DENVER (AP) — Ty France had four RBIs and the San Diego Padres posted another comeback victory, overcoming an early four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 10-4. Eric Hosmer and Wil Myers each contributed four hits as part of San Diego’s 19-hit attack. Manny Machado had three hits while extending his hitting streak to 10 games. Zach Davies struck out six in 5 2/3 innings, allowing four unearned runs in the first. Matt Kemp hit a three-run shot for Colorado, and Nolan Arenado finished with three hits.
Saturday's MLB Schedule (MT)
N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 11:10 a.m., 1st game
Minnesota at Detroit, 2nd game
Cleveland at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 11:15 a.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 2:10 p.m., 1st game
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 2nd game
Tampa Bay at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Toronto (Buffalo, N.Y.), 4:37 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Oakland at Houston, 5:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 5:30 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 6:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 6:10 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels, 7:40 p.m.
Friday in Baseball
Dom Smith was tearful on Wednesday, grateful on Thursday and gleeful on Friday afternoon.
Smith belted a tiebreaking solo homer while the New York Mets scored five times in the sixth inning to beat the Yankees, 6-4 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. The homer came two days after he made an impassioned statement about racial injustice in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Mets responded by rallying around Smith on Thursday, staging an on-field demonstration with the Miami Marlins before the two teams boycotted their game.
The Yankees led 4-1 until the Mets homered three times in the sixth. Pete Alonso tied it with a three-run blast and Jake Marisnick gave the Mets breathing room with a solo shot.
Clint Frazier belted a two-run homer and had three RBIs for the Yankees, who have dropped six straight since a six-game winning streak.
Smith also hit an RBI single in the nightcap, but the Mets completed a sweep by defeating the Yankees, 4-3 on Amed Rosario’s two-run, walk-off homer off Aroldis Chapman in the seventh. The Mets scored nine of their 10 runs in the doubleheader from the fifth inning on.
The opener of the doubleheader was the first game on Jackie Robinson Day. Robinson first met with Dodgers owner Branch Rickey on Aug. 28, 1945 to discuss breaking the color barrier in baseball, and the 1963 March on Washington was held on the same day. Jackie Robinson Day is usually April 15, the day of his first major league game. The date was moved when the major league season had to be delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
— The Astros-Athletics game in Houston was the 11th to be boycotted by big league players since Wednesday. The two teams took their positions on the field and headed toward the clubhouses after a moment of silence. A Black Lives Matter T-shirt was draped across home plate.
— The sizzling White Sox wasted a one-run lead in the ninth before Yasmani Grandal hit a walk-off blast in the bottom half to give Chicago its 10th win in 11 games, 6-5 versus the Royals. Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert also homered for the White Sox, who lead the AL with 62 round-trippers.
— Franmil Reyes was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBIs as part of the Indians’ 20-hit attack in a 14-2 laugher over the Cardinals. Carlos Santana and Tyler Naquin chipped in two-run homers as Cleveland moved into a three-way tie with Minnesota and Chicago for the AL Central lead.
— Ryan Yarbrough worked into the seventh inning and two relievers completed a five-hitter in the Rays’ 2-0 shutout of the Marlins. Yarbrough struck out five and allowed four hits over 6 2/3 frames of Tampa Bay’s 12th win in 15 games.
— The Blue Jays pulled out a 5-4 win over the Orioles on Randal Grichuk’s two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Teoscar Hernandez hit longballs in the fourth inning of Toronto’s ninth victory in 12 games.
— Mike Trout’s 11th home run of the year was the difference as the Angels downed the Mariners, 3-2. Andrew Heaney struck out 10 and limited Seattle to a run and four hits over 7 2/3′s.
— Derek Dietrich’s solo homer broke a 2-2 tie in a four-run seventh that sent the Rangers past the Dodgers, 6-2. Texas starter Mike Minor scattered four hits over six innings and left with a 2-0 lead.
— Scott Kingery launched a three-run, walk-off homer in the 11th inning to lift the Phillies past the Braves, 7-4. Andrew McCutchen and Jean Segura belted two-run homers for the Phils, who almost wasted a good starting pitching performance after Zack Wheeler held Atlanta to one earned run over 5 2/3 innings.
— The Reds picked up a 6-5 win over the Cubs behind Tyler Mahle, who gave up two solo homers but no other hits while fanning 11 over 6 2/3 innings. Eugenio Suarez, Jess Winker and Freddy Galvis smacked solo homers in Cincinnati’s third victory in a row.
— Jedd Gyorko belted two of the Brewers’ four home runs in a 9-1 rout of the Pirates. Ryan Braun and Jacob Nottingham also left the yard to back Corbin Burnes, who fanned 10 while firing three-hit ball over six shutout innings.
— Juan Soto and Howie Kendrick hit back-to-back homers in a five-run third that highlighted the Nationals’ 10-2 dismantling of the Red Sox. Trea Turner and Victor Robles had three hits apiece and Josh Harrison also homered to back Max Scherzer, who struck out 11 over six innings.
— The Diamondbacks’ eight-game losing streak is over after Starling Marte and Christian Walker drove in two runs apiece in a 7-4 decision over the Giants. Winning pitcher Zac Gallen was terrific and opening the season with six straight no-decisions, holding San Francisco to a run and five hits over seven innings.
— The Tigers-Twins doubleheader in Detroit has been postponed because of bad weather. One game will be made up as part of doubleheaders on Saturday and Sept. 4.