AROUND THE HORN
■ Astros: The Astros acquired utilityman Mauricio Dubón in a trade with the Giants on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dubón is batting .239 with two homers and eight RBIs in 21 games this season. He has big league experience at second base, third base, shortstop and center field. “He really came together as a man, as a teammate, and as a baseball player,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “This is a great opportunity for him.” The Giants received minor league catcher Michael Papierski in the deal. Papierski was assigned to Triple-A Sacramento. “It’s always nice to have a switch hitter and a guy that’s more difficult to matchup against,” Kapler said about Papierski. “As aggressive as we are in using our bench, it’s always nice to have, potentially at some point, a guy that you may be able to kind of let ride particularly at the catcher position.” The Giants also recalled infielder Donovan Walton from Sacramento before the Giants’ game at St. Louis. Dubón made his big league debut in 2019 with the Brewers. He is a .258 hitter with 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 179 games in the majors. The Astros had won 11 straight games heading into Saturday’s matchup with the Nationals.
■ Cardinals: Dakota Hudson and a quartet of relievers combined to help the Cardinals stop the Giants’ six-game winning streak, blanking the Giants 4-0 on Saturday. The Cardinals pitched their sixth shutout of the season.
■ Braves: Marcell Ozuna homered and Austin Riley hit a tiebreaking double during a four-run rally in the eighth inning Saturday that lifted the Braves to a 6-5 victory over the Padres The Braves tagged reliever Steven Wilson (3-1) for
Ozzie Albies’ RBI single, Ozuna’s two-run homer and Riley’s go-ahead hit. The game appeared to turn in San Diego’s favor in top of the eighth when first baseman Matt Olson misplayed Trent Grisham’s grounder for a two-base error with one out. Grisham advanced on Will Smith’s wild pitch and scored on Jorge Alfaro’s single to tie it at 2.
■ Mariners: Mariners reliever Erik Swanson has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation, leaving the team without one of its top arms in the bullpen. Swanson has a 1.29 ERA over 13 appearances, with 21 strikeouts and only one walk in 14 innings.
■ Athletics: Luis Barrera hit a walk-off, three-run shot for his first career home run and the Athletics snapped a seven-game home losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Angels in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. The A’s trailed 3-1 with two outs in the ninth before rallying against closer Raisel Iglesias. Ramon Laureano doubled and Christian Bethancourt walked before Barrera launched the drive into the right-field seats in his 17th career at-bat. Lou Trivino (1-2) retired Mike Trout with two on and two out to end the ninth to earn the win. Trout came off the bench and was part of a two-run rally that gave the Angels a 3-1 lead in the eighth. Trout came on to pinch hit after Sam Moll walked Jared Walsh with one out. Zach Jackson intentionally walked Trout following a passed ball before pinch-hitter Anthony Rendon broke the tie with an RBI single to left. Andrew Velazquez followed with a single to left field and Trout came around to cross the plate after Barrera misplayed the ball for an error.