Martinez homers as Tigers beat Giants 5-3
DETROIT — Manager Brad Ausmus stayed with Michael Fulmer, and it worked out quite well for the Detroit Tigers.
Fulmer pitched eight innings, Victor Martinez homered and Detroit snapped San Francisco’s six-game win streak with a 5-3 victory over the Giants on Tuesday.
Fulmer, who won the AL Rookie of the Year award last season, yielded a tying two-run homer to Brandon Crawford in the seventh, but Ausmus never considered pulling him.
“He’s earned that respect,” Ausmus said. “He’s been one of our best pitchers since the day he arrived and I wanted him on the mound.”
The Tigers responded with two runs in the bottom half on Justin Upton’s two-out, two-run single. Fulmer worked a perfect eighth and Justin Wilson got three outs for ninth save.
“It was huge to get a chance to finish the seventh and go back out for the eighth,” said Fulmer, who was named an Allstar for the first time on Sunday. “The offense picked me up and we got a big win.”
Fulmer (8-6) allowed two homers for the first time this season.
“We had a lot of good, hard contact,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “We hit a lot of deep fly balls that didn’t go out. That’s this park — it holds balls in.”
Upton, who missed the previous three games with soreness in his side, went 3 for 3. Nicholas Castellanos also drove in a run for Detroit with a sacrifice fly.
Upton’s big day helped make up for the loss of slugger Miguel Cabrera, who left after six innings due to left hip tightness. Ausmus said he expects Cabrera to play on Wednesday night.
“It’s the same thing that has been bothering him,” he said. “It tightened up a little, but I’ll be shocked if he’s not right back out there.”
San Francisco righthander Matt Cain (3-8) surrendered five runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He dropped to 0-7 in nine starts since beating the Dodgers on May 15.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Gibson got his first win in three weeks and Byron Buxton hit his fifth homer, leading Minnesota to the victory.
Gibson (5-6) allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings in his longest outing of the season. It was his first win since June 13 against Seattle.
Minnesota went ahead to stay with two runs in the fifth. Robbie Grossman hit an RBI double off JC Ramirez (7-7) and scored on Joe Mauer’s single for a 3-1 lead.
Los Angeles slugger Albert Pujols homered in the eighth, and the Angels closed to 5-4 when Andrelton Simmons scored on shortstop Ehire Adrianza’s throwing error in the ninth. But Brandon Kintzler got Martin Maldonado to bounce into a double play for his 22nd save.
Blue Jays 4 Yankees 1
NEW YORK — CC Sabathia was chased during a four-run third inning in his return from the disabled list, with Kendrys Morales hitting a two-run single that helped the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1 Tuesday and stop a fivegame losing streak.
Aaron Judge dented a metal casement above a door behind the leftcenter field wall with his major league-leading 28th home run, a drive that would have traveled 456 feet had it landed unimpeded, according to MLB’S Statcast.
That was the only run off J.A. Happ (3-5), who allowed four hits in six innings. A 20-game winner last year, Happ has won three of his last four decisions after losing his first four.
Roberto Osuna pitched a perfect ninth to convert his 19th consecutive save chance and 20th overall this season, completing a four-hitter and the Blue Jays’ third win in 12 games.
Sabathia (7-3) was charged with four runs, three hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings.
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CHICAGO — Tim Beckham homered, and the Rays won their reunion with Joe Maddon.
Beckham’s two-run drive highlighted a fiverun fourth against Jon Lester (5-5). Alex Colome gave up two runs in the ninth, but the Rays won their first meeting against Maddon since he left to manage Chicago following the 2014 season.
Colome threw 38 pitches in the ninth but came away with his 22nd save in 26 chances.
Chris Archer (7-5) picked up his third win in four starts, giving up three runs and eight hits in six innings. The former Cubs prospect also had an RBI single for his first career hit.
Lester allowed up six runs — tying a season high — and nine hits over five innings. Chicago lost for the fifth time in seven games.
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WASHINGTON — Daniel Murphy had four hits and five RBIS, helping NL East-leading Washington to its third straight victory.
Murphy improved his career average to .405 against the Mets, his first and only former big league team.
Bryce Harper had three hits and two RBIS for the Nationals, and Joe Ross (5-3) allowed two runs over seven innings.
Jay Bruce, Jose Reyes and Rene Rivera homered for New York. Seth Lugo (3-2) surrendered six runs and 10 hits in five innings.