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Ketel Marte had four hits, Blaze Alexander belted his first grand slam and Jordan Montgomery won his Arizona Diamondbacks debut in a 17-1 victory over the host San Francisco Giants on Friday night. The Diamondbacks’ 22 hits tied a franchise record set in 2013, when they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-7 in an 18-inning game. Marte went 4-for-6 with an RBI and a run in the leadoff spot and Alexander finished 3-for-5 with five RBIs

Francisco Lindor hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the seventh inning, Harrison Bader had four hits and the visiting New York Mets increased their winning streak to five games with a 9-4 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. DJ Stewart homered and had three RBIs as the Mets won for the seventh time in eight games and improved to 11-3 since an 0-5 start. Chris Taylor broke out of an 0-for-31 slump

Justin Turner homered and knocked in two runs Friday night as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays opened up a five-run lead in the second inning during a 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Five Toronto pitchers teamed up on a five-hitter and fanned 14 as the team won for the fifth time in six games. Reliever Bowden Francis (2-2) got the win with two-plus scoreless innings after starter Yuriel Rodriguez fanned seven and allowed

Jameson Taillon worked five strong innings in his season debut as the host Chicago Cubs picked up an 8-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday afternoon in the opener of a four-game series. Activated from the 15-day injured list on Thursday, Taillon (1-0) surrendered just one run on three hits. He didn’t walk a batter while striking out four. Nico Hoerner went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run for

Logan Webb allowed just two hits in seven shutout innings as the San Francisco Giants opened a four-game home series against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-0 victory on Thursday. Pinch hitter Wilmer Flores broke open a tight game with a two-run double in the eighth. LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a sacrifice fly in the third inning to give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Mike Yastrzemski capped a four-run eighth with a two-run single, helping

The Chicago Cubs’ home game against the Miami Marlins on Thursday was postponed due to inclement weather. The clubs were scheduled to start a four-game series. Instead, Thursday’s game will be played as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday, when they were already slated for an early afternoon game. It was not yet known how the rainout would affect either team’s pitching plans. Right-hander Jameson Taillon was scheduled to make his season debut for

Hot-hitting Amed Rosario went 2-for-4 with a triple, Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings and the Tampa Bay Rays managed a split of their four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels, beating them 2-1 Thursday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Fla. Batting third in the lineup, Rosario produced his big hit in the first inning, tripling in a run and then scoring on a sacrifice fly. The offseason acquisition increased his hitting streak to 10 games

Kyle Schwarber launched a pair of home runs and left-hander Cristopher Sanchez struck out 10 in six strong innings, but the Philadelphia Phillies had to survive a comeback bid by the visiting Colorado Rockies to win 7-6 on Wednesday evening. The Phillies finished a three-game sweep as they won for the sixth time in their past eight games. Colorado has lost five straight and seven of its past eight. Schwarber hit homer No. 250 of

Paul Blackburn remained unbeaten with a fourth straight effective start, Shea Langeliers contributed a ground-rule double to a three-run fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics salvaged one win in their three-game series against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals with a 6-3 triumph Wednesday afternoon. Esteury Ruiz smacked his second homer in three games and Tyler Nevin had three hits as the A’s capped a 3-3 homestand with their third-most runs this season. Willson Contreras had