Posey leads Giants past Cubs in 13th

SAN FRANCISCO — Buster Posey singled off the right-field wall in the 13th inning for his fifth career gameending hit, sending the San Francisco Giants past the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Wednesday.

Brandon Belt drew a two-out walk from James Norwood (0-1). Andrew McCutchen then singled to bring up Posey, who ended the 4-hour, 30-minute game with San Francisco’s first run since scoring four in the first.

Dereck Rodriguez (4-1) pitched three scoreless innings for the win. He also had three of San Francisco’s 16 strikeouts.

Norwood worked the 12th and 13th in his major league debut. He immediately struck out Brandon Crawford on a 99 mph fastball.

Cubs slugger Kris Bryant hit a two-run homer in his return from the disabled list, The Giants’ Buster Posey, right, celebrates with Andrew McCutchen after making the game-winning hit against the Chicago Cubs in the 13th inning Wednesday in San Francisco. and All-Star Javier Baez tied the game with a solo homer to start the seventh.

Tony Watson’s scoreless streak at home ended at 20 2/3 innings with Baez’s 18th homer — and Watson hadn’t allowed a run in 18 innings overall, which had been the longest active streak in baseball.

San Francisco’s Johnny Cueto struck out seven in five

innings in his second start back from a lengthy trip to the disabled list with a sprained elbow. The right-hander hasn’t won since April 28.

RAYS 4, TIGERS 2: C.J. Cron’s three-run home run in the seventh inning carried the Tampa Bay Rays to their fifth straight win. Cron’s 18th homer came off Jordan Zimmermann after singles by Kevin Kiermaier and Matt Duffy. PIRATES 2, NATIONALS 0: Starling Marte hit a tworun home run and Trevor Williams combined with four relievers on a fivehitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals. Marte homered to center field with two outs in the third off Gio Gonzalez after Jordy Mercer led off the inning with the first of his two doubles. That was enough to give the Pirates just their third win in nine games. TWINS 8, ROYALS 5: Brian Dozier hit a two-run home run, going deep for the second straight game to give the Minnesota Twins a boost on their way to a victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lance Lynn (7-7) recovered from a three-run homer by Salvador Perez in the first inning to win his second straight start for the Twins, who used the bottom third of their lineup to launch rallies in the second and the fourth against Royals starter Burch Smith (0-1).