Boston Red Sox (55-47, fourth in the AL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (56-47, second in the NL West)

San Francisco; Friday, 10:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Kutter Crawford (4-5, 3.91 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 69 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (8-8, 3.68 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 136 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -149, Red Sox +127; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox will attempt to keep a four-game win streak intact when they take on the San Francisco Giants.

San Francisco has a 28-22 record at home and a 56-47 record overall. The Giants are 30-8 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Boston has a 55-47 record overall and a 25-24 record on the road. The Red Sox have the fourth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .333.

The teams meet Friday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: LaMonte Wade Jr has nine home runs, 59 walks and 29 RBI while hitting .269 for the Giants. Wilmer Flores is 12-for-31 with four doubles, five home runs and eight RBI over the last 10 games.

Justin Turner has 24 doubles and 16 home runs for the Red Sox. Rafael Devers is 14-for-40 with two doubles, five home runs and six RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 4-6, .185 batting average, 5.08 ERA, outscored by 16 runs

Red Sox: 6-4, .278 batting average, 4.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

INJURIES: Giants: Brandon Crawford: 10-Day IL (knee), Cole Waites: 60-Day IL (elbow), Thairo Estrada: 10-Day IL (hand), Thomas Szapucki: 60-Day IL (arm), Mitch Haniger: 60-Day IL (forearm), John Brebbia: 15-Day IL (lat), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (back)

Red Sox: Kaleb Ort: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (elbow), Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (elbow), Reese McGuire: 10-Day IL (oblique), Corey Kluber: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 15-Day IL (face), Chris Sale: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Zack Kelly: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wyatt Mills: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee)

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SAN FRANCISCO — Manny Machado and Gary Sánchez hit three-run homers and the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 10-0 Thursday to end the Giants’ 10-game winning streak.

“Obviously, the first inning and getting a couple of three-run homers in the first three helped,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said. “Runners in scoring position, a lot of good at-bats today.”

Blake Snell (4-6) won his third straight decision, striking out 11 and allowing three singles in six innings as the Padres avoided getting swept in a four-game series for the first time since 2017. Snell has an 18-inning scoreless streak and has allowed one run over 31 innings in his last five starts.

“I’m just in a zone, competing with every pitch,” Snell said. “When I have four pitches and they’re all working, that’s when I’m at my best.”

Snell, García and Ray Kerr combined to retire San Francisco’s last 13 batters in the Padres’ eighth shutout this season, a game that lasted 2 hours, 19 minutes.

San Francisco batters struck out 14 times in the Giants’ seventh shutout loss.

“Snell was as good as we’ve seen him,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said.

Ha-Seong Kim added a solo homer for the Padres, who went 5 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Sánchez stopped an 0-for-22 slump with his three-run homer in the first off Alex Wood (2-2). Sánchez added a pair of singles to finish 3 for 5 and is hitting .214 with seven homers and 18 RBIs in 22 games since joining the Padres.

Machado doubled the lead in the third with his 10th homer.

“After three tough losses, nobody went home too terribly happy last night, so it was good to see an early response,” Melvin said.

Wood allowed six runs, four hits and four walks in 3⅓ innings. The Giants’ winning streak had been their longest since 2004.

Kim homered in the fourth off Jakob Junis. Jake Cronenworth added an RBI single in the fifth, and Nelson Cruz followed with a two-run double.

Juan Soto had his fourth straight multihit game, going 2 for 3 with a walk and two runs.

San Francisco was seeking its first four-game sweep of the Padres since 2006 and its first at home since 1993 at Candlestick Park.

Swap

San Francisco acquired outfielder Dalton Guthrie from Philadelphia for cash.

Trainer’s room

Giants: OF Mike Yastrzemski, who left Wednesday’s game with left hamstring tightness, is expected to return in the next couple of days after an MRI showed minor inflammation. … 1B/OF LaMonte Wade Jr. (right side tightness) remained out of the starting lineup for a third straight game.

Roster move

San Francisco recalled OF Bryce Johnson from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned RHP Sean Hjelle to the Triple-A farm team. Johnson started in center field and went 0 for 3.

Up next

Padres: RHP Joe Musgrove (5-2, 4.22 ERA) seeks to win his fifth decision, starting Friday against visiting San Diego and LHP Patrick Corbin (4-8, 4.89), who has lost his last three starts.

Giants: In a matchup of the top two teams in the NL West, RHP Logan Webb (6-6, 3.11) starts for the Giants and RHP Zach Davies (1-3, 7.11) for Arizona.

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SAN FRANCISCO — All it took, apparently, to snap the Giants’ season-long losing streak was to keep going down the list of MLB’s biggest losers.

They lost two of three to the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates. Swept by the woeful Washington Nationals. Couldn’t beat the dreadful Detroit Tigers.

The Giants must have been thrilled to return home to meet the one roster constructed to drive fans away, not win ballgames. Still, it took a heroic effort from Alex Cobb and, at long last, a piece of timely hitting from Mike Yastrzemski to snap their six-game losing streak, squeaking by the MLB-worst A’s, 2-1, on Tuesday in the first game of the Bay Bridge series.

And those Oakland diehards? Not dead yet. Many of the 40,014 fans in attendance broke out in “Sell-the-team!” chants throughout the fifth inning.

But rejoice, for the Giants’ losing streak is.

With two outs in the eighth inning, Yastrzemski did something no Giants hitter had done in nearly week: He delivered a hit with runners in scoring position. After coming up empty in 27 straight at-bats since Wednesday, Yastrzemski ripped a double down the right field line that scored Luis Matos from second and broke a 1-1 tie.

Despite finally getting back in the win column, the Giants can’t be happy about another clunker of an offensive effort, this time against the worst team with the worst pitching staff in the majors. They haven’t scored more than three runs or recorded more than six hits in a game since last Tuesday, the last time they won.

After a self-described “clunker” of a start leading to the second loss of the streak, Cobb pitched like a man determined not to let it happen again. Aided by a lineup that has produced the fewest runs and lowest OPS of any offense in the majors this season, the 35-year-old right-hander breezed through six shutout innings and was in line for the win until was in line for the win until Tyler Rogers coughed up the lead in the eighth. To be fair, he didn’t have much wiggle room to work with.

Cobb struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced and finished with a season-high nine punchouts, five coming on a splitter that was working as well as ever.

For as bad as the A’s hitters have been, their pitchers have been even worse.

Second-year lefty Ken Waldichuk, a product of St. Mary’s College (Moraga), took a 6.75 ERA into Tuesday’s game but faced little resistance from a Giants lineup on fumes. Upon entering in the second inning, Waldichuk retired the first nine hitters he faced and struck out six while allowing only one hit over 4⅔ innings.

Even the Giants’ lone runs were only an effect of the A’s doing.

It took a walk to J.D. Davis to put Matos in scoring position in the eighth.

They loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth inning and managed to score only one — unearned — run.

Wilmer Flores, who drew a walk to lead off the inning, should have been out at third on a poor bunt from Brett Wisely. The ball rolled directly back to the mound, giving Waldichuk a force-play on the lead runner, Flores, at third. Waldichuk’s throw, however, sailed wide, pulling third baseman Jace Peterson off the bag.

Flores scored on a sac fly from Casey Schmitt, which otherwise would have been the third out of the inning.

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With an out in the seventh inning and a Pittsburgh Pirates run behind the Cleveland Guardians, Ji-Man Choi watched and wished while he waited on deck behind Carlos Santana.

“I was hoping he would take a walk so I could probably make a difference up there,” Choi said through interpreter Daniel Park. “When the bases are loaded, I can actually concentrate a little more.”

Choi followed up with a line drive to right field for a two-run single that gave the Pirates the lead and later slid across home plate to score after Jared Triolo’s two-run single that provided the perfect cushion worried.

The Pirates ended their offensive ineptness against Cleveland and rebounded from a four-run deficit with a seventh run from five to a 7-5 win Wednesday afternoon before 26,541 at PNC Park.

The Pirates (42-54) ended a five-game losing streak and failed to win both the three-game streak and six-game home streak after losing three straight losses to the San Francisco Giants over the weekend.

“We were struggling,” said Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds, “so it was good to get a win and make it such a comeback win.”

The Guardians had outplayed the Pirates 21-1 in the first two games of the series. The Pirates had only 10 runs in the five games since the All-Star break and were unwilling to embark on a six-game trip to play the Los Angeles Angels and the San Diego Padres, and in an ominous one Mood.

“It was a big win,” said Pirates manager Derek Shelton. “I give them credit because we kept grinning. It could have been a (bad) situation. We got a run in the first two games and managed it pretty well. They kept going even though they went under.”

The seventh place served as a rallying point for the pirates.

After Nick Gonzales pulled a one-out walk against Nick Sandlin in the seventh game, the Guardians brought in left-hander Sam Hentges to take on pinch-hitter Endy Rodriguez. The rookie catcher, who was 0 for 7 with six strikeouts in his first two career games, hit a bloop single that landed flat left of center in his first major league hit.

“It shows that they trust me,” said Rodriguez, the Pirates’ 2022 minor league player of the year. “That’s good. If they trust me and I trust myself, we’ll have something good. It’s good for me.”

Connor Joe hit a pinch hit for Jack Suwinski and missed an infield single to stress the bases, setting the stage for a crucial play that marked the turning point.

Reynolds missed a sharp grounder in what was initially thought to be a 6-4-3 double play late in the inning on a tight call at first base. The Pirates challenged the call and it was overturned, allowing Gonzales to score and reduce Cleveland’s lead to 4-3.

“I always run hard across the board,” Reynolds said with a shrug. “Of course I was hoping to be safe. I thought it was me when I hit the sack. Basically it was about people having good bats and passing the baton down the line.”

Carlos Santana pulled a full-count walk to again fill in bases for Choi, who aligned the two-run single to the right and gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead.

The Guardians turned to Enyel De Los Santos, but Henry Davis pulled another full-count walk to cover bases for the third time. Triolo hit a two-run single to the left to score Santana and Choi for a 7-4 lead.

“That’s exactly what we talked about, having this big inning where we can get the win,” Triolo said. “We had guys throughout the lineup who swung good balls and had good bats. That’s what it takes.”

Cleveland got a boost when first baseman Josh Bell shot Ryan Borucki’s 2-1 sweeper for his 11th home run — and second in as many games against his former team — Ryan Borucki 401 feet into left field and the stand shortened to 7:5.

David Bednar threw a clean ninth throw, earning his 18th save.

Rich Hill, the Pirates’ left-hander, was knocked out after the first six batters he faced before David Fry hit a leadoff double from Clemente Wall in the third and then advanced to third base through Myles Straw’s sacrificial bunt. But Hill tricked Cam Gallagher into seeing a full-count curveball for a strikeout and then tricked Steven Kwan into dodging to the left, where Reynolds made a diving catch.

The Guardians took a 1-0 lead in the fourth set when Andres Gimenez landed a perfect squeeze bunt on first baseline and Jose Ramirez scored from third base.

Cleveland added three more runs in the fourth run when Amed Rosario hit a two-run double that popped out of Jack Suwinski’s glove when he crashed into the bullpen fence left of center, and Bell followed up with a single to the right Center to make Rosario score 4-0.

The Pirates responded in the fifth set when Davis hit a leadoff single, advanced to third base with Triolo’s single to the left, and scored when Gonzales smoked a single through the middle. Suwinski doubled to the right to hit Triolo and cut the Guardians’ lead to 4-2.

Triolo extended his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest by a Pirates player this season and the second-longest active streak in baseball. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Triolo is only the third Pirates player since 1900 to have a streak of 12 or more games in his first 17 career games, tied with Jewel Ens (1922) and Woody Jensen (1931).

The Pirates pulled Hill after his 97th pitch led to a two-out double from Straw, and Dauri Moreta got Gallagher eyeing a 95-mph four-seater at the top of the zone for what was called a third shot to prevent a run.

“We’re obviously against the urgency of winning,” Hill said. “In my position as a starter, I have to do better and put us in a better winning position and that’s frustrating. But I take full responsibility for that. I think the comeback effect we’ve had all year is because we made it early. We know we can do it and we’ve proven it.”

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LONDON – Ian Happ erzielte zwei Solo-Homeruns, Justin Steele schlug acht und die Chicago Cubs besiegten die St. Louis Cardinals am Samstagabend bei der pandemiebedingt verzögerten Rückkehr der Major League Baseball in die britische Hauptstadt mit 9:1.

Happ führte im zweiten Inning mit einem Drive direkt in die Mitte und warf im dritten Inning einen weiteren Pitch von Adam Wainwright (3:2) über den rechten Feldzaun, womit die Cubs ihr viertes Spiel in Folge gewannen.

Wainwright wurde nach zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Doppeln im vierten Durchgang vom Platz gestellt. Im kürzesten seiner neun Starts in dieser Saison erlaubte er 11 Hits und sieben Runs, ein Saisonhöchstwert.

Die Cubs, die neun von zehn Spielen gewonnen haben, hatten mehr Treffer (14) als Schwünge und Fehlschüsse (10). St. Louis, mit 31-45 Letzter in der NL Central, verlor nach einer Siegesserie von vier Spielen zum zweiten Mal in Folge.

Eine Zuschauermenge von 54.662 Zuschauern, die größte in der MLB in dieser Saison, füllte das Londoner Stadion.

BRAVES 6, REDS 6

CINCINNATI (AP) – Cincinnatis längste Siegesserie seit 66 Jahren wurde nach 12 Spielen gestoppt, als Raisel Iglesias Jonathan India im Finale besiegte und Atlanta in einem Schlagabtausch mit acht Homern siegte.

Jedes Team erzielte vier Mal einen Homerun.

Matt Olson erzielte den 200. Treffer seiner Karriere in der großen Liga, und Travis d’Arnaud und Ozzie Albies schlugen ebenfalls tief gegen Graham Ashcraft (3-6), der zum ersten Mal in 33 Starts in der großen Liga drei lange Bälle zuließ. Marcell Ozuna erzielte einen Homerun gegen Alex Young, als die Braves zum neunten Mal in zehn Spielen gewannen.

Cincinnatis Matt McLain und Spencer Steer erzielten zwei Homeruns.

Michael Tonkin (2:0) warf 2 1/3 Innings ohne Treffer für die Braves, die acht Siege in Folge erzielten, bevor sie den Auftakt der Serie am Freitag verloren.

ENGEL 25, ROCKIES 1

DENVER (AP) – Mike Trout, Brandon Drury und Matt Thaiss erzielten Homeruns in aufeinanderfolgenden Pitches und eröffneten ein drittes Inning mit 13 Runs, und Mickey Moniak krönte den Sieg mit einem Homerun in zwei Runs in Los Angeles‘ rekordverdächtigem Sieg über Colorado, der mit einem endete Drei-Spiele-Skid.

Die Angels stellten Franchise-Marken für Runs und Hits (28) in einem Spiel auf und stellten mit ihrem riesigen dritten Inning Teamrekorde für Runs und Homer auf.

David Fletcher schlug einen Homerun mit drei Runs und krönte damit einen vierten Run mit acht Runs, während die Angels im dritten und vierten Inning zusammen 21 Runs mit 17 Hits erzielten und 27 Batter auf die Platte schickten. Fletcher erzielte in seinem ersten Spiel seit seinem Rückruf aus Salt Lake City drei Treffer und fünf RBIs.

Hunter Renfroe und Mickey Moniak hatten jeweils fünf Hits und vier RBIs für die Angels. Drury hatte drei Hits und vier RBIs und Trout hatte drei Hits und einen RBI. Beide wurden im fünften ersetzt.

Griffin Canning (6-2) ließ in sechs torlosen Innings vier Treffer zu, während er sieben Treffer mit einem Walk erzielte.

Chase Anderson (0-2) ließ die Homeruns bei der Niederlage in drei aufeinanderfolgenden Pitches auf sich warten.

DODGERS 8, ASTROS 7

LOS ANGELES (AP) – James Outman erzielte in einem unordentlichen achten Inning den Startschuss nach einem Block von Ryan Stanek, dem Houston-Relfspieler, und Los Angeles erkämpfte sich den vierten Sieg in Folge.

Die Dodgers glichen im achten Durchgang mit 7 aus. Reliever Bryan Abreu (2:2) begleitete Freddie Freeman, Will Smith und JD Martinez, um die Bases zu füllen. Kyle Tucker machte einen Sliding Catch im rechten Feld nach Jason Heywards Opferflug, der Freeman traf. Smith erzielte bei Outmans Grundregel-Double ein Tor, nachdem der Ball in der rechten Feldwand stecken geblieben war.

Junior Valentine, der Schiedsrichter der zweiten Base, blockierte Stanek, dessen rechtes Bein offenbar nachgab, nachdem er nach innen zum Spielfeld geschaut hatte.

Phil Bickford (2:2) sicherte sich den Sieg zur Erleichterung und Evan Phillips warf den neunten Wurf für seine zehnte Parade.

Alex Bregman erzielte im fünften Spiel für die Astros einen Grand Slam mit Buhrufen.

TIGER 3, ZWILLINGE 2

DETROIT (AP) – Zach McKinstry erzielte in einem zweiten Inning mit drei Runs einen Single mit zwei Runs und Detroit konnte Minnesota besiegen.

Reese Olson (1-2) holte sich seinen ersten Major-League-Sieg und erlaubte einen Run und vier Hits mit neun Strikeouts und einem Walk in 5 1/3 Innings, den besten seiner Karriere. Alex Lange erzielte die letzten vier Outs für seinen zwölften Save in 14 Versuchen.

Twins-Starter Pablo López (3-5) erlaubte drei Runs und sieben Hits in sechs Innings. Er ging eins und schlug 10 aus. Carlos Correa und Joey Gallo erzielten Solo-Homeruns für Minnesota.

Die Tigers erzielten ihre einzigen Runs im zweiten Durchgang, als Nick Maton einen Single erzielte, Miguel Cabrera einen One-Out-Walk erzielte und Eric Haase mit einem RBI-Single folgte, um das 1:0 zu erzielen. Jake Marisnicks Single lud die Bases und McKinstrys Flare ins flache Zentrum erzielte Cabrera und Haase.

RIESEN 7, DIAMANTEN 6

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Luis Matos erzielte seinen ersten Homerun in seiner Karriere, einen Startschuss für zwei Runs im sechsten Inning, und San Francisco besiegte den in NL West führenden Arizona und holte sich seinen zwölften Sieg in 13 Spielen.

Joc Pederson und Blake Sabol fügten jeweils zwei Treffer hinzu, als San Francisco seinen zweiten Sieg in Folge gegen Arizona gewann und damit 1½ Spiele in der Division zurückblieb.

Taylor Rogers (4:2) sicherte sich den Sieg. Camilo Doval erzielte seine 22. Parade.

Christian Walker verlängerte seine Hitting Streak auf neun Spiele mit drei Hits und drei RBIs für die Diamondbacks. Ketel Marte fügte seinen 13. Homerun und zwei RBIs hinzu.

Der Starter aus Arizona, Merrill Kelly (9-4), erlitt seine erste Niederlage seit acht Auswärtsstarts in dieser Saison. Er erlaubte 10 Hits und sieben Runs (fünf davon verdient) in fünf Innings.

METS 4, PHILLIES 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Max Scherzer erzielte in sechs Innings acht Treffer und Starling Marte erzielte einen Homerun, um New York zu einer Drei-Spiele-Niederlageserie zu verhelfen.

Scherzer (7:2), der seit dem 8. Mai keinen Start verloren hat, war gegen eine Aufstellung, zu der auch die ehemaligen Nationals-Teamkollegen Trea Turner und Bryce Harper gehörten, solide. Turner berührte ihn für einen RBI-Single im fünften Durchgang, der zum 2:0-Ausgleich führte. David Robertson erzielte seinen 11. Save.

Brandon Nimmos RBI-Single gegen Phillies-Starter Cristopher Sánchez (0:1) sorgte im zweiten Durchgang für das 2:0. Die Mets gingen durch Pete Alonsos RBI-Forceout und Tommy Phams RBI-Single im sechsten Durchgang endgültig in Führung, was zum 4:2 führte.

Nick Castellanos erzielte mit einem Walk 3 zu 3 einen Homerun für die Phillies.

ORIOLES 6, MARINERS 4, 10 INNINGS

BALTIMORE (AP) – Ryan McKenna erzielte am Ende des 10. Innings einen Two-Run-Homerun, als Baltimore Seattle besiegte.

McKenna kam im neunten Durchgang als defensiver Ersatz ins Spiel, als die Orioles versuchten, einen One-Run-Vorsprung zu verteidigen. Aber Baltimore musste weiterspielen, nachdem Mike Ford einen Solo-Homerun gegen den Schlussmann Félix Bautista geschossen hatte, der Seattle bis zum letzten Durchgang trennte.

Im 10. Durchgang wehrte Mike Baumann (5:0) JP Crawford mit einem Grounder zum Pitcher ab und schlug dann Julio Rodríguez und Ty France aus. In der unteren Hälfte erzielte McKenna einen Drive in die rechte Mitte von Justin Topa (1-3) für seinen zweiten Homerun des Jahres.

Ford erzielte zwei Treffer für Seattle, und auch Crawford und Rodríguez erzielten Solowürfe.

Anthony Santander erzielte unter seinen vier Treffern für die Orioles einen Solo-Homerun. Auch Aaron Hicks ging für Baltimore in die Tiefe.

YANKEES 1, RANGERS 0

NEW YORK (AP) – Ron Marinaccio schied im neunten Inning aufgrund eines Game-Ending-Popups gegen Marcus Semien aus, Clay Holmes ließ im achten Inning zwei Läufer liegen und New York besiegte Texas, nachdem Aaron Judge sagte, dass er nicht kurz davor sei, von einem Run zurückzukehren verletzter rechter Zeh.

Billy McKinney erzielte seinen vierten Homerun, seit er vor zwei Wochen als Ersatz für Judge nominiert wurde, der vor dem Spiel sagte, er habe einen Bänderriss im Zeh, der Schmerzen beim Gehen verursacht.

McKinney erzielte seinen Drive im vierten Inning gegen Jon Gray (6:3), sodass New York mit nur vier Treffern gewann.

Luis Severino (1-2) erlaubte fünf Treffer in sechs Innings und vier Reliever beendeten den fünften Shutout der Yankees. Marinaccio parierte zum zweiten Mal.

BLUE JAYS 7, LEICHTATHLETIK 3

TORONTO (AP) – Vladimir Guerrero Jr. und Danny Jansen erzielten Homeruns in zwei Runs, José Berríos warf sechs Innings und gewann zum dritten Mal in vier Starts und Toronto besiegte Oakland zum neunten Mal in elf Spielen im Rogers Centre.

Guerrero erzielte den zweiten Tag in Folge zu Hause einen Treffer, nachdem er 32 Spiele lang nicht über den Zaun kam. Er erreichte die Basis viermal und fuhr drei Läufe.

Berríos (8-5) erlaubte drei Runs und sechs Hits. Er lief zwei und schlug acht, eins weniger als sein Saisonhoch. Jordan Romano schlug Ryan Noda aus und ließ die Läufer auf den Plätzen zwei und drei liegen, was ihm seine 23. Parade bei 26 Chancen verschaffte.

WEISSE SOX 5, ROTE SOX 4

CHICAGO (AP) – Elvis Andrus erzielte im neunten Inning einen spielentscheidenden RBI-Single und verhalf Chicago White damit zum Sieg über Boston.

Luis Robert Jr., Andrew Vaughn, Yasmani Grandal und Jake Burger trafen für Chicago, das vier von fünf Spielen verloren hatte. Lance Lynn erzielte bei seinem ersten Start sieben Treffer in 5 2/3 Innings, seit er bei einer 1:5-Niederlage in Seattle am vergangenen Wochenende mit 16 km einen Franchise-Rekord aufstellte.

Der Pinch-Hitter Gavin Sheets löste den Siegtreffer aus, als er nach einem Two-Out-Fehler von First Baseman Triston Casas den Ball erreichte. Pinch-Runner Zach Remillard holte sich den zweiten Platz und Andrus schoss einen Single nach rechts gegen Kenley Jansen (2-4).

Kendall Graveman (3:3) musste die Niederlage für Boston hinnehmen.

ROYALS 9, RAYS 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) – Jordan Lyles beendete eine Siegesserie von 15 Spielen und Kansas City besiegte Tampa Bay zum zweiten Sieg in drei Tagen gegen das Team mit der besten Bilanz bei den Majors.

Lyles (1-11) ließ über sechs Innings vier Runs und acht Hits zu. Es war sein erster Sieg seit seinem letzten Start im letzten Jahr am 30. September, als er für die Baltimore Orioles spielte.

Drew Waters, Freddy Fermín und Edward Olivares trafen für die Royals, die mit 22-55 die zweitschlechteste Bilanz bei den Majors haben.

Tampa Bay (53-27) hat in den letzten 12 Spielen eine Bilanz von 5-7, darunter zwei Niederlagen gegen Oakland, das die schlechteste Bilanz in der MLB hat.

Der Shortstop der Rays, Wander Franco, kehrte zurück, nachdem er zwei Spiele lang auf der Bank saß, weil er in dieser Saison mit frustrierenden Situationen umgegangen war und während eines ersten Two-Runs einen 417-Fuß-Solo-Homerun geschossen hatte. Er fügte einen RBI-Single in einer Sekunde mit zwei Läufen hinzu.

MARLINS 4, PIRATEN 3, 11 INNINGS

MIAMI (AP) – Jon Berti gewann den Lauf mit einem Single im 11. Inning und führte Miami an Pittsburgh vorbei.

Der automatische Läufer Joey Wendle rückte durch Nick Fortes’ Opferbunt auf den dritten Platz vor, bevor Berti einen Line Drive nach rechts gegen Angel Perdomo (1:1) erzielte.

Yuli Gurriels Opfer flog gegen den Pirates-Näher David Bednar am Ende des 10. Durchgangs und glich den Ausgleich zum 3:0 aus, nachdem Ke’Bryan Hayes die Pirates mit einem RBI-Single in der oberen Hälfte in Führung brachte.

Luis Arraez erzielte einen Homerun und einen Walk zweimal, Jacob Stallings hatte drei Treffer und Andrew Nardi (5:1) erzielte einen perfekten 11. Treffer für die Marlins. Arraez ging 1 zu 3 und sein Spitzendurchschnitt in der Major League sank um einen Punkt auf 0,401.

Andrew McCutchen erzielte zwei Doubles und drei Walks für die Pirates. McCutchens erster Double im sechsten Spiel war der 400. seiner Karriere.

WÄCHTER 4, BRAUER 2

CLEVELAND (AP) – Josh Naylor und David Fry hatten RBI-Einzel in einem sechsten Inning mit zwei Durchgängen und Rookie Tanner Bibee schlug sieben, als Cleveland Milwaukee besiegte.

Cleveland lag nach fünf Innings mit 2:1 zurück und glich das Spiel aus, als Naylor einen Single gegen Hoby Milner schlug, der Amed Rosario traf. Fry sorgte mit einem Two-Out-Treffer gegen Elvis Peguero für den Startschuss, der José Ramírez traf.

Bibee (4-2) absolvierte sechs Innings und ermöglichte zwei Runs, einen verdienten und drei Hits in seinem elften Start seit seinem Rückruf von Triple-A Columbus Ende April. Emmanuel Clase sicherte sich mit seiner 23. Parade die Führung bei den Majors.

Brewers-Starter Freddy Peralta (5-7) erlaubte drei Runs in fünf Innings und verlor damit seine vierte Entscheidung in Folge. Christian Yelich erzielte beide Runs und stahl Milwaukee eine Base.

NATIONALE 2, PADRES 0

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Jeimer Candelario und Lane Thomas erzielten einen Homerun, Josiah Gray pitchte im sechsten Inning und Washington besiegte San Diego.

Im ersten Inning schlug Candelario einen Homerun in die rechte Mitte. Thomas, der drei Treffer hatte, traf im dritten. Washington hatte neun seiner letzten elf Spiele verloren.

Gray (5-6) erzielte sechs Strikeouts und Hunter Harvey schaffte seine fünfte Parade.

Die Padres beförderten den Knuckleballer Matt Waldron (0:1) zu einem Startplatz bei seinem Debüt in der Major League. Er hielt 4-2/3 Innings durch und ließ zwei Runs und vier Hits zu.

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San Diego Padres (35-38, 4th in NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (41-32, 2nd in NL West)

San Francisco; Wednesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABIES: Padres: Yu Darvish (0-0); Giants: TBD

SUMMARY: The San Diego Padres visit the San Francisco Giants to end a three-game losing streak away from home.

San Francisco has a 20-17 record at home and a 41-32 overall record. The Giants batsmen have an overall batting average of .422, ranking 10th in the MLB.

San Diego has a record of 16-18 away and a record of 35-38 overall. The Padres are 4:30 in games where they have conceded a home run.

Wednesday’s game marks the teams’ fifth meeting of the season. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMER: Michael Conforto leads San Francisco with 12 homers while batting .419. Mike Yastrzemski is 11 of 40 with four homers and 10 RBI in his last 10 games.

Fernando Tatis Jr. leads the Padres with 15 homers while batting .568. Manny Machado is at 12 of 43 with a double, two homers and eight RBI in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 9-1, .283 batting average, 2.87 ERA, outperformed opponents by 43 runs

Padres: 5-5, .243 batting average, 3.86 ERA, outperformed opponents by a run

INJURIES: Giants: LaMonte Wade Jr: daily (right side strains), Scott Alexander: 15-day IL (hamstring), Alex Cobb: 15-day IL (oblique), Wilmer Flores: 10-day IL ( Foot). ), John Brebbia: 15-day IL (lat), Mitch Haniger: 10-day IL (forearm), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Thomas Szapucki: 60-Day IL (left arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (back)

Padres: Preston Tucker: 10-day IL (foot), Tom Cosgrove: 15-day IL (hamstring), Luis Campusano: 60-day IL (sprained thumb), Drew Pomeranz: 60-day IL (elbow/flexor ), Robert Suarez: 60-day IL (elbow), Jose Castillo: 15-day IL (shoulder), Eguy Rosario: 60-day IL (ankle)

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Chicago Cubs (28-36, fourth in NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (32-32, third in NL West) San Francisco;…

Chicago Cubs (28-36, fourth in NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (32-32, third in NL West)

San Francisco; Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABIES: Cubs: Hayden Wesneski (2-2, 4.15 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Giants: John Brebbia (2-0, 3.37 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -141, Cubs +120; Over/under is 8 1/2 runs

SUMMARY: The San Francisco Giants are looking to end their three-game home loss with a win over the Chicago Cubs.

San Francisco has a record of 17-17 at home and a record of 32-32 overall. The Giants have a 16-7 record in games where they haven’t allowed a home run.

Chicago has a 28-36 record overall and 13-20 away games. The Cubs are ranked ninth in the NL with 72 home runs total, averaging 1.1 per game.

Sunday’s game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMER: LaMonte Wade Jr has eight homers, 43 walks and 20 RBI while hitting .273 for the Giants. JD Davis is in 10 of 31 in his last 10 games with two doubles, a triple and four RBI.

Nico Hoerner leads the Cubs with a .279 batting average and has nine doubles, one triple and four home runs. Seiya Suzuki has won 10 of 37 in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 4-6, .235 batting average, 3.70 ERA, beat four runs

Cubs: 4-6, .177 batting average, 3.07 ERA, nine runs surpassed

INJURIES: Giants: Alex Wood: 15-day IL (back), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique), Roberto Perez: 60-day IL (shoulder ), Thomas Szapucki: 60-day IL (left arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-day IL (back)

Boy: Edwin Rios: 10 days IL (groin), Justin Steele: 15 days IL (forearm), Nick Burdi: 15 days IL (appendicitis), Cody Bellinger: 10 days IL (knee), Adrian Sampson: 60 days IL (right meniscus), Brad Boxberger: 15-day IL (forearm), Codi Heuer: 60-day IL (elbow), Ethan Roberts: 60-day IL (elbow)

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San Francisco Giants (22-24, 3rd in NL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (25-22, 1st in AL Central)

Minneapolis; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABIES: Giants: Alex Cobb (3-1, 1.94 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 44 strikeouts); Gemini: Bailey Ober (3-0, 1.78 ERA, .96 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Twins -151, Giants +129; Over/Under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants will be looking to break their three-game deficit in a game against the Minnesota Twins.

Minnesota is 14-8 at home and 25-22 overall. The Twins are 4-9 in run-decided games.

San Francisco has a record of 7-13 away and 22-24 overall. The Giants have the seventh-ranked slugging percentage in the Netherlands at .411.

Monday’s game is the teams’ first meeting of the season.

TOP PERFORMER: Byron Buxton has nine homers, 25 walks and 21 RBI while batting .235 for the Twins. Kyle Farmer is at 15 of 39 with a double, two homers and nine RBI in his last 10 games.

Michael Conforto is sixth with the Giants with 10 extra base hits (two doubles and eight homers). Joc Pederson is 3-of-18 with a double, two homers, and three RBI in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 5-5, .272 batting average, 3.83 ERA, outperformed opponents by 21 runs

Giants: 6-4, .238 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outperformed opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Gemini: Byron Buxton: daily (leg), Jorge Polanco: 10-day IL (hamstring), Nick Gordon: 10-day IL (shin), Jorge Alcala: 15-day IL (forearm), max Kepler : 10-day IL (hamstring), Tyler Mahle: 60-day IL (arm), Caleb Thielbar: 15-day IL (oblique load), Kenta Maeda: 15-day IL (triceps), Gilberto Celestino: 60-Day IL (Thumb), Royce Lewis: 60-Day IL (Knee), Chris Paddack: 60-Day IL (Elbow)

Giants: Logan Webb: Day to Day (back), Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Joey Bart: 10-day IL (groin), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique), Joc Pederson : 10-day IL (hand), Austin Slater: 10-day IL (thigh), Roberto Perez: 60-day IL (shoulder), Luke Jackson: 60-day IL (elbow), Thomas Szapucki: 60 -Day IL (left). arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-day IL (back)

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Miami Marlins (23-22, 2nd in NL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (21-23, 3rd in NL West)

San Francisco; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABILITY: Marlins: Braxton Garrett (1-2, 5.40 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (3-5, 3.66 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 58 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -167, Marlins +142; Over/under is 7 1/2 runs

SUMMARY: The San Francisco Giants host the Miami Marlins, who are looking to continue their four-game winning streak at home.

San Francisco is 21-23 overall and 14-10 at home. The Giants have the team’s 10th-ranked on-base percentage in the Netherlands at .319.

Miami has an away record of 9-11 and an overall record of 23-22. The Marlins’ batsmen batted an aggregate effort of .249, which ranks eighth in the Netherlands.

Saturday’s game is the teams’ fifth meeting of the season. The season series is tied 2-2.

TOP PERFORMER: Michael Conforto leads San Francisco with eight homers while hitting .410. Casey Schmitt has 16 of 40 with two homers and eight RBI in his last 10 games.

Jorge Soler leads the Marlins with 20 extra base hits (nine doubles and 11 home runs). Bryan De La Cruz has 15 of 40 with five doubles, three homers and eight RBIs in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 6-4, .251 batting average, 3.93 ERA, outperformed opponents by two runs

Marlins: 6-4, .257 batting average, 3.89 ERA, outperformed opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Giants: Ross Stripling: 15-day IL (back), Joey Bart: 10-day IL (groin), Heliot Ramos: 60-day IL (oblique), Joc Pederson: 10-day IL (hand ), Anthony DeSclafani: Day-to-Day (Toe), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (Thigh), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (Shoulder), Luke Jackson: 60-Day IL (Elbow), Thomas Szapucki: 60-day IL (left arm), Luis Gonzalez: 60-day IL (back)

Marlins: Jazz Chisholm: 10-day IL (toe), AJ Puk: 15-day IL (elbow), Jesus Sanchez: 10-day IL (thigh), Avisail Garcia: 10-day IL (back), Tommy Nance: 60-day IL (shoulder), Trevor Rogers: 15-day IL (forearm), Johnny Cueto: 15-day IL (biceps), Nic Enright: 60-day IL (illness), Max Meyer : 60 Day IL (Elbow) , Anthony Bender: 60 Day IL (Elbow)

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The Cardinals got off to their worst start since 1973, losing seven of their last nine games before tonight’s game and trailing the first-seeded Pittsburgh Pirates by 8.5 games. To win an escape day, St. Louis was tasked with beating right-hander Logan Webb, who finished last season with a 2.90 ERA and won 15 games.

Here’s the St. Louis line-up without Willson Contreras.

1. Lars Nootbaar, CF
2. Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
3. Nolan Gorman, DH
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
5. Alec Burleson, RF
6. Paul DeJong, SS
7. Tyler O’Neill, LF
8. Andreas Knizner, C
9. Tommy Edman, 2B

Miles Mikolas – SP

And for the giants:

1. LaMonte Wade Jr., L.F
2. Thairo Estrada, 2B
3. Joc Pederson, DH
4. Michael Comfort, RF
5. Wilmer Flores, 1B
6. Mike Yastrzemski, CF
7. Blake Sabol, C
8. David Villar, 3B
9. Brandon Crawford, S.S

Logan Webb SP

The Cardinals won a baseball game against the odds Thursday afternoon, led by Miles Mikolas’ best start to the season. The offense was boosted by Alec Burleson’s solo home run in the seventh inning, which came close to splashing into the bay.

The Cardinals hit all six runs starting in the seventh inning. The win improves the Cardinals’ series finals record to 6-2 this season. The Cardinals are 4-14 in games that aren’t the last game of a series.

But about the win…

1st inning

Easy first inning for Webb, who only throws 12 pitches to set up a zero. Strikeouts from Nootbaar and Gorman were pinched by Goldschmidt around a deep flyout to midfield.

Mikolas knocked out Wade to start the ballgame, but Estrada stabbed a one-out single into right field. However, Miles was able to pull Pederson back with a flyout and Conforto with a groundout to get out of the inning.

2nd inning

Arenado led the inning to left field with a line drive single. Burleson followed and ripped a sharp ground ball straight at Flores, which kept Arenado at first base. Flores stepped on the pocket for the first out and then tagged Arenado, who attempted to dunk back into the first for the second out of the inning (once the first out was made, Arenado was no longer forced to go for second, and tried to dive back first for sure). DeJong landed for our number three.

Flores made a full count against Mikolas and eventually pulled a leadoff walk. He was stuck there, however, with strikeouts from Yastrzemski and Sabol, followed by a right flyout from Villar.

3rd inning

After a groundout by Tyler O’Neill, Knizner hit the middle (actually putting him 3-9 in his last 9 at-bats). Edman struck, but Nootbaar achieved an infield single perfectly placed between the postponed Crawford and Estrada. Goldschmidt pulled a two-out walk to load the bases, but Gorman flapped out at the knees after a perfectly placed changeup to kill the Cardinal threat.

Brandon Crawford led at the bottom of the third and hit a flyball towards foul territory on which O’Neill made a fine sliding play for the first out. Wade landed just ahead of DeJong for our number two, but then Mikolas slammed Estrada right in the ribs with a 95-mile fastball. After standing by the coaches for a few minutes, he was finally able to go down first and stayed in the game. Pederson showed up in the infield, Edman made the catch and finished the third inning.

4th inning

A nine-pitch, 1-2-3 inning for Webb in the fourth. Arenado batted on three pitches (his ninth strikeout in his last 19 at bat), Burleson landed right back at Webb, and DeJong landed in second place.

It was also a fast inning for Mikolas, who retired Conforto (groundout), Flores (strikeout) and Yastrzemski (flyout) in 11 places.

5th inning

Leading from fifth, O’Neill put a good swing on a 2-2 shifter and sent it 384 feet into midfield, where Yastrzemski ran it down a foot or two short of the Warnbahn. Knizner ended up in first place and Edman in second place for outs two and three.

Sabol at-batted Mikolas on the second pitch and slammed Edman in flat right field. Villar chased Mikolas’ first pitch and took a knee-high fastball into right field for a base knock. Crawford followed with a base goal in midfield, Villar went from first to third.

While Wade was batting, Crawford stole second base (his third steal of the season) and put two runners in goal position for the Giants left fielder. Wade took a stroll to recharge them – and set up the doubles game if you’re one of those optimistic fans. Estrada swung and hit a dead helicopter about six feet from the plate — trouble is, both Knizner and Mikolas tried without both being on home plate to get the leading runner. Because of this, Knizner grabbed the ball and dove back towards home plate, knocking out a headfirst diving Villar before he could touch the plate.

Estrada made first base in the previous game, so Joc Pederson’s bases were still loaded. He hit a 109-mph line drive right at Burleson in right field for the final of the fifth inning – Mikolas escapes the jam.

6th inning

Nootbaar struck for the second time in the game, Goldschmidt’s 108.8 mph line drive was intercepted on Conforto’s right field wall and Gorman struck for the third time in the game – his first hat-trick of the year!

Conforto led at the end of the sixth, hitting a bouncer right back to Mikolas, who took his time with a flip to make the out for the first time. Flores hit a low ball into midfield which Edman repelled to catch the second out. With two outs, Yastrzemski hit a rocket off right fieldwall for a double, with Burleson’s throw hitting his leg at second base, giving DeJong no opportunity for a tag. Mikolas hit Sabol with a slider to end the inning and set the game’s potential on the first run in the second.

7th inning

After an Arenado groundout, Alec Burleson hammered a high fastball (like very high…no hit high) high and low into the San Francisco sky for his third homer of the year, overcoming the 24-foot wall on right field to take it 1-0 to make the Cardinals in the seventh.

DeJong followed up with a base hit into right field, which put him 7-for-16 since his return to the Cardinals. O’Neill hit essentially the same spot, putting on two for Knizner with an out. The Cardinals catcher hit a deep fly ball into left midfield, with Wade making the catch off the warning lane. Both runners moved up, with DeJong third and O’Neill second.

With two outs, Edman hit a ground ball down the middle. Estrada reached to his right, gloved it and made a two-hop throw to first base, calling Edman out on a bang-bang play. However, the Cardinals initially challenged the call and it was nullified — Edman had an infield hit and the Cardinals had another run on the board that saw DeJong cross the plate.

Gabe Kapler went to the bullpen and brought in former Cardinal John Brebbia against Nootbaar, who flew into midfield for our number three.

Mikolas hit Villar with a big curveball for the first out in the bottom of the seventh, and Oli Marmol went for the bullpen. When the left-hander struck Crawford and Wade, it was time for Genesis Cabrera.

Cabrera defeated Crawford, gave Wade a one-out double, but got Estrada to hit a groundball straight back to him to end the seventh inning.

Mikola’s closing line: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (95 pitches)
Webb’s last line: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (102 pitches)

8th inning

Goldschmidt worked a 12-pitch at-bat against Brebbia, including six fouls, but eventually landed. Gorman jumped on a 1-1 slider and put it into right field for a one-out hit, but was cleared on second base when Arenado scored in an easy 4-6-3 double play. However, Crawford’s throw back to first base was high and down the line, allowing Arenado to reach first.

Dylan Carlson, who came on as Burleson’s defensive back-up, hit a ground ball where the third baseman would have been had he not been shadowed to the right. The ball rolled all the way down the third baseline until it was finally picked up by Wade, and the relay didn’t make it home in time to reach Arenado, who scored to make it 3-0. Carlson ended up in second place with a double.

Kapler went into the bullpen again and brought in right-hander Tristan Beck for his third appearance of the season. DeJong greeted him with a bombshell and slammed a hanging breaking ball 369 feet into left field seats for a two-run homer — his second homer in five games since he was recalled. 5-0 Cardinals.

O’Neill pulled a two-out walk, but Knizner was called out on strikes for the number three.

Mitch Haniger pinched for Pederson and hit a 51 mph swinging bunt toward third base that Arenado simply picked up and pocketed for a leadoff single. Cabrera finished out Conforto with a flyout and Flores with a pop out before defeating Yastrzemski with two outs. He knocked out Sabol to strand both runners and send that play to ninth place.

9th inning

A double from Tommy Edman and a single from Nootbaar got Goldschmidt out with runners in the corners and nobody to start the ninth inning. He hit a ground ball to Villar in third, who went for second for the force out, but they initially failed to complete the doubles play. Edman scored to make it 6-0.

Gorman picked up a gold sombrero on that beautiful Thursday and Arenado landed on second base.

Drew VerHagen threw a clean ninth-place floor with two strikeouts to end the game. The Cardinals avoid the four-game sweep.

FINALS: Cardinals 6, Giants 0

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The West Coast road trip from Hell continues tomorrow for the Cardinals (10-16) when they fly a few hours south to face the Dodgers (13-13) in Los Angeles.

Redhead fireballer Dustin May (2-1, 3.07 ERA) will start for the Dodgers while Jack Flaherty (2-2, 3.29 ERA) will go for St. Louis. May earned a win over the Cubs on his last outing by hitting the sixth inning and giving up two earned runs. Flaherty beat the Mariners last weekend, giving up three earned runs over six innings while striking out nine.

The first pitch is scheduled for 9:10 p.m

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