Carlsbad’s Rogers outduels Mets’ deGrom
Lefty strikes out 10 in 6 scoreless innings
NEW YORK — The Miami Marlins entered Saturday’s game against the New York Mets needing a spark.
Carlsbad native Trevor Rogers and a fellow rookie provided just that.
Rogers went toe-to-toe with two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom and second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a a solo home run off deGrom to give the Marlins an early lead in their 3-0 win at Citi Field.
Rogers, the Marlins’ No. 7 overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline, tied career highs of six innings pitched and 10 strikeouts while facing a potent Mets lineup.
The 6-foot-5 lefty scattered three hits and two walks, retiring 11 straight in one stretch. He struck out Michael Conforto three times (all swinging). He struck out Pete Alonso and Jonathan Villar twice each (once looking and once swinging each). He struck out Brandon Nimmo (looking), Francisco Lindor (swinging) and Dominic Smith (swinging) once each.
Rogers, 23, threw 82 pitches (56 of which were strikes) and worked out of two jams with runners in scoring position with no
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays keep finding ways to frustrate the New York Yankees.
Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena homered off Domingo Germán, helping the Rays extend their mastery over their AL East rivals with a 4-0 victory on Saturday.
The Rays have won 10 of 12 regular-season games between the teams since the start of 2020. Tampa Bay also eliminated the Yankees from last year’s playoffs in a five-game series that went the distance.
Six Tampa Bay pitchers combined to limit the Yankees to five hits, with an injury-riddled bullpen delivering a strong performance after starter Chris Archer departed with a forearm injury that landed him on the 10-day injured list.
DODGERS 9, NATIONALS 5: In Los Angeles, Chris Taylor hit a three-run homer and Zach McKinstry made big plays with his bat and glove as the Dodgers defeated Washington.
AJ Pollock also drove in three runs for the defending World Series champions, who are off to a 7-2 start that includes wins in four of their last five games. Julio Urías (2-0) allowed three runs in 5⅔ innings.
Juan Soto homered twice and Ryan Zimmerman had three hits for the Nationals, who remain without four players due to coronavirus cases and quarantines.
BREWERS 9, CARDINALS 5: In St. Louis, Avisaíl García homered, doubled and drove in five runs and Milwaukee ended St. Louis’ winning streak at four games.
Keston Hiura hit a three-run homer that capped a five-run burst in the seventh inning that made it 8-2. The Brewers won for the third time in four games.
García’s two-run homer off Carlos Martínez (0-2) gave Milwaukee a 3-0 lead in the fifth. García drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth and added a two-run double in the seventh.
Brewers starter Adrian Houser (1-1) allowed runners in each of his five innings and was pulled after walking Yadier Molina to begin the sixth.
MARINERS 4, TWINS 3 (10 innings): In Minneapolis, Mitch Haniger homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, lifting Seattle past Minnesota.
All three of Minnesota’s losses this season have come in the 10th, with the bullpen struggling with baseball’s new-as-of-2020 rule that starts each extra inning with a runner on second base.
ATHLETICS 7, ASTROS 3: In Houston, Ramón Laureano hit a two-run homer, rookie Seth Brown connected for his first big league home run and Oakland beat the Astros to win the series.
The Astros won the opener 6-2 on Thursday night to give them five straight victories over the A’s after a four-game sweep to start the season.
Brown sent a homer into the second deck in the eighth inning to give the Athletics five home runs in the last two games after they managed just three in their first eight.
PADRES 7, RANGERS 4: In Arlington, Texas. Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead homer for San Diego in the seventh inning and the Padres followed up the franchise’s first no-hitter with a victory over the Rangers.
A day after Joe Musgrove pitched that no-hitter, the Padres won their seventh in a row against Texas. Eric Hosmer and Ha-Seong Kim also homered for San Diego.
Grisham put San Diego up 5-4 with his two-run homer off reliever Wes Benjamin (0-1). The leadoff-hitting center fielder was born in Burleson, Texas, about 30 miles from Globe Life Field. His season debut came Friday after being on the injured list with a left hamstring strain.
GIANTS 4, ROCKIES 3: In San Francisco, Brandon Crawford delivered the decisive hit for a second straight day, connecting for a three-run homer in the sixth inning in San Francisco’s victory over Colorado.
Crawford also came through with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh of a 3-1 victory Friday in the home opener.
INDIANS 11, TIGERS 3: In Cleveland, Aaron Civale allowed just three hits while dominating over 7⅔ innings and was backed by five home runs, including Jordan Luplow’s three-run shot, as the Indians pounded Detroit.
Luplow narrowly missed a second three-run homer, settling for a two-run double to finish with a career-high five RBIs. Franmil Reyes hit his third homer in two days, Roberto Pérez and Andrés Giménez each added a two-run homer and César Hernández had a solo shot.
PIRATES 8, CUBS 2: In Pittsburgh, Mitch Keller pitched five efficient innings and the Pirates used an early burst to chase Zach Davies in a win over Chicago.
Phil Evans hit his team-high third homer as the Pirates ended a six-game losing streak.
Keller (1-1) bounced back from a rough 2021 debut by allowing one run. The 25-year-old, who has struggled with his command since spring training, struck out seven and walked just one.
BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 4: In Atlanta, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer and drove in the go-ahead run with a grounder in the seventh inning to lead the Braves past Philadelphia.
The Braves have recovered from an 0-4 start with a fourgame winning streak, including the first two games of this series against the NL East rival Phillies.
Sean Newcomb (1-0) had strikeouts on four of his six outs in relief of Ian Anderson.
RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 4 (10 innings): In Baltimore, Rafael Devers homered and the Boston Red Sox scored twice in the 10th inning on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Christian Vázquez to extend their winning streak to five games with a victory over Baltimore.
Baltimore outfielder Trey Mancini hit his first home run since his return from cancer surgery that caused him to miss the 2020 season.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, REDS 3: In Phoenix, Riley Smith pitched six effective innings in his first career start, Tim Locastro had four hits and Arizona cooled off Cincinnati.
Smith (1-0) gave up two runs on eight hits against a Reds team that had won six in a row.
The Diamondbacks — who came in hitting just .205 through eight games — broke the game open with a five-run fifth. Eduardo Escobar added his third homer of the season on a solo shot in the seventh. Asdrubal Cabrera also homered.
Jeff Hoffman (1-1) was the loser.