Giants get past St. Louis on legs of double in 13th

GIANTS 3, CARDINALS 1 (13)

ST. LOUIS — Christian Arroyo’s two-run double broke a scoreless tie and the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in 13 innings on Saturday night.

Arroyo’s double off the wall in left field scored Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford and came on the 12th pitch he saw from Cardinals reliever Kevin Siegrist (0-1). Posey, Crawford and Eduardo Nunez singled to load the bases, giving the Giants their first runners in scoring position in the game.

Giants starter Jeff Samardzija threw eight innings, scattering five hits and striking out eight. He threw 75 of his 105 pitches for strikes.

Hunter Strickland (1-1), Derek Law and Josh Osich pitched in relief for the Giants, who won for the seventh time in eight games.

Mark Melancon earned his eighth save.

The game was stopped for 42 minutes after the 10th inning for a rain delay.

Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez pitched nine innings for the first time in his career, but fell victim to lack of run support. Martinez gave up two hits, struck out five and needed just 93 pitches to get through nine innings.

Matt Bowman and Trevor Rosenthal each pitched a scoreless inning in relief for the Cardinals, who dropped their fourth straight.

Matt Carpenter led off the bottom of the ninth with a double, but was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple, thwarting the best chance either team had of scoring in regulation.

Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong left the game after three innings with left elbow discomfort. He was replaced by Greg Garcia.

Before the game the Cardinals traded Matt Adams to the Atlanta Braves for minor leaguer Juan Yepez and cash considerations. The Cardinals activated Stephen Piscotty from the 10-day DL.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS 9, RANGERS 3 Alex Avila, Miguel Cabrera and J.D. Martinez hit consecutive home runs in the first inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat Texas 9-3 on Saturday night, ending the Rangers’ 10-game winning streak. Nicholas Castellanos added a three-run homer in the third, and Justin Verlander (4-3) pitched seven solid innings for the Tigers. The Rangers were on their longest winning streak since a 12-game run in 2011, but it ended emphatically against Detroit. A.J. 1 Griffin (4-1) allowed nine runs and nine hits in 3 /3 innings. INDIANS 3, ASTROS 0 Mike Clevinger pitched no-hit ball into the seventh inning, and Andrew Miller and Cody Allen completed the three-hitter to pitch the Cleveland Indians past the Houston Astros. Clevinger (2-1) yielded two hits and struck out a career-high eight in 7-plus innings, the longest outing of his career. Houston didn’t get its first hit until Jose Altuve’s sharp grounder down the left-field line for a single with no outs in the seventh inning.

ATHLETICS 8, RED SOX 3 Chad Pinder hit a monster home run, Khris Davis and Mark Canha also connected in the fifth inning, and the Oakland Athletics cleared the fences four times in all to beat the Boston Red Sox for their third straight win. Hanley Ramirez homered for Boston, which has lost three in a row. Jed Lowrie had a solo shot in the sixth for Oakland, which leads the AL with 63 home runs. A’s manager Bob Melvin didn’t see any of them in person after being ejected in the second inning.