Curt Casali’s 2-run single holds up, Giants beat Braves

San FranCISCO – Curt Casali hit a two-run single in the fourth that held up, alex Wood made an impressive three-inning return from COVId-19, and the San Francisco Giants beat the atlanta braves 2-0 on Saturday night.

Wood struck out four and didn’t walk a batter or allow a hit over three scoreless innings, throwing 37 pitches in his first start for

San Francisco since aug. 26 as he makes his return from a bout with COVId-19. Zack Littell (4-0) relieved and struck out the side in the fourth.

dominic Leone, San Francisco’s sixth reliever, finished the 2-hour, 40-minute game for his second save as the nL West-leading

Giants maintained their two-game lead on the rival Los angeles dodgers in the division race.

atlanta had its nL east lead trimmed to one game after the phillies beat the mets.

Charlie morton (13-6) allowed two runs on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks over five innings, but lost for the first time in his last nine road starts since June 11 at miami.

Seeking his first win against the Giants since aug. 20, 2015, with pittsburgh, the right-hander came into his outing with a 2.48 era against the Giants for his lowest total versus any club he had faced at least 10 times.

brandon belt went 0 for 3 and had his 10-game hitting streak snapped a day after connecting for his career-best 26th home run in San Francisco’s 6-5, 11-inning win.

the Giants also failed to hit a home run for the first time in 13 games, dating to Sept. 5. they had hit 26 total during that span. It was their longest such streak since doing so in 13 consecutive games from June 25-July 12, 2019. Nolan, Baylor lead Oregon

State’s rout of Idaho COrVaLLIS, Ore. – Oregon

State took care of business Saturday against FCS opponent Idaho, dominating from the outset in a 42-0 victory.

Chance nolan passed for three touchdowns and b.J. baylor ran for two scores as the beavers (2-1) amassed 438 total yards and were stout defensively.

Oregon State led 28-0 at halftime and was not challenged by the Vandals (1-2), who have lost 17 of the past 18 matchups against the beavers dating back to 1953.

It was Oregon State’s first shutout since a 3-0 victory over pittsburgh in the 2008 Sun bowl.

Idaho was limited to 192 total yards and didn’t get inside the beavers’ 20-yard line until late in the third quarter after an interception of OSu backup quarterback Sam noyer.