Twins’ Berrios narrowly misses no-hitter
Yields one-out single in 8th, beats Brewers; Yankees top Blue Jays
MILWAUKEE — José Berríos and three relievers combined on a one-hitter with 17 strikeouts, and the Minnesota Twins beat Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Saturday night.
The Twins held Milwaukee hitless until Omar Narváez delivered a one-out single to right off Tyler Duffey in the eighth. Neither team had a hit or walk until Minnesota’s Byron Buxton led off the seventh with a homer off Burnes (0-1).
Buxton’s homer came on the 87th and final pitch from Burnes, who recorded 11 strikeouts. Berríos (1-0) struck out 12.
YANKEES 5, BLUE JAYS 3: In New York, Gary Sánchez joined Elston Howard in 1963 as the only Yankees catchers to homer in each of the first two games and Jay Bruce blooped a two-run single in the seventh for his first hit with his new team in New York’s win over Toronto.
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber, limited by injuries to one inning in the previous two seasons, pitched around control problems to allow one earned run over four innings in his Yankees debut.
REDS 9, CARDINALS 6: In Cincinnati, Nick Castellanos stood over, flexed and jawed at St. Louis pitcher Jake Woodford after scoring, setting off a series of scuffles that included relievers shoving in the outfield as Cincinnati beat the Cardinals.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright was knocked around for
six runs and chased in the third. The next inning, the teams started tagging each other.
Castellanos, who homered on opening day and hopped out of the box before tossing his bat, was plunked by Woodford with two outs and none on in the fourth. A wild pitch soon sent Castellanos scampering home from third and he scored with a headfirst slide for a 7-2 lead as he bumped into Woodford, who took the throw from catcher Yadier Molina at the plate.
As Castellanos began walking away, Molina rushed up and tapped him from behind, and the benches and bullpens emptied in a wild scene.
There was more pushing and shoving before order seemed to be restored. But as relief pitchers for both teams were heading back to their bullpens, they tangled in the outfield.
Castellanos was the only player ejected.
ASTROS 9, ATHLETICS 1: In Oakland, Calif., Yordan Álvarez hit a three-run homer and Houston kept thriving through all the boos, slugging its way to a third straight win over Oakland.
Houston has outscored Oakland 26-7 in three games against the defending AL West champs..
PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 0: In Philadelphia, Zack Wheeler allowed only one hit and struck out 10 in seven innings while going 2 for 3 with two RBIs in leading Philadelphia to a win over Atlanta.
Wheeler retired the final 17 Atlanta hitters he faced after a one-out single to Travis d’Arnaud in the second inning.
CUBS 5, PIRATES 1: In Chicago, Jake Arrieta pitched six solid innings in a triumphant return to the Cubs, Kris Bryant and Jason Heyward homered, and Chicago beat Pittsburgh.
Arrieta (1-0) gave up just one run and six hits.
DODGERS 6, ROCKIES 5: In Denver, Zach McKinstry hustled for a go-ahead, inside-the-park homer in the eighth inning when left fielder Raimel Tapia reached over the fence to bring the ball back, only to have it bounce out of his glove and roll away as Los Angeles beat Colorado.
Kenley Jansen recorded five outs to earn the save.
TIGERS 5, INDIANS 2: In Detroit, Julio Teheran pitched through trouble in his Detroit debut as the Tigers beat Cleveland.
For a second straight game, Detroit scored two runs in the first and led the rest of the way. Willi Castro hit an RBI triple off Zach Plesac (0-1) and came home on Miguel Cabrera’s groundout. The Tigers added three runs in the seventh.
ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 2: In Boston, Maikel Franco drove in two runs, Pedro Severino had his second two-hit game in a row and Matt Harvey made his Orioles debut in Baltimore’s win over the Red Sox.
Franco’s single came after Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers made a diving stop on Austin Hays’ grounder but sailed the throw to second.
PADRES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 0: In San Diego, Joe Musgrove pitched well in his debut for his hometown Padres, Manny Machado homered for his first hit of 2021 and Wil Myers drove in three runs on two doubles as San Diego beat Arizona.
Musgrove (1-0) held the Diamondbacks to three hits in six innings.
ROYALS 11, RANGERS 4: In Kansas City, Mo., Michael A. Taylor homered and drove in three runs for the second straight game, leading KC over Texas.
MARLINS 12, RAYS 7: In Miami, the Marlins beat Tampa Bay for the first time in three years.
Miami broke loose with 14 hits.