Anderson wins Wrigley debut as Cubs top Dodgers
CHICAGO – Brett Anderson beat his former team with five solid innings and center fielder Albert Almora Jr. made two outstanding catches against the ivy as the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 on Thursday.
Anderson (1-0) won in his Wrigley Field debut for the Cubs. The lefty lowered his ERA to 0.84 through two starts with his new club.
Anderson, the only member of the Cubs without a World Series ring after Wednesday’s celebration, allowed three hits but walked four. He stranded seven runners, helped by Almora’s defense.
Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell hit long solo home runs, their first of the season. Both came off Hyun-Jin Ryu (0-2).
Rizzo’s drive to right field in the first inning opened the scoring and sent a fan’s beer all over the bleachers. Russell’s homer to left in the fourth landed on Waveland Avenue.
TWINS 11, TIGERS 5 DETROIT – Max Kepler, Miguel Sano and Robbie Grossman homered for Minnesota as the Twins took advantage of an uncharacteristically wild outing by Jordan Zimmermann.
Zimmermann (1-1) allowed five runs and four hits in 4 ⁄ innings, walking a career-high five. Anibal Sanchez was even worse for the Tigers in relief, allowing six runs in 1 ⁄ innings and letting two of Zimmermann’s runners score on Kepler’s three-run homer in the fifth.
Grossman hit a two-run shot in the third and Sano connected for a three-run homer in the sixth.
RANGERS 8, ANGELS 3 ANAHEIM – Yu Darvish pitched seven scoreless innings and Carlos Gomez hit a leadoff homer in Texas’ victory over Los Angeles.
Nomar Mazara also homered and Robinson Chirinos drove in three runs to help the Rangers take two of three from their AL West rivals. Darvish (1-1) struck out 10 and limited the Angels to five singles and two walks, improving to 8-2 in his career against the Angels.
RED SOX 4, PIRATES 3 BOSTON – Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning, lifting Boston past Pittsburgh in a makeup game from a rainout in
the opening series.
Boston ended up sweeping Pittsburgh in three games after taking the first two games of the season.
YANKEES 3, RAYS 2 NEW YORK – Aaron Hicks homered twice, including a go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning, and the Yankees moved above .500 for the first time this season.
Luis Severino (1-0) struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings, including four of his last five batters. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep and won their fourth in a row following a 1-4 start.
ORIOLES 2, BLUE JAYS 1 TORONTO – Orioles closer Zach Britton escaped a nervy ninth inning and Baltimore handed the Toronto its sixth straight loss.
The Blue Jays, off to a franchise-worst 1-8 start, also lost star slugger Josh Donaldson in the sixth when he aggravated the sore right calf that kept him out of Tuesday’s home opener.
Kevin Gausman (1-0) pitched six innings for his first victory in nine career appearances at Rogers Centre. WHITE SOX 10, INDIANS 4 CLEVELAND – Tim Anderson homered on the game’s first pitch, Matt Davidson added a three-run shot in a five-run first inning and Chicago beat slumping Cleveland.
The defending AL champion Indians have lost five of six after sweeping Texas to begin the season and dropped to 4-5.
BREWERS 5, REDS 1 CINCINNATI – Ryan Braun and Eric Thames homered, Jimmy Nelson turned in his second straight strong start and Milwaukee snapped Cincinnati’s fourgame winning streak.
At 5-5, the Brewers reached .500 for the first time since they were last April 15. METS 9, MARLINS 8, 16 innings
MIAMI – Travis d’Arnaud led off the 16th inning with a home run, giving him a career-high four hits, and the Mets won their fifth straight.
The game was the longest in the five-year history of Marlins Park, took more than 5 ⁄ hours and ended well past midnight.