Marte, Mets rout Pirates 9-1
NEW YORK >> Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering the New York Mets to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a sweep of a three-game series.
Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off the railing beyond the left-center field fence to give the Mets a 2-1 lead in the third inning.
Tyrone Taylor hit a tworun single in the sixth and Harrison Bader homered on the next pitch for the Mets, who are 10-3 since an 0-5 start. Brandon Nimmo’s tworun single capped a threerun eighth.
GIANTS 3, MARLINS 1>> Rookie Keaton Winn threw six solid innings of one-run ball and San Francisco beat the Marlins to win their first series in Miami since 2016.
Winn (1-3) scattered four hits and struck out four. Thairo Estrada had two hits and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh, when he raced home on a double-play grounder hit by Nick Ahmed against reliever Declan Cronin (0-2).
BREWERS 1, PADRES 0 >> Blake Perkins hit a single in the eighth inning to crack a scoreless game and lead Milwaukee to a win over San Diego.
The hit spoiled a stellar start by Padres right-hander Michael King (2-1), who pitched a no-hitter through 6 2/3 innings.
ORIOLES 4, TWINS 2>> Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Baltimore a victory over Minnesota and a three-game sweep of the Twins.
Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander also went deep for the Orioles, their fifth straight game with at least three home runs. Baltimore had a streak that long only twice before in franchise history, in 1996 and 1987.
RANGERS 5, TIGERS 4 >> Josh Smith’s pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth drove home the winning run and Texas beat the error-prone Detroit.
With one out, Ezequiel Duran singled, went to second on an error first baseman Spencer Torkelson and scored on Smith’s clutch hit to right-center field. ROYALS 4, WHITESOX 2, 1ST GAME; WHITE SOX , ROYALS 1, 2ND GAME >> Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the Royals ahead, and Kansas City beat struggling Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.
Perez socked his fifth homer of the season off Michael Kopech to left center for a 3-2 lead. Kansas City’s eight-time All-Star catcher started Wednesday after missing Monday with a groin injury.
Hunter Renfroe added a solo shot in the ninth and Adam Frazier drove in the Royals’ first run with a single. Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and was aboard for Perez’s homer after beating out an infield single.
Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer off Royals ace Brady Singer and finished with three hits. Chicago has lost sixth straight and its 2-15 record is its worst start in franchise history.
Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and Chicago edged Kansas City in the second game for a doubleheader split that ended a sixgame slide.
Gavin Sheets’ solo shot in the sixth off Michael Wacha struck the right-field foul pole and put Chicago ahead 2-0. Dominic Fletcher drove in Chicago’s first run with a single in the fourth. BRAVES 5, ASTROS 4, 10 INNINGS >> Marcell Ozuna hit his major league-leading eighth homer and Orlando Arcia’s RBI single in the 10th inning lifted Atlanta to a win over Houston.
It completes a three-game sweep of the struggling Astros and is Atlanta’s fourth straight victory.
NATIONALS 2, DODGERS 0 >> CJ Abrams homered in the first at-bat of the game and Washington beat Los Angeles to take the series.
Nationals starter Jake Irvin (1-1) threw six scoreless innings to get his first win of the season and gave up just four hits. Irvin was efficient and dominant all afternoon.
YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS 4 >> Aaron Judge broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the ninth inning, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo home runs and the New York Yankees rallied to beat Toronto, avoiding their first sweep of the season.
Daulton Varsho hit two home runs for the Blue Jays, but Toronto’s fourgame winning streak was snapped.
ATHLETICS 6, CARDINALS 3 >> Esteury Ruiz homered for the second time in three games since being recalled from Triple-A, and Oakland beat St. Louis to avoid a three-game sweep. Ruiz drove in two runs, scored twice and stole a base. He has homered twice in six at-bats since his return Monday from Triple-A Las Vegas.
CUBS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3 >> Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning, Mike Tauchman added an RBI double and the Chicago Cubs beat Arizona.
The Cubs took two of three in the hard-fought series, which included two extra-inning games.
Cubs reliever Hayden Wesneski (1-0) earned the win in his first game of the season after being called up from Triple-A Iowa. The right-hander threw four innings to save a tired bullpen and gave up just one hit while striking out two.
SEATTLE 5, REDS 1 >> Bryce Miller and three relievers combined on a one-hitter, Cal Raleigh, Mitch Garver and Josh Rojas all hit solo home runs, and Seattle beat the Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep.
Miller (3-1) continued his brilliant stretch of pitching with the lone hit he allowed becoming the only earned run scored against him in his last three starts. Miller gave up a solo home run to Elly De La Cruz in the second when a slider stayed on the plate, but Miller was otherwise untouchable over six innings.
PHILLIES 7, ROCKIES 6 >> Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs, including the 250th of his career, Cristopher Sánchez pitched six strong innings and Philadelphia completed a three-game sweep with a victory over Colorado Rockies.
ANGELS 5, RAYS 4 >> Anthony Rendon and Taylor Ward hit run-scoring singles off struggling closer Pete Fairbanks in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat Tampa Bay.
Fairbanks (0-2) has 9.00 ERA in eight games this season with seven earned runs allowed in seven innings.
Amed Rosario gave the Rays a 4-3 lead with a tworun homer in the eighth off Hunter Strickland (1-0), who allowed a two-out single in a scoreless ninth to seal the win.