Manny Machado and Brandon Drury hit two-run homers in the third inning and Jurickson Profar added a three-run shot in the sixth as the visiting San Diego Padres opened a three-game series with a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.

San Diego starter Yu Darvish shut out Los Angeles for seven innings and reached the 3,000-strikeout milestone in his professional career that spans 17 seasons in Japan and the United States.

Darvish (12-7) held the Dodgers to two hits, two walks and two hit batters while fanning nine.

The Padres earned their fourth straight win and moved into second place in the National League wild-card race, a half-game ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Dodgers took a third straight loss, one short of their worst skid of the season.

Cardinals 8, Cubs 0

Tommy Edman smacked a three-run homer and Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run blast as host St. Louis blanked Chicago.

Jordan Montgomery (8-3) threw six-plus scoreless innings for the Cardinals, who won for the fifth time in six games. Montgomery allowed seven hits and two walks while striking out four.

Cubs starting pitcher Adrian Sampson (1-5) gave up two runs on four hits and two walks in five innings. He fanned four.

Giants 13, Phillies 1

Joc Pederson drove in five runs with a single, a three-run homer and a bases-loaded walk, leading an 11-run onslaught in the first three innings that propelled host San Francisco's shellacking of Philadelphia.

Wilmer Flores scored three times and Alex Cobb (5-6) threw seven shutout innings, helping the Giants emphatically snap a seven-game losing streak.

A fourth loss in their past five games, coupled with a San Diego road win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, dropped the Phillies out of the second National League wild-card spot, a half-game behind the Padres.
Source: CNA