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First Posted: 9/10/2014 PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Andrew McCutchen hit the first inside-the-park home run of his career and the Pittsburgh Pirates protected their lead in the NL wild-card race by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Wednesday night.
The Pirates began the day with a 1 1-2-game lead over Atlanta and Milwaukee for the second wild-card spot. Pittsburgh has won six of seven.
Pittsburgh trailed 3-2 in the fifth inning when McCutchen hit a ball off the wall in straightaway center field. The ball ricocheted toward the alley in right-center, and away from center fielder Ben Revere.
McCutchen took off, and the reigning NL MVP scored standing up to tie it. Russell Martin hit a solo homer into the center-field seats later in the inning.
Vance Worley (7-4), traded by the Phillies after the 2012 season, won in his return to Philadelphia. The Pirates&#8217; bullpen pitched four hitless innings, and Mark Melancon got his 28th save.
Reds 4, Cardinals 2
CINCINNATI &#8212; Alfredo Simon shook off a rough start but lasted seven innings and drove in the go-ahead run with the second of his two doubles as Cincinnati rallied for a win over St. Louis.
Ryan Ludwick hit a solo home run to help the Reds win back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 27-28 against the Chicago Cubs. The Central Division-leading Cardinals hadn&#8217;t sustained consecutive defeats since a four-game losing streak from Aug. 26-30.
Simon (14-10) allowed five hits and two runs with three walks and five strikeouts for his second win in eight decisions over 11 starts since the All-Star break.
Terry Lyons (0-4) took the loss after Cardinals starter John Lackey was ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes.
Braves 6, Nationals 2
WASHINGTON &#8212; Aaron Harang outdueled Stephen Strasburg, Justin Upton drove in three runs and Atlanta avoided a series sweep with a win in Washington.
The Braves snapped a three-game losing streak as Harang (11-10) held the NL East leaders to one unearned run over seven innings. Upton&#8217;s RBI single in the sixth broke a 1-all tie, and he added a two-run double off reliever Ryan Mattheus during a three-run seventh.
Strasburg (11-11) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings. Bryce Harper homered for Washington, which had won three straight.
B.J. Upton homered for the wild card-contending Braves. Washington leads Atlanta by eight games in the division.
Mets 2, Rockies 0
NEW YORK &#8212; Rafael Montero earned his first major league win, Eric Young Jr. went 3 for 3 with an RBI triple and suddenly surging New York beat Colorado for a fourth consecutive victory.
Montero (1-3) returned from the minors and allowed three hits over 5 1-3 innings in his seventh big league start. Juan Lagares had a sacrifice fly for the Mets, who have won seven of eight. They finished a three-game sweep of last-place Colorado, winning the final two by identical scores behind Montero and fellow rookie Jacob deGrom.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Orioles 10, Red Sox 6
BOSTON &#8212; Wei-Yin Chen pitched perfect ball into the sixth inning, Adam Jones helped provide an early cushion and Baltimore beat Boston for a three-game sweep.
The Orioles took an 8-0 lead in the fifth and maintained their double-digit lead atop the AL East. Caleb Joseph homered and drove in three runs and Ryan Flaherty got a career-high four hits as Baltimore won for the 11th time in 14 games.
Chen (15-4) retired the first 16 batters before Dan Butler doubled off the Green Monster for his first major league hit. Chen gave up one run and three hits in seven innings, striking out four without a walk.
INTERLEAGUE
Blue Jays 11, Cubs 1
TORONTO &#8212; Drew Hutchison matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings, Dioner Navarro had two hits and two RBIs, and Toronto completed a three-game sweep over Chicago.
Hutchison (10-11) allowed one run and four hits in his second career 10-strikeout game &#8212; both this season. He also did it against Milwaukee on July 1.
Jorge Soler&#8217;s seventh-inning homer provided the only run for the Cubs, who matched a season-worst with their sixth straight loss. At 64-82, they are ensured of a fifth straight losing season. It is the first time they have had five consecutive seasons below .500 since six straight from 1978-83.

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