Cubs get 17 hits, bombard Brewers
A’s stymie Orioles for their 12th straight win
CHICAGO — Jake Marisnick homered and matched a career high with five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Milwaukee Brewers 15-2 on Friday for their fourth straight victory.
Anthony Rizzo, Javier Báez and Willson Contreras also connected for Chicago, which was coming off a three-game sweep of the New York Mets. Nico Hoerner had three hits in his first start of the season.
Marisnick, a reserve outfielder known mostly for his defensive prowess, had two hits and scored three times in his third straight start.
“I just stay ready,” he said. “I’m going to try to find a way to impact the game one way or another.”
Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks (1-2) pitched six innings of two-run ball in his first win of the season. He struck out six and walked one, bouncing back nicely after a rough start against Atlanta.
ATHLETICS 3, ORIOLES 1: In Baltimore, Oakland earned its earned 12th consecutive victory — its longest winning streak in almost two decades — by defeating Baltimore.
Oakland’s string is its longest since it won a franchise-record 20 in a row in 2002. It is the Athletics’ third-longest winning streak since moving to Oakland in 1968, and is the longest in the majors since Houston’s 12-game run from June 6-18, 2018.
The A’s improved to 13-1 since dropping their first six games.
BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 3: In St. Petersburgh, Fla., Steven Matz won his fourth consecutive start, Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer and Toronto beat Tampa Bay.
Matz (4-0), acquired from the New York Mets in January, gave up three runs and five hits over five innings. The lefty went 0-5 with a 9.68 ERA with New York last year.
TWINS 2, PIRATES 0: In Minneapolis, Minnesota left-hander J.A. Happ lost his bid for a no-hitter when Jacob Stallings doubled with one out in the eighth inning, and the Twins beat Pittsburgh.
Happ, in his first season with the Twins, was immediately removed by manager Rocco Baldelli with a tworun lead and replaced by Tyler Duffey.
The 38-year-old Happ (1-0) walked two batters, both in the second, and struck out three. He threw 95 pitches, with 51 strikes, and lowered his ERA after three starts to 1.69.
YANKEES 5, INDIANS 3: In Cleveland, Giancarlo Stanton busted out of his slump with two rocketed home runs to help New York beat Cleveland.
Stanton hit a 429-foot solo shot in the third inning off Logan Allen (1-3) and another in the fifth for his first multihomer game since Sept. 27, 2018. New York has won two straight and three of four after a horrendous start.
RED SOX 6, MARINERS 5: In Boston, Xander Bogaerts hit a two-run homer all the way out of Fenway Park and added an RBI single to help Boston beat Seattle.
J.D. Martinez also homered for the Red Sox, who survived a late scare when Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer in the ninth to pull Seattle within a run.
Reliever Hirokazu Sawamura (1-0) struck out three over 1 1/3 innings.
ASTROS 5, ANGELS 4 (10): In Houston, rookie pinch-hitter Robel Garcia’s RBI single in Houston’s three-run 10th inning lifted the Astros past Los Angeles.
The Angels scored two runs in the top of the 10th on RBI singles by David Fletcher and Albert Pujols off Ryan Pressly (2-0) to take a 4-2 lead.
Kyle Tucker started the Houston 10th on second base and went to third on a fly ball by Aledmys Díaz. Myles Straw singled off Raisel Iglesias (1-2) to score Tucker and cut the lead to 4-3. Jason Castro then hit a ground-rule double into the right-field corner to send Straw to third. Carlos Correa’s sacrifice fly scored the speedy Straw to tie it. Garcia then sent a line drive to center field for his second hit and first RBI this season, setting off a wild celebration.
WHITE SOX 9. RANGERS 7: In Chicago, rookie sensation Yermín Mercedes added to his scorching start with four more hits, including a tie-breaking double in the seventh inning, and Chicago held off Texas.
Yoán Moncada had three hits and a home run. Liam Hendriks got the final five outs and the White Sox (109) moved above .500 for the first time this season.
GIANTS 5, MARLINS 3: In San Francisco, Alex Wood (2-0) pitched seven crisp innings after allowing a home run on the game’s third pitch and San Francisco beat Miami.
Mike Yastrzemski homered as the Giants improved to 7-1 at home.
ROYALS 6, TIGERS 2: In Detroit, Mike Minor held Detroit hitless until the fifth inning, and Andrew Benintendi and Ryan O’Hearn homered off Casey Mize to lift Kansas City.
Robbie Grossman went deep for Detroit in the fifth.
CARDINALS 5, REDS 4: In St. Louis, Yadier Molina homered and doubled to help St. Louis build a 5-0 lead, Alex Reyes pitched out of a ninth-inning jam and the Cardinals held on to beat Cincinnati.
Kwang-Hyun Kim (1-0) allowed one run on five hits with a career-high eight strikeouts to help St. Louis snap a two-game skid.
ROCKIES 5, PHILLIES 4: In Denver, Raimel Tapia hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning and Colorado rallied past Philadelphia for its third straight victory.
Trevor Story, C.J. Cron and Garrett Hampson also homered for Colorado.
METS 6, NATIONALS 0: In New York, Jacob deGrom struck out a career-high 15, pitched a two-hitter and boosted the sagging Mets’ offense with a go-ahead double from the No. 8 spot in the batting order, powering New York over Washington.
DeGrom has struck out 43 in his last three starts and 50 overall this season, breaking the major league record for most in a pitcher’s first four starts set just last weekend by Cleveland ace Shane Bieber with 48.
BRAVES 5, D-BACKS 4: In Atlanta, Huascar Ynoa earned his first career win, Austin Riley and Ozzie Albies homered and the Braves ended Arizona’s four-game winning streak.
Ynoa (1-1) allowed only two runs on two hits in six innings. The right-hander led 3-0 before giving up a two-run homer to Carson Kelly in the fifth.