Thursday's MLB Capsules

Games played on April 16, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Aaron Hill hit a two-run double with two outs in the 12th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 on Thursday night.

Ender Inciarte singled to lead off the inning against Sergio Romo (0-1) and stole second base. After Paul Goldschmidt was intentionally walked with one out, Cliff Pennington popped out to short. Hill followed with a line shot into the gap in left-center to drive in both runners.

Randall Delgado (1-1), the eighth Arizona pitcher, retired six batters for the win.

Mark Trumbo, Paul Goldschmidt and A.J. Pollock homered for the Diamondbacks, who blew a three-run lead late before beating San Francisco for only the fourth time in the last 15 games.

Brandon Crawford homered to end an 0-for-23 slump for the Giants. San Francisco has lost seven straight.

METS 7, MARLINS 5

NEW YORK (AP) - Lucas Duda got three more hits and New York overcame Giancarlo Stanton's blast and Ichiro Suzuki's ballet for its fifth straight win.

The Mets lost a replay challenge that took nearly six minutes, but posted their longest winning streak since May 2013.

Wilmer Flores hit a three-run homer that helped the Mets rally from a 3-0 deficit. Duda raised his average to .395.

Stanton hit his first home run since a fastball to the face ended his season last September.

Suzuki made a pair of headfirst dives into home plate on the same play, eluding catcher Travis d'Arnaud to make it 5-all in the seventh. Originally called out, Suzuki was ruled safe after a lengthy replay review.

Jerry Blevins (1-0) got the win and Jeurys Familia closed for his fourth save. Mike Dunn (0-1) took the loss.

TWINS 8, ROYALS 5

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kennys Vargas and Kurt Suzuki each hit a two-run homer, powering Minnesota to its first series win this season.

Tommy Milone (2-0) picked up his second straight victory for the Twins, recovering from a rough start to log 5 1-3 innings.

Lorenzo Cain put the Royals in front with his two-run shot in the first inning, but starter Jason Vargas (1-1) was shelled. He gave up 10 hits and a walk, failing to get an out in the fourth and leaving with a 5-3 deficit.

CARDINALS 4, BREWERS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) - John Lackey threw seven scoreless innings and Matt Carpenter doubled twice, helping St. Louis over Milwaukee.

Lackey (1-0) gave up five hits, struck out eight and walked one.

St. Louis took a 2-0 lead on two doubles and two singles in the sixth inning.

Carpenter doubled to right to begin the sixth inning. With one out, Matt Holliday hit a 3-2 pitch up the middle for a run-scoring single. Holiday stole second and went to third on Jhonny Peralta's single. Mark Reynolds hit an RBI double to center, but Peralta was thrown out trying to score.

Brewers starter Mike Fiers (0-2) allowed seven hits in 5 2-3 innings.

NATIONALS 5 PHILLIES 2

WASHINGTON (AP) - Doug Fister pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Yunel Escobar and Michael A. Taylor each hit a homer, and Washington beat Philadelphia.

Ryan Zimmerman added a two-run double for Washington which, after averaging 2.4 runs through its first seven games, has 22 runs and 28 hits over its last three.

Fister (1-0) allowed two runs on four hits in 6 2-3 innings, striking out four and walking four.

Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his third save.

Cole Hamels (0-2) gave up five runs and five hits in six innings. He walked four and struck out seven. The left-hander had allowed three earned runs or fewer in each of his last 15 starts against Washington.

RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 2

TORONTO (AP) - Chris Archer struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and pinch-hitter Tim Beckham had a two-run homer in the sixth to lead Tampa Bay.

It was the second pinch-hit homer of the season for Beckham, making him the first rookie in Tampa Bay history with two pinch-hit long balls - and the first Rays player since Willy Aybar in 2010 to hit two in a season.

Before this season, the only Rays rookies with pinch-hit home runs were Bubba Trammell in 1998 and Jonny Gomes in 2005.

Archer (2-1) allowed just two hits and two walks, lowering his ERA to 1.37.

Steve Geltz and Kevin Jepsen worked the eighth and Brad Boxberger finished for his fourth save.

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