MORE MLB GAMES POSTPONED… Seven MLB games scheduled for yesterday were postponed as players throughout the league chose not to play in response to Sunday’s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Marlins and Mets took the field and observed a 42-second moment of silence in a nod to today’s observance of Jackie Robinson Day. The teams then walked back off the field as Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson draped a Black Lives Matter T-shirt over home plate. Other games postponed were: Rockies-D-backs, A’s-Rangers, Twins-Tigers, Red Sox-Blue Jays, Rays-Orioles and Phillies-Nationals. Yesterday’s action consisted of four doubleheaders.
MLB SCORES
SAN DIEGO 10 – Seattle 7… Wil Myers’ walkoff three-run homer capped a seven-run uprising in the seventh (and final) inning and the Padres upended the Mariners in the opener of a doubleheader. Manny Machado hit two solo homers and stroked a two-run single.
Seattle 8 – SAN DIEGO 3… The Mariners opened with a six-run top of the first inning and never looked back in downing the Padres to claim a split of the twinbill. Jose Marmolejos unloaded a grand slam. Shed Long added a solo shot.
Pittsburgh 4 – ST. LOUIS 3… Cole Tucker stroked a go-ahead RBI single to spark a three-run top of the eighth inning that carried the Pirates past the Cardinals in the doubleheader opener. Jacob Stallings had a couple of hits and knocked in a run.
Pittsburgh 2 – ST. LOUIS 0… Cody Ponce (1-1) scattered five hits over 5-2/3 innings and two relievers did the rest as the Pirates blanked the Cardinals to finish a sweep of the twinbill. Erik Gonzalez and Adam Frazier produced run-scoring singles in the top of the third inning.
L.A. Dodgers 7 – SAN FRANCISCO 0… Clayton Kershaw (4-1) pitched four-hit ball over six innings and reliever Josh Sborz worked the seventh and final inning as the Dodgers blanked the Giants in the doubleheader opener. A.J. Pollock blasted a two-run homer.
L.A. Dodgers 2 – SAN FRANCISCO 0… Seven pitchers combined to hold the Giants scoreless and the Dodgers made it back-to-back shutouts in sweeping the twinbill. Joc Pederson’s solo homer in the top of the second inning provided all the offense L.A. needed.
Cincinnati 6 – MILWAUKEE 1… Jesse Winkler went 3-for-3 with a pair of homers and three RBIs in leading the Reds past the Brewers in the doubleheader opener. Nick Castellanos also had three hits, including a homer, and two RBIs.
Cincinnati 6 – MILWAUKEE 0… Three pitchers combined on a one-hitter as the Reds blanked the Brewers and completed a sweep of the twinbill. Eugenio Suarez homered with a runner aboard.