Polanco, Garlick power Twins past Red Sox
Jorge Polanco and Kyle Garlick hit early two-run homers over the Green Monster to back Dylan Bundy, carrying the Minnesota Twins past the Red Sox 8-3 in Boston’s annual Patriots’ Day game on Monday.
The game started at 8:11 a.m. and played in conjunction with the 126th Boston Marathon.
Polanco added a two-run single in a four-run eighth inning and Gio Urshela had three singles for the Twins, who won the series finale for a four-game split.
Bundy (2-0) gave up one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks.
Rich Hill (0-1), pitching three days after the death of his father, gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings. CUBS 4, RAYS 2 » Rookie Seiya Suzuki extended his hitting streak to nine games, tying Akinori Iwamura for the longest by a Japanese-born player at the start of a major league career, and Chicago beat Tampa Bay.
Suzuki matched the mark that Iwamura set with the Rays in 2007. He is batting .429 after going 2-for-3 on a cold night.
Ian Happ’s RBI single in the eighth against Jeffrey Springs broke a 2-2 tie and drove in Suzuki, who was hit by a pitch from Jason Adam (0-1) leading off the inning.
BREWERS 6, PIRATES 1 »
Christian Yelich belted a grand slam for his first homer of the season and Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh.
Yelich’s two-out slam capped a five-run rally off Pirates starter Zach Thompson (0-1) in the fourth inning. The 429-foot blast was Yelich’s fourth career grand slam.
Eric Lauer (1-0) gave up one run and five hits in six innings while striking out five and walking one. ASTROS 8, ANGELS 3 » Yordan Alvarez homered twice with four RBIs in his return after missing five games because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols to lead Houston to a win over Los Angeles in their home opener.
But the Astros lost Jose Altuve in the eighth inning with an apparent injury. He
fell to the ground after legging out an infield single. It wasn’t what the injury was, and team didn’t immediately provide details on it. ROCKIES 4, PHILLIES 1 » Chad Kuhl pitched six scoreless innings during his home debut with the Rockies before leaving with what appeared to be a cut near the middle finger of his pitching hand, and Charlie Blackmon hit a go-ahead home run to lead Colorado over Philadelphia.
Kuhl (1-0) allowed a pair of singles, struck out four and walked one, throwing 42 of 68 pitches for strikes. PADRES 4, REDS 1 » Manny Machado had a two-run homer among his three hits and Sean Manaea pitched six strong innings for San Diego, who won to hand Cincinnati their seventh