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Baseball roundup: Red Sox stay hot, clobber Yanks

[April 11, 2018] Chris Sale shut down the Yankees' vaunted lineup with eight strikeouts over six one-run innings, and Mookie Betts clubbed a grand slam to punctuate the Boston Red Sox's 14-1 rout of visiting New York on Tuesday night.

Betts (4-for-4) scored a career-high five runs, Hanley Ramirez (2-for-2) added three RBIs while J.D. Martinez (1-for-5) and Andrew Benintendi (2-for-3) had two RBIs apiece as the Red Sox earned their major-league-leading ninth straight victory.

Boston (9-1) became the 40th team in major league history to win nine of its first 10 games, not losing since a season-opening 6-4 setback at Tampa Bay, a game that Boston dropped after leading 4-0 in the eighth inning.

Aaron Judge (3-for-4) hit his third homer of the year for the Yankees, who lost for the fourth time in five games. Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-4) struck out twice in his rivalry debut, bringing his season whiff total to a league-high 22.

Nationals 4, Braves 1

Stephen Strasburg threw eight scoreless innings, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run triple in the first to give Washington all the offense it needed to defeat visiting Atlanta.

Strasburg (2-1) gave up three hits and struck out eight while walking two. In addition, he singled, walked and reached on an error while bunting. Ryan Madson earned his first save of the season by getting the final two outs in the ninth.

Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz (1-1) gave up three hits in the first inning, and he wound up yielding three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks. He fanned three.

Mets 8, Marlins 6

Yoenis Cespedes grounded a two-run, ninth-inning double down the third base line to lead New York to a comeback win over host Miami.

The Mets (9-1) have won seven games in a row and lead the National League East. They have started the season by taking four straight series, including this one over the last-place Marlins.

Mets switch hitter Asdrubal Cabrera also homered twice, once from each side of the plate. Teammate Wilmer Flores pulled an RBI double and a solo homer. Miami was led by Justin Bour, who hit a pair of two-run homers, both to the opposite field.

Blue Jays 2, Orioles 1

Curtis Granderson hit a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning after Toronto teammate Aaron Sanchez lost his no-hit bid in the eighth, and the visiting Blue Jays edged Baltimore.

Granderson broke a 1-1 tie by lifting a 1-2 fastball from Darren O'Day (0-1) over the scoreboard in right field. It was his 25th career homer in the ninth inning or later.

Granderson's first homer as a Blue Jay occurred after Sanchez (1-1) lost his no-hit bid on the first pitch of the eighth by allowing a double to Tim Beckham. Sanchez allowed one run on three hits in eight innings while striking out four and working around five walks. Roberto Osuna pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save of the season, the 100th save of his career, becoming the youngest pitcher ever to reach the milestone.

Phillies 6, Reds 1

Aaron Nola pitched eight solid innings, Scott Kingery hit a grand slam and Philadelphia defeated host Cincinnati.

Nola gave up one earned run, retiring the last 10 batters he faced in a strong 103-pitch effort. Odubel Herrera also went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and run for the Phillies.

Homer Bailey was terrific for the Reds, allowing one earned run and two hits while striking out seven in six innings. But the bullpen -- Jared Hughes and Tanner Rainey -- struggled and couldn't contain the Phillies bats. Bailey had a no-hitter through five innings. The Reds managed just three hits.

Indians 2, Tigers 1

Roberto Perez hit a go-ahead solo homer in the eighth inning, lifting Cleveland over visiting Detroit.

Perez ripped a 2-0 offering from reliever Alex Wilson (0-2) over the right-center-field wall. Jose Ramirez, who hit a solo shot in the first inning, and Perez each had two of the Indians' four hits. Andrew Miller (1-0), the fifth Indians pitcher, threw a scoreless eighth inning to get the win.

Tigers starter Matthew Boyd tossed seven innings and gave up just one run on three hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Jeimer Candelario had three of Detroit's six hits, including an RBI double.

Mariners 8, Royals 3

Jean Segura had three hits and two RBIs, and Mitch Haniger and Kyle Seager also drove in two runs apiece to support Felix Hernandez in Seattle's victory over host Kansas City.

Robinson Cano reached based four times while extending his hitting streak to eight games, and Guillermo Heredia hit his second homer of the season for the Mariners. Hernandez (2-1) gave up three runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking one.

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Mike Moustakas homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs, and Whit Merrifield had two hits for the Royals.

Angels 11, Rangers 1

Los Angeles (9-3) matched the best start in team history with a road victory over Texas.

The Angels scored nine runs and had 13 hits through just four innings, cruising the rest of the way in support of Tyler Skaggs (2-0). Seven Los Angeles players had at least two hits. Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons homered for the Angels.

Rangers starter Martin Perez (1-1) was on the wrong side of much of that offense, giving up eight runs on nine hits and four walks in three-plus innings.

Padres 5, Rockies 2

Hunter Renfroe broke a tie with a three-run, two-out homer in the seventh, and rookie left-hander Joey Lucchesi didn't allow an earned run over six-plus innings to earn his first major league win as visiting San Diego defeated Colorado.

Luchhesi (1-0) gave up the two unearned runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.

Brad Hand pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save.

Cardinals 5, Brewers 3 (11 innings)

Matt Carpenter cracked a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning as St. Louis outlasted visiting Milwaukee.

Carpenter pulled a 1-1 curveball just over the wall in right for his second homer of the season and his third career walk-off blast. Dominic Leone (1-2) pitched a clean inning for the victory as St. Louis twice rallied to get itself in position to win before finally ending the 4-hour, 2-minute marathon.

Each team scored a run in the 10th on a two-out RBI single. Orlando Arcia put the Brewers ahead in their half of the inning, but Greg Garcia answered back with a looper into right that scored Yairo Munoz.

Pirates 8, Cubs 5

Felipe Vazquez entered with the bases loaded and a five-run lead in the eighth inning, and he notched his fourth save, helping Pittsburgh spoil Chicago's home opener.

Vazquez, who changed his surname from Rivero on Monday, gave up a two-strike single to Jason Heyward before striking out Javier Baez to end the eighth. Baez hit a pair of solo homers off Ivan Nova, his second regular-season multi-homer game.

Francisco Cervelli hit a three-run homer and Nova (1-1) pitched seven effective innings as the Pirates improved to 8-2 for their best 10-game start since 1992. The Pirates also moved to 4-0 on the road for the first time since 2003.

Dpdgers 4, A's 0

Chris Taylor, Corey Seager and Matt Kemp hit their first homers of the season, and Los Angeles' Hyun-Jin Ryu gave up one hit in six scoreless innings in a win over visiting Oakland.

Taylor and Seager hit back-to-back homers to open the first inning, and Kemp's solo shot bounced off the top of the right field fence in a two-run sixth inning for the Dodgers, who have won two in a row after a four-game losing streak.

Ryu (1-0) struck out eight and did not give up a hit until Stephen Piscotty hit a hard single to center field with two outs in the fifth inning. Ryu allowed only two baserunners and retired 13 in a row after walking Matt Chapman with one out in the first inning before Piscotty's hit. The A's are 4-8, their slowest start since the 2001 team began 4-11.

Giants 5, Diamondbacks 4

Andrew McCutchen's second walk-off hit in four days, a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning, delivered San Francisco a victory over visiting Arizona.

The win allowed the Giants to snap a two-game losing streak and give a happy ending to top prospect Tyler Beede's major league debut. Beede gave up two runs in four innings.

After Diamondbacks slugger Paul Goldschmidt tied the game with a two-out home run off Giants closer Hunter Strickland (1-0) in the top of the ninth inning, San Francisco loaded the bases on walks against Jorge De La Rosa (0-1) before McCutchen lined the first pitch he saw into left-center field to end it.

--Field Level Media

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