Turner’s error lets Posey, Giants take NL West lead over Dodgers
Semien homers in 9th, Blue Jays rally to stun Athletics 11-10
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4, (AP): Second baseman Trea Turner threw wildly on Buster Posey’s basesloaded, two-out grounder in the 11th inning and a video review upheld the safe call as the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 to grab first place in the NL West.
The rivals began the night tied for the division lead. The Giants nearly won in the ninth, but Posey botched a play on the bases and the Dodgers rallied to tie it at 1.
After both teams scored in the 10th, San Francisco loaded the bases in the 11th against Evan Phillips (1-1), the Dodgers’ 11th pitcher.
Posey hit a grounder to Turner, who had plenty of time but zipped a throw that pulled first baseman Will Smith off the bag - normally a catcher, Smith had never played the position in college or as a pro before entering in the 10th.
Smith desperately tried to reach back to tag first base as Posey crossed. With fans chanting ’”Safe! Safe!” and players on both sides watching and waiting, the safe call was confirmed.
Jarlin García (6-3) got the win.
Blue Jays 11, Athletics 10
In Toronto, Marcus Semien hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning after Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tying grand slam in the eighth and Toronto rallied three times to stun Oakland.
Semien connected off Sergio Romo (1-1) for his 34th home run of the season, sparking a wild celebration at home plate. Semien left the A’s as a free agent
last offseason to sign an $18 million, one-year deal with the Blue Jays.
Toronto’s Teoscar Hernández hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth before Oakland pulled away for an 8-2 lead. Gurriel’s slam capped a six-run eighth inning against Lou Trivino and Yusmeiro Petit to tie it again.
Angels 3, Rangers 2
In Anaheim, California, Shohei Ohtani allowed two runs, struck out eight and threw a stateside career-high 117 pitches in seven innings, and Los Angeles beat Texas.
The Japanese two-way star leads the majors with 42 homers and dropped his ERA to 2.97. He went at least seven innings for the fifth time in 20 starts this season. He reached at least 100 pitches for the fourth time in 32 big league starts. His previous high pitch count was 110 against Tampa Bay on May 20, 2018.
The last time Ohtani (9-1) threw at least 117 pitches was his last regular-season game in the Japanese League, when he had 124 for the Nippon Ham Fighters against Sapporo in October of 2017. Yankees 4, Orioles 3, 11 Innings
In New York, Giancarlo Stanton led off the 11th inning with an RBI single and New York came back to edge Baltimore,
Stanton also homered as the Yankees remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Boston in the race for the first AL wild card.
Ryan Mountcastle hit an RBI single in the 10th that put Baltimore ahead 3-2. DJ LeMahieu answered with a tying single in the bottom half.
Yankees reliever Clay Holmes (6-2) wriggled out of a first-and-third, noneout jam in the top of the 11th.
Stanton, whose homer in the fourth
provided the Yankees’ first hit against Orioles starter John Means, grounded a 2-1 pitch from Dillon Tate (0-6) up the middle, easily scoring automatic runner Aaron Judge from second with the winning run.
Red Sox 8, Indians 5
In Boston, Kyle Schwarber hit a leadoff homer in the first inning, then delivered a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh that sent Boston past Cleveland.
Hunter Renfroe added a three-run homer in the seventh as Boston won its third straight, holding its spot for
the second AL wild-card spot with 25 games remaining.
Astros 6, Padres 3
In San Diego, Kyle Tucker hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in the eighth inning and Carlos Correa’s three-run shot in the fourth ended a 22-inning scoreless streak for Houston, which beat scuffling San Diego.
Tucker homered with two outs off Emilio Pagán (4-1) into the deck atop the right field wall, his 23rd. Alex Bregman was aboard on a single.
Cardinals 15, Brewers 4
In Milwaukee, Nolan Arenado homered twice in the first three innings to help St. Louis rout Milwaukee in a milestone performance for Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina.
St. Louis hit a season-high six homers. Arenado drove a two-run shot in the first inning and went deep again in the third for his 28th and 29th of the season. Molina hit a grand slam, Harrison Bader had a three-run shot, Tyler O’Neill provided a two-run blast and Edmundo Sosa added a solo shot.
Mets 6, Nationals 2, 10 Innings
In Washington, Kevin Pillar drove in two with a 10th-inning double and New York recovered after blowing a late lead to beat Washington for its fifth straight victory.
Pete Alonso singled to score automatic runner Francisco Lindor leading off the 10th, and Pillar’s double off Austin Voth (3-1) stretched the lead to 5-2. Jonathan Villar added another RBI single before Jeurys Familia pitched a clean 10th.
Mariners 6, Diamondbacks 5
In Phoenix, Rookie Jarred Kelenic hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning after earlier launching a two-run homer to lead Seattle past Arizona.
Seattle blew a 5-1 lead after Arizona scored four runs in the seventh but recovered to win for the fourth time in five games as it tries to stay in the AL playoff race.
Royals 7, White Sox 2
In Kansas City, Mo., Dallas Keuchel had another rocky outing for AL Central-leading Chicago, allowing six runs in three innings in a loss to Kansas City.
Keuchel, the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner, has a 7.26 ERA in his past 11 starts after giving up five earned runs, seven hits and two walks with one strikeout. He went one inning and allowed five earned runs in his previous start, then admitted to being “the weakest starter in the rotation for much of the year.”
Cubs 6, Pirayes 5
In Chicago, Chicago manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer missed the Cubs’ victory over Pittsburgh after testing positive for COVID-19.
Michael Hermosillo homered and drove in three runs, leading Chicago to its fourth consecutive victory. Frank Schwindel also connected, and Ian Happ had three more hits on a wet afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Rays 5, Twins 3
In St. Petersburg, Florida, Michael Wacha struck out seven over six innings, Kevin Kiermaier had an RBI triple during a three-run second and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota,
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The AL East-leading Rays had lost two straight following a nine-game winning streak.
Marlins 10, Phillies 3
In Miami, Miguel Rojas had two hits and three RBIs during during a sevenrun sixth inning and Miami ended Philadelphia’s six-game winning streak.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled and tripled and Jesús Sánchez homered for the Marlins.
Tigers 15, Reds 5
In Cincinnati, Dustin Garneau hit a two-run homer and a solo shot, Robbie Grossman had a three-run blast and Detroit routed Cincinnati.
Garneau’s first homer, a liner into the left-field seats, came during a sixrun sixth inning in which Detroit had eight of its 18 hits. Jonathan Schoop and Jeimer Candelario also homered for the Tigers.
Rockies 4, Braves 3
In Denver, Antonio Senzatela overcame a leadoff home run by Ozzie Albies, pitching seven strong innings in Colorado’s victory over Atlanta.
The Braves maintained a two-game lead in the NL East over Philadelphia.
Charlie Blackmon homered for the second time in two nights and C.J. Cron hit a go-ahead single in the sixth inning. Senzatela (4-9) allowed six hits and three runs. Carlos Estévez pitched a hitless ninth for his fourth save in eight chances.