SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner struck out eight and took a share of the major league lead with 18 wins, and the San Francisco Giants moved within one game of NL West-leading Los Angeles by beating the Dodgers 9-0 on
SAN FRANCISCO — Madison Bumgarner struck out eight and took a share of the major league lead with 18 wins, and the San Francisco Giants moved within one game of NL West-leading Los Angeles by beating the Dodgers 9-0 on Friday night.
Pinch-hitter Travis Ishikawa splashed a three-run homer into McCovey Cove, and Brandon Crawford hit a two-run drive in the fifth to help Bumgarner win his fifth straight start. Buster Posey and Crawford hit RBI doubles in the first as the Giants jumped on Hyun-Jin Ryu (14-7).
The Dodgers’ left-hander exited after only one inning because of irritation in his pitching shoulder.
San Francisco, which leads the NL wild-card race, is one game back of Los Angeles for the first time since Aug. 4. The Giants have won a season-best 10 straight home games after handing the Dodgers their fifth shutout loss.
Bumgarner (18-9) reached 200 strikeouts for the first time in his career when he fanned Scott Van Slyke in the second. The lefty is tied with Dodgers Sunday starter Clayton Kershaw, Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto and the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright for most wins in the majors.
Los Angeles lined up its top starters for this series, while Giants manager Bruce Bochy opted to keep his pitchers on their regular schedule since things have been working well so far in September.
The Dodgers had the best road record in baseball and swept the Giants in three games at AT&T Park from July 25-27 — outscoring San Francisco 17-4.
ORIOLES 2, YANKEES 1 (11)
ORIOLES 5, YANKEES 0
BALTIMORE — Bud Norris pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, and the Orioles become the first team since 2006 to sweep a doubleheader from New York.
In the first game of the day-night twinbill, Jimmy Paredes hit a two-run double with two outs in the 11th inning for a 2-1 victory.
Baltimore extended its winning streak to a season-high six games, moved a season-best 29 games over .500 (88-59) and increased its lead over second-place Toronto in the AL East to 11 1/2 games. The Orioles lowered their magic number for clinching the division to five.
New York is five games back for the second AL wild card and appears in danger of missing the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1992-93.
Norris (13-8) struck out 10 and walked two. He outpitched Bryan Mitchell (0-1), who allowed two runs over five innings in his first big league start.
In the opener, after Chris Young homered off Brad Brach (7-1) in the top of the 11th, Baltimore countered in the bottom half against Adam Warren (3-6).
INDIANS 7, TIGERS 2
DETROIT — J.D. Martinez homered, tripled and drove in four runs for Detroit, and David Price pitched into the eighth inning.
Martinez broke a 1-all tie in the fourth with a two-run homer, and then drove in two more runs with his triple in the seventh. Price (14-11) allowed one run and eight hits in 7 2-3 innings.
PIRATES 7, CUBS 3
PITTSBURGH — Gerrit Cole won consecutive starts for the first time since early June, NL batting leader Josh Harrison had three hits and the surging Pirates earned their seventh win in eight games.
Cole (9-5) improved to 5-0 against the Cubs, allowing three runs in six innings with six strikeouts. He also won at Wrigley Field last weekend.
RAYS 1, BLUE JAYS 0
TORONTO — Nathan Karns got his first major league win in his Tampa Bay debut, Ryan Hanigan homered for the first time in almost three months and the Rays stopped Toronto’s four-game winning streak.
PHILLIES 3, MARLINS 1, 10 INNINGS
PHILADELPHIA — Cody Asche hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to lift the Phillies to the win.
METS 4, NATIONALS 3
NEW YORK — Juan Lagares hit a go-ahead double and the Mets made it stand up, ending a 12-game home skid against Washington.
The Mets’ losing streak at Citi Field versus Washington dated to last season, and was their longest in team history against a visiting club.
