NL Recaps – Cole Hamels tosses five hit shutout at Braves

Cole Hamels Phillies NewsAtlanta 0 – Philadelphia 3Cole Hamels pitched a five-hit shutout while striking out six , He did not walk a batter. Ryan Howard hit his 5th home run of the season, Domonic Brown added a run scoring double. Chipper Jones had one of the five Braves hits

Arizona 10 – Pittsburgh 4Chris Johnson was 2 for 5 and drove in five runs, and scored two for the Diamondbacks. Stephen Drew had three hits including his second home run of the year. Paul Goldschmidt added three hits with a run scored and an RBI Starling Marte this hit his third home run of the season in the loss.  Jason Grilli gave up four runs in the eighth inning without retiring a batter

Miami 4 – New York 2 –   Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Lee had one RBI each, and John Buck added 2 and the Marlins downed the Mets 4-2. Carlos Zambrano got the win form the bullpen. Daniel Murphy was 2 for 5 and hit his 4th home run of the year. Jonathan Niese fanned four and walked one in the game for the Mets.

Washington – HoustonDanny Espinosa homered for Washington and Ben Francisco homered for the Astros

Cincinnati 1 – Milwaukee 3 – Aramis Ramirez hit a two-run home run. Johnny Cueto allowed three runs on six hits and no walks over seven innings, he struck out nine in the loss

San Francisco 4  – St. Louis 2  – Buster Posey hit his 18th home run of the year for the Giants. Allen Craig homered twice for the Cardinals his 16th and 17th of the season. Jeremy Affeldt picked up his third save of the season

Chicago 4- San Diego 7 – Huston Street nailed down his 20th save, tossing a perfect ninth inning. Carlos Quentin homered for the Padres

Colorado 3  – Los Angeles 1 – Josh Rutledge went 4-for-5 with a trio of doubles and three RBI. Rafael Betancourt recorded his 19th save of the season . Aaron Harang gave up three runs on six hits over his six innings of work