Longoria homers twice, Giants rout Mets 9-3, take 2 of 3

Evan Longoria homered twice and Joc Pederson hit his fourth in two games as the San Francisco Giants went deep four times in the first two innings off rookie Thomas Szapucki and routed the New York Mets 9-3 Wednesday. Mike Yastrzemski also homered off Szapucki (0-1), a 25-year-old left-hander making his first major league start and second appearance after the Mets summoned him from the minors after Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Tylor Megill got hurt. New York lost two of three in San Francisco, the Mets’ second series loss in their first 14 series this season. Jakob Junis (2-1) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. NATIONALS 1, DODGERS 0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Erick Fedde (3-3) allowed four hits in six innings and combined with three relievers on a six-hitter. César Hernández had an RBI single in the sixth off Julio Urías (3-4) as Washington stopped a nine-game skid against Los Angeles and avoided a series sweep. Tanner Rainey stranded two in the ninth inning for his fourth save , getting fly balls from Cody Bellinger and Will Smith to end it. Los Angeles lost for only the second time in 11 games, but remained an NL-best 29-14. WHITE SOX 3, RED SOX 1 CHICAGO (AP) – Jake Burger hit a three-run homer off Rich Hill, Lucas Giolito overcame a shaky first inning and Chicago ended Boston’s six-game winning streak. The White Sox won for the fourth time in six games and moved over .500 to 22-21. Burger, recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Charlotte after Luis Robert was placed on the COVID-19 injured list, hit an 0-2 breaking pitch in the fifth inning that traveled an estimated 444 feet. Giolito (3-1) threw 27 pitches in the first but still allowed fewer than two runs for the fourth time this season. Liam Hendriks got the final four outs to earn his 14th save in 17 tries. Hill (1-2) held the White Sox hitless through four innings but lost his lead quickly. RANGERS 7, ANGELS 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Mitch Garver homered in his third consecutive game, Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer and Texas snapped a three-game skid. Calhoun had three hits and scored three runs, while Garver drove in two runs for Texas. Glenn Otto (2-2) yielded three hits over five solid innings as the AL West rivals split a two-game series at the Big A. Reid Detmers (2-2) pitched five-hit ball into the seventh inning for Los Angeles in the rookie’s first home start since throwing a no-hitter at Angel Stadium 15 days ago. Anthony Rendon drove in an early run for the Angels, whose three-game winning streak ended. PIRATES 10, ROCKIES 5 PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jack Suwinski hit a tying three-run home run in the sixth, Ben Gamel gave the Pirates their first lead in the seventh with an RBI single off Justin Lawrence (1-1) and Josh VanMeter followed with a three-run homer later in the inning. Dylan Peters (4-2) retired the last two batters in the seventh for the victory. C.J. Cron hit his 12th home run for the Rockies to pull him into a tie for the National League lead with Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts. Colorado placed outfielder Kris Bryant on the 10-day injured list with back soreness. Bryant missed nearly a month after initially tweaking the back in late April. ASTROS 2, GUARDIANS 1 HOUSTON (AP) – Yuli Gurriel and José Siri had two hits each, Cristian Javier tied a career high with nine strikeouts and Houston beat Cleveland to win their series. It was a much-needed performance from Gurriel, who hit .319 last season to win the AL batting title but has struggled this year. He entered in an 0-for-9 slide and is hitting .224 this year.