Braves Beat Giants Again; Rays Split With Red Sox In MLB

Martin Prado’s walk off single in the bottom of the 11th inning gives the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

The win increases Atlanta’s wild card lead over the Giants to six games in the National League.

In other NL games, Milwaukee won its 18th game in its last 20 after edging Los Angeles 2-1; Pittsburgh downs St.Louis 5-4; Arizona nips Philadelphia 3-2; Washington downs Cincinnati 6-4; Houston knocks off Chicago 6-5 and San Diego beats New York 6-1 and Florida nips Colorado 6-5.

In the American League, Boston and Tampa Bay split a doubleheader with Boston winning the day game 3-1 and the Rays the night game 6-2. New York takes over first place in the AL East by half a game after beating slumping Kansas City 9-7.

In other AL games, Justin Verlander becomes baseball’s first 18 game winner as Detroit downs Minnesota 7-1; Toronton gets Jose Bautista’s 35th homer to defeat Seattle 13-7 and Texas increases its AL West lead over Los Angeles with a 7-3 win. Chicago downs Cleveland 8-7 and Oakland stops Baltimore 8-4.