Braun Powers Brewers To Victory Over Mets Like many players who reach milestones, Ryan Braun tried to frame his accomplishments in the context of a victory. The Milwaukee Brewers needed to beat the Mets on Sunday afternoon to maintain their place in the clacking multicar train of the National League wild-card race, and Braun helped that along with two of host Milwaukee's three solo home runs off Chris Young in the 3-0 victory. Braun's second homer was his 40th of the season, a career high and tops in the N.L. Winning Sunday was especially important because Milwaukee embarks on a critical 10-game trip to Pittsburgh, Washington and Cincinnati - first another wild-card contender in the Pirates, then two division leaders. "This road trip is going to be a tough road trip," Brewers Manager Ron Roenicke said. We know it. We've got to get enough wins in there that if don't play exactly the way we want to in all the games, we're still O.K. CARDINALS 5, DODGERS 2 Jon Jay hit a go-ahead run-scoring double during a three-run 12th inning, and visiting St. Louis regained undisputed possession of the second National League wild card spot. ASTROS 7, PHILLIES 6 Justin Maxwell hit a two-run double, and Matt Dominguez added a two-run single in Houston's four-run seventh inning at home. Philadelphia lost three of four against Houston to fall four games behind St. Louis in the National League wild card race. CUBS 13, PIRATES 9 Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and had six runs batted in to lift host Chicago. Rizzo hit a two-run shot in a four-run fifth inning, then capped a five-run sixth with his first career grand slam to seize the lead. (AP) REDS 5, MARLINS 4 Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning to lift Cincinnati at Miami. Ludwick, Dioner Navarro and Didi Gregorius each had three hits for the Reds, who tied a season high with 17 hits. Jonathan Broxton came on to pitch the bottom of the 11th for his second save with Cincinnati. PADRES 12, ROCKIES 11 The rookie Yonder Alonso singled in the winning run in the ninth to cap a wild offensive affair, leading San Diego at home. Colorado had scored six times in the eighth to tie the game on the rookie Josh Rutledge's grand slam. DIAMONDBACKS 10, GIANTS 2 The rookie Patrick Corbin pitched a career-long eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single, leading host Arizona's rout. The runs batted in and the extra-base hit were firsts for Corbin, who entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28). ORIOLES 9, ATHLETICS 5 Matt Wieters hit two solo home runs, and Endy Chavez had four hits to help Baltimore beat Oakland and remain within a game of the Yankees in the American League East. WHITE SOX 9, TWINS 2 Jake Peavy baffled Minnesota again, and Dayan Viciedo and Adam Dunn homered for visiting Chicago. The White Sox scored six runs in the sixth inning to support Peavy (11-11) and extend their lead over Detroit in the American League Central. The Tigers travel to Chicago for a makeup game Monday. It will be the last time the two teams meet this season. INDIANS 7, TIGERS 6 Lonnie Chisenhall singled in the winning run with one out in the ninth inning for Detroit at Cleveland. Tigers Manager Jim Leyland was ejected, and catcher Alex Avila was hurt in a collision with Prince Fielder as the Tigers fell two games behind the White Sox in the A.L. Central. ANGELS 4, ROYALS 3 Mark Trumbo hit a three-run homer and Dan Haren pitched effectively into the sixth inning for Los Angeles at Kansas City. Trumbo, who had hit just .177 with 62 strikeouts in his previous 37 games to drop his average to .268 from .306, homered off Will Smith (5-8) in the second inning. Haren (11-11) improved to 3-1 in his past four starts, holding the Royals to three runs, two earned, and five hits, while walking one and striking out five. RANGERS 2, MARINERS 1 Matt Harrison pitched into the ninth inning for his 17th victory, and host Texas beat Seattle in a game delayed 2 hours 12 minutes by rain. Adrian Beltre hit his 33rd home run for Texas. Harrison (17-9) was one out from his fourth complete game of the season but came out after Jesus Montero's two-out single in the ninth put runners at first and third. Koji Uehara struck out Michael Saunders for his first save for Texas. BLUE JAYS 5, RED SOX 0 Adeiny Hechavarria hit a two-run homer, and Omar Vizquel had two hits as host Toronto avoided a three-game sweep. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the seventh, when Yan Gomes grounded a two-out single up the middle against Jon Lester (9-12), just the second hit for the Blue Jays. Rajai Davis came on as a pinch runner and stole second, then scored on Vizquel's single. ROYALS ADD PITCHER Kansas City purchased the contract of the top pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi from Class AAA Omaha and will start him this week against the Cleveland Indians. Odorizzi, a 2008 first-round pick by Milwaukee who was acquired in the 2010 trade for Zack Greinke, was a combined 15-5 with a 3.03 earned run average, striking out 135 and walking 50 in 1451/3 innings with Omaha and Class AA Northwest Arkansas.