Ohtani homers again; Cozart lifts Angels past Indians.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit his second homer in two games at Angel Stadium in the fifth inning, and Zack Cozart had a walk-off homer in the 13th inning of the Los Angeles Angels’ 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.
One day after Ohtani hit an electrifying three-run homer in his first home plate appearance, the Japanese two-way rookie connected for a tying two-run homer off AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber in his second game at the Big A.
Neither team scored again after Ohtani’s blast until Cozart, the Angels’ new infielder, connected for his first career walk-off homer against Zach McAllister (0-1).
DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 0
In Phoenix, Patrick Corbin shut out Los Angeles on one hit over 7⅓ innings, striking out a careerhigh 12 for Arizona.
The Diamondbacks swept the three-game series and won their ninth straight regular-season game against the Dodgers, going back to a pair of three-game series sweeps last season.
Corbin (2-0) retired 14 batters in a row to start the game, eight on strikeouts. The Dodgers struggled to make solid contact, and it took Matt Kemp’s bloop double with two outs in the fifth to break up Corbin’s no-hit bid. Kemp had the Dodgers’ only hit of the game.
METS 4, PHILLIES 2
In New York, Yoenis Cespedes homered, Amed Rosario hit a tworun triple and the Mets’ bullpen faced the minimum batters over five scoreless innings.
New York swept the weathershortened two-game series.
With runners at the corners and two outs in the sixth, Rosario cleared the bases with a liner over the head of shallow-playing right fielder Nick Williams to chase reliever Drew Hutchison (1-1) and snap a 2-2 tie. The 22-year-old Rosario has driven in five runs in as many games.
YANKEES 7, RAYS 2
In New York, Giancarlo Stanton turned boos to cheers with his first Yankee Stadium home run in pinstripes, an emphatic go-ahead drive in the first inning to help the Yankees complete a two-game sweep.
Stanton turned on a high slider from Blake Snell (0-1), driving the ball 458 feet to left field at 117.9 mph for a two-run homer with the hardest-hit ball in the major leagues so for this young season.
Acquired from Miami in December, the major league home run champion was booed a day earlier when he struck out a career-worst five times in the Yankees’ home opener.
Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez also hit two-run homers as the Bronx Bombers lived up to their nickname. Judge connected off reliever Matt Andriese, the pitcher who gave up a home run to Judge in the slugger’s first big league atbat in August 2016. Sanchez’s drive ended an 0-for-17 slide.
ASTROS 3, ORIOLES 2
In Houston, Josh Reddick had three hits, and Alex Bregman’s tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning lifted the Astros past Baltimore for a three-game sweep.
Miguel Castro (0-1) took over for Dylan Bundy to start the seventh and walked Derek Fisher with one out. Fisher stole second base with two outs and the Astros went on top when he scored on Bregman’s single to left field. Reddick, who started the season 1 for 11, singled three times after hitting a two-run homer and a grand slam in his last two at-bats Tuesday night.
TWINS 7, PIRATES 3
In Pittsburgh, Brian Dozier homered for the third straight game, Miguel Sano drove in a pair of runs in frigid conditions and Minnesota handed the Pirates their first loss of the season.
Dozier hit a drive off the top of the left-field wall in the third inning for his fourth home run in four days. Sano finished 3 for 5 and started Minnesota’s four-run rally in the sixth with an RBI single. He added another run-scoring single in the seventh. Eduardo Escobar also drove in two runs for the Twins.
Taylor Rogers (1-0) got two outs in the fifth to pick up the win.
WHITE SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 3
In Toronto, Matt Davidson hit his fourth home run of the season, Jose Abreu added a tiebreaking solo shot in the eighth inning and Chicago snapped the Blue Jays’ four-game winning streak.
Davidson homered leading off the second inning, driving a 3-1 pitch from Aaron Sanchez over the left-field fence. With the score tied at 3, Abreu connected on a 3-0 pitch from reliever Ryan Tepera (1-1), sending a solo shot into the second deck in left-center field for his second home run of the year.
Right-hander Nate Jones (1-0) picked up the win with 1⅓ innings of scoreless relief. Closer Joakim Soria earned his second save of the season with a flawless ninth inning.
GIANTS 10, MARINERS 1
In San Francisco, Pablo Sandoval splashed a three-run homer into McCovey Cove while making a rare start, Johnny Cueto earned his first win of the season and the Giants jumped all over Seattle ace Felix Hernandez.
Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford and Gorkys Hernandez also homered as the Giants got their bats going at last to back Cueto (1-0).
San Francisco rebounded quickly after losing its home opener a day earlier. Sandoval drew a basesloaded walk to put the Giants ahead against Hernandez (1-1) in the first, when they also scored runs on a wild pitch and Crawford’s sacrifice fly.
BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 1
In Atlanta, Mike Foltynewicz outpitched Max Scherzer, Preston Tucker hit a three-run homer and the Braves beat Washington.
Foltynewicz (1-0) allowed four hits, one run and two walks and had eight strikeouts in 5⅓ innings. He snapped an eight-start skid during which he went 0-7 with a 7.34 ERA.
The Braves, with three straight seasons of at least 90 losses, improved to 4-2 and are two games over .500 for the first time since April 22, 2015.
CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 0
In Milwaukee, Carlos Martinez pitched into the ninth inning and struck out 10, Yadier Molina homered and St. Louis beat the errorprone Brewers.
Leadoff batter Dexter Fowler scored twice in the first three innings for the Cardinals.
A 4-0 lead after four innings was more than enough cushion for the hard-throwing Martinez (1-1).