Jeurys Familia sealed his eighth save in as many chances in front of a Citi Field regular-season record crowd of 44,466.
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Ahead 6-3 in the eighth inning, they walked a pair of batters and let the Giants load the bases with no outs.
Syndergaard and Bumgarner each tossed three scoreless innings before Syndergaard ran into trouble in the fourth. He has allowed one earned run in his last eight innings pitched. Given the bleak forecast, it was a mild surprise that the game started on time and the two clubs endured no delays while playing in only occasional light showers. His ERA actually rose to 0.55 as he became the first Tigers pitcher to win five games in April since Frank Tanana in 1988, according to STATS.
The Mets have won six in a row at Citi Field. Francisco Rodriguez earned his sixth save. Conforto has reached safely in 17 straight…. “We got to get (Alejandro) De Aza in a game this week”.
The Rangers are now on a 4-game winning streak after defeating the Los Angeles Angels 7-2. The Marlins are 12-11, the first time they’ve been over. 500 since they were 64-63 on August 22, 2014. David Phelps got three outs for his first save.
The 12 runs allowed by the Giants in the third were the most the franchise has surrendered in an inning since the Montreal Expos collected 13 runs in the sixth inning of a 19-3 victory May 7, 1997. Milwaukee has lost four straight and seven of eight.
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 games – 1 against the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3 against the Colorado Rockies, 2 versus the Cincinnati Reds. The Giants, a professional team that knows how to hit pitchers with good stuff, waited Syndergaard until they could figure him out in the fourth inning.
Werth added an RBI single in the eighth, his fifth in the first two games of a weekend series and 10th of the year.
Billy Burns drove in the only runs with a two-out single in the second. Since the NL West was formed in 1969 no franchise has four consecutive first place finishes; the Dodgers have a three-year streak going.
Brad Miller led off the ninth with a pinch-hit single off Brett Cecil (0-5). He grounded out to first in his final at-bat in the seventh. SF totaled six hits and walked seven times with Hunter Pence leading the way with three runs knocked in while Matt Duffy and Buster Posey scoring two times apiece. Evan Longoria also homered for the Rays, and Xavier Cadeno (2-0) got the win.
Now the Giants must try to avoid getting swept in the three-game series here on Sunday while facing Noah Syndergaard, who has been as near to unhittable as any pitcher in the National League.
Bumgarner was his usual self, as he shut out the Mets for six innings, scattering six hits and three walks, while striking out seven.
American League Playoff teams the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros finished above.
BALTIMORE – Jose Abreu hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning off reliever Vance Worley, lifting Chicago over Baltimore.
Conforto and Wilmer Flores later tagged Cain for solo home runs.
Ray had not given up a home run in his previous four starts.
White Sox manager Robin Ventura was ejected in the third. His only other complete game was last September with Boston in a 9-2 victory over Philadelphia, when he allowed two runs and five hits. So Belt s roller to second base resulted in an RBI ground out instead of an inning-ending double play. The play was initially ruled a foul ball, but manager Jeff Banister challenged the call. A Josh Harrison third inning sacrifice fly would hold up as the streak extending run.
The Rockies took control in the fifth when Charlie Blackmon led off with a single.
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The surprising Phillies (14-10) have won eight of nine and are four games over. Andrew Bailey (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.
