Giants win 5th in row, top Mariners under smoke-filled skies

SAN FRANCISCO – Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run homer as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Seattle Mariners 10-1 for their fifth straight win Wednesday night under skies turned orange by raging wildfires in Northern California.

Players took batting practice with the lights turned on at Oracle Park on a late-summer afternoon. Some ash flakes rained down on the ballpark and the smell of smoke was noticeable but not overpowering.

“Certainly, it’s a strange look when we all woke up this morning and found the orangish-red hue to the sky,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said.

Tyler Anderson (2-3) pitched six shutout innings of three-hit ball for the win. The left-hander struck four and walked one as he won for the first time in three starts since pitching his first career complete game on Aug. 22 against Arizona.

Mariners starter Nick Margevicius (1-3) struck out six his first time through the order before the Giants broke through in the bottom of the third of a scoreless game. He gave up a season-high seven runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Joey Bart and Brandon Crawford were aboard on consecutive singles leading off the third when Yastrzemski hit a high-arching shot to right for his ninth homer on a 1-2 fastball Margevicius left over the plate.

Yastrzemski leads the majors with eight twostrike home runs.

The Giants scored at least four runs in their 11th straight game, their longest such streak since 2007.

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Giants: Haven’t named a starter for Thursday’s opener in San Diego.

ASSOCIATED PRESS WILDFIRE SMOKE DARKENS THE SKY over a statue of former San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal outside Oracle Park before a baseball game between the Giants and the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday in San Francisco. People from San Francisco to Seattle woke Wednesday to hazy clouds of smoke lingering in the air, darkening the sky to an eerie orange glow that kept street lights illuminated into midday, all thanks to dozens of wildfires throughout the West.