Braves rally to beat Giants, Cain in 12th
ATLANTA — Adonis Garcia hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning off Ryan Vogelsong and the Atlanta Braves completed their final comeback of the game, beating the San Francisco Giants 9-8 Monday night.
Down 6-0 against former Houston High standout Matt Cain going into the sixth, the Braves rallied with four runs. A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Santiago Casilla, tying it at 7.
The Giants’ Buster Posey homered early, then hit a go-ahead single in the 12th.
The Braves’ Jace Peterson led off the 12th by reaching on a throwing error by shortstop Brandon Crawford. Vogelsong (7-7), trying to earn the first save of his 11-season career, fell behind in the count and Garcia homered over the center field wall.
The Giants have lost two in a row for the first time since stopping a seven-game skid in early July.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Diamondbacks 6, Nationals 4 at Washington: Rookie Zack Godley pitched six scoreless innings to continue a stellar start to his career, and Arizona homered four times.
Nick Ahmed homered and had four hits as the Diamondbacks improved to 5-2 on their 10-game, bicoastal road trip. Godley (3-0) won two of those games, and with Monday’s victory, he becomes the second Arizona pitcher to win each of his first three major league outings.
David Peralta and Welington Castillo added back-to-back homers off Nationals starter Doug Fister (4-7) and Jake Lamb hit a high-arcing shot in the ninth in Jonathan Papelbon’s home debut in Washington.
Mets 12, Marlins 1 at Miami: Yoenis Cespedes hit three doubles as the New York Mets took over first place in the NL East.
The Mets won their fourth in a row and moved a game ahead of the Nationals for the division lead.
There was a brief delay with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning after Tomas Telis lost control of his bat and it flew into the stands and hit a fan. The man was sitting with an ice pack in a tunnel underneath the stands after the game. The Marlins said they would monitor him and expected he would be OK to go home.
Cespedes, acquired last week from Detroit, played for the third time with the Mets and tied the team record for doubles in a game. He drove in four runs.
Padres 13, Brewers 5 at Milwaukee: Yangervis Solarte hit two home runs and Tyson Ross pitched six effective innings for San Diego. Solarte hit a solo home run in the first and connected for a three-run shot in the seventh.
Jedd Gyorko also homered and had three hits, while Alexi Amarista drove in three runs for the Padres.
Ross (8-8) gave up seven hits and two earned runs in six innings. He struck out five and walked two. He also had an RBI single in the third inning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Blue Jays 5, Twins 1 at Toronto: David Price struck out 11 over eight innings in his Blue Jays debut, and Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking home run in the opener of a four-game series between AL wild-card contenders. Price (10-4) allowed one run and three hits. He threw 119 pitches, two shy of his season high.
Acquired from Detroit last Thursday for a trio of minor league left-handers, Price received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 45,766 as he walked in from the bullpen before the game.
NBA All-Star Kevin Durant was on hand to watch Price work on a sunny afternoon.
Rays 5, White Sox 4 at Chicago: Mikie Mahtook singled with two outs in the top of the ninth inning to drive in Logan Forsythe and lift the Rays. Forsythe started the winning rally with a one-out walk. Evan Longoria had three hits and an RBI.
Jake McGee (1-1) pitched a perfect eighth to get the win, and Brad Boxberger worked out of a jam in the ninth for his 27th save.
Rangers 12, Astros 9 at Arlington, Texas: Adrian Beltre became the first major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle as the Rangers held on for a wild win over the AL West-leading Astros.
Beltre’s solo homer in the fifth, a liner deep into the seats in left field, completed the cycle against three Houston pitchers.
A two-run triple by Beltre in the first inning put the Rangers ahead to stay at 3-2. He had a double in the second and a single in the third before his ninth homer of the season made it 12-7.
INTERLEAGUE
Mariners 8, Rockies 7 at Denver: Felix Hernandez pitched effectively into the seventh inning for the Mariners, and Nelson Cruz homered in a fourth consecutive game to reach 30 for the season.
Kyle Seager homered on the front end of back-toback shots with Cruz, and Brad Miller added a solo shot among his three hits for the Mariners, who have won three of four since dropping four straight.