Lively, Herrera lead Phillies past Giants 5-3
Phillies 5, Giants 3
PHILADELPHIA — Ben Lively pitched seven strong innings in his major league debut, Odubel Herrera drove in three runs in Philadelphia’s four-run seventh and the Phillies held on against the San Francisco Giants.
Tommy Joseph homered for the Phillies, who snapped a five-game losing streak while winning for just the seventh time in their last 33 games. Philadelphia avoided losing its 11th-straight series, which hasn’t happened since the 1941 club did it.
The Phillies will go for their first series win since April 27 in the threegame finale today.
Lively (1-0) became the first Phillies starter to earn a victory since Jeremy Hellickson on April 27 by allowing one run and four hits with three walks and no strikeouts. A former fourth-round draft pick of Cincinnati in 2013, the 25-year-old earned the promotion after going 6-1 with a 2.40 ERA in nine Triple-A starts this season.
But the win didn’t come easy. Brandon Crawford’s one-out single in the ninth off Hector Neris brought San Francisco within 5-2, and manager Pete Mackanin lifted Neris after pinch-hitter Aaron Hill singled home Crawford with two outs to make it 5-3. With runners on first and third, Jeanmar Gomez got pinch-hitter Nick Hundley to ground out to earn his second save.
Athletics 10, Nationals 4
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ryon Healy had two doubles and two homers, Jed Lowrie doubled twice and homered, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Washington Nationals.
A day after being outscored by 10 runs, the A’s got off to a fast start as Healy and Lowrie each hit two-run home runs in the bottom of the first inning off starter Joe Ross (2-2).
Healy hit a long solo shot off reliever Jacob Turner in a three-run seventh inning in which the A’s broke open a 7-4 game. Healy’s 11th home run of the year landed in a luxury box about 40 feet above the 400-foot sign in center field.
It was Healy’s first career multihome run game and the four extra-base hits tied a franchise record accomplished by 16 others since 1913.
Yonder Alonso hit a two-run home run — his 16th — off Turner earlier in the seventh.
Oakland’s 10 runs were a season high and the four homers tied a season best.
Tigers 10, White Sox 1
DETROIT — Jordan Zimmermann tossed six solid innings and the Detroit Tigers used four home runs to power past the Chicago White Sox.
Nicholas Castellanos and Alex Presley hit back-to-back homers in the second inning, and Alex Avila and Justin Upton also homered for the Tigers, who have outscored Chicago 25-6 in the first two games of the weekend series.
Zimmermann (5-4) won for the second time in six starts, allowing one run and seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Detroit has won four of five.
Miguel Gonzalez (4-6) lost his fifth straight road start, giving up six runs and 10 hits in six innings, including three of Detroit’s homers.
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was ejected in the bottom of the first inning after he wasn’t allowed to challenge a play at first base. Moments later, J.D. Martinez hit a line drive up the middle that appeared to be a two-run single, but White Sox second baseman Yolmer Sanchez made a lunging catch.