 and advanced to second on Dee Gordon's bunt. Gordon was initially called safe but was out on review.Dyson, who shut down the Mariners a night earlier, took over and was greeted by Segura's chopper up the middle, and Heredia beat the throw home from Steven Duggar.Alex Colome (3-5) pitched the eighth inning, and Edwin Diaz struck out the side in the ninth for his league-best 38th save in 41 chances. Seattle improved to 27-12 in one-run games this season.Segura had a first-inning sacrifice fly and two of Seattle's three RBIs. Ryon Healy added his 21st home run, a solo shot in the second inning. Seattle has scored three runs or fewer in 11 of the past 14 games.Seattle starter Mike Leake cruised through the first five innings on just 51 pitches and one hit allowed. San Francisco threatened in the sixth thanks to an error on Hunter Pence's groundball and a single by Nick Hundley to open the inning. The runners advanced to second and third with one out, but Leake responded with his first two strikeouts. He got Alen Hanson swinging over a slider before watching Andrew McCutchen miss swinging at a cutterSan Francisco got to Leake an inning later when Brandon Crawford's blooper fell in for a double off the sliding glove of Denard Span in left to score pinch-runner Chase d'Arnaud. Hunter Pence followed with a two-out broken-bat single off reliever Juan Nicasio to score Crawford with the tying run.COOPERSTOWN BOUND?Giants manager Bruce Bochy is hopeful he'll be able to attend the Hall of Fame inductions this weekend in Cooperstown of his former player Trevor Hoffman and his former coach Alan Trammell. Bochy said it's still unclear if he'll be able to attend and the logistics are challenging. He wouldn't leave until after the Giants home game on Saturday night and would try and rejoin the team Monday in San Diego.TRAINER'S ROOMGiants: Brandon Belt left in the seventh inning after reaching on an infield single. Belt appeared to be hurt taking a hard step after reaching first base. He limped off the field after being briefly examined by a trainer.Mariners: RHP Erasmo Ramirez is scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday night as he recovers from muscle strain in his right arm that's had him on the disabled list since May 1.UP NEXTGiants: San Francisco returns home to open a four-game series with Milwaukee. Dereck Rodriguez (5-1) will start Thursday's opener. The Giants have won his last six starts and are 7-1 overall in games he's started this season.Mariners: Seattle opens a three-game series against the Angels on Friday with Wade LeBlanc (6-1) on the mound. The Mariners are 11-4 in his 15 starts this season and tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts in his last outing against the White Sox.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Giants focused on sweeping Mariners 5h ago• 2 min read The San Francisco Giants know a thing or two about playing without their ace, having missed Madison Bumgarner for extended stretches each of the past two seasons.So, forgive them if they don't feel that bad for the Seattle Mariners and James Paxton.The left-hander (8-4, 3.70 ERA) was scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a two-game interleague series against the Giants.But renewed soreness in Paxton's lower back after a weekend bullpen session caused the Mariners to leave him on the 10-day disabled list and start left-hander Roenis Elias instead.The Giants ended up winning 4-3, scoring an unearned run in the ninth inning, and look to sweep the brief two-game series on Wednesday."I came in and played catch (Monday) and it just wasn't quite where we want it to be," said Paxton, who is now expected to rejoin the rotation next Monday when the Mariners play host to the American League West-leading Houston Astros. "There's still a little bit of soreness and a little inflammation in there. I don't think it's going to take long to get it out, we just want to make sure we get it right before I go back out there and let it rip." Understandably, Mariners manager Scott Servais said the team wants to be cautious with Paxton."We've got a big part of our season coming up and he's certainly a huge factor in how we do here and his ability to carry the innings and be as dominant as he can be," Servais said. "I appreciate the honesty (from Paxton) in coming forward with it. We'd love to have him out there, but that's not the case." Meanwhile, the Giants announced left-hander Derek Holland will start Wednesday afternoon in place of right-hander Jeff Samardzija, who has been dealing with a sore shoulder."Samardzija needs a bit more time," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "He'll rest for a couple of days and we'll re-evaluate the situation." Bochy said Samardzija (1-5, 6.25 ERA) won't pitch again until a consensus is reached that he's 100 percent."We don't want to push him. We've done this twice already," Bochy said, referring to Samardzija's previous attempts to come off the disabled list.Holland (5-8, 4.06 ERA) is familiar with the Mariners, having spent the first eight seasons of his 10-year career with the AL West-rival Texas Rangers.Holland is 13-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 27 career appearances against Seattle, including 23 starts.His last two appearances this season came in relief, and his most recent start was on July 10, when he gave up one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings but took the loss in a 2-0 setback against the Cubs.Right-hander Mike Leake (8-6, 4.22) is scheduled to start for the Mariners. In his most recent start, Leake allowed two runs and six hits in six innings and did not get a decision in Seattle's 4-3 loss to Colorado on July 15.Leake, who pitched for the Giants in 2015, is 5-2 with a 4.81 ERA in 10 career appearances against them, including nine starts.The Giants got a boost Tuesday when Hunter Pence, serving as the designated hitter with an interleague game in an American League ballpark, hit his first home run of the season, a 445-foot shot off the facade of the second deck in left field off Mariners reliever Chasen Bradford. It snapped a 140-at-bat homerless streak for Pence dating to Sept. 25, 2017, at Arizona.
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