Young makes pitch for All-Star berth

Chris Young did his final lobbying for an All-Star berth, even if he didn’t get the decision.

Young, left off the National League All-Star team when it was announced Sunday, struck out nine while holding Florida to five hits in seven innings, and Mike Cameron scored on an error by catcher Miguel Olivo with none out in the ninth to give the San Diego Padres a 1-0 victory over the Marlins on Wednesday night.

Young was leading the balloting in online voting for the final spot on the NL squad. Voting ends tonight.

The 6-foot-10 right-hander lowered his earned-run average to 2.00, tying Brad Penny of the Dodgers for the best in the majors. Penny and Padres ace Jake Peavy are the candidates to start for the NL in Tuesday night’s game at San Francisco.

Cameron led off the ninth with a double to left off Matt Lindstrom (1-3). Khalil Greene was intentionally walked and Hiram Bocachica’s bunt single moved Cameron to third. Third baseman Miguel Cabrera gloved Kevin Kouzmanoff’s grounder and threw home, but Olivo dropped the ball as Cameron scored.

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* San Francisco 8, at Cincinnati 5: Fred Lewis, a 26-year-old rookie starting in left field in place of Barry Bonds, hit a fourth-inning grand slam to help the Giants get their sixth victory in 18 games. Two of Lewis’ three homers this year are grand slams, making him the first rookie in San Francisco history to hit two in a season.

* at Washington 6, Chicago 0: Dmitri Young hit a grand slam and Matt Chico pitched seven innings of four-hit ball to lead the Nationals, who had lost seven of eight and hadn’t scored more than three runs in 10 straight games.

* Philadelphia 8, at Houston 3: Ryan Howard, Wes Helms, Jimmy Rollins and Pat Burrell hit home runs to help Cole Hamels earn his 10th win. Hamels, who gave up eight hits in seven innings, had his longest outing since going eight innings against the Chicago White Sox on June 12, his last victory.

* at Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 3: Ian Snell withstood Ryan Braun’s three-run homer with none out in the first inning, then settled down to shut out the Brewers over his final seven innings. The Brewers have lost an average of more than two of every three games in Pittsburgh since PNC Park opened in 2001, going 18-38 overall and 1-2 so far in this series.

* at St. Louis 5, Arizona 4: Juan Encarnacion and Scott Rolen hit consecutive RBI doubles in the eighth inning, helping the Cardinals overcome an early three-run deficit.

* at Colorado 17, New York 7: Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins each drove in a season-high five runs, and the Rockies became the first team in more than half a century to sweep two New York clubs in the same season.

* at San Diego 1, Florida 0: Mike Cameron scored on an error by catcher Miguel Olivo with none out in the ninth inning. Chris Young held the Marlins to five hits in seven innings.

* Atlanta 5, at Dodgers 2: The Dodgers got the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, but pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz struck out to end the game.