Wood steps up big for Cubs

LOS ANGELES — Travis Wood rode to the rescue with four innings of hitless relief while Jason Heyward delivered a go-ahead RBI single as the Chicago Cubs ran their winning streak to six games with Monday’s 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wood got an emergency call in the third inning after starter Jason Hammel experienced cramping in his right hamstring as he warmed up. Mets 1, White Sox 0: Matt Harvey threw seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in his best start of the season and Neil Walker’s leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the New York Mets to a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Memorial Day. Harvey began the afternoon with the second-highest ERA in the National League at 6.08, but he looked like the Harvey of 2013 Monday. The right-hander, who allowed one hit over nine innings in his only other start against the White Sox on May 7, 2013, retired the first 13 batters he faced before J.B. Shuck’s clean single to right. Red Sox 7, Orioles 2: Xander Bogaerts had two doubles and two RBIs, Blake Swihart had three hits and Steven Wright allowed two runs in a complete-game effort as Boston beat Baltimore before a crowd of 43,926. Jackie Bradley broke a tie with a solo homer to center in the sixth off starter Tyler Wilson to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. David Ortiz hit a solo homer to lead off the eighth against rookie lefty Ashur Tolliver as Boston built the margin to 4-2. It was the 14th homer of the year for Ortiz. Braves 5, Giants 3: Mike Foltynewicz out-pitched Jeff Samardzija and last-place Atlanta beat San Francisco 5-3. Foltnewicz allowed just three hits and Mallex Smith hit a bases-loaded triple off Samardzija in the second inning on a humid afternoon when the temperature hit 90 degrees. It was just the third loss in 18 games for the Giants, who lead the National League West with a 32-21 record. The Braves are just 5-21 at home and 14-36 overall — the worst record in the majors. Astros 8, Diamondbacks 3: Houston catcher Jason Castro had two hits and three RBIs and right-hander Collin McHugh threw his first career complete game in the Astros’ 8-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Castro singled in a run in a four-run second inning and doubled in two runs in the third inning as the Astros scored all their runs and had 11 of their 13 hits in the first four innings to ruin Arizona left-hander Edwin Escobar’s first major league start. Cardinals 6, Brewers 0: Matt Holliday had three hits including his ninth home run of the season and Carlos Martinez struck out eight over eight shutout innings as St. Louis beat Milwaukee 6-0. Holliday also scored twice and drove in three runs, part of a Cardinals’ 12-hit attack that took advantage of a number of defensive miscues by the Brewers, who were charged with two wild pitches, a passed ball and an error. Elsewhere it was: Athletics 3, Twins 2; Mariners 9, Padres 3; Reds 11, Rockies 8; Royals 6, Rays 2; Angels 5, Tigers 1; Rangers 9, Indians 2; Pirates 10, Marlins 0; Blue Jays 4, Yankees 2; Nationals 4, Phillies 3.