Pagan, always wearing his heart on his sleeve, showed his frustration by slamming his glove down on the ground, having betrayed him just seconds earlier.
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His only previous grand slam came August 1, 2009, when he was a New York Met. Law allowed just two hits and earned the win, his third of the season. It felt like a home game.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 1 • Chris Sale (12-1) became the majors’ first 12-game victor while tying his season high with nine strikeouts and Todd Frazier hit his 20th homer to help Chicago win on the road.
Niese (6-4, 4.74) has lost his last two starts, giving up a combined 12 runs in 10 2/3 innings. Carlos Santana drove in two runs while Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor also had RBIs.
In Tampa Bay on Saturday he was one batter away from a shutout when he allowed a Brad Miller homer.
Brad Ziegler pitched out of trouble in the ninth for his 15th save this season, converting his 43rd opportunity in a row. “I walk out there and hear the chants from left field, and it was like a home game, honestly”. It was the second straight three-hitter for the Indians, following Corey Kluber’s in a 6-0 win over the Rays on Tuesday.
Washington scratched Stephen Strasburg about 80 minutes before game time due to an upper back strain, depriving Chavez Ravine of a tantalizing pitchers’ duel with Kershaw (11-1).
The damage was done on exactly 10 pitches: three for a Jean Segura double, two for a Phil Gosselin RBI single to score the second baseman and five for a Jake Lamb home run to bring home Gosselin. He had been on the disabled list with a sprained right index finger.
Manager Bruce Bochy had Gregor Blanco bat for Samardzija in the fourth with two on, two outs and a run in a 6-2 game. The Giants are 13-2 in his starts this season.
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Rangers rallied from a three-run deficit to win a battle of first-place clubs. That’s the most in the majors, with three in the last three days. San Francisco 1B Brandon Belt doubled twice on Tuesday and recorded multiple hits in four of the last seven games.3. Kratz pitched a scoreless 9th inning that actually started with Brandon Belt striking out. Six runs should be more than enough to win on most nights, but the inconsistent starting pitching and the awful bullpen doomed the Pirates once again and it’s starting to look more and more like this is just who the Pirates are in 2016. On Monday, the Giants dropped game one of their four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1-0, in a tidy two hours and 24 minutes.
Ben Zobrist had three hits to pace the Cubs.
HOUSTON – Doug Fister extended his winning streak to seven games and the Astros provided him ample run support in their win.
The Giants kept pouring on, scoring a run in each of the next three innings and then five in the eighth.
Class AAA Indianapolis right-hander Tyler Glasnow had his second straight hitless start, working seven innings against Gwinnett in the International League after pitching six innings last Friday against Charlotte.
The home run was Kratz’s first in the majors since August 18, 2014. It was his first home run since a two-homer game for Kansas City in August 2014.
At the plate: Mac Williamson’s second-inning single had an exit velocity of 115 miles per hour, giving him the two hardest-hit balls by a Giant this season.
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Desmond’s 11th homer was a solo shot in the third, an inning before Bobby Wilson had a sacrifice fly and Choo followed by lining a single off Kevin Gausman (0-5) for a 4-3 lead. It was his fourth homer overall this season. He lowered his AL-best ERA to 2.01.
