CHICAGO -Lucas Giolito doesn't regard his victory as a complete game. After a long rain delay, five innings equaled nine - at least in the record book.
Giolito struck out the side in the top of the fifth before play was halted because of rain, Leury Garcia homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Saturday.
"Everyone was joking about that, 'Shower, complete game!'" Giolito said. "I don't consider it a complete game until I get nine. But I went out there for the fifth and saw the rain coming down. I was like, 'We've got to pick up the tempo a little bit,' and luckily we were able to get through five and close it out."
The game was called after a wait of three hours.
"The raindrops were so big that they were getting into my glove, on the ball, getting on my hand," said Giolito, who improved to 5-1. "So my approach was just to attack the strike zone with a fast pace and hopefully get a nice 1-2-3 inning, and that's what we did."
Yonder Alonso had two singles and two RBIs for the White Sox, who have won five of seven.
Ryan Feierabend (0-1) allowed four runs and seven hits in four innings for Toronto in his first start in the majors since 2008. He struck out two and walked one. The Blue Jays have lost 10 of 13.
"Our offense is swinging the bats a lot better, so I think we still had a chance," Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. "Mother Nature says there's no way you can play."
Garcia homered to left field on Feierabend's second pitch for his second home run this season, and second career leadoff drive.
Freddy Galvis doubled down the right field line in the second inning, and a ball boy fell over while moving out of the way of the ball. Brandon Drury followed with a groundout to tie it at 1.
Alonso and Charlie Tilson singled to drive in two runs for a 3-1 lead in the bottom half. Alonso added another RBI single in the third.
Phillies 2, Rockies 1
PHILADELPHIA-Bryce Harper delivered a powerful swing and Aaron Nola provided the punchouts.
Harper homered over the batter's eye in center field, Nola tied his career high with 12 strikeouts while pitching into the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Saturday.
Harper also doubled for the NL East-leading Phillies. But it was his majestic drive in the first inning that had everyone talking.
"It looked like it went over the stadium," Nola said.
Harper crushed the first pitch he saw onto Ashburn Alley, a fan walkway where only a few home runs have reached since Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004. The drive, his eighth of the season, was estimated at 466 feet.
"You just stop and watch the distance of the ball," manager Gabe Kapler said. "That's rare territory."
Harper downplayed the length, happy enough to have cleared the fence.
"It's pretty cool, of course, but like (his former Washington Nationals manager) Matt Williams said, 'It's not how far, it's how many,'" he said.
Harper's impressive blast helped Nola to an early cushion, and he took it from there.
Nola (4-0) allowed one run on eight hits while walking one. The right-hander looked more like the pitcher who finished third in the NL Cy Young voting last season and not the one who has struggled for much of 2019 -- he has a 4.47 ERA this year.
"It's what I remember when I was with the Nats (last season)," Harper said of Nola's performance.
While reaching double-digit strikeouts for the 10th time but first this season, Nola got past the fourth inning for seventh time in 10 starts.
Tony Wolters had an RBI triple for Colorado, which has lost three straight.
Nola breezed through six innings and Kapler elected to bring him out for the seventh despite 99 pitches. Wolters led off with a triple off the wall in right and pinch-hitter Ryan McMahon doubled off the wall in right-center to pull the Rockies within 2-1 and end Nola's day.
Adam Morgan got the first out on a grounder that moved McMahon to third before Seranthony Dominguez came on and wriggled out of the inning.
Marlins 2, Mets 0
MIAMI-Miami Marlins starter Pablo Lopez followed his worst outing as a big leaguer with his best-both against the New York Mets.
The result was the Marlins' first winning streak in nearly a month, and ramped-up speculation that Mets manager Mickey Callaway's job was in jeopardy.
Lopez gave up a double on his first pitch, then combined with the Marlins' bullpen to hold the Mets hitless the rest of the way in sending New York to its fourth straight loss.
Lopez (3-5) pitched seven innings and tied a career high with seven strikeouts. It was bounce-back performance for the 23-year-old righty after allowing a career-high 10 runs in three innings in his last start on May 10 in New York.
Lopez patiently awaited his next opportunity.
Callaway is in his second year with the Mets, who made lots of changes in the offseason.
"As a leader you can't ever worry about yourself," Callaway said. "I'm here. One of the things I told them when I got hired was selfless service is very important to me and my goal every day is to improve that room, be consistent, and make sure our players continue to improve."
Mets veteran third baseman Todd Frazier defended his manager.
"It's not a question for me, I think he's doing a great job," Frazier said. "He can't go up there and hit. He makes the lineup, he puts the guys in at the right time, and we're not producing."
Jeff McNeil sliced the first pitch of the game just inside the left field line for a double, but that was all the Mets managed against Lopez (3-5) and two relievers.
A crowd of 13,474 saw the Marlins record their first one-hit shutout since four pitchers combined to throw one on May 7, 2017, against the Mets in New York.
Athletics 4, Tigers 1
DETROIT-Once he made it through the first inning, it was smooth sailing for Daniel Mengden.
Mengden pitched seven impressive innings and Nick Hundley and Chad Pinder homered to lift the Oakland Athletics to their 15th straight win over Detroit, 4-1 on Saturday. If the A's beat the Tigers on Sunday, they would tie a franchise record for their longest winning streak against one team. Oakland won 16 in a row over the New York Yankees from 1989-91.
Mengden (1-1) allowed a run and three hits. He walked Nicholas Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera in the first but got out of that jam. Those were the only free passes he issued all day.
Lou Trivino worked the eighth inning for Oakland, and Blake Treinen pitched the ninth for his seventh save in nine chances.
Matthew Boyd (4-4) allowed four runs in 6 1/3 innings for the Tigers, who have dropped six straight. Boyd struck out eight.
Making his 100th career appearance, Boyd retired his first seven batters before allowing a single to Jurickson Profar, the first of three hits for the Oakland infielder. Hundley followed with his first home run of the season, which barely cleared the wall in right field.
The only run for Detroit came in the fourth, when-with two outs and two strikes-Mengden threw a wild pitch that enabled Ronny Rodriguez to score from third.
Profar hit an RBI double in the fifth to make it 3-1, and Pinder added a solo homer in the seventh.
Mengden allowed 15 of his 58 runs in the first inning last season, and he yielded two runs in the first inning of his previous start. This time, he worked through those two early walks.
"When he came back after the first inning, understood he's got to throw strikes," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He's got good stuff, he can mix his pitches really well. He's a true four-pitch guy."