Jorge De La Rosa tossed six scoreless innings and Carlos Gonzalez‘s two-run homer was all the offense the Rockies needed in a 2-0 win over the Yankees. Hiroki Kuroda took his second loss of the season, pitching well allowing two runs over seven innings and striking out three. Rafael Betancourt earned his ninth save of the season for Colorado
Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 4 Shin-Soo Choo hit two home runs, including the walk-off shot, to lift the Reds to a 5-4 win over the Braves. Mesoraco homered on a full-count pitch from Craig Kimbrel with two outs in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, and Choo followed with his second homer of the game,
Games in the American League Stadiums
Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 4 The Toronto Blue Jays victimized the suddenly slumping pitching staff of the Tampa Bay Rays to come back and beat Tampa Bay 4-1. Toronto scored five runs in the last three innings with a two run homer by Colby Rasmus, a Jose Bautista RBI double and a RBI double by Melky Cabrera. Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ was responsive after being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Desmond Jennings and carted off the field
Cleveland 1 Oakland 0 Zach McAllister and two relievers combined on a shutout and Cleveland beat the Oakland A’s 1-0.
Minnesota 6 Boston 1 Scott Diamond allowed three hits in seven shutout innings, Ryan Doumit hit his first homer of the season and the Twins beat the Red Sox 6-1. David Ortiz extended his hitting streak to 27 games in the loss.
Houston 7 Los Angeles 6 Chris Carter hit a three-run home run off C.J. Wilson to help the Astros to a 7-6 win over the Angels. Jose Altuve also homered for Houston. Wilson allowed seven runs — two earned — and seven hits and tied a career high with 12 strikeouts.
Games in National League Stadiums
Pittsburgh 4 Seattle 1 Andrew McCutchen had four hits to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. Jason Grilli recorded his 13th save of the season for the Pirates.
New York 1 Chicago 0 Matt Harvey allowed one hit over nine innings and struck out 12 in the New York Mets walked off on the Chicago White Sox with a 1-0 win, when Ike Davis scored on a pinch-hit Mike Baxter single In the 10th inning. Hector Santiago struck out eight in seven shutout innings for the White Sox.
Chicago 2 St. Louis 1 Travis Wood struck out eight batters over 6 2/3 solid innings to lead the Cubs to a 2-1 win over the Cardinals.
Milwaukee 6 Texas 3 The Milwaukee Brewers scored five runs in the first inning and then held on to beat the Texas Rangers 6-3. Mitch Moreland homered for the Rangers, who lost consecutive games for the third time this year. Yuniesky Betancourt‘ hit his eighth home run of the season for Milwaukee.
Arizona 5 Los Angeles 3 Paul Goldschmidt‘s go-ahead two-run homer off Dodgers closer Brandon League lead Arizona to a 5-3.
San Diego 5 Miami 1 the San Diego Padres won for the sixth straight time behind Will Venable and his three RBI night. Eric Stults pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning for San Diego
Philadelphia 6 San Francisco 2 Chase Utley and Ryan Howard each homered and drove in two runs in the Phillies’ 6-2 win over the Giants.