Shooting halts game

Gunfire outside of stadium in 6th

Shooting outside stadium halts Nationals-Padres game in D.C.

The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals was halted in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting was reported outside the stadium.

There were no immediate details on what had occurred. More than two-dozen police cars, ambulances and fire engines were on the street outside the third-base side of Nationals Park.

The Padres had just taken the field for the bottom of the sixth when several loud pops were heard from the left-field side of the ballpark.

Fans sitting in left field quickly began leaving through the center field gate. A short time later, fans along the first-base side began briskly leaving their seats. Some fans crowded into the Padres dugout on the third-base side for safety as sirens could be heard from outside the park.

The Nationals then announced there had been an incident was outside the stadium and posted a message on the scoreboard telling fans to remain inside the stadium.

About 10 minutes later, fans were encouraged to exit the ballpark.

Other games

Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 2: Willson Contreras capped visiting Chicago’s three-run ninth inning with a two-run homer, sending the Cubs past Arizona.

Cardinals 3, Giants 1: Kwang Hyun Kim tossed six shutout innings, Tyler O’Neill and Paul Goldschmidt homered and St. Louis beat visiting San Francisco, snapping the Giants’ five-game winning streak.

Braves 9, Rays 0: Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer in his first start with Atlanta, and Max Fried had a two-run double among three hits while throwing seven dominant innings as Atlanta shut out visiting Tampa Bay.

Indians 3, Athletics 2: Franmil Reyes hit his 15th home run into a luxury suite in center field, and visiting Cleveland beat Oakland.

White Sox 10, Astros 1: Chicago ace Lucas Giolito pitched a complete-game three hitter to lead the White Sox past visiting Houston. Giolito struck out eight.

Tigers 1, Twins 0; Tigers 5, Twins 4:: Robbie Grossman led off the bottom of the first with a solo home run and a quartet of Tigers pitchers made it hold up at Comerica Park. In the second game, Miguel Cabrera’s bloop single scored Jonathan Schoop from first, and Detroit beat Minnesota for the sweep.