Beating the throw: Boston's Carl Crawford steals second base as the Angels' Erick Aybar applies a late tag in the fourth inning on Thursday night. The Red Sox beat the Angels 4-2 in 11 innings. AP PHOTO
Los Angeles — Matt Kemp hit his second game-ending homer in five days, connecting in the 12th inning Thursday to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Atlanta Braves 5-3.
Both teams were down to their final strike much earlier.
David Ross hit a two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth off Clayton Kershaw to put the Braves ahead 3-2.
Casey Blake, who had homered earlier, hit an RBI single with two outs in the bottom half off Craig Kimbrel to make it 3-3.
Andre Ethier doubled with one out in the Dodgers' 12th against Christhian Martinez (0-1). Kemp drove an 0-2 pitch over the fence in left-center for his fourth homer of the season.
"Matty's awesome," Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw said. "I told him what an incredible job he did and thanks for picking me up. In that situation, where both bullpens are getting eaten up, for Matty to pull it out like that with an 0-2 count, it was an awesome at-bat."
Phillies 3, Padres 0
In San Diego, Roy Oswalt and three relievers pitched a combined four-hitter and Philadelphia beat the Padres, who have been shut out a major league-leading five times in 19 games.
Reds 7, Diamondbacks 4
In Cincinnati, Mike Leake got razzed by a few fans during his first appearance since a shoplifting arrest, but ignored the nasty signs and gave the Reds a much-needed boost, going seven innings to beat Arizona.
Leake (3-0) led Cincinnati to only its second win in eight games. He allowed three runs and fanned six in his longest outing of the season.
It was a rough week for Leake, a 23-year-old pitcher who was the Reds' top draft pick last June. Police reports said he removed the tags from six shirts at a Macy's store downtown on Monday and tried to leave without paying for them. The shirts were valued at $59.88.
Cardinals 5, Nationals 0
In St. Louis, Kyle Lohse threw a career-best two-hitter and Matt Holliday kept his average near .500 with a two-run homer and single as the Cardinals beat Washington.
Albert Pujols added a two-run homer off Collin Balester in a three-run eighth for St. Louis. The Cardinals took two of three from the Nationals and has won eight of 11 overall.
Mets 9, Astros 1
In New York, David Wright ended his career-worst 0-for-20 drought with a homer and a two-run double, Chris Capuano pitched seven sharp innings and the Mets welcomed Jason Bay back to their lineup with a romp over Houston.
Marlins 9, Pirates 5
In Miami, Scott Cousins hit a grand slam for his first career home run, Brett Hayes added a three-run shot and Florida beat Pittsburgh to finish off a three-game sweep.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Mariners 1, Athletics 0
In Seattle, Felix Hernandez took a shutout into the eighth inning and Adam Kennedy's home run was all the Mariners needed to beat Oakland.
Hernandez (2-2), last year's Cy Young Award winner, allowed four singles, two by Cliff Pennington and one by David DeJesus and Josh Willingham.
Hernandez struck out eight and walked three.
Ichiro Suzuki was 0-for-3 for Seattle.
Twins 3, Orioles 1
In Baltimore, Jim Thome hit his 591st career home run and had two RBIs to back a dominating pitching performance by Scott Baker, and Minnesota beat the Orioles to salvage a split of the four-game series.
Red Sox 4, Angels 2 (11)
In Anaheim, Adrian Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 11th, and last-place Boston hung on for its fifth win in six games, topping Los Angeles.
Royals 3, Indians 2
In Kansas City, Melky Cabrera rifled a bases-loaded, two-run single into left field off Cleveland closer Chris Perez with one out in the ninth, lifting the Royals to a victory over the Indians.
White Sox 9, Rays 2
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Omar Vizquel, A.J. Pierzynski, Carlos Quentin and Paul Konerko each drove in two runs and Chicago stopped a seven-game losing streak.
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