Giants pound Mets 2nd straight day
Washington’s Fedde helps stifle Dodgers
SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Longoria homered twice and Joc Pederson hit his fourth in two games as the San Francisco Giants went deep four times in the first two innings off rookie Thomas Szapucki and routed the New York Mets 9-3 on Wednesday.
Mike Yastrzemski also homered off Szapucki, a 25-year-old left-hander making his first major league start and second appearance after the Mets summoned him from the minors due to a string of injuries.
New York lost two of three in San Francisco, the Mets’ second series loss in their first 14 series this season. New York had won its previous 14 games following a loss, the third-longest such streak in major league history behind the 1934 New York Giants (16) and 1911 Philadelphia Athletics (15).
“That’s a playoff team right there,” Longoria said of the Mets. “I think we’re all happy with the result.”
Szapucki, who had been at Triple-A Syracuse, got the start because of injuries to Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Tylor Megill. Szapucki allowed nine runs, seven hits and three walks in 1⅓ innings.
Longoria, limited this season by a right hand injury, had four RBIs with his first two home runs of the season. He put the Giants ahead with a three-run homer in the first and followed Yastrzemski in the second with the Giants’ second back-to-back homers this year, boosting the lead to 9-0.
Former Met Wilmer Flores had an RBI double in the second, driving in the Giants’ only run that didn’t score on a homer.
Pederson, who hit three homers and had eight RBIs on Tuesday, made it 5-0 in the second with his 11th home run of 2022.
NATIONALS 1, DODGERS 0: In Washington, Erik Fedde (3-3) allowed four hits in six innings and combined with three relievers on a six-hitter.
César Hernández had an RBI single in the sixth off Julio Urías (3-4) as Washington stopped a nine-game skid against Los Angeles and avoided a series sweep. Tanner Rainey stranded two in the ninth inning for his fourth save, getting fly balls from Cody Bellinger and Will Smith to end it.
Los Angeles lost for the second time in 11 games.
PIRATES 10, ROCKIES 5: In Pittsburgh, Jack Suwinski hit a tying three-run home run in the sixth, Ben Gamel gave the Pirates their first lead in the seventh with an RBI single off Justin Lawrence (1-1) and Josh VanMeter followed with a threerun homer later in the inning.
C.J. Cron hit his 12th home run for the Rockies to pull him into a tie for the National League lead with star Mookie Betts.
Colorado placed outfielder Kris Bryant on the 10-day injured list with back soreness.
BREWERS 2, PADRES 1: In San Diego, Rowdy Tellez doubled off Yu Darvish (4-2) to bring in the tying run in the seventh inning, Tyrone Taylor followed with a sacrifice fly and Milwaukee took two of three.
Former Padre Luis Perdomo (1-0) got the win, and Devin Williams pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
TIGERS 4, TWINS 2: In Minneapolis, Jeimer Candelario hit a tie-breaking two-run homer off Trevor Megill (0-1) in the 10th inning after Harold Castro went deep twice earlier.
The Twins, who had their sixgame winning streak stopped, loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half. Michael Fulmer struck out Carlos Correa before yielding to Andrew Chafin, who struck out Max Kepler and retired Gary Sánchez on a foul pop for his first save this season.
ATHLETICS 4, MARINERS 2: In Seattle, Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus both homered off reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray (4-5), dropping Seattle into last place in the AL West.
Paul Blackburn (5-0) allowed one hit over 5 1/3 innings.
YANKEES 2, ORIOLES 0: In New York, JP Sears (2-0) allowed three hits in five innings to win his first career start and the relievers finished a five-hitter that improved the Yankees’ big league-best record to 31-13.
Aaron Judge doubled and scored on a single by Miguel Andújar..
Clay Holmes struck out Jorge Mateo with runners at the corners for his fifth save.
BRAVES 8, PHILLIES 4: In Atlanta, Dansby Swanson scored for a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning on a play that started with a wild pitch by reliever José Alvarado (0-2) and a high throw from catcher J.T. Realmuto in an attempt to keep Swanson from reaching second.
The ball sailed past the outstretched gloves of Jean Segura at second and Bryson Stott at shortstop, then went under the glove of center fielder Odúbel Herrera for a two-base error.
REDS 4, CUBS 3: In Cincinnati, Joey Votto homered and tripled, then shouted at Cubs reliver Rowan Wick during a tense ending to Cincinnati’s win over Chicago.
Votto had a solo homer in the second inning off Kyle Hendricks (2-5) and a two-run triple in the third as Cincinnati ended a two-game skid.
Wick brushed back the 16-year veteran in the eighth, then walked him. Votto barked at Wick as he made his way to first base, and he also had words for Chicago’s dugout.
An inning later, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland plunked Patrick Wisdom. Cubs manager David Ross was ejected by plate umpire Dan Merzel after leaving the dugout to protest. Wisdom scored on Nico Hoerner’s pinch-hit single.
ASTROS 2, GUARDIANS 1: In Houston, Yuli Gurriel and José Siri had two hits each, Cristian Javier tied a career high with nine strikeouts and Houston beat Cleveland.
It was a much-needed performance from Gurriel, who hit .319 last season to win the AL batting title but has struggled this year. He entered in an 0-for-9 slide and is hitting .224 this year.
RAYS 5, MARLINS 4: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Harold Ramírez homered in a five-run first inning and Colin Poche struck out Jesús Aguilar to strand the bases loaded in the ninth as Tampa Bay beat Miami.
Drew Rasmussen (5-1) won his fifth straight decision over six starts.
RANGERS 7, ANGELS 2: In Anaheim, Calif., Albuquerque’s Mitch Garver homered in his third consecutive game, Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer and Texas snapped a three-game skid with a victory over LA.
Calhoun had three hits and scored three runs, while Garver drove in two runs for Texas.
WHITE SOX 3, RED SOX 1: In Chicago, Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off Rich Hill, Lucas Giolito overcame a shaky first inning and Chicago ended Boston’s six-game win streak.
The White Sox won for the fourth time in six games.