Padres beat Dodgers 3-2 in game played amid earthquake
LOS ANGELES — Hunter Renfroe hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, Eric Lauer threw two strikes in the midst of a strong earthquake that rattled the stadium, and the San Diego Padres edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Friday night.
All-Star lefty Clayton Kershaw pitched seven sharp innings for the Dodgers, but the loss snapped their nine-game home winning streak.
Lauer was facing Enriquè Hernàndez when the quake struck in the fourth. Lauer’s first three pitches of the at-bat — including two strikes — came during the shaking that unnerved some fans in the crowd of 49,790 enough to move from their seats in the upper reserve level and caused the press box to lurch for several seconds.
Early magnitude estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey wavered between 6.9 and 7.1.
The TV broadcast was marred by the camera bouncing up and down.
Hernàndez appeared to react to the quake by stepping out of the batter’s box after Lauer’s third pitch. He eventually flied out to left field to end the inning.
There was nothing said by the public address announcer regarding the quake.
Renfroe’s 26th homer off Yimi Garcia (1-3) came with two outs.
Craig Stammen (6-4) got the victory in relief. Kirby Yates earned his 28th save.
Braves 1, Marlins 0
ATLANTA — Brian McCann hit a bases-loaded single with one out in the ninth inning to lift Atlanta over Miami, which has lost five straight.
The game was delayed 2 hours, 28 minutes by rain.
The Braves had only three hits before the winning rally.
Freddie Freeman led off the ninth with a double. José Quijada (0-3) issued an intentional walk to Josh Donaldson, and the runners advanced on a groundout by Nick Markakis. Quijada loaded the bases with an intentional walk to Austin Riley.
The Marlins brought JT Riddle in from center field to play as a fifth infielder, including three on the right side.
McCann foiled the strategy with his line-drive single to left field.
Luke Jackson (4-2) earned the win.
Angels 5, Astros 4
HOUSTON — Mike Trout hit his AL-leading 26th homer, and Kole Calhoun, Shohei Ohtani and Andrelton Simmons also went deep to give Los Angeles a win over Houston.
Calhoun, Ohtani and Simmons all connected off Houston starter Justin Verlander (10-4) as he gave up three home runs for the third time in his last five starts.
The Angels won for the third time in the four games since pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room on Monday. The victory snaps a seven-game skid against Houston and ends a fivegame winning streak overall by the Astros.
Noé Ramirez opened the game and threw a perfect first before Felix Pena (6-2) took over and allowed three hits and two runs while striking out five in four innings.
Michael Brantley homered and tied a career high with four hits and Yuli Gurriel had a two-run shot as he homered for the third straight game.
Hansel Robles pitched a perfect ninth for his
12th save.
Verlander allowed seven hits and struck out six to move past Hall of Famer Jim Bunning for
18th place on the all-time strikeouts list with 2,859.
Twins 15, Rangers 6
MINNEAPOLIS — Jorge Polanco homered on his 26th birthday, Martin Perez held his former team scoreless until the seventh inning and Minnesota routed Texas.
Polanco and rookie Luis Arraez went deep in a six-run second. Those homers, plus long balls by Jonathan Schoop and Mitch Garver, gave the Twins a major league-record 165 before the AllStar break.
In the second, the Twins slugged six extra-base hits in an inning for the first time in 53 years.
Perez (8-3) took a four-hit shutout into the seventh before giving up a walk and three consecutive hits for two runs.
Adrian Simpson (6-6) took the loss.
Cardinals 9, Giants 4
SAN FRANCISCO — José Martinez, Paul Goldschmidt and Dexter Fowler homered, Tommy Edman tripled in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and St. Louis beat San Francisco.
Kolton Wong had three hits and two RBIs to help the Cardinals win their third straight and keep pace with Milwaukee in the crowded NL Central. Matt Wieters added two hits and an RBI.
Buster Posey had two hits and Alex Dickerson homered for San Francisco, which had its fourgame winning streak stopped.
Drew Pomeranz (2-9) took the loss. Dakota Hudson (7-4) overcame three first-inning walks to win, allowing three runs with six strikeouts in five innings.