NEW YORK (AP) — Jung Hoo Lee hit a three-run homer, LaMonte Wade Jr. added a two-run double in a five-run first inning that chased Marcus Stroman and the San Francisco Giants rolled to a rain-shortened 9-1 rout of the New York Yankees on Friday night for their ninth win in 11 games.
San Francisco’s first six batters reached on a night of steady rain, giving a 5-0 cushion to Robbie Ray (3-0) before he threw a pitch. The game started with a 44-degree ( 7 Celsius) temperature after 26-minute delay and the Giants scored five runs before their first plate appearance resulting in an out for the first time since May 11, 2006, according to Major League Baseball.
With maybe 5,000 fans left in Yankee Stadium and field conditions deteriorating, umpires stopped the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the sixth as Yoendrys Gómez had troubling gripping the ball. The umps called the game 30 minutes later.
Stroman (0-1) lasted nine batters, throwing 46 pitches and getting two outs. His ERA rose to 11.57 as he allowed four hits and three walks.
San Francisco (10-3) is off to its best start since 2003. The Giants were less than a mile from where they played across the Harlem River at the Polo Grounds from 1889 to 1957 before moving to San Francisco.
New York has lost four of five following a 6-2 start.
GUARDIANS 7, ROYALS 0
CLEVELAND (AP) — Gabriel Arias had three hits — including a three-run homer — Angel Martínez had his second career three-hit game and Cleveland extended its winning streak to four, beating Kansas City.
Five Cleveland pitchers combined for the second shutout of the homestand. Tim Herrin (2-0) got the win after starter Tanner Bibee went 4 1/3 innings.
Arias snapped an 0 for 15 skid with a base hit in the second inning. He then connected on a first-pitch fastball from Royals’ starter Kris Bubic (0-1) in the fourth inning and put it into the stands in right-center for his second homer of the season.
The three runs were the first earned runs Bubic had allowed in 26 2/3 innings dating to last season.
Martínez, called up from Triple A Columbus on Wednesday, also had a sacrifice fly in a four-run eighth inning to drive in Nolan Jones. Steven Kwan and Carlos Santana added RBI singles and Brayan Rocchio scored from second base after Royals’ second baseman Jonathan India had a fly ball by José Ramírez pop out of his glove. It was India’s second error of the game.
REDS 5, PIRATES 3
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer to help Brady Singer and Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh.
Singer (3-0) pitched five innings of three-run ball in his third straight win. The right-hander allowed two hits, struck out three and walked three.
Singer is in his first season with Cincinnati after he was acquired in a November trade with Kansas City.
Taylor Rogers, Graham Ashcraft and Emilio Pagán followed Singer with four innings of two-hit ball. Pagán handled the ninth for his third save.
Adam Frazier hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, and Tommy Pham had an RBI double. Bailey Falter (0-2) was charged with five runs — three earned — and three hits in five innings.
Candelario’s first homer made it 3-0 in the first. A two-run throwing error by catcher Endy Rodríguez extended the lead to 5-0 in the third.
Rodríguez entered the game after Joey Bart departed because of lower-back discomfort.
Both teams managed only four hits and combined for 10 walks.
RAYS 6, BRAVES 3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Danny Jansen hit his first home run of the season and drove in four runs, Christopher Morel also homered and Tampa Bay beat Atlanta.
Jansen, who had one hit in his first 27 at-bats through the Rays’ first ...
