NL wild card combined for four errors.

Tyler Beede (3-8) took the loss.

American League

Athletics 19, Royals 4

Marcus Semien homered, tripled and drove in a career-high seven runs as Oakland set season highs for runs and hits in a rout of Kansas City.

Jurickson Profar, Matt Chapman and Khris Davis also went deep for the Athletics, who are locked in a tight race with Cleveland and Tampa Bay for the two American League wild cards. Josh Phegley drove in three runs and scored three times. Four players had three hits and every starter got at least one as Oakland finished with 22.

Seth Brown singled in the first two at-bats of his big league career, scored twice and drove in a run.

Homer Bailey (12-8) threw six innings, allowing three runs and eight hits, to beat his former team.

Oakland scored five runs in both the second and third, backed by Semien's big hits.

Royals starter Brad Keller (7-14) lasted just 1 1/3 innings, exiting after Semien's bases-loaded triple put Oakland up 5-0.