They have a one-game lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. The Giants defeated the Marlins 1-0. J.T. Realmuto had his 11-game hitting streak snapped as he struck out to end the game.
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Jeff Samardzija (10-8) pitched 5 2/3 innings to best former Notre Dame teammate David Phelps (5-6).
While their frustration eased, on the Marlins’ side it peaked in the sixth inning, when hitting coach Barry Bonds was ejected for arguing after pinch hitter Chris Johnson took a called third strike to end a threat.
Washington’s Jayson Werth hit a three-run home run to power the Nationals past Cleveland 7-4.
Ace pitchers Felix Hernandez and Justin Verlander staged a classic pitching duel, each giving up only one hit through the first seven innings.
Verlander’s replacement Justin Wilson gave up a homer to Nelson Cruz – his 28th of the season – in the eighth inning and Leonys Martin tagged on an insurance run.
The Mariners’ win made no dent in Texas’ division lead as Adrian Beltre drove in two runs in the eighth inning to lift the Rangers to a 5-4 win against Colorado.
The Rockies’ post-All-Star surge has lost all momentum after a sixth loss in seven games.
“It’s about winning the games”, Girardi said when asked if he liked the matchup.
The major league-leading Cubs matched their longest streak since this time previous year and moved a season-best 30 games over a.500 winning percentage.
Cubs 3, Angels 1 • In Chicago, Jason Hammel won his career-best fifth straight start, pitching four-hit ball over six scoreless innings, and Chicago beat Los Angeles for its season-high ninth straight win.
Rodriguez will make his last appearance for the Yankees on Friday against Tampa Bay. Stanton pinch hitting has to be a good sign after feeling some minor hip soreness, he’ll get an off day tomorrow to heal up and I would imagine take the field this weekend against the White Sox.
“Whoever said solo home runs don’t beat you is a liar”, Phelps said.
Ryan Howard added a three-run double in the ninth. Entering this week, they had gone 0-6-1 in series. He played 18 games with Arizona in 2015 as a winter meeting draft pick from Tampa Bay. Phelps loaded the bases by walking Brandon Belt, but survived the inning when he induced Buster Posey to ground into a fielder’s choice at second.
Cardinals 3, Reds 2: Matt Carpenter and Jhonny Peralta homered to back up a second straight dominant start by Jaime Garcia in St. Louis’ victory over Cincinnati.
PADRES 4, PIRATES 0 (at Pittsburgh) – Edwin Jackson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and Travis Jankowski capped the scoring with a straight steal of home for San Diego.
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This is a new statistical category for Bonds, but the first-year coach has plenty more bickering to do before he can match his 13 ejections as a player, according to a Retrosheet tally.
