Logan Webb threw the first game-winner of his career, and JD Davis provided all the necessary running support with a fourth-inning homer, The San Francisco Giants beat the visiting Colorado Rockies 1-0 in their final game on Sunday afternoon. All-star rest.
Webb was winless in his past two games, but he was strong (8-7) late in the first half, limiting the Rockies to two doubles and five singles. He walked no hitters and struck out 10.
Not only was Webb blocked for the first time in his five major league seasons, it was also his first full game. He pitched 7 2/3 innings last season, and he’s thrown just one game-winning pitch this year — leaving with 0 in a 0-1 loss to the Miami Marlins in May. -0.
Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (4-10) hit Webb before Davis’ first pitch of the fourth over the field fence, hitting his 11th of the season hit a home run. It was the Giants’ only field hit of the game.
Padres 6, Mets 2
Manny Machado hit five runs, helped by Max Scherzer, and hit two home runs, while Joe Musgrove hit a three-run double. The help, six scoreless innings, helped San Diego beat visiting New York in a three-game series rubber game.
Machado hit a three-run homer in Game 1 and a two-run homer in Game 5, giving him five career homers against Scherzer. Musgrove (8-2) allowed just three hits, sent no walks, and struck out seven to capture his seven-game winning streak. He also hit four hitters.
Scherzer (8-3) has given up 18 home runs this season, including five in his past two starts and 11 in his past seven starts . He has given up a home run in seven straight games. Machado’s five homers were the most Scherzer has allowed for a player.
Cubs 7, Yankees 4
After a fielding error by second baseman Glebe Torres, reliever Jan Gomez hit a two-run seventh inning and Seiya Suzuki raised a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth for Chicago. beat New York.
Mike Tauchman opened with a Ron Marinaccio single (4-4), followed by Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ walk. Suzuki hit Domingo Germain’s only hit for Chicago in the fifth before Clay Holmes hit a fly ball when right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s pitch went off target. , Tauchman scored.
Rookie Anthony Volpe hit a two-run homer, Kyle Easton followed up with a solo, and the Yankees took a 4-1 lead in the sixth.
Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3 (10 innings)
Danny Jansen hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the ninth, Nathan Lukes doubled in the 10th to take the lead, and Toronto beat Detroit.
Matt Chapman had three hits and two runs for Toronto, which was not hit by Detroit on Saturday. Jansen’s home run came off Alex Langer, who ended the Tigers’ combined no-hitter. Yimi Garcia (3-3) pitched a scoreless inning of relief to seal the win. Jordan Romano knocked down all three batters he faced in his 26th save.
Riley Greene had two hits, including a solo homer, and Miguel Cabrera had an RBI single for Detroit. Tigers starter Tarik Skubal, in his second appearance of the season, had two hits and five strikeouts in four scoreless innings.
Red Sox 4, Athletics 3
Masataka Yoshida hit a 2-for-4 homer in the bottom half of the eighth inning to help Boston sweep visiting Oakland.
After dropping the first two games of the series, Oakland took the lead and took a 3-1 lead in six innings. Brent Rooker went 3-for-3 with a solo homer.
Boston tied the game with a solo home run by Adam Duvall and an RBI double from Christian Arroyo in the sixth, before Yoshida singled to the Green Monster seat two innings later to extend the streak to the All-Star Game of five games.
Rays 10, Warriors 4
Tampa Bay snapped its longest losing streak of the season with a win over Atlanta in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Isaac Paredes and Yandi Diaz each homered, and Zach Eflin (10-4) allowed two runs and struck out five in five innings. Diaz had three hits and four runs.
With the win, the Rays snapped a seven-game losing streak while salvaging a series finale in a matchup between the two teams with the highest records in MLB.
Orioles 15, Twins 2
Anthony Santander hit two of Baltimore’s season-high six home runs, Kyle Gibson picked up his ninth win of the season and the visitors eased past Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Adley Luchman, Aaron Hicks, Austin Hayes and Ramon Urias also homered for Baltimore, which has won five straight. Gibson (9-6) allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings. He walked and tied a career high with 11 strikeouts.
Edouard Julien homered, doubled and drove in two runs for the Twins. Minnesota starter Joe Ryan (8-6) suffered the loss, allowing five runs in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out 10.
Nationals 7, Rangers 2
Joey Menezes, Stone Garrett and Dominic Smith each homered and Patrick Corbin pitched a solid seven innings as Washington eased past visiting Texas State to win A three-game series.
After hitting two homers all season to enter the series, Menezes hit his fourth homer in the past three games and went 1-for-3. Smith went 1-for-3 and scored two runs, and Garrett, as the backup hitter, hit a pitch in his only at-bat.
Josh Jung was 2 for 3 and Adolis Garcia was 1 for 4 with two RBIs for the Rangers.
Marlins 7, Phillies 3
Bryan De La Cruz went 4-for-4 with a homer, single and two RBIs to lead host Miami to victory over Philadelphia.
The surprising Marlins finished the first half of the season 53-39 as wild cards, with home runs from Jesus Sanchez and rookie Dane Myers. Jesus Luzardo (8-5) led Miami to the win, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk and 2 runs in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out nine and dropped to a 3.29 ERA, the best of any Marlins starter.
All three homers were hit by Phillies starter Aaron Nola (8-6), who carried the loss. Nola allowed eight hits, no bases, five runs and four earned in six innings, the second time the Phillies have lost a road game in their past 15 games.
Brewers 1, Reds 0
Wade Miley pitched six scoreless innings to lead host Milwaukee to victory over Cincinnati.
The Brewers hit an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, followed by a double for Christian Yelich, who hit an early double. Get on the board.
Since then, pitchers for both teams have dominated. Miley (6-2) won, allowing 4 hits with 3 walks and striking out 8 against his former team. Ben Lively (4-5) came off the injured list to start for the Reds, tossing 5 2/3 innings while allowing just one run, four hits and two walks while striking out five Second-rate.
Sailor 3, Astros 1
Logan Gilbert put up a strong seven-inning performance as Seattle sealed the four-game series with a win over host Houston at the end of the first half.
Gilbert (7-5) had his first career shutout in San Francisco on Tuesday, striking out six in seven innings to limit the Astros to three hits and one run with no hits.
Seattle finished its seven-game road trip with a 5-2 record and improved to 5-2 on the season against Houston. The Astros squandered a chance to close the Texas Rangers by a game in the American League West after Texas lost to Washington earlier Sunday.
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2
Pittsburgh’s seven pitchers limited Arizona to four hits, and Choi Ji-wan hit a two-run homer and a double against Phoenix.
Rookie backup pitcher Carmen Mlozinski made his first career start. Ryan Borucki, Osvaldo Bido, Angel Perdomo, Yerry De Los Santos, Colin Holderman and David Bednar also pitched, but none pitched for more than 1 2/3 innings. Bidot (1-1) won and Bednar made his 17th save.
The Buccaneers avoided a three-game sweep against the Diamondbacks, who entered the All-Star break with the Los Angeles Dodgers leading the National League West.
Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
Paul DeJong hits two, including a 10th-inning double, and Willson Contreras hits a two-run homer in St. Louis’ victory over host Chicago .
De Jong was up against Kenan Middleton (2-1), who allowed a hit and a strikeout. Winner JoJo Romero (1-0) struck out over the final two innings, fanning out Tim Anderson with two scorers to end the game.
St. Louis overcame three turnovers to seal the series victory in the first half.
Royals 4, Guardians 1
Ryan Yarbrough allowed just one run in six innings to help Kansas City avoid a four-game sweep over host Cleveland.
Yarborough (2-4) struck out five in his game while allowing six hits and a walk-in. Sean Bieber (5-6) started for Cleveland, allowing four runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings. Bieber has also fanned six royals.
Michael Massey led the set for Kansas City, going 3-for-4 from the field and hitting two 3-pointers. Kyle Isbel hit a 2-for-4 home run and scored twice. Andres Jimenez was a bright spot in Cleveland’s lineup, going 2-for-4 with a single and a double in the Guards’ lone winning streak.
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