Crawford delivers again, Giants beat Rockies, 4-3
SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford delivered the decisive hit for a second straight day, connecting for a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday.
Crawford also came through with a bases-loaded, two-run double in the seventh of a 3-1 win in Friday’s home opener.
Ben Bowden (0-2) relieved Chi Chi González and surrendered consecutive walks to Alex Dickerson and pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores before Crawford’s second homer of the season.
PADRES 7, RANGERS 4
ARLINGTON, Texas — Trent Grisham hit a goahead homer for San Diego in the seventh inning and the Padres followed up the franchise’s first no-hitter with a victory over Texas.
A day after Joe Musgrove pitched that no-hitter, the Padres won their seventh in a row against Texas. Eric Hosmer and Ha-Seong Kim also homered for San Diego.
Grisham put San Diego up 5-4 with his two-run homer off reliever Wes Benjamin (0-1). The leadoff-hitting center fielder was born in Burleson, Texas, about 30 miles from Globe Life Field. His season debut came Friday after being on the injured list with a left hamstring strain.
ATHLETICS 7, ASTROS 3
HOUSTON — Ramón Laureano hit a two-run homer, rookie Seth Brown connected for his big league home run and Oakland beat Houston.
The Astros won the opener 6-2 on Thursday night to give them five straight victories over the A’s after a four-game sweep to start the season.
But Oakland’s offense, which sputtered as the A’s limped out to a 1-7 start, got going on Friday night in a 6-2 win powered by three homers.
PIRATES 8, CUBS 2
PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller pitched five efficient innings and Pittsburgh Pirates used an early burst to chase Zach Davies.
BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 4
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer and drove in the goahead run with a grounder in the seventh inning to lead Atlanta.
RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 4 (10) BALTIMORE — Rafael
Devers homered and Boston scored twice in the 10th inning on a wild pitch and an RBI single by Christian Vázquez to extend their winning streak to five.
BREWERS 9, CARDINALS 5
ST. LOUIS — Avisaíl García homered, doubled and drove in five runs to end St. Louis’ four-game winning streak.
MARLINS 3, METS 0
NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a stunning homer off an otherwise dominant Jacob deGrom, and Trevor Rogers beat the two-time Cy Young Award winner for the second time.
INDIANS 11, TIGERS 3
CLEVELAND — Aaron Civale allowed just three hits while dominating Detroit over 7 2/3 innings and was backed by five home runs, including Jordan Luplow’s three-run shot.
MARINERS 4, TWINS 3 (10)
MINNEAPOLIS — Mitch Haniger homered and hit the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
RAYS 4, YANKEES 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Austin Meadows and Randy Arozarena homered off Domingo Germán to beat New York.