Giants wait out Ohtani, beat Angels in 13 innings

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Shohei Ohtani struck out nine over six innings of one-run ball for the Angels, but the San Francisco Giants rallied for seven runs in the 13th inning of a 9-3 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday. Steven Duggar had an RBI double in the 12th and a two-run single in the 13th for the Giants, who finally blew it open while the Angels had outfielder Taylor Ward playing catcher and starting pitcher Griffin Canning playing left field as the fallout from an untimely injury to Kurt Suzuki and a series of strategic decisions made to allow Ohtani to hit for himself. Mike Tauchman struck out five times before hitting a three-run homer to cap the Giants’ 13th-inning rally. Brandon Crawford put San Francisco ahead to stay with a bases-loaded walk from Alex Claudio (1-2), who walked three straight in the 13th. The 13-inning game matched the longest in the majors since the institution of the runner-on-second-base rule to open extra innings last season. Dominic Leone (1-0) won despite yielding the tying run in the 12th for the major league-leading Giants, who swept the two-game interleague series with their eighth victory in nine games – long after Ohtani and Kevin Gausman staged a compelling pitchers’ duel. PADRES 5, DODGERS 3 SAN DIEGO (AP) – Trent Grisham drew a go-ahead, bases-loaded walk with one out in the eighth, San Diego hit three solo homers off Trevor Bauer and the Padres completed their first three-game sweep of the NL West rivals in eight seasons. The game ended in front of a sellout crowd of 43,961 when pinch-hitter Albert Pujols lined out to third baseman Manny Machado, who doubled Will Smith off second. That earned Mark Melancon his 23rd save, most in the majors. Tim Hill (4-3) got the win. Machado, Jake Cronenworth and Victor Caratini homered for San Diego, which is 7-3 this season against the Dodgers, including winning four straight, and has won two of the three series against the eight-time defending division champions. San Diego has won seven straight games overall. This was San Diego’s first sweep of the Dodgers since April 15-17, 2013, at Dodger Stadium. It was their first home sweep of the Dodgers since Sept. 6-8, 2010. Blake Treinen (1-3) took the loss for the Dodgers, tied it in the eighth when Max Muncy doubled and scored on Justin Turner’s opposite-field single to right. Bauer allowed thee runs and five hits in six-plus innings, struck out 10 and walked four. YANKEES 6, ROYALS 5 NEW YORK (AP) – Gary Sánchez homered off Greg Holland in the ninth inning, Luke Voit hit a winning single and New York survived another blown save by Aroldis Chapman to beat Kansas City. The lead changed three times in the last two innings. Carlos Santana put the Royals ahead 3-2 in the eighth against Zack Britton, and Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer in the bottom half against Jake Brentz. Chapman (5-2) forced in the tying run with a four-pitch walk to rookie Sebastian Rivero with two outs in the ninth, blowing a save for the third time in his last eight chances. Ryan O’Hearn, who put Kansas City ahead with a two-run homer in the first, followed with a go-ahead infield hit. Sánchez hit his 12th home run off Greg Holland (2-3) with one out in the bottom half, and then Giancarlo Stanton singled to right. Pinch-runner Tyler Wade later came around to score on Voit’s line drive off the top of the left field wall. NATIONALS 13, PHILLIES 12 PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Starlin Castro hit a go-ahead, two-run single off closer Hector Neris in the ninth inning and Washington rallied three times to beat Philadelphia. It was the first game in major league history that featured a grand slam and three-run homer for each team. Josh Bell answered Andrew McCutchen’s slam with one of his own as the Nationals overcame deficits of 5-0, 9-5 and 12-11.