Astros earn win in game of records
Baker, Cabrera move up again
Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games Saturday with an 3-2 victory against the Detroit Tigers.
The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for 11th on the all-time list. Baker became the 12th manager in MLB history and first Black man to reach 2,000 wins on Tuesday night.
“That’s pretty cool,” Baker said of passing Bochy, a former San Francisco Giants manager and a good friend. “It was going to come sooner or later. I’m glad it came sooner rather than later. Now I can quit keeping lineup cards.”
The Astros trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Altuve singled with one out and scored on a triple to right field by Brantley to tie it. The Tigers intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez with two outs before Michael Fulmer (1-1) walked Yuli Gurriel to load the bases.
Another walk to Kyle Tucker scored Brantley to put Houston up, 3-2.
Fulmer’s performance ended a streak of 21 consecutive games without allowing a run dating to Sept. 5, 2021, which was the secondlongest active streak in the majors.
Miguel Cabrera doubled in the third inning to join Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols as the only players in MLB history to have at least 3,000 hits, 500 homers and 600 doubles in their careers.
Cabrera, who got his 3,000th hit April 23, drove in two runs with that double to pass Frank Robinson (1,812) for 19th on the all-time RBI list with 1,813.
Other games
Dodgers 7, Cubs 3: Clayton Kershaw dominated over seven innings and visiting Los Angeles beat struggling Chicago in the opener of a split doubleheader. Kershaw (4-0) gave up five hits, struck out two and walked one. The three-time Cy Young Award winner bounced back from a tough-luck loss to Detroit in which he surpassed Hall of Famer Don Sutton as the Dodgers’ career strikeout leader.
Blue Jays 8, Guardians 3; Guardians 8, Blue Jays 2: George Springer and Raimel Tapia each drove in three runs in the first four innings against Shane Bieber, powering visiting Toronto to a win against Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader. Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman (3-1) worked 6⅓ innings and allowed one run. In the second game, Owen Miller went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead Cleveland to a split with Toronto. Franmil Reyes also went 2 for 3 with two RBIs in the win.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 1: José Abreu hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning after visiting Chicago tied it an inning earlier, helping the White Sox beat Boston at windy Fenway Park for its fifth win in a row. Leury García had two singles and a game-tying sacrifice fly in the ninth for the White Sox.
Twins 1, Athletics 0: Minnesota beat visiting Oakland on a solo homer by Jorge Polanco with four pitchers combining for the shutout, but the oft-injured Byron Buxton left the game in the eighth inning with right hip tightness. Buxton reached first base in the first inning following a strikeout and wild pitch. The speedy outfielder lunged for first base to reach safely and hurt his hip.