Soto delivers as Yankees complete four-game sweep
Juan Soto had three hits capped by an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning that lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win Sunday that completed an opening four-game road sweep of the Houston Astros.
With the score 3-3, Gleyber Torres singled off Josh Hader with two outs in the ninth inning and stole second base. Soto then singled on a line drive to left field.
Soto hit .529 (9 for 17) with four RBIs in his first games with the Yankees after his trade from San Diego, helping New York to its first 4-0 start since 2003.
Jose Altuve homered and doubled for the Astros, 0-4 for the first time since dropping their first five in 2011. Houston has lost nine straight home games dating to last year, including the playoffs. PADRES 13, GIANTS 4 » Luis Campusano and Ha-Seong Kim hit three-run homers, and host San Diego routed San Francisco for an opening four-game split.
Patrick Bailey had a runscoring passed ball and Manny Machado an RBI double in a five-run Padres first inning. Campusano followed with a drive into the first-row seats near the right-field foul pole off Daulton Jeffries (0-1).
Campusano added a runscoring single for his fourth RBI, and Machado drove in three runs.
Pedro Avila (1-0) allowed two runs and one hit in three innings to win in relief of Michael King, who gave up two runs and two hits in four innings with seven walks.
BLUE JAYS 9, RAYS 2 » Justin Turner homered and drove in four runs as visiting Toronto gained a split of a four-game series by beating Tampa Bay,
Toronto's Kevin Gausman, on a pitch count after not making his spring training debut until March 25 because of shoulder fatigue, allowed one run, two hits and struck out six in 4 1/3 innings.
The Blue Jays took a 4-1 lead on Turner's two-run double off Tyler Alexander in the second. Turner had an RBI single during a two-run first against opener Shawn Armstrong (0-1).
Turner, who had a careerhigh 96 RBIs for the Boston Red Sox last season after nine years with the Dodgers, added a solo home run in the fifth.
PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 4 » Trea Turner capitalized on a third out overturned on replay with a tying single and Alec Bohm drove in two runs in the seventh inning to rally Philadelphia at home over Atlanta.
Atlanta was on course for a three-game sweep until a replay review in the seventh denied the Braves a third out.
Leading 3-2 behind a strong outing from Chris Sale in his Braves debut, reliever Aaron Bummer (0-1) seemingly got Johan Rojas to ground into an inningending double play.
But a second look showed Rojas was safe and overturned the call by first base umpire Clint Vondrak. REDS 6, NATIONALS 5 » Will Benson and Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit backto-back home runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting Cincinnati over Washington.
The Reds trailed 5-3 when Jonathan India hit a two-out double off Kyle Finnegan. Benson drove a first-pitch splitter to straightaway center. Encarnacion-Strand then drove an up splitter 387 feet into the left-field seats for his first hit in 13 at-bats this season.
BREWERS 4, METS 1 » Jackson Chourio hit an RBI double for his first career extra-base hit and visiting Milwaukee beat New York, which is off to its first 0-3 start since 2014.
William Contreras also had an RBI double and Willy Adames and rookie Oliver Dunn each hit a runscoring single as the Brewers,
who are 3-0 for the first time since 2018.
ROYALS 11, TWINS 0 » Bobby Witt Jr. was a double shy of the cycle, Kyle Isbel and Maikel Garcia hit back-toback homer and host Kansas City beat Minnesota.
Salvador Perez hit a threerun homer and finished with four RBIs, and Nelson Velázquez had the last of five homers for the Royals.
Brady Singer allowed only three hits and a walk over seven innings. He struck out 10.
Bailey Ober (0-1) retired just four batters for the Twins, allowing eight runs on nine hits and a walk. CUBS 9, RANGERS 5 » Ian Happ tied his career high with four hits and drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk from José Leclerc in a four-run ninth inning, helping Chicago to a road win over Texas.
The Cubs' Christopher Morel hit a three-run homer in the first off Jon Gray, who allowed five runs — four earned — seven hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.