UNDATED (AP) — The New York Mets have dropped back-to-back games for only the second time this season.
The San Francisco Giants followed Tuesday’s wild 13-12 win with a 9-3 pounding of the Mets. Evan Longoria homered twice and Joc Pederson hit his fourth in two games while the Giants were building a 9-0 lead in the first two innings.
Mike Yastrzemski also homered off rookie Thomas Szapucki, who surrendered all nine runs in just 1 1/3 innings.
The Mets had won 14 straight games after losses. They are 11-2-1 in 14 series of the year.
Elsewhere on major league diamonds:
— Dansby Swanson scored the tiebreaking run in the fifth inning on an excruciating defensive sequence by the Phillies, helping the Braves earn an 8-4 victory. Swanson went 4 for 5 with two RBIs, including a home run that put the Braves, ahead, 7-4 in the sixth. Austin Riley also homered for Atlanta.
— The Dodgers had won nine straight against Washington before Erik Fedde and three relievers combined on a six-hitter in the Nationals’ 1-0 shutout of Los Angeles. Tanner Rainey stranded two in the ninth inning for his fourth save in six tries, sending the Dodgers to just their second loss in 11 games. César Hernández singled home the game’s lone run off Julio Urias, who allowed just three other hits over six innings.
— The Brewers scored twice in the seventh inning off Yu Darvish to beat the Padres, 2-1. Rowdy Tellez doubled home the tying run and Tyrone Taylor followed with a sacrifice fly after Darvish limited Milwaukee to one hit over the first six frames. Brewers starter Aaron Ashby got a no-decision after holding San Diego to an unearned run and four hits over 5 2/3 innings.
— Luis Castillo earned his first victory of the season by allowing two runs over five innings of the Reds’ 4-3 decision over the Cubs. Castillo surrendered a pair of first-inning runs before allowing only two hits the rest of the way. Joey Votto carried Cincinnati’s offense with a solo homer and a two-run triple.
— The Pirates trailed 5-2 until Jack Suwinski and Josh VanMeter belted three-run homers in their 10-5 downing of the Rockies. Suwinski erased a 5-2 deficit in the sixth inning and VanMeter gave Pittsburgh some breathing room in the seventh. Ben Gamel had two hits and two RBIs as the Bucs handed Colorado its 13th loss in 18 games.
— JP Sears was a winner in his first career start as he held the Orioles to three hits in the Yankees’ 2-0 shutout. Four relievers finished the combined five-hitter, with Ron Marinaccio striking out three over two perfect innings after replacing Sears. Aaron Judge doubled and scored New York’s first run on Miguel Andujar’s fourth-inning single, his first RBI in the majors this season.
— Harold Ramírez homered in a five-run first before the Rays hung on for a 5-4 win versus the Marlins. Drew Rasmussen won his fifth straight decision, giving up three runs and six hits with seven strikeouts over five innings. Colin Poche struck out Jesús Aguilar to strand the bases loaded in the ninth inning.
— The Tigers pulled out a 4-2 win over the Twins on Jeimer Candelario’s two-run homer in the top of the 10th. Harold Castro hit solo home runs in the sixth and eighth innings, after going deep only nine times in his first 799 major league at-bats. Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer for the Twins in the fourth inning to spoil an otherwise-stellar fill-in start by Rony García.
— The White Sox earned a 3-1 win over the Red Sox on Jake Berger’s three-run homer in the fifth inning. Burger was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Charlotte after center fielder Luis Robert was placed on the COVID-19 related injured list. Lucas Giolito blanked the Red Sox after the first inning, giving up five hits over six frames of Chicago’s fourth win in six games.
— Cristian Javier tied a career high with nine strikeouts and held the Guardians to three hits over 5 2/3 shutout innings, leading the Astros to a 2-1 victory. Michael Brantley and Jason Castro lifted sacrifice flies in the middle innings off Cleveland starter Cal Quantrill, who was reached for six hits in as many innings. Yuli Gurriel and José Siri had two hits each as Houston took the rubber match of the three-game set.
— Mitch Garver homered in his third consecutive game and Kole Calhoun hit a two-run shot in the Rangers’ first win in four games, 7-2 versus the Angels. Calhoun had three hits and scored three runs, while Garver drove in two runs. Glenn Otto yielded three hits over five solid innings as the AL West rivals split a two-game series at the Big A.
— Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus homered off reigning AL Cy Young award winner Robbie Ray as the Athletics dealt the Mariners their eighth loss in 10 games, 4-2. Oakland took two of three to move out of the AL West cellar, putting Seattle in last place. Paul Blackburn is 5-0 after working 5 1/3 scoreless innings, yielding a season-high five walks but just one hit.
