CHICAGO — Cubs pitcher Travis Wood hit a fourth-inning grand slam off Jake Peavy and allowed two runs in six innings to lead the way in an 8-3 victory against the Chicago White Sox at Wrigley Field Thursday. Nate Schierholtz and Luis Valbuena each hit their sixth home runs in an 11-hit effort by the Cubs offense, keying a fourth straight win overall and third consecutive convincing victory over their crosstown rivals. Wood (5-3) hit his fifth career home run and second this year in the fourth inning with the Cubs leading 2-1. Mariners 7, Padres 1: In San Diego, Nick Franklin hit his first two big league home runs and Kendrys Morales, Brendan Ryan and Endy Chavez also went deep to give the Mariners a victory over the Padres, earning a split of their home-and-home, two-game series. Felix Hernandez (6-4) snapped a two-start losing streak, holding the Padres to one run and three hits in eight innings. He struck out six and walked three. Giants 5, Athletics 2: In San Francisco, Pablo Sandoval hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth to help Barry Zito end a six-start winless stretch, and the Giants beat the Athletics to avoid a season sweep. A day after San Francisco made three errors and two other defensive miscues, the Giants finally got to A.J. Griffin (5-4) to snap the A's six-game winning streak with their lone win in the four-game Bay Bridge Series between last year's West division champions. Red Sox 9, Phillies 2: In Philadelphia, David Ortiz and Jonny Gomes homered and Jacoby Ellsbury set a club record with five stolen bases to lead Boston's rout of Philadelphia. Ellsbury added three hits and Jarrod Saltalamacchia had two doubles and three RBIs for the Red Sox, who enter this weekend's series against their AL East rival New York Yankees having won 11 of 16 games. Astros 7, Rockies 5: Chris Carter and Matt Dominguez hit consecutive homers during a six-run sixth and Houston beat Colorado. Indians 7, Reds 1: In Cleveland, Scott Kazmir allowed one run in seven innings and Cleveland scored seven runs with two outs in the fourth to defeat Cincinnati. The fourth-inning rally, which featured six straight run-scoring hits, gave the Indians a split of the annual Ohio Cup interleague series. Mets 3, Yankees 1: In New York, — Dillon Gee finished off the New York Mets' most unexpected Subway Series sweep. Orioles 2, Nationals 0: In Baltimore, Freddy Garcia pitched eight innings of three-hit ball to get the best of Dan Haren in a duel of veteran right-handers. Nick Markakis hit an RBI double in the third inning and Manny Machado doubled in a run in the eighth for the Orioles, who took three of four from the Nationals in a home-and-home series that began Monday in Washington. Pirates 1, Tigers 0, 11 innings: In Pittsburgh, Russell Martin hit a bases-loaded single off the left-center wall in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift Pittsburgh past Detroit. Braves 11, Blue Jays 3: In Atlanta, Ramiro Pena drove in four runs with three hits, including a go-ahead, run-scoring single in the sixth, Mike Minor pitched seven strong innings and Atlanta's makeshift lineup had 16 hits in the win over R.A. Dickey and Toronto. Freddie Freeman and Reed Johnson homered and Evan Gattis had three hits. Rays 5, Marlins 2: In Miami, Matt Joyce and James Loney homered to support pitcher Alex Colome in his major league debut and Tampa Bay sent Miami to its ninth straight loss. Other results: Minnesota 8, Brewers 6; Texas 9, Arizona 5; Atlanta 11, Toronto 3. — Agencies
