National League

Giants 13, Cubs 0

Juan Uribe hit a grand slam and a two-run homer, both shots coming during a nine-run second inning that sent the San Francisco Giants past the Chicago Cubs 13-0 Thursday night.

Giants pitchers have gone 17 straight games giving up three or fewer runs, the longest streak since the Chicago White Sox set the record with 20 in a row in 1917, the Elias Sports Bureau said.

San Francisco began the day one-half game behind San Diego in the NL West. The Padres played later at Los Angeles. The Giants have the same record as idle Atlanta, which leads the wild-card race.

Madison Bumgarner (6-6) scattered seven hits over seven innings and struck out nine.

Uribe had only two hits in his previous 21 at-bats before his quick six RBIs as the Giants teed off on Ryan Dempster (14-11) and reliever Thomas Diamond.

Cardinals 9, Pirates 2

Albert Pujols hit his 40th and 41st home runs and Matt Holliday reached the 100-RBI mark, leading slumping St. Louis over Pittsburgh.

The Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the 13th time in 38 games since Aug. 14, the last day they were in first place in the NL Central.

St. Louis' chances of defending its division title remain slim. The Cardinals trail idle Cincinnati by 7.5 games with only 10 games left.

Pittsburgh had its season-high five-game winning streak come to an end. The Pirates are one defeat short of their first 100-loss season since 2001.

Jeff Suppan (2-7) won for just the second time in 13 starts this season. Brian Burres (3-4) was tagged for four runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Nationals 7, Astros 2

Michael Morse homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Roger Bernadina and Danny Espinosa hit two-run homers and Ross Detwiler earned his first win in nearly a year as Washington beat Houston.

It was the third consecutive win for Washington, and the first time they'd won three straight at home since July 29-31.

Houston has lost three in a row for the first time since early August.

Brewers 8, Marlins 3

Corey Hart hit one of three Milwaukee homers, helping Yovani Gallardo and the Brewers beat the Florida Marlins.

Hart reached 30 homers for the first time in his career with his first-inning drive. Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder hit consecutive shots in the seventh on the first three pitches of Sandy Rosario's major league debut.

American League

Blue Jays 1, Mariners 0

Jose Bautista drove in the only run with his major league-leading 50th homer to lift Toronto over Seattle.

Ichiro Suzuki also became the first player with 10 straight 200-hit seasons, breaking his own record with a fifth-inning single for the Mariners.

Shawn Hill (1-2) pitched five shutout innings to win for the first time since April 10, 2009, with San Diego. Kevin Gregg closed it out for his 35th save in 40 chances.

Bautista became the 26th player in major league history to reach the 50-homer mark with a first-inning shot off Felix Hernandez (12-12), who took yet another tough-luck loss.

Royals 4, Indians 2

Sean O'Sullivan earned his first win as a starter for Kansas City and Joakim Soria converted his 33rd straight save in a victory over Cleveland.