Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp celebrates his homer in the eighth inning. (AFP-Yonhap)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Once they got Matt Cain out of the game, Yasiel Puig and the Los Angeles Dodgers roughed up the San Francisco Giants’ stellar bullpen.
Dee Gordon and Puig broke open a tie game with consecutive RBI doubles in the seventh, Matt Kemp homered in the eighth and the Dodgers beat the NL West-leading Giants 6-2 on Saturday.
“Cain pitched a good game and pounded the zone,” Kemp said. “He threw strikes, mixed his pitches up well and got them over the plate. We couldn’t really get anything off of him. But we waited him out, got him out of there, got to their bullpen and scored some runs at the end for the W.”
Zack Greinke (6-1) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out eight and walking three. The right-hander extended his streak to 20 consecutive starts in which he’s allowed fewer than three runs ― the longest by any pitcher since the “dead ball” era.
Ortiz, Red Sox beat Rangers 8-3ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― David Ortiz homered and doubled, Shane Victorino drove in four runs with three hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 Saturday night.
A night after they managed only a single by Ortiz off Yu Darvish, the Red Sox broke loose. And there will be no official scoring debates for Ortiz after he hit his seventh home run and lined a double into the right-field corner.
LA Angels 5, Toronto 3
Detroit 9, Minnesota 3
Baltimore 5, Houston 4
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3
Arizona 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Milwaukee 5, NY Yankees 4
Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 0
Colorado 11, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 5, NY Mets 4
Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 1
Seattle 3, Kansas City 1
San Diego 9, Miami 3
Oakland 4, Washington 3