Giants win again as Bryant returns ‘home’
Dodgers’ Bauer to miss rest of season
CHICAGO — Kris Bryant drew a pair of standing ovations in his return to Wrigley Field, then Evan Longoria and Brandon Belt homered in the seventh inning to send the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 6-1 on Friday for their fifth straight win.
The Giants, who entered 2 1/2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West, improved to a major league-best 91-50.
It was 1-all when Longoria hit a two-run homer that put San Francisco ahead. Belt connected for a two-run drive later in the inning.
Bryant was traded to the Giants for two prospects at the July 30 deadline as the rebuilding Cubs unloaded marquee stars who were set to become free agents after this season. The 29-year-old got a standing ovation from the crowd of 29,439 during a pregame video tribute and again before his first inning at-bat. He went 0 for 3 with a walk.
“There was a lot going on in terms of emotions,” Bryant said. “It was pretty hard to contain it all.
It kind of got the best of me and it was kind of hard to play baseball after that.”
WHITE SOX 4, RED SOX 3: In Chicago, José Abreu hit a threerun homer and Carlos Rodón pitched five effective innings on extended rest, helping Chicago beat Boston.
Luis Robert added an RBI single as Chicago bounced back from a 2-4 trip. The AL Central leaders also got steady innings from Craig Kimbrel and Liam Hendriks after the Red Sox rallied in the seventh.
Boston lost for the fourth time in five games, but it maintained its one-game lead for the top AL wild card because of the New York Yankees’ 10-3 loss to the Mets.
METS 10, YANKEES 3: In New York, rookie Tylor Megill struck out a career-high 10 in a careerlong seven innings and the Mets took advantage of a string of mental and physical mistakes by the reeling Yankees to rout their Bronx rival at Citi Field in the opener of the season’s second Subway Series.
Making the 15th start of his first big league season, Megill (3-4) allowed four hits and walked one as the Mets got back to .500 at 71-71.
BREWERS 10, INDIANS 3: In Cleveland, Lorenzo Cain hit a grand slam to cap a six-run fifth inning, Eduardo Escobar homered from both sides of the plate and Milwaukee beat Cleveland to move closer to the NL Central title.
Milwaukee’s magic number to win the division is nine and the Brewers (87-55) are 32 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history.
ORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 3: In Baltimore, Cedric Mullins and Ryan McKenna homered off Robbie Ray and Baltimore ended Toronto’s season-high winning streak at eight.
Anthony Santander also had a three-run shot in the seventh inning off Julian Merryweather (0-1) that traveled 423 feet and gave Baltimore the decisive lead. The Orioles have won five games in September, one more than they won in August.
TIGERS 10, RAYS 4: In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera got his ninth straight hit before the string ended, Jonathan Schoop launched a grand slam and Detroit beat Tampa Bay.
Rays rookie shortstop Wander Franco extended his on-base streak to 39 games, then left in the first inning with tightness in his right hamstring. The 20-year-old Franco, who came up limping on Nelson Cruz’s double in the first inning, has the second longest on-base run in major league history — Frank Robinson set the record of 43 in 1956.
BRAVES 6, MARLINS 2: In Atlanta, Jorge Soler had a tworun single during a five-run fifth inning, Ian Anderson tied a career high with nine strikeouts and Atlanta beat Miami.
The comeback victory was the Braves’ 35th this season and their second in two nights.
Anderson (7-5) allowed two runs and five hits with two walks in five innings. Atlanta closer Will Smith faced the minimum in the ninth for his 32nd save in 37 chances.
Trevor Rogers of Carlsbad (7-7) was the loser.
ROCKIES 11, PHILLIES 2: In Philadelphia, Elias Díaz hit a grand slam, Germán Márquez pitched six shutout innings and Colorado continued to hurt Philadelphia’s playoff chances.
Trevor Story and C.J. Cron also homered for the Rockies, who won for the second straight night at Citizens Bank Park and improved to 20-50 on the road.
ASTROS 10, ANGELS 5: In Houston, Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 44th home run, but got tagged early by José Altuve and Albuqueque’s Alex Bregman in Houston’s victory over Los Angeles.
Ohtani (9-2) had been 8-0 in his last 13 starts since May 28, and gave himself a lead when he hit a solo homer in the first inning.
ROYALS 6, TWINS 4: In Minneapolis, Andrew Benintendi had four hits and two home runs, the last a two-run shot in the 11th to send Kansas City past Minnesota.
Benintendi had five RBIs in his second multi-homer game of the season in Minnesota. He’s driven in 11 runs in his last three games for Kansas City.
REDS 4, CARDINALS 2: In St. Louis, Jose Barrero made the most of an unexpected start by doubling in the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning, leading Cincinnati past St. Louis.
The 23-year-old Barrero had two hits after he was recalled from Triple-A Louisville earlier in the day to fill in for infielder Kyle Farmer, who was placed on the paternity list. Barrero was hitting .167 over 14 big league games prior to Friday.
PIRATES 4, NATIONALS 3: In Pittsburgh, Ke’Bryan Hayes capped off a ninth-inning rally with an RBI single as Pittsburgh slipped past Washington.
Hayes completed a two-run comeback by sending a pitch from Washington reliever Alberto Baldonado to right field, scoring Ben Gamel from third for the first walk-off hit of his career.
Note
DODGERS: Los Angeles pitcher Trevor Bauer will miss the rest of the season.
MLB and the players’ association extended his paid administrative leave Friday through the end of the World Series.
Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave July 2 under the MLB and players’ union’s joint domestic violence and sexual assault policy after a Southern California woman said he choked her into unconsciousness, punched her repeatedly and had anal sex with her without her consent during two sexual encounters earlier this year.