NEW YORK — Ryan Vogelsong pitched a two-hitter for his second career complete game, Hunter Pence emerged from a deep funk with a triple and three RBIs and the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 5-1 for their
NEW YORK — Ryan Vogelsong pitched a two-hitter for his second career complete game, Hunter Pence emerged from a deep funk with a triple and three RBIs and the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 5-1 for their second straight win after a six-game skid Friday night.
NEW YORK — Ryan Vogelsong pitched a two-hitter for his second career complete game, Hunter Pence emerged from a deep funk with a triple and three RBIs and the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets 5-1 for their second straight win after a six-game skid Friday night.
Vogelsong (6-8) faced 28 batters, one over the limit, allowing Juan Lagares’ soft single leading off the sixth and Lucas Duda’s 20th homer to start the eighth. In ending a five-decision losing skid, he walked one and got two double plays. Vogelsong threw 102 pitches in the game that took 2 hours, 6 minutes.
Brandon Crawford had a run-scoring single, Matt Duffy an RBI single for his first big league hit and Pence added a two-run triple and RBI groundout off Jonathon Niese (5-7) for San Francisco.
ORIOLES 2, MARINERS 1
BALTIMORE — Wei-Yin Chen won his fifth consecutive start and had a season-high eight strikeouts to lead Baltimore to a victory over Seattle.
Baltimore has won nine of its past 11 games and remained atop the AL League East. An RBI single by Manny Machado in the third, snapped the Orioles’ scoreless streak at 19 innings,
Chen (12-3) allowed one run and five hits with one walk over 7 1/3 innings. Andrew Miller, acquired from Boston on Thursday, pitched a scoreless eighth in his debut for the Orioles (61-47). Left-hander Zach Britton picked up his 22nd save.
INDIANS 12, RANGERS 2
CLEVELAND — David Murphy was 4 for 4 with two RBIs against his former team, Danny Salazar allowed an unearned run in six innings, and the Indians routed the Rangers.
Murphy, who played for Texas from 2007-13 before signing a two-year contract with the Indians in November, had a two-run double in the fifth when Cleveland scored six times. He doubled in the second and added singles in the fourth and sixth.
TIGERS 4, ROCKIES 2
DETROIT — Justin Verlander equaled his longest outing of the season, pitching eight solid innings to lift the Tigers to a victory over the Rockies.
A day after the AL Central-leading Tigers added star left-hander David Price to their rotation, Verlander (10-9) showed signs that he might be rounding into form. He allowed two runs and eight hits, striking out five without a walk. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 4.66.
ANGELS 5, RAYS 3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mike Trout and Josh Hamilton homered to help the Angels beat the Rays.
Trout hit his 25th homer of the season, a two-run shot off Jeremy Hellickson (0-1) during a three-run first that put the Angels up 3-0.
Los Angeles went ahead 4-1 on Hamilton’s solo homer in the third. The slugger was hit by Jeff Beliveau’s pitch in the seventh inning and later left with a bruised left middle finger.
RED SOX 4, YANKEES 3
BOSTON — Anthony Ranaudo pitched six solid innings in his major league debut and Dustin Pedroia drove in two runs as the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over the Yankees.
Ranaudo (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits, including a solo homer Carlos Beltran hit into the New York bullpen in the fourth. Ranaudo walked four and struck out two, and he scattered the few mistakes he made well enough for Boston to hang on after taking a 2-0 lead in the third.
ROYALS 1, ATHLETICS 0
OAKLAND, Calif. — Raul Ibanez homered to break his own franchise record for oldest Royals player to clear the fences, and Kansas City beat the Athletics.
The 42-year-old Ibanez connected in the fifth inning for his fifth homer, giving Jeremy Guthrie the lone run he needed for Kansas City’s first victory at the Oakland Coliseum since April 10, 2012. The Royals went 1-5 against the A’s last season, including 0-3 on the road.
ASTROS 3, BLUE JAYS 1
HOUSTON — Gregorio Petit’s first career home run put Houston on top in the eighth inning and the Astros held on for a win over the Blue Jays, snapping Toronto’s six-game winning streak.
The game was tied at 1-1 when Petit launched Aaron Loup’s first pitch into the first row of the Crawford Boxes in left field to give the Astros the lead. Jose Altuve connected on the next pitch by Loup (3-3) for a ground-rule double before stealing third base.
WHITE SOX 10, TWINS 8
CHICAGO — Jose Abreu reached base five times while extending his hitting streak to 21 games, and the White Sox scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Twins.
Abreu had three singles, scored twice and drove in a run. He also walked and was hit by a pitch.
Paul Konerko and Alexei Ramirez delivered consecutive RBI singles in the eighth to give Chicago an 8-7 lead. Tyler Flowers added a run-scoring single in the inning after hitting a solo homer earlier in the game. Alejandro De Aza capped the decisive rally with another RBI single, and the White Sox overcame a shaky start by Chris Sale to win for the sixth time in eight games.
BREWERS 7, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS — Wily Peralta won his 13th game to tie for the National League lead and Aramis Ramirez powered the Milwaukee Brewers with a home run and RBI double off Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.
Jonathan Lucroy’s bases-clearing double chased Wainwright (13-6) in a four-run sixth inning that put Milwaukee up by six. The NL Central leaders are three games ahead of the Cardinals.
Matt Carpenter had two hits and three RBIs and Matt Holliday homered for St. Louis, which has lost three of four.
PHILLIES 2, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON — Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, Roberto Hernandez pitched eight strong innings and the Phillies beat the Nationals.
Grady Sizemore and Cody Asche had two hits apiece for Philadelphia.
Hernandez (6-8) allowed an unearned run on five singles. He retired the last 10 batters he faced and 17 of the last 18. Over his last four starts, Hernandez is 3-0 with a 1.88 earned run average, including two wins against Washington while allowing no earned runs over 15 1/3 innings.
REDS 5, MARLINS 2
MIAMI — Mat Latos pitched seven strong innings, Ryan Ludwick drove in two runs, and the Reds beat the Marlins.
Latos (3-3), who hails from nearby Coconut Creek, beat the Marlins for the first time in eight career starts. He allowed one run on five hits and four walks while striking out five.
Aroldis Chapman got the last three gouts for his 25th save in 27 chances.
PADRES 10, BRAVES 1
SAN DIEGO — Rookie Tommy Medica had a career-high five hits, including two two-run home runs, and left-hander Eric Stults and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Padres beat the Braves.
Medica’s previous career-high was four hits a week earlier at Atlanta. This was his first four-RBI game and he scored a career-high four runs. He made his big league debut in September and is in his third stint with the Padres this season.
PIRATES 9,
DIAMONDBACKS 4
PHOENIX — Josh Harrison tripled, doubled and scored twice and the Pirates erupted in the final two innings to beat the Diamondbacks.
The Pirates scored the last nine runs, including eight in the eighth and ninth.
Jordy Mercer had an RBI double, Michael Martinez and Russell Martin RBI singles and Travis Snider a two-run single in the Pirates’ tiebreaking five-run ninth.
Tony Watson (8-1) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the win. Bo Schultz (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday, gave up all five in the ninth.
CUBS 8, DODGERS 2
LOS ANGELES — Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits over seven innings, Starlin Castro had three hits and scored three runs, and the Cubs beat Los Angeles, snapping the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak.
Making his fourth major league start after being called up from Triple-A, Hendricks (2-1) allowed one earned run, struck out three and walked one in his return to Dodger Stadium, where he pitched in high school. The rookie had two of Chicago’s 13 hits.
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