Kim helps Cardinals put end to Giants’ win streak
Kwang Hyun Kim pitched seven scoreless innings, Matt Carpenter hit a two-run triple in the seventh for the first runs of the game and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals snapped San Francisco’s three-game winning streak by beating the Giants 5-3 on Monday.
Kim (3-5) allowed three hits with two strikeouts and two walks.
Donovan Solano and Steven Duggar hit RBI singles in the ninth, but San Francisco’s comeback bid fell short.
Giants starter Kevin Gausman didn’t allow a hit until Nolan Arenado’s one-out single in the seventh that started a two-run rally in what had been a scoreless game. Tommy Edman singled before Carpenter’s triple.
Gausman (8-3) began the day with a 1.68 ERA, the lowest through 16 starts of any Giants pitcher since the team moved West in 1958.
Pete Alonso broke a seventhinning tie with a two-run double off All-Star Brandon Woodruff, and New York beat visiting Milwaukee in a matchup of National League division leaders.
Edwin Díaz pitched out of trouble in the ninth, retiring three straight batters with two on after giving up an RBI single to Tyrone Taylor.
Michael Conforto added an RBI single and Dominic Smith had a sacrifice fly for the Mets, who managed only one hit against an efficient Woodruff (7-4) through six innings.
Rookie right-hander Tylor Megill, with his parents in the stands for his third big league start, allowed just two hits and two walks while striking out seven in five impressive innings.
Odúbel Herrera hit a three-run homer, and Philadelphia went deep five times while handing Chicago its 10th consecutive loss.
Andrew Knapp, Didi Gregorius, Rhys Hoskins and Alec Brohm also connected for the Phillies.
The Cubs remained winless since Zach Davies and three relievers combined to no-hit the Dodgers on June 24.
Herrera’s drive against reliever Kohl Stewart capped a six-run eighth that broke open a 4-2 game.
Ben Gamel homered twice and drove in six runs to lead Pittsburgh past Atlanta.
Gamel took Max Fried (5-5) over the fence in center field for a two-run home run in the fourth, doubled home Bryan Reynolds in the sixth and added a three-run shot in the seventh as the Pirates won their second straight following a sixgame losing streak.
Chase De Jong (1-3) survived a 36-pitch first inning to pick up the second victory of his five-year major-league career. De Jong struck out four and walked three in five innings.
Rookie Bailey Ober pitched five scoreless innings for his first major league victory, Max Kepler homered twice and Minnesota held off Chicago.
Ober (1-1) hit the milestone in his seventh career start, with seven strikeouts and two hits and three walks allowed.
Wily Peralta threw seven scoreless innings in his longest big league outing since 2016 and Detroit beat Texas.
Peralta (2-1), back in the majors only three weeks, struck out six without a walk. The right-hander allowed only three hits in his fourth start for Detroit.
Kolby Allard (2-5) struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings, and only two of the five runs scored against the Texas lefty were earned.
Eugenio Suarez clubbed a seventh-inning tiebreaking three-run home run shortly after Nick Castellanos hit a tying solo shot and Cincinnati defeated Kansas City.
Vladimir Gutierrez (4-3) went six innings and gave up two runs, five hits and two walks with six strikeouts.