Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (11-5) allowed seven runs and eight hits in four-plus innings. But a runner reached third base just once – in the third inning when Wilson Ramos, who reached on an error, went first to third on a single by Revere.
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Porcello (15-3) allowed two runs and struck out six. He improved to 11-0 in 12 starts at home this season. It was his first start since being demoted to the minors in May.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Freddy Galvis hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning, Ryan Howard added a three-run, pinch double in the ninth and Philadelphia beat Los Angeles.
Kris Bryant hit his 28th homer of the season for the Cubs, who noted their 70th win and are a season-best 29 games above a.500 winning percentage.
Pedroia, 6-for-31 during Boston’s just-completed 5-6 road trip, doubled home two runs in the third and then doubled in another in the fifth.
After Neal exited, Liam Hendriks threw 1 2/3 ideal innings with two strikeouts.
The Indians say Francona was examined by the Nationals Park EMT and remained at the stadium. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, leaving four Giants runners on base. Seager, who had tied it 4-4 with a three-run homer in the eighth, followed with a single to left to tie it again.
DIAMONDBACKS 3, METS 2 (12) Oscar Hernandez hit his first major league home run in the 12th inning, leading Arizona over host NY. Brandon Drury (second inning) and Paul Goldschmidt (sixth inning) each homered and had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks. Jarrod Dyson ran for Morales and stole second and scored on Alcides Escobar’s two-out single. Jason Kipnis has hit 121 times with 65 runs, 19 homers and 61 RBI.
Indians: RHP Corey Kluber (11-8, 3.22 ERA) starts the series opener in Cleveland against RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-7, 5.27) and the Los Angeles Angels.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy was back in the dugout after missing Monday’s game with an irregular heartbeat following an overnight stay in the hospital. They began the day tied for the NL West lead with the surging Dodgers, who played later Wednesday. Of his 57 starts with Washington, 14 percent of them fall into that category.
PITTSBURGH – Gregory Polanco hit a tiebreaking homer and Chad Kuhl pitched six innings for the win after being called up from the minors as Pittsburgh defeated San Diego.
It didn’t help Tomlin that right fielder Abraham Almonte appeared to lose a ball in the sun on what turned into Werth’s ground-rule double in the first and had a ball go off his glove for an RBI double by Daniel Murphy in the fifth. The final double came off Anthony Rendon’s bat; his second on the day to score two and balloon Washington’s lead to three.
Tony Watson earned his third save.
Elvis Araujo (2-1) pitched one inning for the victory.
BLUE JAYS 7, RAYS 0 J.A. Happ and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as Happ became the first 16-game victor in the majors, and Toronto beat visiting Tampa Bay.
Nationals coach admitted that the game was a well-played and well-pitched game.
By then, the Nationals were enjoying a three-run lead. Ken Giles closed for his second save.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Todd Frazier belted a three-run homer in the 10th inning to propel Chicago over Kansas City.
David Robertson (3-2) blew a save in the ninth when Alcides Escobar’s two-out single scored pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson.
Cincinnati’s Tyler Holt hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning that sent the Reds past St. Louis 7-4.
Holt’s double off Matt Bowman (1-4) broke a 4-all tie. The Phillies lost for the third time in four games. Andrew Miller entered the game first among the Indians’ options in the back-end of the bullpen, allowing a run in one inning.
The homer was Lindor’s 14 and the double gave Ramirez 47 RBI.
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Neal’s only other win in the majors came in relief against San Francisco on June 28.
