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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jacob Stallings hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the San Francisco Giants 8-6 on Saturday night. The catcher had a two-run double that capped four-run comeback with two out in the seventh that made it 6-all. “It was a crazy game,” Stallings said. “I think that was more pumped up than I usually get, more … [Read more...] about Stallings hits game-ending, 2-run HR, Pirates top Giants 8-6

PHOENIX (AP) — Eduardo Escobar hit a three-run homer, a two-run homer and tied a career high with seven RBIs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Washington Nationals 11-4 on Saturday night. Escobar broke the game open in the fourth when he launched a full-count, two-out pitch from Joe Ross deep into the right field seats that made it 6-2. He added a two-run shot off … [Read more...] about Escobar has 2 HRs, 7 RBIs as D-backs rout Nationals 11-4

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Austin Nola homered, doubled and drove in a career-high six runs, and Tommy Pham and rookie Kim Ha-seong also connected off Adam Wainwright to lead the San Diego Padres to a 13-3 laugher against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. The Padres beat the Cardinals for the second straight night in their first matchup since San Diego eliminated St. Louis from … [Read more...] about Nola drives in six runs, Padres embarrass Cardinals 13-3

SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger hit his 12th home run, Justus Sheffield picked up a win against the team that drafted him and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 7-3 on Saturday night. Dylan Moore added a three-run homer in the fourth inning off Triston McKenzie to break open a close game and give Sheffield (3-3) the win in a showdown of former Indians first-round … [Read more...] about Haniger, Moore homer, Mariners beat Indians 7-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Bauer and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in a lot better spirits compared to six days ago. Bauer — who expressed his frustration after the defending World Series champions dropped their fifth straight series last weekend — threw seven shutout innings and struck out 10 on Saturday night as the Dodgers defeated the Miami Marlins 7-0 to extend their winning … [Read more...] about Bauer K's 10, Muncy has 3 hits as Dodgers blank Marlins 7-0

DENVER (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a tiebreaking double in the 12th and the Cincinnati Reds kept up their success in extra innings, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Saturday night. Castellanos also homered and singled to help Cincinnati improve to 7-2 in extra-inning games this season. Lucas Sims (3-1) pitched two innings for the win. Jesse Winkler was at second base to … [Read more...] about Reds win again in extras, beat Rockies 6-5 in 12 innings

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports Kyle Tucker is ON FIRE and helped the Astros get their fifth consecutive win! It’s a good time to enjoy the Astros. For the fifth game in a row, they came out with the victory. On Saturday, Houston defeated the Rangers 6-5, holding off a comeback attempt by Texas in the late innings. A four-bagger from Kyle Tucker’s bat made the difference … [Read more...] about Five in a row! Astros beat Rangers 6-5 behind García, Correa, Tucker

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a solo homer in his first at-bat on his 25th birthday, Xander Bogaerts also went deep with a game-breaking, three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the stumbling Los Angeles Angels 9-0 on Saturday. Rafael Devers added a solo shot, Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run double and Franchy Cordero drove in two runs with two doubles for the Red Sox (25-16), … [Read more...] about Verdugo hits HR on 25th birthday as Red Sox beat Angels 9-0