Moore’s strong effort rescues weary Giants
Dodgers shut out Rockies as Wood improves to 4-0
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants needed a lengthy outing from Matt Moore, and he delivered.
Moore, a Moriarty High alumnus, pitched into the eighth inning, and Brandon Belt and Justin Ruggiano homered as the Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 on Saturday in a matchup of exhausted teams.
San Francisco and Cincinnati had a quick turnaround after they played 17 innings Friday night, with the Giants winning 3-2 on Buster Posey’s homer.
Moore (2-4) provided a lift with 7⅓ innings of one-run ball. He allowed eight hits, struck out seven and walked three.
“It was really needed for us for him to get us deep in the game,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “He really gave us a little more than I thought, to be honest.”
DODGERS 4, ROCKIES 0: In Denver, Alex Wood struck out 10 in six innings and drove in a run with a well-placed bunt on a squeeze play to lead Los Angeles past Colorado.
Brett Eibner supplied additional offense with his first home run of the season, and Austin Barnes and Justin Turner added RBI doubles for the Dodgers, who won their 100th game at Coors Field, the most by any visiting club.
Wood (4-0) fanned at least one batter in five of his six innings and struck out the side in the third en route to reversing a dismal history at Coors, where he had gone 0-2 with an 11.25 ERA in four previous starts.
NATIONALS 6, PHILLIES 4: In Washington, Bryce Harper hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning to send Washington past Philadelphia.
Adam Lind led off with a single against Edubray Ramos (0-3) and two outs later, Harper lined a pitch over the wall in center for his 11th homer of the season.
Trailing 4-0 in the fifth, Washington tied it on a two-run homer by Trea Turner and a two-run double by Ryan Zimmerman off Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta, a New Mexico JC alum. In the top of the inning, Pivetta singled for his first major league hit.
CARDINALS 5, CUBS 3: In St. Louis, pitcher Carlos Martinez had his second straight two-hit game at bat for St. Louis.
Martinez drove in Tommy Pham on a squeeze bunt in the third inning and doubled leading off the fifth inning. In his previous start May 8, he drove home four runs and had two hits, including a double.
Top Chicago prospect Ian Happ homered off Martinez in the seventh for his first hit in his major league debut.
ROYALS 4, ORIOLES 3: In Kansas City, Mo., Nate Karns struck out a career-high 12 in five innings, and Eric Hosmer reached base four times as Kansas City beat Baltimore.
Karns is the first in franchise history to strike out 12 in five innings.
BREWERS 11, METS 4: In Milwaukee, Travis Shaw capped Milwaukee’s eight-run fifth inning with a three-run homer, helping the Brewers top New York.
Milwaukee sent 11 batters to the plate in its highest scoring inning of the season. Orlando Arcia had a two-run single and Jesus Aguilar drove in two runs with a double before Shaw connected for his eighth homer.
RED SOX 6, RAYS 3: In Boston, Chris Sale struck out 12 while pitching seven solid innings and Mookie Betts hit a tworun homer, leading Boston to a victory over Tampa Bay.
It was Sale’s seventh straight start with double-digit strikeouts. The lefty allowed three runs and two hits, both homers.
BLUE JAYS 7, MARINERS 2: In Toronto, Jose Bautista hit a three-run homer as Toronto beat Seattle for its sixth win in seven games. Kendrys Morales also connected for Toronto.
BRAVES 3, MARLINS 1: In Miami, Julio Teheran (3-3) allowed three hits over six scoreless innings as Atlanta beat Miami. Nick Markakis had three hits for the Braves.
PIRATES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3: In Phoenix, Trevor Williams (2-2) pitched five strong innings as Pittsburgh snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Arizona. Nick Ahmed homered twice for the Diamondbacks.
TWINS 4, INDIANS 1: In Cleveland, Jose Berrios pitched into the eighth in his first start of the year as Minnesota beat Cleveland.
Max Kepler connected to give the Twins a home run in 14 straight games, their longest streak since 1988. He also had an RBI single in a three-run fourth.
WHITE SOX 5, PADRES 4: In Chicago, Yolmer Sanchez singled with one out in the bottom of the ninth to score Tyler Saladino and give Chicago a victory over San Diego, snapping its six-game losing streak. Saladino went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and Avisail Garcia homered for Chicago.
RANGERS 6, ATHLETICS 5: In Arlington, Texas, Elvis Andrus and Nomar Mazara had consecutive two-run hits as Texas beat Oakland for its season-best fifth straight victory.
TIGERS 4, ANGELS 3: In Anaheim, Calif., J.D. Martinez hit his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift Detroit over Los Angeles.
ASTROS-YANKEES, PPD.: The New York Yankees will play 2.
The game scheduled between Houston and New York on Saturday was postponed because of rain and rescheduled for today as part of a doubleheader.
Between games, the Yanks will retire the No. 2 of Derek Jeter.