Giants power past Astros
San Francisco hits five homers in win
The San Francisco Giants hit five home runs, including four off Astros ace Zack Greinke, and beat Houston, 8-6, Saturday in an interleague matchup of division leaders.
Darin Ruf, Donovan Solano, Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade Jr. connected off Greinke. Mike Yastrzemski added a later shot to help the Giants become the first team in the majors with 65 wins.
“We put some really good swings on the ball. All the homers were pretty much nodoubters,” Ruf said.
The Giants lead the National League with 156 home runs, but had gone a seasonhigh four games without one before Solano’s two-out drive in the second.
Other games
Twins 8, Cardinals 1: Ryan Jeffers hit a three-run homer and rookie right-hander Bailey Ober threw four effective innings as visiting Minnesota beat St. Louis to end a threegame losing streak. Ober, making his 11th career start, allowed one run on four hits over four innings.
Mets 5, Reds 4: Joey Votto went 1 for 5 with no home runs, ending his home run streak at seven games in a row, as visiting Cincinnati fell to New York in 10 innings.
Cubs 6, Nationals 3: Kyle Hendricks earned his major league-leading 13th victory and Rafael Ortega homered as visiting Chicago beat Washington.
Rays 9, Red Sox 5: Wander Franco had two key run-scoring hits, the Tampa Bay bullpen worked out of a pair of bases-loaded jams, and Tampa Bay moved into first place in the AL East with a victory against visiting Boston.
Angels 1, Athletics: Shohei Ohtani ended a long run drought with an RBI double and Jaime Barria outdueled Cole Irvin as Los Angeles defeated visiting Oakland.
Blue Jays 4, Royals 0: Toronto rookie Alek Manoah pitched seven dominant innings and George Springer hit two home runs and host Toronto beat Kansas City for its third win in a row. Kansas City was shut out for the sixth time this season.
Orioles 5, Tigers 2: John Means struck out six in six strong innings and Maikel Franco homered as visiting Baltimore beat Detroit.
Rangers 5, Mariners 4: Jonah Heim hit his second two-run homer of the game in the bottom of the 10th inning to give host Texas the win.