SCOREBOARD
Monday, July 28
Arizona at San Diego (10:05 p.m. EDT). Greg Maddux, winner of 350 career games, hasn't won since May 10, a stretch of 14 starts.
STARS
Sunday
-Johan Santana, Mets, pitched a six-hitter in New York's 9-1 rout of St. Louis. It was the first NL complete game for Santana, who also had two hits and an RBI.
-Geoff Blum, Astros, hit two home runs off Jeff Suppan in Houston's 11-6 victory over Milwaukee.
-Jake Peavy, Padres, struck out 10 in seven strong innings and San Diego beat Pittsburgh 3-1. -Billy Butler, Royals, homered and drove in four runs in Kansas City's 6-1 win over Tampa Bay. -Alfonso Soriano, Cubs, went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs and Chicago rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Florida, 9-6.
-Manny Ramirez, Red Sox, went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs to help Boston end the Yankees' eight-game winning streak, 9-2.
ROCKTOBER IN JULY
When the Colorado Rockies fell 19 games under .500 at the end of June, it appeared the defending NL Champions were done. Not so fast: the team best known for an astounding 21-1 stretch run that led it into the World Series against Boston last year seems to be up to something again. With their 11-0 win over Cincinnati, the Rockies improved to 9-1 after the All-Star break. They outscored the Reds 23-3 in a three-game sweep over the weekend, and have averaged 7.6 runs an nearly 14 hits during the 10-game stretch.
