Brewers get past Bauer, Dodgers
MILWAUKEE — Travis Shaw hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning off Trevor Bauer, Eric Lauer won in his first start of the season and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Thursday night.
It was the first meeting of the two teams since the first round of last year’s NL playoffs, a two-game sweep by the World Series champion Dodgers.
Bauer (3-1) allowed four hits, but the one that hurt was Shaw’s in the fourth. After Avisail Garcia walked, Shaw drove a 2-2 curveball over the wall in right. Bauer went eight innings and struck out six.
ATHLETICS 3, RAYS 2: Matt Chapman homered and hit a go-ahead double with two outs in the ninth inning, leading the Oakland over Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla. Ramon Laureano’s run-scoring double tied the score in the third, and Chapman put Oakland ahead 2-1 in the fourth with his fourth homer.
CUBS 9, BRAVES 3: Jason Heyward drove in two runs with two hits and Chicago ended its five-game losing streak with a win at Atlanta. Jake Marisnick hit a homer in the seventh and every Chicago starter had at least one hit.Matt Duffy reached base four times on two hits and two walks.
RANGERS 4, RED SOX 1: Kyle Gibson allowed one run on three hits in six innings and Texas got home runs from Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Jose Trevino in a win over Boston at Arlington. Gibson (3-0) struck four and walked three as the Rangers ended Boston’s threegame winning streak.
ORIOLES 4, YANKEES 3 (10): Cedric Mullins delivered a winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Trey Mancini had his first three-hit game since returning from colon cancer surgery, and host Baltimore defeated New York for a four-game series split. Mancini had an RBI single in the first and hit a tying solo homer in the sixth on a flat cutter from Jordan Montgomery.
CARDINALS 4, PHILLIES 3 (10): Tyler O’Neil scored on David Hale’s game-ending wild pitch in the 10th inning, and St. Louis won at home to split the fourgame series with Philadelphia. O’Neil, the automatic runner, started on second and advanced on Andrew Knizer’s groundout. Hale (0-1) then bounced a curveball past catcher J.T. Realmuto.
WHITE SOX SWEEP TIGERS: Carlos Rodon struck out a career-high 12 in six innings and host Chicago beat Detroit in a doubleheader opener. Rodon (4-0) made his first home start since pitching a no-hitter against Cleveland on April 14. He allowed two hits and walked one. In the nightcap, Dylan Cease struck out nine in his first career shutout, Yoan Moncada and Yermin Mercedes homered, and the White Sox routed Detroit 11-0 to hand the slumping Tigers their 12th loss in 14 games.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, ROCKIES 3: Eduardo Escobar hit a go-ahead triple, Josh Rojas connected for a solo homer and Arizona won at Phoenix. Arizona’s decisive rally came in the seventh when Escobar tripled into the right-center gap, scoring Josh VanMeter. David Peralta followed with a single that brought home Escobar, and the Diamondbacks had their final margin.