Highlights of Tuesday's MLB games
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[April 05, 2017]
April 4 (The Sports Xchange) -
Highlights of Tuesday's Major League Baseball games:
Cubs 2, Cardinals 1
Jake Arrieta tossed six sharp innings, and the defending champion
Chicago Cubs edged the St Louis Cardinals 2-1.
Jason Heyward had an RBI single and Javier Baez drove in a run with
a safety squeeze.
Chicago center fielder Albert Almora denied a potential tying homer
from Matt Adams in the seventh and third baseman Kris Bryant made a
diving stop on Aledmys Diaz's grounder in the fourth.
St Louis starter Adam Wainwright allowed two runs and three hits in
five innings.
Tigers 6, White Sox 3
Justin Verlander struck out 10 over 6 1/3 innings and Detroit hit
three home runs to beat Chicago in the season opener for both teams.
JaCoby Jones, Nick Castellanos and Ian Kinsler hit home runs for the
Tigers.
Chicago's Jose Quintana gave up six runs and five hits in 5 1/3
innings.
Yankees 5, Rays 0
CC Sabathia allowed three hits in five solid innings as New York
blanked Tampa Bay.
Ronald Torreyes and Chase Headley hit home runs for New York. Dellin
Betances worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth for the
Yankees.
Tampa Bay's Jake Odorizzi allowed four runs and seven hits in six
innings.
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Astros 2, Mariners 1
Lance McCullers pitched six strong innings and Houston edged
Seattle.
Brian McCann and Marwin Gonzalez delivered home runs for the Astros,
who are 2-0.
Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma allowed two runs and four hits in
six innings.
Rockies 6, Brewers 5
Veterans Gerardo Parra and Mark Reynolds had three hits apiece as
Colorado edged Milwaukee.
Parra and Reynolds combined for half of Colorado's 12 hits while
veterans Mike Dunn and Greg Holland pitched perfect innings to
preserve the win.
Ryan Braun hit his first home run of the season for Milwaukee while
Travis Shaw drove in two runs.
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Indians 4, Rangers 3
Carlos Carrasco allowed two runs and struck out seven in 5 2/3
innings as Cleveland beat Texas.
Carlos Santana hit a leadoff homer and added an RBI single for the
Indians. Michael Brantley added an RBI single for Cleveland.
Joey Gallo hit a two-run home run for Texas, which is 0-2 for the
first time since 2007. Left-hander Martin Perez allowed three runs
in six innings.
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Padres 4, Dodgers 0
Clayton Richard scattered five hits in eight outstanding innings as
San Diego blanked Los Angeles.
Richard struck out five and recorded three double plays. San Diego's
Yangervis Solarte homered and hit an RBI single, and Wil Myers
scored a run and added a run-scoring single.
Los Angeles starter Kenta Maeda allowed three runs and six hits in
five innings.
Giants 8, Diamondbacks 4
Gorkys Hernandez drove in a career-high four runs, and Brandon
Crawford hit a solo home run as San Francisco defeated Arizona.
Hernandez hit a two-run single in the second inning and added a
two-run double during a five-run fifth.
Jake Lamb hit a two-run homer and Paul Goldschmidt added a solo shot
for Arizona.
Angels 7, Athletics 6
Danny Espinosa hit a three-run home run off Ryan Dull with one out
in the top of the ninth inning as Los Angeles rallied to beat
Oakland.
Matt Shoemaker took a no-decision after allowing two runs and four
hits in five innings seven months after sustaining a skull fracture
when struck by a comebacker.
Ryon Healy and Jed Lowrie hit home runs for Oakland. [© 2017 Thomson Reuters. All
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