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Baseball roundup: Yanks, Rockies earn brawl-filled wins

[April 12, 2018] Gary Sanchez hit two home runs Wednesday as the visiting New York Yankees earned an emotional 10-7 victory that ended the Boston Red Sox's nine-game win streak.

The game between the longtime rivals included two bench-clearing incidents, the second of which, in the seventh inning, turned into an on-field brawl after Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly hit the Yankees' Tyler Austin with a pitch in the back.

That pitch appeared to be in retaliation for Austin's hard slide in the third inning when his lead foot clipped the foot of Red Sox shortstop Brock Holt during a forceout. The benches cleared then as well, but there was no further incident. Both Austin and Kelly were ejected in the seventh inning after Austin slammed his bat to the ground after being hit with the pitch then charged the mound.

Sanchez, who entered with just two hits, had three in the game by the fourth inning: a home run in the first, a double in the third and another home run in the fourth, his third of the season. He finished with four RBIs.

Rockies 6, Padres 4

Colorado emerged from a benches-clearing brawl to score five runs in the third inning to beat visiting San Diego despite having three players ejected.

Five players in full were ejected following the brawl, which started when Padres right-handed starter Luis Perdomo threw his first pitch of the third inning behind the back of Rockies All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado. Both benches and bullpens rushed the field. Perdomo and catcher A.J. Ellis were the Padres ejected. Arenado, who charged the mound after Perdomo's pitch, starting pitcher German Marquez and left fielder Gerardo Parra were the Rockies ejected.

Earlier Wednesday, the Padres placed center fielder Manuel Margot on the 10-day disabled list with bruised ribs after he was hit by a 95 mph fastball thrown by Colorado's Scott Oberg on Tuesday night.

Mets 4, Marlins 1

Zack Wheeler twirled seven innings of two-hit ball as New York scored four in the eighth inning to win their eighth straight game, beating host Miami as Wheeler made a spot start after being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.

With the Mets trailing 1-0, pinch hitter Adrian Gonzalez ripped a single into center off Chris O'Grady (0-1) to score Kevin Plawecki and Michael Conforto, who had a pinch-hit double, to give New York a 2-1 lead in the eighth.

Wilmer Flores hit an RBI double off Junichi Tazawa to plate Gonzalez, and Todd Frazier added a sacrifice fly. Wheeler (1-0) struck out seven and walked one.

Angels 7, Rangers 2

Jaime Barria won his major league debut, giving up one run in five innings during Los Angeles' win over host Texas that completed a three-game sweep.

Barria, 21, began last season at Class-A Inland Empire before being promoted to Triple-A Salt Lake. He gave up just one hit against Texas -- a solo homer to Ryan Rua in the third inning. Barria (1-0) walked three and struck out three while making 71 pitches.

Kole Calhoun had three hits and Jefry Marte had two to lead the offense for the Angels, who improved to 10-3, matching their best record through 13 games in franchise history (1979, '82). Los Angeles has won seven of eight and 10 of the past 12.

Phillies 4, Reds 3 (12 innings)

Scott Kingery hit the decisive sacrifice fly in the 12th inning as Philadelphia defeated visiting Cincinnati, which has dropped four straight games and owns the worst record in the majors at 2-9.

J.P. Crawford belted his first career homer, a two-run shot, as Philadelphia finished off a three-game sweep. Cesar Hernandez also homered as the Phillies (6-5) won for the fifth time in their last six games to move above .500 for the first time this season.

Pedro Florimon began the bottom of the 12th with a grounder to Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett, who overthrew first baseman Joey Votto, and Florimon ended up at second. A sacrifice bunt moved Florimon to third, and Hernandez was intentionally walked by right-hander Austin Brice (0-1) before Kingery hit a fly to right to score Florimon.

Cubs 13, Pirates 5

Javier Baez homered twice for the second straight game as the Chicago wiped out an early 3-0 deficit to rout visiting Pittsburgh.

Baez, who belted a pair of solo shots in an 8-5 loss on Tuesday, cracked a three-run blast to right-center in the bottom of the second inning to give the Cubs a 4-3 lead. He capped the scoring in the bottom of the eighth when he hit a 424-foot shot to left-center. He didn't homer in the team's first nine games.

Chicago snapped a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the sixth with four runs. Baez scored the go-ahead run when he beat Josh Harrison's throw from second to the plate on a Tommy La Stella grounder. Kris Bryant followed with the first of two RBI doubles, and Ben Zobrist capped the outburst with a two-run single.

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 3

Jonathan Schoop had a pair of clutch RBI hits as Baltimore beat visiting Toronto. Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (1-1) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking three on 106 pitches.

Schoop snapped a pair of slumps with an RBI double in the fourth inning off Marco Estrada (1-1). He was hitless in his previous 12 at-bats and hitless in his first 13 at-bats with runners in scoring position before lining a double to left.

Schoop then added a run-scoring single in his next at-bat off Estrada with no outs in the fifth. The second baseman's third multi-hit game of the season raised his batting average from .189 to .211.

Indians 5, Tigers 1

Carlos Carrasco continued his dominance of Detroit with a complete-game gem as Cleveland cruised at home.

Carrasco (3-0) allowed only three hits and two walks while striking out six. Over his past 12 starts against Detroit, he is 8-1 with a 1.45 ERA. Carrasco threw 110 pitches while recording his third win in as many starts this season.

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Yonder Alonso knocked in two runs during a four-run fourth and reached base three times for the Indians, who have won the first three games of a four-game series. Michael Brantley and Francisco Lindor each had two hits and an RBI.

A's 16, Dodgers 6

Oakland's 3-4-5 hitters, Jed Lowrie, Khris Davis and Matt Chapman, all homered as the A's pounded out a season-high 21 hits in a rout of host Los Angeles.

Lowrie had three hits and drove in four runs, Davis had three hits and two RBIs and Chapman added two hits and three RBIs. Marcus Semien had two hits and four RBIs while Jonathan Lucroy and Matt Olson had three hits apiece.

Yasmani Grandal had three hits including a homer, Matt Kemp had three hits, and Enrique Hernandez homered for the Dodgers.

Diamondbacks 7, Giants 3

Paul Goldschmidt greeted reliever Sam Dyson with a tiebreaking double in the sixth inning, sending Arizona to a road victory over San Francisco. John Ryan Murphy and Ketel Marte combined to score four runs and drive in three for the Diamondbacks.

Arizona won two of three from the Giants to capture its fourth straight series to open the season. The loss spoiled the major league debut of Giants left-hander Andrew Suarez, who was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento fill in for injured Johnny Cueto.

Suarez (0-1) retired the first 10 Diamondbacks he faced until Marte singled with one out in the fourth and came home ahead of Goldschmidt's second home run of the season. Suarez ended up allowing four runs in 5 1/3 innings.

White Sox 2, Rays 1

Matt Davidson hit a two-run homer with one out in the eighth inning as Chicago halted a five-game losing streak with a win over visiting Tampa Bay. James Shields overcame five walks and held the Rays to one run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Davidson struck out twice to extend his slump to 3-for-26 before lifting a 1-1 changeup from Austin Pruitt (1-2) into the center field seats.

Jose Abreu, who narrowly missed an extra-base hit in the fifth, set up Davidson's fifth homer with a single to left field. Bruce Rondon (1-0) breezed through the eighth for his first win with the White Sox, and Nate Jones struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his fourth career save after issuing a leadoff walk to Matt Duffy.

Mariners 4, Royals 2

Kyle Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning and drove in three runs in visiting Seattle's victory over Kansas City.

Dee Gordon and Robinson Cano had a hit apiece while extending hitting streaks for the Mariners. Gordon has hit safely in all 10 games this season and has a 16-game hitting streak dating to Sept. 26, 2017. Cano extended his hitting streak to nine games and has reached safely in all 10.

Mitch Haniger walked with two outs in the eighth off Justin Grimm (0-1) before Seager hit his second homer of the season just over the fence in right field as the Mariners completed a three-city road trip at 4-3.

Twins 9, Astros 8

Max Kepler homered twice, including a walk-off blast to right field with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning, in Minnesota's victory over visiting Houston.

Kepler turned on a 3-2 slider from Astros reliever Brad Peacock (1-1) to clinch the series in the rubber match, but that came after Houston rallied from a seven-run deficit to pull even in the ninth.

After leaving the bases loaded in the seventh inning with a flyout to left field, Astros center fielder George Springer drove home one run -- and a second scored via a throwing error -- in the ninth off Fernando Rodney (1-0). The Twins closer blew the save but ultimately got credit for the win.

Brewers 3, Cardinals 2

Hernan Perez and Eric Thames clouted solo homers while Junior Guerra pitched 5 1/3 solid innings in his first start of the year as Milwaukee edged host St. Louis. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina sat out, serving his one-game suspension.

Guerra, who was called up late Tuesday night from Triple-A Colorado Springs, gave up just four hits and a run with two walks and four strikeouts. Three relievers got the final 11 outs, with Matt Albers pitching the final two-thirds of an inning to garner his first save.

Adam Wainwright (0-2) absorbed the loss despite turning in a quality start. Molina's suspension stemmed from Sunday's incident in which he erupted after Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo referred to him by a profane term while arguing with plate umpire Tim Timmons.

Braves 5, Nationals 3 (12 innings)

Peter Bourjos delivered a two-run single in the top of the 12th inning that gave Atlanta the victory over host Washington. Kurt Suzuki smacked two solo homers for the Braves.

Ozzie Albies and Freddie Freeman led off the 12th with singles off Ryan Madson (0-1). Nick Markakis then walked to load the bases. One out later, Bourjos hit a soft single to short right that scored Albies and Freeman for a 5-3 lead.

Bourjos was 0-for-11 this season before going 2-for-3 after entering in the seventh. Despite blowing a save chance in the 11th, Shane Carle (2-1) threw the final two innings and earned the win.

--Field Level Media

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