Schwarber returns as Nationals top Cardinals
Urías drives in 3 on pinch-hit double, Brewers down Cubs 6-3
ST. LOUIS, April 13, (AP): Kyle Schwarber doubled in a run in his delayed Washington debut, Andrew Stevenson had a pinch-hit homer and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2.
Schwarber, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison were in the starting lineup after being sidelined for Washington’s first six games by a coronavirus outbreak that prompted the postponement of the team’s season-opening series and left the club short-handed. The Nats ended a five-game skid, while the Cardinals have lost three straight.
Stevenson hit his first homer of the season into St. Louis’ bullpen in right field to lead off the seventh, putting Washington ahead 4-2.
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Kyle Finnegan (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win. Brad Hand got three outs for his first save.
Yadier Molina homered for St. Louis. John Gant (0-1) allowed three runs in five-plus innings.
Brewers 6, Cubs 3
In Milwaukee, Pinch-hitter Luis Urías drove in three runs with a goahead double, part of a six-run sixth inning for the Brewers.
Freddy Peralta (2-0) struck out 10 over six innings of two-hit ball for the victory. Josh Hader got two outs for his first save of the season.
Milwaukee has won five of six, while Chicago lost for the fifth time in six games.
Kris Bryant homered for the Cubs in the fourth, and Javier Báez added a two-run double in the ninth. Adbert Alzolay (0-2) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The Cubs announced before the game that bullpen coach Chris Young had tested positive for COVID-19. First base coach Craig Driver was already away from the team following his positive test.
Relievers Brandon Workman, Jason Adam and Dan Winkler were placed on the COVID-19-related injured list. There was no word on whether their designation was the result of a positive test or contact tracing.
Tigers 6, Astros 2
In Houston, Casey Mize tossed seven scoreless innings for his first career win and fellow rookie Akil Baddoo homered again, leading Detroit to the victory in manager A.J. Hinch’s first trip to Houston since he was fired for the team’s sign-stealing scheme.
Renato Núñez and Grayson Greiner also homered as the Tigers jumped on Zack Greinke (1-1) for six runs to snap a four-game skid.
Hinch received a standing ovation when he was introduced before the
Miami Marlins’ Garrett Cooper (left), is tagged out at home plate by Atlanta Braves catcher Alex Jackson (right), as he tried in the 10th inning of a baseball game on April 12, in Atlanta. (AP)
The torch relay began three weeks ago in northeastern Japan, attempting to navigate around the pandemic with a total of 10,000 runners crisscrossing the country and bound for the opening ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
Osaka, which announced plans last week to take the relay off city streets and bar the public, became the first detour since the relay began. Organizers warned beforehand there may be more.
Wednesday’s second leg in Osaka - the day the Tokyo countdown clock hits 100 day to go - will be in the same park under the same closed-doors conditions.
game and the team played a tribute video to him on the big screen. As the last frame of the video displayed the words: “Thank you A.J.,” he stepped onto the field and tipped his cap to the crowd, which roared with approval.
Mize (1-0), the top overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft, permitted four hits, struck out five and walked two.
Angels 10, Royals 3
In Kansas City, Mo., Shohei Ohtani had three hits and three RBIs for the Angels, and Mike Trout hit a two-run homer.
Ohtani hit a two-run double off Scott Barlow in the seventh for a 6-3 lead. The ball came off the bat at 119 mph, the fifth-hardest-hit ball since 2015, according to Statcast.
Ohtani added an RBI double against Jake Newberry in the ninth.
Alex Cobb (1-0) struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings for Los Angeles. He allowed three runs and four hits.
Kansas City right-hander Brady
New COVID-19 cases are rising across Japan, where fewer than 1% of residents have been vaccinated in very slow rollout.
Japan has attributed about 9,500 deaths to COVID-19, far fewer than many countries but higher than most neighbors in Asia.
Osaka, Tokyo and other parts of Japan have declared “quasi-emergency” conditions until early May with bars and restaurants being
Singer (0-2) permitted four runs one earned - and seven hits in five innings.
Rays 1, Rangers 0
In St. Petersburg, Florida, Tyler Glasnow struck out a career-high 14 in 7 2/3 innings and Willy Adames homered in the seventh, lifting Tampa Bay to the victory.
Glasnow (1-0) allowed two hits and walked one. Diego Castillo worked the ninth for his third save.
Adames homered off Taylor Hearn (0-1) with two outs in the seventh.
Glasnow improved to 6-0 over his last 11 regular-season games, and the AL champions have gone 10-1 in the those games.
Texas was shut out for the third time in four games.
Padres 6, Pirates 2
In Pittsburgh, Yu Darvish pitched seven dominant innings, Wil Myers drove in five runs and San Diego earned its fourth straight win. asked to close by 8 p.m.
Many runners arrived in Osaka’s Expo ‘70 Commemorative Park by bus and ran short legs carrying the torch alongside metal barriers or in empty park space.
They were accompanied by security officials who jogged or walked alongside, and followed by an “escort” or “promotional” vehicle festooned with logos of major Olympic sponsors Coca-Cola and Toyota.
Darvish (1-0) permitted one run and three hits in a crisp performance. Myers hit a two-run homer off Luis Oviedo (0-1) in the sixth, putting San Diego in front to stay.
Phillip Evans had an RBI double for the Pirates and Trevor Cahill worked five effective innings but Pittsburgh’s modest two-game winning streak ended.
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1
In Dunedin, Florida, Kyle Higashioka homered twice to support Gerrit Cole, leading the Yankees to the win.
Cole (2-0) allowed one run and three hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his first save, finishing a five-hitter.
Robbie Ray (0-1) didn’t allow a hit before Rougned Odor singled with one out in the fifth and Higashioka followed with a 416-foot opposite-field shot to right-center for a 2-1 lead.
Higashioka made it 3-1 in the eighth on a 427-foot solo shot to left off Ryan Borucki.
Marlins 5, Braves 3, 10 Innings
In Atlanta, Garrett Cooper hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning and finished with three RBIs, leading Miami to the road win.
Brian Anderson tacked on an RBI double in the 10th. Yimi García (11) got four outs for the win.
The teams were facing each other for the first time since Atlanta swept Miami in their NL Division Series last year.
Adam Duvall homered for the Marlins.
Ozzie Albies drove in two runs for Atlanta, and Ronald Acuña Jr. tripled and scored two runs. Jacob Webb (0-1) got the loss.
White Sox 4, Indians 3
In Chicago, first baseman Yu Chang hit Yasmani Grandal with a throw trying to force him at second base as Nick Madrigal raced home with the winning run for the White Sox in the ninth inning.
Adam Eaton homered in his second straight game and rookie Yermín Mercedes got the winning rally started with one out in the ninth when he singled to shortstop against Emmanuel Clase (1-1).
Grandal walked to put runners on first and second before Nick Williams sent a grounder toward Chang. His throw trying to get Grandal at second hit the runner in the head. The ball ricocheted toward the left side of the infield, and Madrigal running for Mercedes - sped home.
Codi Heuer (1-0) struck out a career-high four over 2 1/3 innings, and Chicago stopped Cleveland’s four-game win streak.
Reds 3, Giants 0
In San Francisco, Joey Votto splashed a home run into McCovey Cove, Jesse Winker hit a two-run homer, and the Reds beat the Giants.
Winker’s first home run of the year marked the first hit off Aaron Sanchez (0-1) in the third and provided Wade Miley (2-0) with some early support.
Cincinnati bounced back after losing two straight at Arizona following a six-game winning streak.
Miley allowed two hits in five innings. Tejay Antone then struck out five over 3 2/3 hitless innings before Lucas Sims recorded the final out for his first career save in Cincinnati’s first shutout of the season. The Giants were shut out for the second time.
San Francisco had won four in a row.
Athletics 9, Diamondbacks 5
In Phoenix, Matt Chapman homered among his three hits, Jed Lowrie added two hits and three RBIs, and Oakland roughed up Arizona starter Madison Bumgarner.
Lowrie doubled home two runs in the third inning and singled and scored in a three-run fifth capped by Chapman’s second homer of the season for a 6-2 lead.
Bumgarner (0-2) gave up six runs, seven hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. He has allowed 22 hits and 12 walks in 13 2/3 innings this year, his latest struggles since signing an $85 million, five-year contract with the Diamondbacks before last season.
Oakland has won four of five after starting 0-6. Chris Bassitt (1-2) yielded two hits and two runs in five innings.
Arizona third baseman Eduardo Escobar was hitless, ending his home run streak at four games.