PIRATES 6, REDS 5, 10 INNINGS
PITTSBURGH -- Kevin Newman hit
a game-ending double in the 10th inning, lifting Pittsburgh to its third
straight win and giving Cincinnati its seventh straight loss.
With one out in the 10th, Francisco
Cervelli singled off Raisel
Iglesias (0-2). Newman drove the first pitch he saw to the
410-foot left-center notch at PNC Park, and Cervelli easily beat the relay
home. It was the first game-ending hit of Newman's career.
Pittsburgh's Francisco
Liriano (1-0) struck out two in the top half of the inning.
Cincinnati star Joey Votto tied
it in the eighth with his first home run of the year, a solo shot off Keone Kela.
It was Kela's second blown save in five appearances.
DIAMONDBACKS 5,
RED SOX 4
PHOENIX -- Carson Kelly drilled
a single into the left field corner, scoring Nick Ahmed with
two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Arizona
Diamondbacks over the struggling Boston Red
Sox 5-4 Saturday night.
Boston has dropped three straight and fell to 2-8 overall, a
lousy start to their World Series championship defense.
Colten Brewer (0-1)
allowed consecutive singles to Eduardo
Escobar, Ahmed and Kelly in the ninth. Right fielder Mookie Betts threw
out Escobar at home on Ahmed's hit, but Kelly's rip to left allowed Ahmed to
score easily.
Kelly had two hits and three RBI. The walkoff knock was the
first of his career.
Greg Holland (1-0)
pitched a scoreless top of the ninth.
PADRES 6, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS -- Austin Hedges and Manny Machado each
hit a two-run homer off Andrew Miller in
the eighth inning, helping San Diego beat St. Louis for its third consecutive
win.
Fernando
Tatis Jr. opened the eighth with a walk and Hedges followed with a
go-ahead drive over the wall on in left. With two out and Ian Kinsler on
first via another walk, Machado made it 6-3 with his second homer of the
season.
It was the first time that Miller (0-1) allowed multiple
homers in a game since Sept. 22, 2015 for the New York
Yankees at Toronto.
Matt Wisler (1-0)
pitched two scoreless innings for the win in his first outing with the
Padres. Kirby Yates worked
the ninth for his fifth save in five chances.
ANGELS 5, RANGERS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout hit
a grand slam for his fourth homer in three days, and Los Angeles beat Texas for
its first back-to-back victories of the season.
Trout's 458-foot blast in the fourth inning off Drew Smyly (0-1)
cleared the bullpens beyond the left field fence at Angel Stadium. After
homering in the Halos' home opener Thursday and adding two more Friday, Trout
delivered the biggest blow yet with his fifth career grand slam, his first
since 2015.
Albert Pujols added
his 634th career homer in the seventh for Los Angeles. Pujols' first homer of
his 19th big league season was his 3,089th career hit, tying Ichiro Suzuki for
22nd place in major league history.
Tyler Skaggs (1-1)
pitched 6 1/3 innings of five-hit ball in a strong outing for the Angels. The
left-hander won his third consecutive start against Texas, giving up just two
earned runs in 17 1/3 innings.
CUBS 14, BREWERS 8
MILWAUKEE -- Jason Heyward went
deep twice for his first multihomer game with Chicago, Cole Hamels grinded
through six solid innings and the Cubs ended a six-game skid.
Heyward hit the first of three Chicago homers against
starter Corbin Burnes (0-1),
with Javier Baez and Victor
Caratini also going yard. Heyward added his second shot
off Alex Wilson during
a seven-run eighth inning. His last multihomer game was on Aug. 16, 2015 for
St. Louis against Miami, a season before he signed a $184 million, eight-year
contract with Chicago.
Hamels (1-0) labored early, throwing 51 pitches over the
first two innings, but he mostly cruised through the next four innings,
retiring 12 of his final 14 batters. He limited the damage early, stranding two
by striking out Christian
Yelich to end the second. He also got Lorenzo Cain
to chase a changeup that would have been ball four with two on and two out in
the fourth.
Chicago improved to 2-6 with its first win since opening
day.
DODGERS 7, ROCKIES 2
DENVER -- Alex Verdugo homered
and added an RBI triple as Los Angeles kept up its early power surge in a win
over Colorado.
The Dodgers have gone deep in all nine games this season,
piling up 22 home runs. Los Angeles had four through nine games last year when
the team set a franchise record with 235.
Walker
Buehler (1-0) allowed one run over five solid innings as he
bounced back from a rough opening outing. He was on a pitch count after a
limited spring training.
Kenley Jansen got
four outs to earn his fourth save. It was his first appearance in the Mile High
City since the All-Star reliever had surgery in the offseason to address an
irregular heartbeat that surfaced again while in Denver for a series last
August. He didn't travel with the team back to Colorado in September as a
precaution.
It was another rough outing for Jon Gray (0-2),
who allowed five runs in six innings. Gray has served up a homer in 14 straight
appearances, a Rockies record.
METS 6, NATIONALS 5
NEW YORK -- Rookie Pete Alonso and Robinson Cano opened
the eighth with consecutive homers, helping the Mets rally for the win.
Keon Broxton put
New York ahead to stay with a two-out RBI single off Tony Sipp (0-1).
Unlikely cleanup man J.D. Davis went
deep twice and Michael
Conforto also connected as the Mets improved to 6-2.
Anthony
Rendon hit a leadoff homer and Wilmer Difo added
a two-run shot in the top of the eighth, putting Washington ahead 5-3. Both
drives came off Jeurys
Familia (2-0) -- never before had he given up two home runs in
a game.
Edwin Diaz worked
the ninth for his fourth save.
ASTROS 6, ATHLETICS 0
HOUSTON -- Michael
Brantley broke out of a slump with two hits, including a
two-run homer, and George
Springer added a two-run shot of his own to power Houston over
Oakland.
Wade Miley (1-1)
allowed four hits in 5 2/3 innings to win his home debut for Houston after
losing his first start this season at Tampa Bay. Will Harris got
the last out of the sixth and Josh James, Chris
Devenski and Framber
Valdez pitched one inning apiece to complete the six-hitter.
The Astros were up 1-0 with nobody out in the fifth when
Springer launched a 90 mph fastball from Aaron Brooks (1-1)
into the left field seats.
YANKEES 6, ORIOLES 4
BALTIMORE -- Aaron Judge homered
twice, Clint Frazier hit
a three-run shot in the eighth inning and New York beat Baltimore for its first
series win of the season.
Judge hit a solo drive in the first inning and connected
with a runner on in the third, his first two homers of the year. The 6-foot-7
slugger had 52 in 2017 and 27 last season.
With Baltimore leading 4-3, Miguel Castro (0-1)
issued a two-out walk and a single before Frazier put a 2-2 pitch into the left
field seats.
Adam Ottavino (1-0)
got the win despite allowing two inherited runners to score in the
seventh. Aroldis
Chapman pitched the ninth for his second save.
INDIANS 7, BLUE JAYS 2
CLEVELAND -- Carlos
Carrasco became the first Cleveland pitcher since at least 1908
to strike out 12 over five innings.
Carrasco (1-1) was overpowering a week after struggling in
his first start of the season. The right-hander completed his 23rd
double-figure strikeout game, holding the Blue Jays scoreless until the fifth.
Freddy Galvis hit
a one-out homer and Randal
Grichuk had an RBI double with two away. With the tying run at
the plate, Carrasco struck out Rowdy Tellez on
his 90th and final pitch.
Thomas
Pannone (0-2) allowed four runs in 2 2/3 innings, though he
also struck out six.
TWINS 6, PHILLIES 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Max Kepler and Willians
Astudillo hit consecutive homers, Eddie Rosario hit
a three-run shot and Minnesota beat Philadelphia.
Making his second start since Tommy John surgery in
2017, Michael
Pineda (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits, striking out five
in five-plus innings for Minnesota.
Rhys Hoskins went
deep for the Phillies, and Bryce Harper had
two hits. Both teams are off to 5-2 starts.
Jake Arrieta (1-1)
gave up three runs and five hits in seven innings.
MARINERS 9, WHITE SOX 2
CHICAGO -- Jay Bruce hit
two solo homers and Tim Beckham connected
for a three-run shot, powering Seattle to the victory.
Beckham had four hits for the Mariners, who are off to the
best start in club history at 8-2. Seattle has homered in each of its first 10
games, also a franchise first, and leads the majors with 24 long balls.
Mike Leake (2-0)
pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball as the Mariners rebounded from a sloppy
10-8 loss in Chicago's home opener.
Tim Anderson and Jose Abreu homered
for the White Sox. Touted prospect Eloy Jimenez had
his first three-hit game.
Chicago right-hander Lucas Giolito (1-1)
allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings.
TIGERS 7, ROYALS 4
DETROIT -- Christin
Stewart hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning, lifting
Detroit to the win.
The Tigers trailed 4-2 in the seventh but rallied against
Kansas City's struggling bullpen. Kevin
McCarthy (0-1) allowed three hits and a hit batter.
Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler and Hunter Dozier homered
for the Royals.
Shane Greene pitched
a perfect ninth and now has saves in all six Detroit victories this season --
without blowing any. The Tigers have won four straight, and the Royals have
dropped five in a row.
Victor
Alcantara (2-0) got three outs for the win.
GIANTS 6, RAYS 4
SAN FRANCISCO -- Brandon Belt homered
and drove in three before an unusually small home crowd, and San Francisco beat
Tampa Bay.
Steven Duggar had
three RBI and Joe Panik scored
twice to help San Francisco snap a three-game losing streak behind a breakout
day from its offense. Belt had an RBI single in the third and hit a two-run,
opposite-field home run off Ryan
Yarbrough (1-1) as part of a four-run fifth.
The game drew 31,828, the smallest at Oracle Park since
Sept. 1, 2010. The Giants set an NL record with 530 consecutive sellouts at
their waterfront ballpark from 2010-17.
Travis Bergen (1-0)
retired one batter in relief of starter Jeff
Samardzija to earn his first career victory. Will Smith pitched
the ninth for his third save.
MARLINS 4, BRAVES 2
ATLANTA -- Jorge Alfaro homered
twice, including a tiebreaking, two-run shot in the ninth inning, and Miami
stopped Atlanta's four-game winning streak.
Alfaro, a right-handed hitter, homered to the opposite field
on both swings. His first long ball came off Braves starter Kyle Wright and
the second one off reliever A.J. Minter (0-1).
Sergio Romo (1-0)
faced the minimum in the eighth, getting knocked down on Josh
Donaldson's pinch-hit liner but scrambling to throw him out, and
retired Ozzie Albies on
a fly ball in the ninth.
Adam Conley got
two outs to earn his first save.
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