Cubs Beat Pirates, Cards Down Phillies

Bad blood from October carried over into May. Jason Hammel raised his record to 4-0 and Anthony Rizzo hit two doubles as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 on Monday night.

Home plate umpire Laz Diaz warned both benches after Pirates reliever Kyle Lobstein hit Ben Zobrist with a pitch to lead off the seventh. That came after Hammel hit the last batter he faced, Starling Marte, with a pitch to start the bottom of the sixth.

The teams had a benches-clearing incident in last year's NL wild card game when Pirates reliever Tony Watson plunked Jake Arrieta, who went on to a pitch a five-hit shutout. Pittsburgh utility infielder Sean Rodriguez was ejected from that game.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon yelled at Lobstein from the dugout then got into a shouting match with Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli. Maddon and Cervelli became friends in the offseason when Cervelli worked out at a gym owned by Maddon's wife, Jaye, in Tampa, Florida.

"I like him. I really do," Maddon said. "It's always fun to vent. We've all been there. You have to vent on occasion. The worst thing for your health in the long term is to hold that stuff in."

Cervelli said he was standing up for Lobstein.

"He's my one of my guys," Cervelli said. "I've got to protect my guys if someone starts yelling at them."

Cardinals 10, Phillies 3

Adam Wainwright knew his mammoth home run changed the complexion of Monday night's game.

"Right now, it's all about wins for me," Wainwright said. "We've got to win the game when I take the mound until I get back 100 percent ready to rock and roll like I'm going to.

"But that homer woke us up a bit. We had some ducks on the pond there and I came through."

Wainwright pitched six innings and hit a three-run home run -- the first of five for St. Louis -- as the Cardinals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Matt Adams, rookie Aledmys Diaz and Randal Grichuk added solo homers and Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer to help St. Louis overcome a 3-0 deficit and avoid its first five-game slide since losing seven straight from July 26-31, 2013.

Wainwright, who has struggled since missing most of last season with an Achilles tendon injury, has won two straight. Wainwright (2-3) was the last Cardinals pitcher to get a win after yielding four runs over 5 1/3 innings in an 11-4 rout at Arizona on April 27.

In this victory, Wainwright pitched six innings, allowing three runs and five hits. He improved to 6-2 in 11 career starts against the Phillies.

Monday, May 2 Scoreboard

Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 2
    
Texas 2, Toronto 1

San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 6
    
New York Mets 4, Atlanta 1
        
Milwaukee 8, Los Angeles Angels 5
    
Minnesota 6, Houston 2

Washington 2, Kansas City 0
    
St. Louis 10, Philadelphia 3

Seattle 4, Oakland 3
    
San Diego 2, Colorado 1

Tuesday, May 3 Schedule (All Times Central)

Detroit at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m.

New York Yankees at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at New York Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Los Angeles Angels at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

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

Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

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