David Villar of the Giants and Brandon Crawford celebrate after they scored against the Atlanta Braves on a single by Austin Wynns in the sixth inning Wednesday at San Francisco. Godofredo A. Vásquez/Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Austin Wynns drove in three runs, Carlos Rodon struck out eight in five dominant innings and the San Francisco Giants slowed the Atlanta Braves 4-1 Wednesday to win the series.

Atlanta lost 2 of 3 to the sub-.500 Giants. The Braves began the day a half-game behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.

J.D. Davis added two hits and an RBI for San Francisco, which has won four of its last five games.

Rodon (13-8) allowed just an unearned run on two hits and a walk. He moved into second in the majors with 220 strikeouts, behind only New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole (228).

Giants relievers Tyler Rogers, Scott Alexander, John Brebbia and Camilo Doval combined for four scoreless innings. Doval struck out the side in the ninth inning for his 23rd save in 26 opportunities.

Robbie Grossman went 3 for 3 with an RBI for Atlanta.

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Charlie Morton (8-6) was charged with four runs in 5 1/3 innings for his first loss since July 27. The right-hander allowed four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts.

CUBS 6, METS 3: David Peterson got only one out and slumping New York fell behind early in a 6-3 loss that completed a three-game sweep by visiting Chicago .

The NL East leaders lost their fifth consecutive home game and dropped to 5-7 in a 16-game stretch against Washington, Pittsburgh, Miami and Chicago – all more than 20 games under .500 this season.

New York remained a half-game ahead of the Braves in the division race after they lost in San Francisco earlier. The Mets have held a share of first place for all but two days this season: April 11 and Sept. 9.

PIRATES 10, REDS 4: Rodolfo Castro hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, and visiting Pittsburgh completed a four-game sweep of Cincinnati.

Rookie Oneil Cruz connected for a two-run drive, helping last-place Pittsburgh to its first four-game win streak since mid-July. Ke’Bryan Hayes had three of the Pirates’ 12 hits.

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It was Pittsburgh’s first four-game series sweep in Cincinnati since July 11-14, 1991.

PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 1: J.T. Realmuto homered twice against his former team, Bryce Harper also went deep and Philadelphia won at Miami.

INTERLEAGUE

ROCKIES 3, WHITE SOX 0: Kyle Freeland outdueled Dylan Cease and put a dent in a push by Chicago for a playoff spot, pitching 6 2/3 shutout innings as Colorado won at Chicago.

The White Sox fell four games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland with 19 games remaining. Chicago travels to Cleveland for a makeup game Thursday, and the teams return to Chicago for a three-game series starting Sept. 20.

MARINERS 6, PADRES 1: Julio Rodriguez continued to strengthen his rookie of the year campaign with his fourth leadoff home run of the season, Eugenio Suarez and Carlos Santana both added homers, and Seattle beat visiting San Diego.

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Rodriguez hit the first pitch thrown by San Diego starter Mike Clevinger 385 feet into the left-field bullpen for his 26th home run of the season.

Rodriguez later nabbed his 25th stolen base of the season, making him the third rookie in league history to have at least 25 steals and 25 homers in their first season.

ORIOLES 6, NATIONALS 2: Rookie Gunnar Henderson drove in four runs, Jorge Mateo homered and Baltimore won at Washington to complete a two-game sweep.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

ASTROS 2, TIGERS 1: Cristian Javier allowed two hits in six shutout innings, and Houston won at Detroit for a seven-game season sweep of the Tigers.

Javier (9-9) struck out eight and walked none, winning for the third time in four decisions. He retired 13 in a row before Riley Greene’s two-out single in the sixth.
Ryan Pressly, Houston’s fourth pitcher, threw a one-hit ninth for his 28th save in 32 chances, finishing a four-hitter.

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GUARDIANS 5, ANGELS 3: Jose Ramirez hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, and host Cleveland won its sixth straight.

Oscar Gonzalez and Andres Gimenez each had three hits as AL Central-leading Cleveland (76-65) moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since September 2020. Trevor Stephan (5-4) got three outs for the win, and James Karinchak worked the ninth for his third save.

BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 1: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 100th home run at age 23, and Toronto beat visiting Tampa Bay to ensure winning a rare five-game series against a wild-card rival.

Toronto (81-62) has won 3 of 4 from the Rays (79-63), who dropped one game behind Seattle (80-82) heading into Thursday’s series finale. Those teams are in the three AL wild-card positions for the expanded playoffs, with Baltimore (75-67) four games behind the Rays.


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