PIRATES 4, NATIONALS 3
WASHINGTON -- Rookie Jason Martin hit
a tiebreaking double in the top of the ninth inning against Washington's shaky
bullpen, then Felipe
Vazquez escaped a bases-loaded jam Pittsburgh a win.
The Pirates took two of three and won a series at Nationals
Park for the first time since 2013. Josh Bell drew
a leadoff walk in the ninth from Wander Suero (1-1)
and moved to second on Colin Moran's
grounder. With two outs, Martin hit a ground-rule double to left for his second
major league RBI.
The Nationals loaded the bases in the bottom half on a
single, walk and Adam Eaton's
bunt single with one out. Vazquez (1-0) struck out Howie
Kendrick and retired Anthony Rendon on
a flyball to end it.
Washington starter Max Scherzer allowed
three runs and seven hits while working a season-high eight innings. He struck
out seven.
ROCKIES 4, GIANTS
0
SAN FRANCISCO -- German
Marquez pitched a one-hitter, nicked only by Evan Longoria's
single with one out in the eighth inning, and the Colorado
Rockies ended an eight-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco
Giants 4-0 Sunday.
Marquez (2-1) struck out nine and walked none while throwing
105 pitches in the first complete game in the majors this season. It was the
first-ever complete game for Marquez in 156 pro starts, including 69 in the big
leagues.
Marquez had allowed just one runner, hitting Kevin Pillar with
a pitch to begin the sixth inning, and was in complete control heading into the
eighth. Brandon
Crawford opened the eighth with a hard, one-hopper that
deflected off third baseman Nolan Arenado's
glove. Arenado quickly grabbed the ball out of the air and zipped a throw to
retire Crawford.
Longoria followed with a grounder in the hole, just beyond
Arenado's dive. The Gold Glover took off his mitt and slammed it to the ground,
shouting in frustration that the no-hit bid had been broken up.
Arenado hit a three-run homer, his first this season. The
four-time Silver Slugger entered the day batting .246 with six RBI.
Derek Holland (1-2)
allowed four runs on six hits in six innings.
RED SOX 4, ORIOLES 0
BOSTON -- David Price pitched
seven stellar innings with seven strikeouts, Xander
Bogaerts hit a three-run homer and drove in every run, and
Boston beat Baltimore.
Boston's big starting foursome of Price, Chris Sale, Rick Porcello and Nathan
Eovaldi entered Sunday 0-7 with an 8.43 ERA in 11 starts. Price
(1-1) responded with clearly their best outing, mixing his mid-90s fastball
with a sharp changeup and cutter to allow just three hits without issuing a
walk.
Baltimore's Chris Davis went
0 for 4 with two strikeouts a day after ending his record 0-for-54 stretch.
Ryan Brasier escaped
a jam in the eighth, and Matt Barnes worked
the ninth, closing out the combined five-hitter.
John Means (1-2)
gave up a run and four hits in five innings, striking out three and walking one
in just his second big league start. He made his first career appearance in
Fenway Park last Sept. 26, allowing five runs over 3 1/3 innings.
PHILLIES 3, MARLINS 1, 14 INNINGS
MIAMI -- Jean Segura's
two-run homer to left in the 14th inning put Philadelphia on top, and the
Phillies beat Miami in the longest game of the young season for either team.
Andrew
McCutchen tripled to the wall in left-center, and Segura
followed with his first home run of the season. Cesar
Hernandez also got his first homer of the season for the
Phillies. Brian
Anderson hit his second for Miami.
Wei-Yin Chen (0-1)
came on to pitch the 14th, was charged with both runs and his ERA actually
dipped from 24.75 to 23.40. Chen -- the highest-paid Marlins player this
season, making $20 million -- has allowed 12 runs over three innings of relief
in his last two appearances.
Miami batters struck out 18 times, tied for the fourth-most
in franchise history. Victor Arano (1-0)
pitched the 12th and 13th for Philadelphia, getting all six outs by
strikeout. Jose Alvarez
worked the 14th, gave up a leadoff single but finished out his first save.
DODGERS 7, BREWERS 1
LOS ANGELES -- Ross
Stripling tossed eight strong innings to rescue an overworked
bullpen, Joc Pederson and Alex Verdugo homered,
and Los Angeles routed Milwaukee to snap a six-game skid.
The Dodgers avoided back-to-back sweeps, something they
haven't had since 2017 when they last dropped seven games in a row.
Stripling (1-1) earned his first win in his fourth start of
the season. The right-hander didn't record his first strikeout until the sixth
inning and instead retired 14 of his first 17 batters on flyouts or grounders.
The Dodgers jumped on Jhoulys
Chacin (2-2) in the first inning, taking a 2-0 lead on a
two-out RBI single by Verdugo.
WHITE SOX 5, YANKEES 2
NEW YORK -- Tim Anderson hit
his first career grand slam and Carlos Rodon pitched
Chicago over scuffling New York.
Jose Abreu nearly
had a grand slam as well -- to almost the same spot in the ballpark -- but
settled for a sacrifice fly when right fielder Aaron Judge made
a jumping catch in front of the wall. Held to one hit Saturday in a 4-0 loss,
Chicago chased Masahiro
Tanaka (1-1) with nobody out in the fifth and won for only the
second time in eight games.
Yoan Moncada had
three hits and a walk for the White Sox (5-9), who stole five bases in the last
five innings -- several of them uncontested. Chicago won two of three to take
consecutive series in the Bronx for the first time since 2002-03. Before last
August, the White Sox hadn't captured a series at Yankee Stadium since 2005.
Rodon (2-2) allowed three hits in six innings and struck out
five, improving to 3-0 in three starts at Yankee Stadium. Four relievers
finished a four-hitter, with Alex Colome getting
three quick outs for his third save.
ROYALS 9, INDIANS 8
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Pinch-runner extraordinaire Terrance Gore stole
a base and then scored on Hunter Dozier's
single in the ninth inning, lifting Kansas City over Cleveland to complete a
three-game sweep of the AL Central favorites.
Ryan O'Hearn led
off the ninth with a walk against Brad Hand (0-1)
and was replaced by Gore. The speedster swiped second and advanced to third on
a throwing error by catcher Roberto Perez.
Dozier then singled to left for Kansas City's first walk-off win of the season.
The Royals roughed up two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber,
who allowed 11 of his 18 batters to reach base safely. He gave up six runs, six
hits and a career-most five walks in just 2 2/3 innings. The five walks doubled
Kluber's season total -- he didn't walk more than three batters in any game in
2018.
Wily Peralta (1-1)
pitched the top of the ninth.
BRAVES 7, METS 3
ATLANTA -- Julio Teheran outpitched Jacob deGrom, Josh
Donaldson and Nick Markakis
homered, and Atlanta beat New York.
Teheran gave up one run and six hits in six innings.
It was a second straight losing performance for deGrom, who
has allowed five homers in his last two starts. The reigning NL Cy Young Award
winner gave up 10 homers all of last season.
Markakis went deep in the second and Donaldson added another
solo shot in the fifth as the Braves won for the fifth time in their last seven
games. Charlie
Culberson's two-run drive made it 5-1 in the sixth. It was
Culberson's fifth career pinch-hit homer.
J.D. Davis'
third homer gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the second. New York got RBI singles
by Amed Rosario and Keon Broxton in
the eighth.
DeGrom struck out nine, but allowed three runs and issued
four walks.
ASTROS 3, MARINERS 2
SEATTLE -- Gerrit Cole struck
out 11 in six innings, Aledmys Diaz homered
and Houston completed a three-game sweep of Seattle.
Cole (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits, including a
leadoff home run to Mitch Haniger,
and did not walk a batter. Cole has pitched at least six innings in each of his
four starts.
Haniger's homer, his fifth, extended the Mariners' major
league record streak of 18 games with a home run to start the season. Brandon
Brennan (1-1) ended his season-opening scoreless streak at 11
1/3 innings.
Hector Rondon, Ryan Pressly and Roberto Osuna each
pitched a perfect inning in relief for Houston, with Osuna working the ninth
for his seventh save.
CARDINALS 9, REDS 5
MONTERREY, Mexico -- Marcell Ozuna hit
two home runs and Matt
Carpenter connected for a tiebreaking drive in the seventh
inning that sent St. Louis over Cincinnati for a split of their two-game series
in Mexico.
Tyler O'Neill also
homered for St. Louis. Yasiel Puig hit
his first home run for the Reds and Jesse Winker hit
his second in two days at Estadio de Beisbol de Monterrey.
The Cardinals saluted the fans after the win and gave away
their hats. The Houston
Astros and Los Angeles
Angels will play twice at this stadium in early May -- Major
League Baseball has committed to bring regular-season games to Mexico until
2021.
It was 4-all when Carpenter opened the seventh with his
second home run of the season, tagging Amir Garrett (1-1).
Ozuna hit a solo homer off Jared Hughes and Jose Martinez capped
the five-run inning with a two-run single that made it 9-4. Jordan Hicks closed
for this third save. John Gant (3-0)
pitched a scoreless inning.
RAYS 8, BLUE JAYS 4
TORONTO -- Pinch-hitter Guillermo
Heredia homered to cap a five-run burst in the eighth inning
and Tampa Bay beat Toronto for its fifth straight series victory to start the
season.
Tampa Bay improved to 12-4 and matched the 2010 team for the
best 16-game start in club history. The Blue Jays have lost seven of nine and
haven't won a series this year.
Blue Jays reliever Thomas
Pannone became the 89th different pitcher in big league history
to strike out the side on nine pitches. He fanned a swinging Avisail
Garcia, then got Brandon Lowe
and Daniel
Robertson looking in the fifth.
Adam Kolarek (1-0)
pitched one inning for the victory. Marcus
Stroman (0-3) allowed three runs, none earned, in four innings.
He walked four and struck out five.
TWINS 6, TIGERS 4
MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Berrios (2-1)
pitched into the seventh inning for his first win since opening day, Trevor
Hildenberger struck out two with the bases loaded for his first
save and Minnesota beat Detroit to complete a two-game sweep.
C.J. Cron homered
and drove in three, and Eddie Rosario was
a triple short of the cycle for the Twins, who have won three of four.
In his shortest outing of the season, Jordan
Zimmermann (0-2) lasted three innings and allowed five runs and
eight hits with one strikeout.
RANGERS 8, ATHLETICS 7
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Danny Santana had
a two-run, pinch-hit triple and scored the go-ahead run on Delino
DeShields' bunt single during a four-run eighth inning, lifting
Texas over Oakland.
Jeffrey Springs (2-0)
pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jose Leclerc struck
out three in the ninth for his third save.
Joakim Soria (0-2)
got one out in the eighth and was charged with four runs.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, PADRES 4
PHOENIX -- Zack Greinke pitched
seven strong innings and helped himself with two hits, pinch-hitter David Peralta connected
for a three-run homer and Arizona beat San Diego to stop a four-game losing
streak.
Greinke (2-1) allowed two runs and four hits with six
strikeouts. He won despite surrendering his seventh and eighth home runs of the
season. Ketel Marte and Christian
Walker also homered for the Diamondbacks.
Manuel Margot led
off the game with a home run and Fernando
Tatis Jr. also connected for NL West-leading San Diego. The Padres
had won four in a row. San Diego starter Eric Lauer (2-2)
gave up three runs on eight hits over five innings.
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