Yu Darvish fit right in with the steamrolling Dodgers, striking out 10 over seven innings of three-hit ball during his Los Angeles debut to pitch the top team in the majors past the New York Mets 6-0 on Friday night.
Only three times did Colon have to face five hitters in an inning, including the first when Adrian Beltre had a two-run single. His leadoff home run in the first inning was his fifth this year and 24th of his career. Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer were aboard for Grossman's three-run shot.
Needing 40 pitches to get through the opening inning, Perez allowed five hits, including home runs by Dozier and Grossman, and walked two.
Jordan Spieth drains 100 feet worth of putts... in two holes
In addition to discussing his pursuit of the career grand slam next week at the PGA Championship, the 24-year-old was asked about his adventure at the 13th hole in his final round.
Steven Souza Jr. homered and drove in three runs, Corey Dickerson added three hits and made a dazzling defensive play to preserve the lead, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 5-3.
Carlos Gomez homered with two outs in the ninth off Colon, his 15th home run of the season.
Sano was hit in the hand by a pitch from Rangers reliever Tony Barnette during his sixth-inning at-bat. Santiago, on the disabled list with upper thoracic back pain, pitched 5 2/3 innings on Thursday with 92 pitches. He could be activated to take a spot in the bullpen. Michael Cuddyer is 10th with 141 home runs.
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