Hudson lifts Cardinals to shutout win
Dakota Hudson and a quartet of relievers combined to help the St. Louis Cardinals stop San Francisco’s sixgame winning streak, blanking the Giants, 4-0, Saturday.
The Cardinals pitched their sixth shutout of the season. The Los Angeles Angels began the day with a major league-leading seven shutouts.
“You’re going to have to win ballgames the way we just did where we pitch well, play good defense, we make good decisions and score three or four runs,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.
“There’ll be a stretch where we hit, but you still have to win ballgames when you’re not feeling great. That’s what we did today.”
Yadier Molina doubled, singled and scored a run. He opened the second with a double off the top of the rightcenter field wall for his 2,128th career hit, moving him past Mike Piazza for sixth most among catchers.
St. Louis led, 1-0, in the fifth when the Giants put runners at first and third with two outs.
Molina threw out Joc Pederson trying to steal second to end the inning.
“I got a pretty good idea that they liked to do that,” Molina said. “I’m glad that we executed that play pretty well. I’m happy for that.”
Tommy Edman homered as the Cardinals won for the second time in seven games. St. Louis has homered in 10 consecutive games.
Other games
Marlins 9, Milwaukee 3: Jesús Aguilar, Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson homered, and Miami beat visiting Milwaukee. Miami starter Trevor Rogers pitched 5⅓ innings of one-run ball.
Braves 6, Padres 5: Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double during a four-run rally in the eighth that lifted Atlanta Braves past visiting San Diego.
Blue Jays 5, Rays 1: Teoscar Hernandez and Danny Jansen each hit home runs in a four-run eighth inning to allow visiting Toronto to pull away from Tampa Bay.
Athletcs 4, Angels 3: Luis Barrera hit a walk-off, threerun shot for his first career home run and Oakland snapped a seven-game home losing streak with a win against visiting Los Angeles.
Tigers 3, Orioles 0: Starter Michael Pineda exited early after a line drive broke a finger on his pitching hand and the Detroit bullpen dominated the rest of the way, teaming on a four-hitter to beat visiting Baltimore.
Red Sox 11, Rangers 3: J.D. Martinez extended his on-base streak to 31 games with a first-inning homer and 42-year-old Rich Hill pitched into the seventh in his return from the COVID-19 list as visiting Boston clinched its first series victory in a month.
Nationals 13, Astros 6: Maikel Franco and Yadiel Hernandez each had a home run as Washington beat host Houston. Nelson Cruz went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored in the win.
White Sox 3, Yankees 2: Luis Robert went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Yoan Moncada hit a home run as Chicago beat visiting New York.
Guardians 3, Twins 2: Franmil Reyes and Andres Gimenez each had an RBI as visiting Cleveland defeated Minnesota.
Rockies 10, Royals 4: Charlie Blackmon, Ryan McMahon and Sam Hilliard each had home runs as host Colorado defeated Kansas City.