Cardinals, Cubs, White Sox Lose

By ESPN

Travis Shaw sat out Milwaukee's previous game with a sore hand. He's feeling much better now.

Shaw and Jonathan Villar each hit a tape-measure home run, and the Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 in 10 innings Monday night.

Shaw's three-run shot off Seung Hwan Oh (0-2) traveled an estimated 451 feet and broke a 4-all tie with two outs in the top of the 10th. Villar's two-run drive in the third soared 450 feet to right-center and gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead.

"That was pure reaction right there, too," Shaw said. "Down and in, slider, for me it was just trying to put the ball in play. I reacted and I backspun it."

Shaw was hit in the hand by a pitch Saturday against Atlanta. At first, the pain made it difficult to grip a bat.

"It's still a little sore," Shaw said. "It was probably something I could have played through on Sunday given a different circumstance, but it was still April. It's still a little bit sore, but not enough to keep me out of there."

Jedd Gyorko hit two late homers for the Cardinals and finished with four hits. Aledmys Diaz and Matt Carpenter connected back-to-back in the fifth.

Oliver Drake (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth and Neftali Feliz earned his seventh save.

Milwaukee starter Zach Davies allowed at least one runner in every inning. He gave up two runs and seven hits in five innings, stranding six. The Brewers turned two of their four double plays behind him, and center fielder Keon Broxton made a diving catch in the third.

"It's nice when you turn your back and you see a diving stop," Davies said. "It gives you more confidence."

Domingo Santana led off the fourth with a double and scored his fifth run in two games on Manny Pina's single to make it 3-0.

Eric Thames doubled home Villar in the fifth to make it 4-0. Thames has reached safely in 23 of 24 games this season.

Diaz and Carpenter homered in the fifth to cut the Brewers' lead to 4-2. It was the first set of back-to-back home runs for the Cardinals this season.

Gyorko led off the eighth and 10th with home runs to give him six this season -- all solo shots.

Cardinals starter Michael Wacha gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings.

"Young team, winning games like this is huge for the confidence level for everybody," Shaw said. "That would have been a tough one to lose after being up 4-0."

Phillies 10, Cubs 2

No sooner did his manager talk about the urgency to produce than Tommy Joseph did just that.

Joseph hit an early three-run homer, Aaron Altherr had three RBI and the Philadelphia Phillies routed the Chicago Cubs 10-2 on Monday night.

Prior to the game, Philadelphia skipper Pete Mackanin said he liked to give a struggling player such as Joseph about 100 at-bats to come around.

"I hope that's what got it out of him," Mackanin said. "He heard me. But he knows. They all know. I've said it for years now -- you audition every day you go out there."

Joseph began the night with a .179 batting average and one homer in 72 plate appearances.

"I still have a few to go," he said. "I still have some adjustments to make. Obviously, it felt good for me to do that, but it's more important for this team to get a win."

Michael Saunders and Freddy Galvis also homered in support of starter Vince Velasquez (2-2) to help the Phillies stop a three-game losing streak.

Chicago opened a seven-game homestand with its fourth loss in five games. The team didn't return home from its Sunday night game in Boston until about 5 a.m. on Monday.

"We've been having to come from behind often in the last week to two weeks," manager Joe Maddon said. "It's not easy to continually do, especially when you're getting to bed at 5 in the morning. No excuses."

After rain delayed the start for 85 minutes, Philadelphia jumped on Brett Anderson (2-1) for seven runs and seven hits in 1 1/3 innings. The start was his shortest since August last year with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Cesar Hernandez singled to open the game before Altherr doubled him home. Maikel Franco walked and, one out later, Joseph lined a hanging slider into the left-field bleachers for a 4-0 lead.

Altherr added a two-run double and Odubel Herrera had an RBI single in the second.

Saunders hit a solo homer and Galvis socked a two-run shot off reliever Justin Grimm in the seventh.

Velasquez took a one-hit shutout into the fifth before Javier Baez led off with a home run. The right-hander allowed one run, two hits and three walks in five innings.

"I should have done a better job executing and putting guys away," said Velasquez, who threw 98 pitches in damp and chilly conditions. "Who knows? I might have went six or seven."

Edubray Ramos, Joely Rodriguez and Pat Neshek combined for four innings of one-run relief.

Royals 6, White Sox 1

The Kansas City Royals are 1-0 in May after ending April with nine consecutive defeats.

Eric Hosmer and Jorge Bonifacio hit two-run homers, and the Royals snapped their losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

"You definitely want to end it," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "You don't want to take it any further. It's nice to get it over with. You can kind of catch your breath and see if we can't start a streak the other way."

Bonifacio homered with two outs in the fourth after Alex Gordon doubled. It was his second home run in eight games since being promoted April 21 from Triple-A Omaha.

Hosmer's two-out homer in the seventh inning with Christian Colon aboard finished the night for White Sox rookie starter Dylan Covey (0-2).

"It's been a while since we've done that," Hosmer said of shaking hands after a victory. "It felt great. April is behind us. It was a bad month, an awful month honestly. Hopefully we can get hot in the month of May when we're playing a lot of division games."

Salvador Perez's single in the fifth struck the third base bag and scored Alcides Escobar and Mike Moustakas with two outs.

Left-hander Jason Vargas (4-1) allowed one run on five hits and three walks over six innings to pick up the win. Vargas has a 1.42 ERA in five starts.

Peter Moylan, Joakim Soria and Scott Alexander worked three hitless innings, striking out five, after Vargas was removed after 96 pitches.

Covey was charged with six runs on nine hits in 6 2/3 innings, his longest major league outing.

"I feel like I'm getting better every day," Covey said. "Obviously, it's frustrating that results aren't there. But, I feel like I got better from my last start to today. I threw some quality pitches, threw some pitches to get out of jams. Just, obviously a couple of home runs hurt me."

Jacob May's ground-ball single in the fourth scored Todd Frazier with the lone White Sox run. May was hitting .030, 1 for 33, at the time.

White Sox reliever Michael Ynoa walked Bonifacio and Brandon Moss and hit Escobar to load the bases with one out in the eighth before Colon grounded into a double play.

Monday, May 1 Scoreboard

Baltimore 5, Boston 2

Toronto 7, New York Yankees 1

Detroit 7, Cleveland 1

Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3 (F/10)

Tampa Bay 4, Miami 2

New York Mets 7, Atlanta 5

Philadelphia 10, Chicago Cubs 2

Houston 6, Texas 2

Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 1

Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 5 (F/10)

San Francisco 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Tuesday, May 2 Schedule (All Times Central)

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

Arizona at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

New York Mets at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

Oakland at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

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

Los Angeles Angels at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

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

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