Nationals Earn Split – MLB Roundup For May 3rd

UNDATED (AP) __The Washington Nationals have earned a split in their early-season four-game series with NL East-rival Atlanta. After dropping the first two games, the Nationals got outstanding pitching once again in beating the Braves 3-1. Dan Haren and closer Rafael Soriano combined on a five-hitter.

Denard Span went three-for-four and drove in two runs for Washington, which is 2-1/2 games behind the Braves.

In other NL action:

— Jake Westbrook allowed one run over six innings for his 100th career win and the St. Louis Cardinals held off the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5.

— Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown hit solo homers to back Kyle Kendrick and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 7-2.

— Yonder Alonso's two-out fly ball to right field dropped in front of Julio Borbon (bohr-BOHN') for an RBI single that led to a four-run eighth inning, boosting San Diego to a 4-2 win over the Cubs.

In the AL:

__Chris Tillman returned to his hometown and outpitched Joe Blanton with eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1.

— Don Kelly had an RBI single to start a four-run 14th inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 7-3.

— Hector Santiago allowed two in five-plus innings filling in for Jake Peavy, Tyler Flowers hit a three-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 3-1. Peavy was scratched with a bad back.

__Ryan Dempster won his second straight start and the Boston Red Sox took advantage of a season-high 10 walks to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1.

__The game in Kansas City between the Royals and Tampa Bay has been postponed due to rain and snow. The Royals were leading 1-0 when play was called in the fourth inning. No makeup date has been set.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Major League Baseball has fined umpire Tom Hallion (HAHL'-yihn) and Tampa Bay pitchers David Price, Jeremy Hellickson and Matt Moore for their dustup last weekend.

Hallion was the plate umpire and crew chief during a game Sunday at Chicago against the White Sox and Price thought he missed a pitch. They exchanged words and the AL Cy Young winner accused Hallion of directing an expletive at him.

Hallion called Price a "liar" after the game.

Price, Hellickson and Moore later made comments about Hallion on Twitter. Each of the pitchers was fined $1,000. It was unknown how much Hallion was docked.