Rockies saddle Strasburg with 3rd consecutive loss
* NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tyler Colvin homered twice off Stephen Strasburg to back a masterful pitching performance by Drew Pomeranz and lead the visiting Colorado Rockies past the Washington Nationals 5-1 on Friday night.
Strasburg (9-4) allowed three runs, two earned, and eight hits in six innings. The All-Star struck out six and walked only one, but lost a third straight start for the first time in his three-year career.
Braves 5, Phillies 0: Brian McCann hit a grand slam, Tim Hudson tossed four-hit ball over seven innings and Atlanta won at Philadelphia to spoil Ryan Howard's season debut.
Howard doubled in his first at-bat and was 2 for 4 in his first game since rupturing his left Achilles tendon on the final swing in a postseason elimination loss to St. Louis last October.
Brewers 7, Astros 1: Norichika Aoki and Ryan Braun hit consecutive homers in the first, sparking Milwaukee at Houston.
Marlins 3, Cardinals 2: Jose Reyes got the go-ahead RBI with an infield hit in the seventh, leading Miami at St. Louis.
Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 3: At Phoenix, Justin Upton hit a two-run triple in the sixth and Arizona beat Los Angeles.
Reds 6, Padres 0: Bronson Arroyo pitched a three-hitter and Cincinnati won at San Diego.
Giants 6, Pirates 5: Melky Cabrera hit his eighth homer of the season, lifting San Francisco at Pittsburgh.
Cubs 8, Mets 7: Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer and Chicago won at New York.
Holliday replacing Molina on All-Star team: Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday is replacing teammate Yadier Molina on the National League All-Star team.
Molina was placed on the bereavement list Friday after his wife's grandfather died. The team said the catcher had returned to his native Puerto Rico.
* AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tigers 4, Royals 2: Drew Smyly struck out 10 and Detroit beat visiting Kansas City.
Rays 10, Indians 3: Luke Scott snapped out of an 0-for-41 slump with a two-run homer and Tampa Bay romped at Cleveland.
White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2: Jake Peavy pitched one-run ball into the eighth inning and Chicago beat visiting Toronto.
Twins 5, Rangers 1: At Arlington, Texas, Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau drove in two runs each, lifting Minnesota past Texas.
Yankees 10, Red Sox 8: Mark Teixeira hit a two-run single in the Yankees' five-run first and a two-run triple in the seventh to lift New York at Boston.
Orioles 3, Angels 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Miguel Gonzalez pitched seven stellar innings and Baltimore beat Los Angeles.
Family selling Gehrig's home run ball: The 84-year-old baseball has been sitting in Elizabeth Gott's drawer for years, but now she's hoping it will pay off her son's medical school debt.
New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig smashed the ball into the bleachers for a home run during the 1928 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Gehrig hit the homer off Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander while teammate Babe Ruth was on base and called it his most significant homerun at the time, according to a newspaper account.
Hunt Auctions plans to sell the ball Tuesday at the All-Star FanFest in Kansas City, Mo., and predicts it could fetch $100,000 to $200,000.
Gott, a 57-year-old Stamford resident, said she's selling the ball on behalf of her 30-year-old son, Michael.
Gott said the ball was a gift to him from his uncle, who received it from other relatives of Buddy Kurland, who is Elizabeth Gott's great-uncle.
Kurland had gone to the game with his friend Scotty Stevenson. Kurland nearly caught Gehrig's three-run homer, but a fan knocked his cap over his eyes and he dropped the ball, according to a newspaper account. Stevenson picked up the ball and gave it to Kurland.