Major League Baseball results | Tuesday
Giants 12, Rockies 4, 1st game San Francisco at Colorado, 2nd game
DENVER — Brandon Belt hit a go-ahead single and a grand slam in a 10-run first inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants over the Colorado Rockies 12-4 Tuesday in a doubleheader opener.
Belt connected for his home run on the sixth pitch after Jhoulys Chacín relieved starter German Márquez, a 452-foot drive for his third career slam. Posey went deep four pitches later.
Márquez (1-3) allowed eight runs and six hits in two-third of an inning, an outing that raised his ERA from 4.13 to 6.21. He has lost to the Giants three times this season.
Colorado allowed double-digit runs in an inning for the seventh time and dropped to 1-6 against the Giants this year.
Brandon Crawford added a two-run homer in the sixth against Lucas Gilbreath as the Giants romped in the makeup of Monday night’s rainout.
Belt and Posey finished with three hits each. Posey reached seven home runs in just 19 games played this season.
Marlins 9, Diamondbacks 3
MIAMI — NL RBI leader Jesús Aguilar delivered a tiebreaking single in a six-run eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3.
The score was 3-all when Miguel Rojas led off the eighth with a double against Kevin Ginkel (0-1), and Rojas came home on Aguilar’s single. Corey Dickerson followed with an infield single, and catcher Stephen Vogt’s throwing error allowed Aguilar to score all the way from first.
Lewis Brinson hit a three-run homer off Alex Young to complete the scoring for the Marlins, who totaled four runs while being swept last weekend in a three-game series at Washington.
Arizona briefly pulled even in the top of the eighth on Eduardo Escobar’s RBI single, and catcher Sandy León mishandled a bunt for Miami’s third error, loading the bases with none out.
Braves 6, Nationals 1
WASHINGTON — Huascar Ynoa hit a grand slam and pitched seven stress-free innings in a dominant two-way performance, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Ynoa blasted a fastball from Tanner Rainey 427 feet to center field in the sixth inning, extending his left arm on the follow-through like a polished slugger. It was the first grand slam by a major league pitcher since Cincinnati’s Anthony DeSclafani on June 23, 2018.
Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati, late Houston at N.Y. Yankees, late Milwaukee at Philadelphia, late Detroit at Boston, late Texas at Minnesota, late Dodgers at Cubs, late, 2nd game N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, postponed
ST. LOUIS — The scheduled game Tuesday night between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals was postponed because of rain.
The teams will make it up Wednesday as part of a single-admission doubleheader beginning at 4:15 p.m. CT. Both games will be set for seven innings.
Cleveland at Kansas City, late Tampa Bay at LA Angels, late Toronto at Oakland, late Baltimore at Seattle, late Pittsburgh at San Diego, late