SAN FRANCISCO _ Wil Myers, a supremely gifted baseball player, has appeared in 487 major league games, but only once has he homered in three straight. He unlocked the achievement Sunday in a 5-2 victory over San Francisco, in a year that has seen the Padres first baseman fall mostly…

DENVER _ The worst start of Clayton Richard's career began in relatively tame fashion. The Colorado Rockies' leadoff batter, Charlie Blackmon, dumped a single into shallow left field.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Mike Moustakas flipped his bat to the ground and put his head down as another baseball soared through the sky, creating a parabola in the humid night air. As it reached its destination in the right-field bullpen, bouncing once and greeting a group of White Sox…