MLB roundup: Rays rally past Nats, stay unbeaten
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[April 05, 2023]
Luke Raley, Josh Lowe and Yandy Diaz smashed home runs during
a five-run, ninth-inning outburst as the Tampa Bay Rays earned a
10-6 victory over the host Washington Nationals on Tuesday.
With the victory, the 5-0 Rays remained the lone unbeaten team in
the major leagues after the Minnesota Twins lost to the Miami
Marlins.
Raley and Lowe greeted Washington closer Kyle Finnegan (0-1) with
back-to-back long balls to start the rally. With one out, Taylor
Walls singled and Jose Siri doubled. Finnegan then left a slider
over the middle of the plate, and Diaz crushed a three-run blast 414
feet into the left field bullpens.
Pete Fairbanks closed out the game for the Rays with a scoreless
ninth. Ryan Thompson (1-0) earned the win.
Diamondbacks 8, Padres 6
Visiting Arizona scored four runs in the top of the eighth,
capitalizing on San Diego miscues to earn a win and a split of a
two-game series. Padres star Manny Machado was ejected in the first
inning after arguing a third-strike call that was made for a
pitch-clock violation.
The Padres had built a 5-1 lead through five innings on an RBI
single by Austin Nola, a solo home run by Nelson Cruz, a run scored
on a throwing error and a two-run homer by Xander Bogaerts. But the
Diamondbacks scored seven runs in the next three innings against the
Padres bullpen.
The Diamondbacks pulled to within a run in the sixth on a two-run
double by Geraldo Perdomo and an RBI single by Josh Rojas. Arizona
then made the most of three singles to score four runs in the eighth
against Luis Garcia (0-1). Kevin Ginkel (1-0) earned the win.
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Marlins 1, Twins 0
Reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara
scattered three singles over nine innings en route to the fourth
shutout of his career to lead Miami past visiting Minnesota.
Alcantara (1-0) retired the first 11 batters he faced before
yielding an infield single to Trevor Larnach. Michael A. Taylor had
a line-drive single in the sixth and Carlos Correa added a single to
center in the ninth for the only other Minnesota hits. Alcantara
walked one and struck out five. He threw 100 pitches, 68 for
strikes.
Kenta Maeda (0-1), making his first start in nearly 600 days after
undergoing Tommy John surgery in September 2021 and sitting out the
entire 2022 season, allowed one run on three hits over five innings
while striking out nine.
Dodgers 5, Rockies 2
Will Smith hit his third home run in three games and Julio Urias
went six scoreless innings as Los Angeles pulled off a two-game
sweep of visiting Colorado.
Jason Heyward added his second home run in two games, while Max
Muncy also went deep for the Dodgers. Urias (2-0) gave up five hits
and no walks while striking out six. Evan Phillips got the last two
outs for his first save.
Yonathan Daza had two hits for the Rockies, who lost their fourth
game in a row. German Marquez (1-1) gave up four runs on five hits
in 5 1/3 innings, with two walks and four strikeouts.
Pirates 4, Red Sox 1
Bryan Reynolds collected three hits for the second consecutive game
to help visiting Pittsburgh beat Boston.
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Reynolds hit a solo home run, a double and had an RBI single on
Tuesday. His three hits in Pittsburgh's 7-6 triumph over Boston on
Monday night included two home runs. He has four home runs in the
past three games.
The Red Sox, who scored 33 runs in their first four games, were held
to four hits in the loss. Boston starter Nick Pivetta (0-1) lasted
five innings. He gave up three runs (one earned) on three hits and
three walks while striking out six.
Cubs 12, Reds 5
Ian Happ went 3-for-4 and reached base a career-best five times and
visiting Chicago scored 11 runs over the final four innings to rout
Cincinnati.
Happ doubled in a six-run seventh inning and walked twice. Patrick
Wisdom doubled twice, drove in three runs and scored twice for the
Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid.
Trey Mancini also drove in three runs for the Cubs, who evened the
series at a game apiece. Stuart Fairchild homered for the Reds, who
had their three-game winning streak snapped. The Reds have homered
10 times in their first five games.
Phillies 4, Yankees 1
Kyle Schwarber hit his 200th career homer two batters into the game,
and visiting Philadelphia stopped a season-opening, four-game losing
streak with a victory over New York.
Schwarber helped Philadelphia end its early frustration when he
hammered a fastball for his 415-foot drive to right field off
Domingo German (0-1). Brandon Marsh also homered in the third. Trea
Turner and Schwarber added RBI singles in the fifth off Michael
King, who was making his second appearance since returning from a
broken elbow.
Andrew Bellatti (1-0) fanned two in the fifth and earned the win.
The Yankees' lone run came on DJ LeMahieu's solo home run with one
out in the ninth.
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Columbia, USA; Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz (2) hits a
three run home run against the Washington Nationals during the ninth
inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY
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Blue Jays 4, Royals 1
Whit Merrifield scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch against his
former team, lifting visiting Toronto to a victory over Kansas City.
Daulton Varsho homered to lead off the sixth inning and Matt Chapman
had an RBI single among his three hits and scored a run. Varsho and
Kevin Kiermaier each had two of the 11 hits recorded by the Blue
Jays, who snapped a three-game losing skid.
Yusei Kikuchi (1-0) overcame Franmil Reyes' homer to lead off the
second inning to keep Kansas City in check. Kikuchi allowed that one
run on three hits in five innings. Matt Duffy had three of the four
hits for the Royals. Kris Bubic (0-1) took the loss.
Braves 4, Cardinals 1
Austin Riley hit a two-run homer and Orlando Arcia hit a solo shot
to lift visiting Atlanta past St. Louis.
Braves starting pitcher Dylan Dodd (1-0) won his big-league debut
while allowing one run on six hits in five innings. He struck out
three and walked none. A.J. Minter closed out the ninth inning to
earn his first save.
Cardinals starting pitcher Steven Matz (0-1) allowed four runs on 10
hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven batters and walked one.
Willson Contreras' RBI single produced St. Louis' only run.
Orioles 7, Rangers 2
Jorge Mateo homered for the second time in as many days, Kyle Gibson
allowed two runs over seven innings and Baltimore rolled to a
victory in Arlington, Texas.
The Orioles have now won eight straight over the Rangers, dating
back to the start of the 2022 season. It was a forgettable Rangers
debut for Andrew Heaney (0-1), who allowed all seven runs on seven
hits and two walks over 2 2/3 innings.
Baltimore took control of the game with a five-run second inning,
highlighted by a three-run home run by Ryan Mountcastle. Cedric
Mullins and Ryan McKenna also had RBI hits in the inning. Gibson
(2-0) allowed six hits, struck out five and didn't issue a walk.
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Brewers 9, Mets 0
Brian Anderson drove in six runs with two homers and a double and
Wade Miley tossed six scoreless innings for his 100th career victory
as Milwaukee posted its second consecutive shutout against visiting
New York.
Miley (1-0), limited to nine games with the Cubs last season due to
injuries, scattered five hits, striking out three and walking none
in his season debut.
Rowdy Tellez, Anderson and Garrett Mitchell hit consecutive homers
off Mets starter Max Scherzer (1-1) in the sixth inning to put the
Brewers up 5-0. Scherzer allowed five runs on eight hits in 5 1/3
innings, striking out two and walking two.
Tigers 6, Astros 3
Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson recorded multi-hit games, with
Torkelson producing three RBIs, as visiting Detroit claimed a
victory over Houston.
The Tigers secured the three-game series with their second win in as
many games. Torkelson produced an RBI double that opened the scoring
in the first inning before delivering a two-run home run in the
eighth that provided Detroit a measure of insurance.
Matt Manning (1-0) earned the victory after allowing two runs on six
hits and two walks with four strikeouts while logging 5 2/3 innings.
Framber Valdez (0-1) took the loss.
Mariners 11, Angels 2
Teoscar Hernandez and AJ Pollock each hit two home runs and Luis
Castillo pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings as Seattle defeated
visiting Los Angeles.
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The Mariners snapped a four-game skid and put an end to the Angels'
three-game winning streak. Castillo (1-0) hasn't allowed a run in
two starts this season. On Tuesday, the right-hander allowed two
hits, walked two and struck out six.
Angels starter Jose Suarez (0-1), making his season debut, allowed
seven runs (six earned) on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Athletics 4, Guardians 3
Tony Kemp singled home Ryan Noda with two outs in the bottom of the
ninth inning, delivering Oakland a walk-off win over visiting
Cleveland.
Neither team had scored since the sixth before Noda drew a walk from
Cleveland's fourth pitcher, James Karinchak (0-2), to lead off the
ninth.
An Esteury Ruiz infield out advanced Noda to second with two outs,
and he scored the game-ender on Kemp's hit to right. Trevor May
(2-1) earned the win after pitching a scoreless top of the ninth.
--Field Level Media
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