SAN FRANCISCO -- Rookie Kelby Tomlinson wasn't sure how to react when his grand slam was replayed on the stadium video board. Veteran Marlon Byrd reminded him to smile and take in the moment.
Tomlinson hit a slam for his first career home run and Byrd added a three-run shot, leading Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 9-1 on Thursday.
"It was pretty crazy. Everybody got up and started clapping for me," Tomlinson said. "I'd never experienced anything like that. It's pretty special."
The win moved the Giants within 5½ games of the Cubs for the second NL wild-card spot.
Bumgarner (16-6) struck out 12 in six innings, giving up one run and two hits. He won his fifth-straight start and matched the Cubs' Jake Arrieta for most victories in the majors.
"I'm just going out there and competing," Bumgarner said. "Things are just going our way right now. I don't look at the month, I look from start to start."
Tomlinson homered off James Russell in the eighth and received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd when he took his position at second base in the ninth. Matt Duffy and Juan Perez also drove in runs for the Giants, who won their second straight but are 3-5 over their past eight games.
"You play in the yard and you never dream about getting a base hit," Tomlinson said. "You dream about hitting a home run and hitting a grand slam. I don't hit many home runs, so that was great."
The Cubs lost a road series for the first since being swept by St. Louis in late June. They had won or split their previous six road series.
Dan Haren (8-9) lasted 6 1-3 innings, his longest outing since going seven against Toronto on June 9, a span of 15 starts.
Dodgers 1, Reds 0
CINCINNATI -- Zack Greinke and two relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the reeling Cincinnati Reds.
Greinke (14-3) lowered his major league-best ERA to 1.61 and allowed four hits over seven innings while leading Los Angeles to its first sweep of a series in Cincinnati since a three-game set in July 2009. He finished with two walks and nine strikeouts.
He improved to 7-2 in 12 games against Cincinnati.
Chris Hatcher pitched the eighth and allowed Todd Frazier's fly ball to left field that Andre Ethier caught one step in front of the wall. Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 10th save.
The sweep helped the West Division-leading Dodgers salvage an eight-game road trip that started with five straight losses, including a no-hitter by Houston's Mike Fiers last week.
The Reds finished 1-9 on their homestand and have lost 12 of their past 13 games.
Cards 3, Diamondbacks 1
PHOENIX -- John Lackey pitched seven strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Arizona Wednesday night, their seventh-straight win over the Diamondbacks.
The Cardinals scored four first-inning runs off Robbie Ray on Tuesday, but had to wait a little longer Wednesday with Patrick Corbin limiting them to Mark Reynolds' homer in six innings.
St. Louis quickly took advantage after Corbin left, scoring twice off David Hernandez (1-4) in the seventh. Kolten Wong had an RBI double and Matt Carpenter a run-scoring single in the inning.
Lackey (11-8) bounced back from a shaky start, giving up a solo homer to Paul Goldschmidt in the first inning and little else. Trevor Rosenthal worked around a walk in the ninth for his 40th save.
St. Louis moved to 36 games over .500 (81-45), its highest since finishing the 2005 season plus-38. The Cardinals have won 12 of 13 against Arizona.
Royals 5, Orioles 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. --- Yordano Ventura struck out a career-high 11 in just six innings, Paulo Orlando homered and the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the struggling Baltimore Orioles.
Ventura (9-7) allowed two hits and four walks to improve to 5-0 in his last seven starts.
The Royals' usually solid bullpen nearly gave it away, though. Kelvin Herrera served up a homer to Ryan Flaherty in the seventh, and Greg Holland allowed two more runs in the ninth before getting Gerardo Parra to ground out with a runner on to end the game.
Chris Tillman (9-9), who tossed a five-hitter at Kauffman Stadium last May, followed his first loss since May 31 with another.
The game wasn't all that Baltimore lost, either.
All-Star outfielder Adam Jones left soon after crashing into the wall trying to track down a fly ball in the first. Jones lay on the warning track for a few minutes before standing up and finishing the inning. He left the game with whiplash, though X-rays on his neck and wrist came back negative. He will be evaluated again when the Orioles get to Texas today.
Rangers 4, Blue Jays 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yovani Gallardo earned his 100th career victory, Delino DeShields had a part in all the Texas runs even without an RBI and the Rangers stopped the Toronto Blue Jays' five-game winning streak.
The AL East-leading Blue Jays lead the majors with 5.4 runs per game, and had outscored opponents 54-19 during their recent string.
With two runners on in the seventh, DeShields hit a single that rolled past charging right fielder Jose Bautista. The ball wound up on the warning track and DeShields circled the bases on the error for a 4-0 lead.
Gallardo (11-9) threw 5 1-3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits while striking out two and walking three. He improved to 100-73 in 241 career games with Milwaukee (2007-14) and Texas.
Gallardo became the fourth native of Mexico to win 100, joining Fernando Valenzuela (173), Esteban Loaiza (126) and Ismael Valdez (104).
Shawn Tolleson worked the ninth for his 26th save in 28 chances as Texas avoided a three-game sweep. He had converted 12 in a row before Tuesday night's series opener, when he gave up two runs in the ninth inning of a 6-5 loss.
Angels 2, Tigers 0
DETROIT -- Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball into the eighth inning in his hometown ballpark, Albert Pujols drove in one run and scored another and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers.
The Angels began the day trailing Minnesota by one game for the second American League wild-card spot, with Texas also a half-game ahead of them.
Angels catcher Carlos Perez got a big assist in the win, too. Two of them, in fact, as he picked off Anthony Gose at first base and later threw him out trying to steal second.
Shoemaker (6-9) went to high school about 30 minutes from Comerica Park and attended Eastern Michigan University, a school that has a large ad on the right field fence. He dominated the Tigers in his first game in Detroit, permitting just a single by Gose in the third.
Shoemaker walked one and struck out five in 7 1-3 innings.
Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 31st save, finishing the combined two-hitter.
Sports on 08/28/2015