NL roundup: Phillies' potent offense bails out Moyer again
PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Moyer must be living right.
Moyer (8-6) allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's offense bailed him out again. Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 9-6 on Thursday night.
Werth went deep in the sixth for his seventh homer in 12 games. The Phillies became the second team in major league history to have four players hit 20 homers before the All-Star break. Raul Ibanez leads the team with 22, Ryan Howard has 21 and Utley and Werth each have 20. The Blue Jays did it in 2000.
DODGERS 11, METS 2: At New York, Manny Ramirez hit two RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez, and Los Angeles' Randy Wolf earned his first win in eight outings. Orlando Hudson hit a three-run double that capped a four-run first inning. Rafael Furcal had three hits for the Dodgers, who boosted baseball's best record to 54-31.
NATIONALS 11, ASTROS 10 (11 INNINGS, COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME); ASTROS 9, NATIONALS 4: At Houston, an error by Houston second baseman Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning made former Nationals reliever Joel Hanrahan a winner in the completion of a suspended game. Hanrahan was traded by the Nationals on June 30 to Pittsburgh as part of a deal for Nyjer Morgan, who scored the winning run Thursday.
In the regularly scheduled game, Lance Berkman's three-run homer was one of Houston's 16 hits. Hunter Pence and Jeff Keppinger drove in two runs each for the Astros. Alberto Arias (2-0) pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for the win.
CARDINALS 5, BREWERS 1: At Milwaukee, Joel Pineiro scattered three hits in his third complete game this year and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer in St. Louis' five-run eighth inning. Pineiro (7-9) benefited from three double plays and faced just one batter over the minimum.
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