Cards hand Pirates 8th loss

NEW YORK — The St. Louis Cardinals lost an early five-run lead but rallied with three two-out homers in the ninth Tuesday at PNC Park for a 9-7 win over the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates, who lost their eighth straight. Brewers 12, Cubs 5: Wily Peralta worked into the eighth inning and Milwaukee collected 15 hits — including home runs from Jonathan Villar and Ryan Braun — in a drubbing of National League Central-leading Chicago at Miller Park. Peralta allowed four runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six to earn his second victory since being brought back from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Aug. 9. Nationals 9, Braves 7: Pinch-runner Michael A. Taylor scored the go-ahead run on an error in the last of the eighth and Washington broke a tie with three runs that inning to beat Atlanta. The first-place Nationals remained 8-1/2 games ahead of the New York Mets in the National League East. The Braves lost for just the second time in eight games one day after being eliminated from postseason play. Atlanta is 2-13 against Washington this year. Orioles 11, Rays 2: Manny Machado hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, leading Baltimore over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. The Orioles have won four of their last five and moved within one game of first-place Toronto, which lost 7-6 to the New York Yankees Tuesday, in the American League East. Mets 5, Reds 3: Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead two-run homer in seventh, one of four home runs hit by New York in a victory over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. Jose Reyes, Curtis Granderson, and Alejandro De Aza also went deep for New York. Astros 4, Indians 3: Marwin Gonzalez’s three-run home run off Corey Kluber in the second inning was the difference as Houston beat Cleveland at Progressive Field. Kluber suffered his first loss since July 3. In 10 starts between losses he was 7-0 with a 1.94 ERA. Houston did all of its scoring in the second and third innings, but Kluber was otherwise very effective. He retired the last 10 men he faced. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6: Didi Gregorius hit the game-tying triple and scored the go-ahead run on Starlin Castro’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as New York held on for a victory over Toronto. Gregorius, who had been in a 1-for-22 slump before his triple, helped give the Yankees their ninth win in 13 games. New York remained 3-1/2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the second wild card spot. Phillies 4, Marlins 3: Adam Morgan snapped a nine-game losing streak and Odubel Herrera scored three runs to lead Philadelphia over Miami at Marlins Park. Ichiro Suzuki pulled a two-run homer to right in the eighth inning to cut the Phillies’ lead to 4-3. It was the first pinch-hit homer of a Suzuki career that includes more than 3,000 hits. White Sox 2, Tigers 0: Jose Abreu homered for the fifth time in seven games and Miguel Gonzalez pitched into the seventh inning in his first start since coming off the disabled list as Chicago beat Detroit. Chicago won just three of its last nine, but Detroit fell to 12-6 against the White Sox this season. Elsewhere it was: Royals 10, Twins 3; Giants 3, Rockies 2; A’s 3, Angels 2; Rangers 10, Mariners 7; Red Sox 5, Padres 1; Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 2. — Agencies