Mike Cameron singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth as the Brewers rallied to beat the Reds 4-3, avoiding a sweep. Cameron also drew a leadoff walk in the seventh and scored on an error.
Miguel Tejada’s grand slam broke open a close game in the sixth and helped the Astros beat the Pirates 7-4 to move into a tie with the Phillies four games behind Milwaukee in the NL wild-card race.
One day after beating the Diamondbacks on a walk-off hit, Eugenio Velez did it again, this time with a two-out, two-run triple off Arizona’s Brandon Lyon to lift the Giants to a 4-3 win …
THREE DOWN
… As the plummeting Diamondbacks suffered their sixth straight loss, and 10th consecutive on the road, to fall 3 1/2 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, which they once seemed a lock to win.
Catcher Chris Coste and pitcher J.C. Romero seemed irritated with each other — and Jimmy Rollins with Shane Victorino — in Florida’s 3-run ninth as the Phillies lost 7-3. Next: the Brewers.
Mike Timlin gave up a three-run homer to Carlos Pena in the 14th as the Rays won 4-2 to drop Boston 2 1/2 back in the AL East. Jason Hammel escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the 14th.
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EDITED BY LIZ WATSON AND THOMAS L. OUTLAW
