MLB Quick Hitters Marte 4 hits as Diamondbacks end 5-game skid, top Giants
Diamondbacks 6, Giants 5 Padres 7, Athletics 0
Dodgers 10, Rockies 6
Mariners 6, Rangers 3
Cubs 4, Cardinals 1
White Sox 7, Royals 4
Phillies 5, Mets 3
Brewers 7,Indians 1
Rays 5, Marlins 4
Angels 6, Astros 5 (11)
Twins 2, Tigers 0 (7 in. G1)
Twins 3, Tigers 2 (8 in. G2)
Reds 4, Pirates 2 (7 in. G1) Pirates 4, Reds 3 (7 in. G2) Braves 7, Nationals 1 (7 in. G1) Nationals 10, Braves 9 (7 in. G2) Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7 (7 in. G1) Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 2 (7 in. G2) Yankees 6, Orioles 5 (7 in. G1) Orioles 6, Yankees 3 (7 in. G2)
Stars 5, Avalanche 4 (OT) Golden Knights 3, Canucks 0
SAN FRANCISCO – Ketel Marte homered, doubled twice and singled as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants
6-5 on Friday night to snap a fivegame losing streak.
Marte went deep in the first inning off Giants lefty Tyler Anderson. The Diamondbacks escaped a late jam and ended an eight-game losing streak on the road.
Nick Ahmed had three hits for the Diamondbacks and rookie catcher Daulton Varsho drove in two runs.
Arizona took a 6-3 lead in the fifth. Down by a run in the eighth, the Giants loaded the bases with no outs.
Alex Dickerson flied out to shallow right and Mauricio Dubon wandered too far off second base and was doubled off to squelch the rally.
Kevin Ginkel closed in the ninth for his first save.
San Francisco, playing the opener of a six-game homestand and competing for a playoff spot, went just 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.
Travis Bergen (1-0), who pitched out of trouble in the fourth after relieving Arizona starter
Taylor Clarke, was credited with the victory.
Anderson (1-3) was charged with four runs over four innings.
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt continued his torrid streak at the plate. He homered and doubled and is now hitting .500 (26 for 52) over his past 16 games.
Madison Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP with the Giants, can’t help but reflect a bit as he returns to Oracle Park to face his former team for the first time Saturday night.
At last, Vegas solves Demko in Game 7 win over Canucks
EDMONTON, Alberta – The Vegas Golden Knights were having enough problems solving Thatcher Demko. Then came another big obstacle – a major penalty that brought back memories of the team’s collapse in last year’s postseason.
“You’ve got to think it crossed our mind a little bit,” Vegas forward Jonathan Marchessault said. “Every team, we’re going to face adversity – a hot goalie, or a five-minute major or something like that, but our team was able to kill it off.”
The Golden Knights withstood a major penalty and ejection to Ryan Reaves in the second period, and Shea Theodore finally put the puck past Demko in the third, lifting Vegas to a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night in Game 7 of the second-round series.
Theodore’s goal with 6:08 remaining was the first in 138:40 for the Golden Knights against Demko, the rookie goalie who had brought Vancouver back from a 3-1 deficit in the series and held off Vegas for most of this game, too.
“There was times it felt like we could have played for six hours and not scored on him,” Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer said.
Theodore scored a power-play goal on a wrist shot from the blue line that slipped through traffic and past Demko, who had made 98 consecutive saves. Alex Tuch and Paul Stastny added empty-net goals.
“That’s a good hockey team. They beat us tonight and deserved to win,” Canucks coach Travis Green said. “Our goalie gave us a chance to win.”
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