Heyward's Double Gives Cardinals Win, Reds Bounce Cubs

Jason Heyward decided to cut loose for a change. The usually reserved St. Louis outfielder celebrated in grand fashion after his two-run, tie-breaking double in the seventh inning keyed a five-run rally that helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Monday night.

Heyward screamed loudly and gave an emphatic double fist-pump upon reaching second base.

"Just feeding off the energy that we're giving each other," he said. "We needed to give ourselves a little boost."

St. Louis won for the eighth time in nine games and moved five games ahead of the idle Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Central.

Washington, which had won six of its previous eight, fell 6 1/2 games behind the New York Mets in the NL East. New York beat Philadelphia 3-1 on Monday.

The Cardinals sent 10 batters to the plate in the seventh and erased a 5-3 deficit with five two-out runs. They followed with one big hit after another as six successive hitters reached base.

Reds 13, Cubs 6

Adam Duvall's first swing with the Cincinnati Reds wasn't one to remember. He made up for it, though, with the rest of his inaugural at-bat.

Duvall and Eugenio Suarez hit two-run homers in a four-run sixth inning and the Reds took advantage of two late Chicago errors for a 13-6 victory over the Cubs on Monday night.

Duvall, who was called up from Triple-A earlier Monday, snapped a 5-5 tie with his pinch-hit homer off Cubs reliever Justin Grimm (2-4), who surrendered all four runs in one-third of an inning.

Grimm started the inning by walking Ivan DeJesus Jr. and then gave up the home run to Suarez that tied it.

The Reds, who entered Monday having lost five of their last six, used the rally to erase a two-run deficit. Duvall, who came to the Reds from San Francisco in a deadline deal in July, had 30 minor league homers this season.

Monday, August 31 Scoreboard

Boston 4, New York Yankees 3

Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3

Cleveland 4, Toronto 2

Miami 4, Atlanta 0

New York Mets 3, Philadelphia 1

Cincinnati 13, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston 8, Seattle 3

St. Louis 8, Washington 5

Colorado 5, Arizona 4

Oakland 11, Los Angeles Angels 5

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco 4 (F/14)

San Diego 7, Texas 0

Tuesday, September 1 Schedule (All Times Central)

Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 6:07 p.m

New York at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at New York, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

Los Angeles at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Los Angeles, 9:10 p.m.

Texas at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.