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Nationals top Cubs 5-4 in 12 innings

Jayson Werth singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. He hit a liner off the wall in center field to score Michael Taylor, who hit an RBI single earlier in the inning. Addison Russell gave the Cubs the lead with a run-scoring single off Yusmeiro Petit in the top of the inning.

The wild finish came long after starters Stephen Strasburg (Washington) and Jason Hammel (Chicago) dueled, both allowing one run in seven innings of work.

“The two best teams in baseball going at it, exchanging punches,” Hammel said. “It was exciting. We had our chances to do it and they answered back. … An October preview, maybe.”

Dodgers 3, D’backs 2 • Clayton Kershaw won his 10th game and native St. Louisan Scott Van Slyke hit his first home run of the season to boost visiting Los Angeles. Kershaw went 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out 11 and, for only the seventh time this season, walked a batter. Kershaw controlled his pitches, as usual, but sometimes not his emotions. He did some yelling from the mound, apparently not pleased with the calls of plate umpire Sam Holbrook.

Giants 10, Brewers 1 • Johnny Cueto struck out nine over seven innings for his 10th win and Buster Posey had two hits and drove in two runs to help San Francisco win on the road.

Mets 11, Pirates 2 • Noah Syndergaard fanned 11 in 8 1/3 innings of work and Wilmer Flores homered and drove in four runs for host New York. Mets second baseman Neil Walker ( back) missed his third straight game.

Padres 6, Marlins 3 • Melvin Upton Jr. homered and had two RBIs to boost host San Diego, which won on a day Miami’s Ichiro Suzuki reached a hits milestone.

Braves 9, Reds 8 • Chase d’Arnaud singled in Jace Peterson to cap a three-run bottom of the 13th to win it for Atlanta after Cincinnati scored twice in the top of the inning.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Royals 9, Indians 4 • Salvador Perez homered for the second straight night, a three-run shot during the go-ahead fifth inning, to lift host Kansas City as it finished a three-game series sweep.

White Sox 5, Tigers 3 • Chris Sale allowed three runs in seven innings to become the first 11-game winner in the majors and Tim Anderson had three hits and scored three runs to help Chicago win at home.

Rays 3, Mariners 2 • Mike Montgomery walked Logan Morrison with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 13th to give Tampa Bay a victory.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4 • Hanley Ramirez hit his first homer in more than a month to help host Boston win.

Rangers 7, A’s 5 • Robinson Chirinos and Rougned Odor hit two home runs apiece to lead Texas to a victory on the road.

INTERLEAGUE

Blue Jays 7, Phillies 2 • Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson hit solo homers to help power visiting Toronto. Cody Asche (Fort Zumwalt West High) had a homer and two doubles and drove in both runs for Philadelphia.

Rockies 6, Yankees 3 • Nolan Arenado hit his 20th homer, to tie for the major-league lead, to boost host Colorado.

Associated Press