Gennett rescues Reds with glove, bat

SAN FRANCISCO — Scooter Gennett homered a half-inning after the second baseman saved two runs with a diving catch on a difficult popup, helping the Cincinnati Reds avoid a sweep by the San Francisco Giants with a 6-3 win on Wednesday.

Adam Duvall hit a three-run homer in the first, and Matt Harvey went four innings in his second start since joining the Reds from the Mets. Reliever Jared Hughes (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings as Cincinnati won for the seventh time in nine games and stopped a five-game skid against the Giants.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth, Gennett somehow chased down a popup by pinch-hitter Gorkys Hernandez along the right-field line near the visiting bullpen — scissoring his legs over right fielder Scott Schebler to make the potentially gamesaving grab.

"Yeah, well I'm really fast," Cincinnati's second baseman quipped, "so long distances aren't really In his second start for the Reds, Matt Harvey allowed three runs, seven hits and four walks over four innings.

a problem for me. I get there pretty quick."

Staked to a 4-0 lead, Harvey nearly gave all of it back. Andrew McCutchen hit an RBI double in the first and scored on Pablo Sandoval's sacrifice fly, and Brandon Belt homered leading off the third.

MARINERS 5, RANGERS 1: Bartolo Colon laughed off having Jean Segura's line drive hit him in the stomach, allowing four hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings and giving the Texas the win over host Seattle. Colon

(2-1), who turns 45 on May 24, struck out two, walked none and threw 71 of 96 pitches for strikes. PHILLIES 4, ORIOLES 1: Nick Pivetta (3-2) tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts and Cesar Hernandez homered as visiting Philadelphia (2416) climbed eight games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2011 season. PIRATES 3, WHITE SOX 2: Pinch-hitter Josh Bell singled off Joakim Soria (0-2) to break a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning as host Pittsburgh won for the seventh time in eight

games and improved to 10-2 in interleague play this season. Chicago is a major league-worst 10-29, matching its worst start since 1948. BLUE JAYS 12, METS 1: J.A. Happ (5-3) reached base three times and allowed only two runners over seven innings, and Toronto got its first road victory at the Mets after going 0-12. Happ struck out 10 while pitching twohit ball. The left-hander also singled twice and walked in his first multihit game since 2011, when he had two hits for Houston at Citi Field.