Braves sweep Blue Jays

The Atlanta Braves completed a Major League sweep over the Toronto Blue Jays with a 5-1 win.

Pitcher Brandon Beachy struck out 11 batters over six innings and there were two-run homers for Dan Uggla and Brian McCann, Brooks Conrad completing the scoring with a solo pinch-hit long ball in the seventh.
The Braves' National League East rivals the Washington Nationals picked up a 10th win in 11 matches as they edged out the Seattle Mariners 2-1 to improve to .500 at 37-37.
The Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee pitched a full-game shut-out in a 4-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals, while the New York Mets beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 in the 13th inning when Justin Turner was hit by Brad Ziegler's pitch with the bases loaded.
Casper Wells, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Don Kelly all hit homers for the Detroit Tigers but they still needed a fine running catch in centre field by Austin Jackson - with two out and the bases loaded - to secure a 7-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
AJ Pierzynzki's 2RBI triple set up the Chicago White Sox's 4-3 win over city rivals the Cubs and Travis Hafner's two-run homer helped the Cleveland Indians to defeat the Colorado Rockies by the same scoreline.
Los Angeles Angels rookie Mark Trumbo's RBI single in the 10th inning decided a tense rubber game against the Florida Marlins.
The Angels' Torii Hunter left the game with a rib injury after colliding with the wall taking a spectacular running catch from Gaby Sanchez's fly ball.
The Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees played a double-header to make up for last night's washout. Freddy Garcia pitched the Yankees to a 4-2 win in the first game but the Reds' Chris Heisey cut loose in the second, smashing three home runs - two off Brian Gordon - to set up a 10-2 rout.
A fielding error from debutant Blake Davis gifted the Pittsburgh Pirates the two runs they needed to complete a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
Pinch-hitter Matt Downs struck a two-run homer as the Houston Astros scored four runs in the final inning to beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 and avoid a series clean sweep.
David Price gave up just two runs in eight innings and Kelly Shoppach and Elliott Johnson hit home runs as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 to win the series.
The San Diego Padres beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1 in a game delayed four times by rain and reduced to eight innings, the Arizona Diamonbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 with all their runs coming in the top of the fifth, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1.