Quintana, Pirates cool off the Dodgers
Jose Quintana pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since 2019 and the first victory by a Pittsburgh starting pitcher this season as the host Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Monday night.
The Pirates also ended a 16-game losing skid against the Dodgers dating to 2018 and snapped Los Angeles' six-game winning streak.
Quintana (1-1) allowed four hits and four walks while striking out five. His previous victory came on Sept. 5, 2019 at Milwaukee while pitching for the Chicago Cubs.
The left-hander has been plagued by injuries and ineffectiveness in recent seasons, going 20 starts and 42 appearances between wins.
The Pirates finally got their first win from a starter in their 28th game, a major league record to begin a season.
Julio Urias (2-2) allowed two runs in six-plus innings while scattering 11 hits.
Pittsburgh rookie Jack Suwinski hit his first career home run, a two-run shot in the eighth inning off Robbie Erlin, to push the lead to 5-0. Michael Perez also connected for the Pirates. YANKEES 1, RANGERS 0 >> Nestor Cortes took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning before Eli White singled, and Anthony Rizzo doubled in a run in the bottom half to lift New York over Texas for its sixth straight series win.
A 27-year-old left-hander making his 22nd big league start and sixth this season, Cortes pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings, walked four and struck out 11.
White, the Rangers' No. 9 batter lofted a 2-2 fastball into short center for a clean hit on Cortes' final pitch. Clay Holmes (4-0) relieved and got Marcus Semien to hit into a double play. REDS 10, BREWERS 5 >> Kyle Farmer snapped a 0-for-34 slump with a three-run homer and Brandon Drury added a three-run shot to power Cincinnati past visiting Milwaukee for its first winning streak of the year at two straight.
Every Reds starter had at least one hit and one run scored while the victory gave Cincinnati its third win in four games.
ORIOLES 6, ROYALS 1 >> Tyler Wells pitched six strong innings to earn his first victory of the season and Baltimore used a six-run fifth inning to surge past visiting Kansas City.
Wells (1-2) allowed Ryan O'Hearn's RBI single in the first, but cruised after that.