Red Sox top Orioles in 10 innings to make it 5 straight
NEW YORK: Michael Chavis scored from third on a wild pitch and Christian Vazquez singled in another run in the 10th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the hosts Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Saturday night.
Boston have won five consecutive games after being swept by the Orioles in the season-opening series. Meanwhile, the Orioles have lost four of five since that sweep at Fenway.
Baltimore trailed 3-2 going into the eighth but tied it, then took the lead when Freddy Galvis singled in Ryan McKenna with one out. Boston got it to 4-4 in the ninth as Marwin Gonzalez scored on a groundout by Bobby Dalbec.
Rafael Devers had a big game for the Red Sox as he hit a home run and had a hand in Boston’s first three runs.
A seven-run second inning gave Toronto a big lead early and they cruised to a 15-1 victory over Los Angeles in Dunedin, Florida.
The game started after a 2½-hour rain delay, but it didn’t take long for the Blue Jays to put the Angels into a huge hole thanks to one pivotal play that ended up with two errors on Jose Iglesias.
Bo Bichette finished with two doubles, five RBIs and three runs scored, Espinal had three hits and Josh Palacios, making his second career major league start, had four hits and scored four runs. The Angels scored their only run of the game on a home run by Anthony Rendon, his first of the season in the fourth inning.
Chris Taylor hit a three-run home run and AJ Pollock added a three-run double as Los Angeles moved one win away from their first series sweep of the season with a 9-5 victory at home over Washington.
Zach McKinstry had a two-run single and Justin Turner drove in a run with a double as Los Angeles clinched their third series in three tries and improved to 2-0 at home.
Juan Soto hit his first two home runs of the season for the Nationals, while left-hander Patrick Corbin (0-1) struggled to the tune of six runs on six hits with three walks over 4 1/3 innings of his season debut after returning from the Covid-19 list.
Jacob deGrom tied a career-high with 14 strike-outs but absorbed another hard-luck loss for hosts New York as Jazz Chisholm’s second-inning homer provided the only run Miami would need in their 3-0 victory.
Trevor Rogers allowed three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six innings in earning his second career win — both against the Mets in games in which he opposed deGrom at Citi Field — for the Marlins. Dylan Floro and Richard Bleier tossed a perfect inning apiece before Yimi Garcia threw a perfect ninth for his first save this season.
Jesus Aguilar and Miguel Rojas each had RBI singles in the ninth for the Marlins.