Jurrjens's one-hitter leads Braves

Jair Jurrjens' first career shutout served as a well-timed advertisement for his candidacy to be the NL All-Star starting pitcher.

Jurrjens threw a one-hitter in his strongest start of a breakout season, Jason Heyward ended a long home-run drought and the streaking Braves beat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-0, on Friday night in Atlanta.

Jurrjens (11-3) became the first NL pitcher with 11 wins and lowered his NL-best ERA to 1.89 in a performance that almost certainly will get the attention of San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy as he decides on an All-Star starter.

"That was a pretty good performance that maybe will get some people's attention," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez, adding Jurrjens deserves to "at least be on the team."

Adam Jones ended the no-hit bid with a single up the middle with one out in the seventh.

Red Sox 7, Astros 5: Adrian Gonzalez hit a go-ahead, two-run double after Dustin Pedroia drove in a pair of runs during visiting Boston's six-run seventh inning. Marco Scutaro started the game with his third homer of the season, but Boston didn't get another hit off Bud Norris until J.D. Drew led off the seventh with a single.

Phillies 7, Blue Jays 6: Ryan Howard hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning as visiting Philadelphia rallied. Jose Bautista hit his 25th home run and rookie Eric Thames had a two-run shot for Toronto, which has homered in nine straight games.

Cardinals 5, Rays 3: Colby Rasmus hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning for visiting St. Louis. Jake Westbrook (7-4) gave up two hits in seven scoreless innings for the Cardinals, who have won four straight.

White Sox 6, Cubs 4: Alexei Ramirez hit a two-run homer and Juan Pierre a two-run triple in the seventh inning as the visiting White Sox turned a two-run deficit into a two-run lead.

Aramis Ramirez hit his 300th homer in the sixth for the Cubs.

Indians 8, Reds 2: Grady Sizemore hit the first of Cleveland's three homers off Bronson Arroyo (7-7), and the visiting Indians remained perfect against their intrastate rival. Cleveland is 4-0 against Cincinnati, which is 5-11 in interleague play.

Brandon Phillips hit two solo homers for the Reds.

Giants 4, Tigers 3: Pablo Sandoval hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth, then visiting San Francisco held on when Brennan Boesch lined into a double play with the bases loaded.

Nationals 2, Pirates 1: Matt Stairs' single off the rightfield wall drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to give Davey Johnson his first win as Washington manager. -- AP