Cubs halt Uggla's streak and rally from 4 down to top Braves

ATLANTA -- The Chicago Cubs stopped Dan Uggla's 33-game hitting streak and rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 on Sunday.

The Braves led 4-0 through five innings and 5-4 through six, but Carlos Pena hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh for Chicago.

Uggla went 0-for-3 with an RBI, ending the longest hitting streak in the majors in five years.

His best chance to extend the streak came in the fifth, but second baseman Darwin Barney made a diving catch of his fly ball in shallow right field.

Uggla grounded out to shortstop against Jeff Samardzija in the seventh in his final at-bat. He didn't come up in the ninth, when Carlos Marmol earned his 28th save. The Cubs have won 11-of-14, including 2-of-3 from the Braves.

• Diamondbacks 5, Mets 3: At Phoenix, Justin Upton homered, Paul Goldschmidt doubled twice and Arizona earned its sixth consecutive win. Diamondbacks starter Jason Marquis, acquired in a July 30 trade from Washington, was hit on the right shin by a line drive in the third and left the game one inning later with a broken shinbone.

• Brewers 2, Pirates 1: At Milwaukee, Nyjer Morgan hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to help Milwaukee complete a three-game series sweep. The Brewers now have won all eight games against the Pirates this season and 12 straight over the last two years at Miller Park.

• Cardinals 6, Rockies 2: At St. Louis, Albert Pujols hit the longest home run at six-year-old Busch Stadium and St. Louis overcame an injury to starter Edwin Jackson with stellar bullpen work. Yadier Molina had three hits, a walk and two RBI for St. Louis, which remained five games behind NL Central-leading Milwaukee with 42 games to go, six of them against the Brewers.

Pujols' two-run drive in the first was estimated at 465 feet.

• Padres 7, Reds 3: At Cincinnati, San Diego scored four runs in the third inning Sunday off an ailing Dontrelle Willis, who left during the rally with a sore forearm. Willis (0-3) left during the four-run rally, shaking and flexing his pitching hand. .

• Giants 5, Marlins 2: At Miami, Ryan Vogelsong pitched into the eighth inning to earn his career-high 10th win and San Francisco hit four home runs.

• Dodgers 7, Astros 0: At Los Angeles, Hiroki Kuroda pitched seven strong innings, Justin Sellers hit a three-run drive for his first major league homer and the Dodgers finished a sweep of the three-game series.
American League

• White Sox 6, Royals 2: At Chicago, Brent Lillibridge hit a three-run homer, John Danks pitched six strong innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals.

• Rangers 7, Athletics 6: At Oakland, Calif., David Murphy hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Rangers finish off a three-game series sweep.

• Mariners 5, Red Sox 3: At Seattle, Charlie Furbush allowed just one run in a career-best seven innings, leading Seattle to the victory.

• Orioles 8, Tigers 5: At Baltimore, Nick Markakis homered and drove in four runs, and Jo-Jo Reyes allowed four hits over six innings to earn his first win with Baltimore.

• Blue Jays 5, Angels 4: At Toronto, Edwin Encarnacion hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift Toronto to the win. Yunel Escobar walked to begin the 10th against Fernando Rodney (2-5). Mark Teahen struck out and Jose Bautista walked before Hisanori Takahashi came on to retire Adam Lind. Encarnacion followed with a base hit up the alley in left-center, scoring Escobar with the winning run as Encarnacion's teammates ran out and mobbed him at second base.

Jon Rauch (5-3) pitched one inning for Toronto.

Bautista hit his major league-leading 34th homer and Eric Thames also connected for the Blue Jays, who had lost six of 10 coming in. Rookie Brett Lawrie hit a tying RBI double in the ninth.