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  • The Juice: Will Venable makes Jim Edmonds-like catch in extras to save Padres seventh straight win

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    With seagulls circling like buzzards in extra innings at AT&T Park on Monday night, outfielder Will Venable kept the San Diego Padres hopes alive for a seventh straight victory.

    Venable's incredible diving catch on the warning track in center with his back to the infield — reminiscent of Jim Edmonds at his best — robbed Juan Perez of a certain game-ending hit and allowed the Padres more time to take the lead and beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 in 13 innings. The look of disbelief and disappointment on Perez's face, along with exasperation in the body language of Brandon Belt as he ran toward home, said it all. And then Giants manager Bruce Bochy, via MLB.com, said more:

    "It was one of the best catches I've seen to save a game. It's as simple as that. It's a game-saving catch."

    Venable just shook the dirt out of his pants as he came off the field.

    Pitchers bunting: Often, the act is cause for comedy or pain, but pitcher Andrew Cashner laid down a perfect bunt single with runners at the corners to put the Padres ahead in the 13th. The Padres had run out of players, manager Bud Black said, but Cashner is 5 for 18 this season at the plate.

    "That was pretty cool," Cashner said, beaming. "I've never had a game-winning RBI before."

    Even guys with big craniums make mistakes: Bochy said he messed up a double-switch after the Padres had taken the lead. Bochy had intended to bring in Buster Posey to lead off the bottom of the 13th, but mistakenly put him in the seventh hole. The Giants didn't get to him.

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    Braves 2, Mets 1: Dillon Gee was two outs from closing a shutout, but Freddie Freeman said hang on a second:

    Phillies 5, Nationals 4: A good teammate, Domonic Brown saved Jonathan Papelbon's bacon with some two-out action.

    Marlins 3, Diamondbacks 2: Make that "Giancarlo Stanton 3, D-backs 2." He hit two home runs and the Fish finished with three hits, and it was enough.

    Tigers 5, Orioles 1: Max Scherzer is 10-0 and "at the top of his game, pretty much," manager Jim Leyland said. Baltimore's run came on Chris Davis' 24th home run.

    Rangers 8, Athletics 7: Not only is Texas's six-game losing streak over, but the A's got to change into their street clothes without raw sewage bubbling up from the bathroom drains. So everyone wins.

    Reds 4, Pirates 1: Zack Cozart hit one of the four solo homers for the Reds, who are 15 over .500.

    Royals 2, Indians 1: A winning run that scores on a wild pitch are tough to stomach. The pitch was in the dirt, but catcher Carlos Santana let it pass through the five-hole.

    Cardinals 5, Cubs 2: Very patient of Shelby Miller to wait out a rain delay of nearly two hours, though he left the game after five innings because of leg cramps. He forgot to water himself! After collecting two more hits, Yadier Molina leads the league in hitting at .355.

    White Sox 4, Astros 2: The 'Stros were four innings away from pulling off a four-game sweep, but a four-run sixth saved the White Stockings.

    Angels 11, Mariners 3: Halos get 21 hits, Albert Pujols gets four of 'em.

    Blue Jays 2, Rockies 0: Nice effort by Josh Johnson after taking extra time to let a blister heal.

    ''I messed up the double switch. I got distracted. I was out there arguing and I totally brain-cramped on that. Once I said it wrong, I was done. I knew that. That's a first. I probably should have stepped back and thought a little bit. ... Once I called it wrong I can't take it back. Got distracted, you're upset a little bit, that shouldn't happen but it did.''

    — Bruce Bochy

    Dom Brown enjoys his first walkoff moment.

    • After striking out 10 over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, Johnson lowered his ERA from 5.40 to 4.38.

    • The Royals moved into second place in the AL Central after winning for the 11th time in 13 games.

    • Dan Haren of the Nationals has a 6.22 ERA in seven starts since May 9.

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  • The Juice: Carlos Marmol meltdown leads to Mets victory; Torii Hunter hits 300th career home run

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    After winning three games in a row heading into Sunday‘s action at Citi Field, the Chicago Cubs paid the price for their success as regular closer Kevin Gregg needed a day off. That meant manager Dale Sveum had to find a different reliever to protect a 3-0 ninth inning lead and a victory for starter Matt Garza, so he turned to former closer Carlos Marmol.

    That proved to be a very bad idea.

    The first batter Marmol saw was former teammate Marlon Byrd. He promptly homered to spoil the shutout and make things interesting. Marmol then walked Lucas Duda and allowed a single to John Buck to put the tying runs on base. See where this is headed? Chicago Tribune Cubs reporter Paul Sullivan sure seemed to.

    Next, Mets skipper Terry Collins actually attempted to do Marmol a favor by having Omar Quintanilla sacrifice the runners into scoring position, but the erratic right-hander would have none of it. On his 1-1 pitch to the recently recalled Kirk Nieuwenhuis, he gave it all away on a walk-off three-run homer.

    It was a no doubter, by the way, off the facing of the upper deck. Mets win 4-3.

    Predictable? Perhaps. But certainly no less brutal.

    Hunter reaches milestone in Minnesota: If you think about it, it's only appropriate that Torii Hunter would hit his 300th career home run while playing in the Minnesota Twins home ballpark. Of course it probably doesn't feel that way to Twins fans, because Hunter's first inning two-run blast helped Detroit secure a 5-2 victory. Still, the Minnesota faithful showed their respect to one of their franchise's most popular players.

    Stephen Strasburg returns to mixed results: In his first start since suffering a strained lat on May 31, Stephen Strasburg was good, but not exactly sharp in holding the Cleveland Indians to one run over five innings. The good was that he didn't allow much solid contact. In fact, the Indians only collected one hit against, a Carlos Santana RBI single in the fourth. Strasburg did create some traffic for himself by walking four, but the Nationals will definitely take it since he looked healthy. Their offense, on the other hand, didn't look so well. They were shutout 2-0 by the combination of Corey Kluber and Vinnie Pestano.

    Near disaster for Yankees: Things have been so rough for the New York Yankees on the west coast, even a 6-0 lead in the ninth inning isn't comfortable. That's the position they were in on Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Angels, and it ended up taking a Mariano Rivera strikeout of Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to secure a 6-5 victory. At least they snapped their five-game losing streak in the process.

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    Royals 5, Rays 3: Tampa Bay drops three of four to Kansas City, but reinforcements are on the way as they recalled top prospect Wil Myers following the game.

    Reds 5, Brewers 1: Stephen Strasburg wasn't the only ace returning from injury on Sunday. Johnny Cueto took the hill for Cincinnati for the first time since May 31 and tossed six innings of one-run ball for his fourth victory.

    Marlins 7, Cardinals 2: St. Louis drops its first series since April 26-28 (against Pittsburgh) to the worst team in the baseball. Naturally.

    Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: This feels like a daily occurrence: Chris Davis hit his major league-leading 23rd home run.

    Pirates 6, Dodgers 3: Two starts for Gerrit Cole. Two victories. It can't be that easy, can it?

    Astros 5, White Sox 4: Houston completes the weekend sweep and puts Hawk Harrelson on silent for another 24 hours.

    Blue Jays 7, Rangers 2: The Rangers have lost six in a row overall and six of seven to the Blue Jays this month. Quite a rough patch they're going through.

    A's 10, Mariners 2: Bartolo Colon an all-star? It's possible. He won his sixth decision in a row and improved to 9-2 with seven strong innings against Seattle.

    Rockies 5, Phillies 2: Jhoulys Chacin came one out shy of his second career complete game shutout. He ended up recording 26 on only 86 pitches.

    Padres 4, Diamondbacks 1: The National League West gets even tighter as four teams are now separated by two games. The odd team out? The Dodgers at 7.5 back.

    Braves 3, Giants 0: A nearly spotless game for Atlanta across the board. Starter Julio Teheran was terrific is throwing six scoreless innings, the bullpen followed with three perfect frames, and there was Freddie Freeman again leading the offense with three singles and an RBI.

    ''We didn't see it. The team we saw is hitting the ball and making good pitches. They have the kind of offense that can make you pay if you make mistakes, and that's what we saw. Regardless of what their record shows, they've got some talent, and they're going about things the right way right now.''

    — The manager of the best team in baseball, Mike Matheny, commenting on the worst team in baseball, the Miami Marlins.

    The Baltimore Orioles opened up the outfield so fathers and sons could play a little catch on Father's Day.

    • Yasiel Puig is tied for second all-time for most hits through the first 13 games of a career. His 23 matches greats such as Joe DiMaggio and Kirby Puckett. Thanks to Elias Sports.

    • The Blue Jays have scored 38 runs in seven games against the Rangers this month. The Rangers have scored 39 runs in 15 overall games this month.

    • Torri Hunter's first career home run came at Tiger Stadium as a member of the Twins.

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