Griffin tosses four-hit shutout to lead Rangers past Padres

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A.J. Griffin dominated his hometown San Diego Padres with a four-hitter for his second career shutout, and Joey Gallo and Ryan Rua homered off Jered Weaver in the Texas Rangers' 11-0 victory Tuesday.

Gallo and Rua each drove in three runs and Robinson Chirinos also homered for the Rangers, who scored two more runs than in their previous four games combined.

After splitting a two-game series, the teams head to Arlington for two more.

CARDINALS 6, MARLINS 5

MIAMI (AP) — Pinch hitter Dexter Fowler singled home the tiebreaking run with one out in the ninth inning, and the Cardinals rallied from a late four-run deficit for their fifth consecutive victory.

The game was tied when Magneuris Sierra reached on an infield single with one out in the ninth and continued to second on an errant throw to first by A.J. Ramos (1-2).

Fowler, held out of the starting lineup for the previous five games because of a sore shoulder, followed with a sharp single to right field, and the speedy Sierra slid home ahead of Giancarlo Stanton's throw.

St. Louis overcame a 5-1 deficit with four runs against Kyle Barraclough in the eighth.

Pinch-hitter Matt Adams had an RBI single, and Jedd Gyorko's two-run single off Brad Ziegler tied the game.

Trevor Rosenthal (1-1) pitched around a leadoff walk in the eighth.

Seung Hwan Oh pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save.

METS 6, GIANTS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Zack Wheeler pitched twohit ball against the team that traded him, Michael Conforto homered and the Mets scored four times in the first inning Tuesday night on the way to victory. Hours after an embarrassed Matt Harvey returned from his three-day suspension with a string of contrite apologies, the banged-up Mets began moving on from their latest commotion.

Despite all the injuries and turmoil, New York (1616) has righted itself on the field by winning eight of 11 following a six-game slide.

Jeff Samardzija (0-5) and the Giants, outhit 13-2, are headed in the opposite direction after their fifth consecutive defeat and eighth in 10 games. San Francisco had the majors' worst record at 11-23.

REDS 5, YANKEES 3

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto singled with the bases loaded during the latest big inning off CC Sabathia, and the Reds held on for a victory that ended the Yankees' winning streak at six games.

Sabathia (2-2) struggled for the fourth consecutive start, unable to get his fastball in the right spots until Cincinnati was in control.

The Reds piled up six singles — most of them grounders through the infield — while scoring five runs in the second inning.

Votto and Billy Hamilton had two-run singles during the 10-batter rally. Overall, Sabathia gave up seven hits and five runs in six innings.