Garcia, Soto give Twins first loss
Avisail Garcia went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Geovany Soto homered and the Chicago White Sox handed the Minnesota Twins their first loss of the season with a 6-2 victory on Saturday.
Soto’s homer was his third of the season in four games.
Garcia fell a double shy of the cycle. He had a two-run triple in the second inning against Minnesota starter Adalberto Mejia (0-1).
Garcia and Soto hit backto-back home runs in the sixth.
The Twins (4-1) were looking to start 5-0 for the first time since 1968.
CARDINALS 10, REDS 4 >> Aledmys Diaz hit two home runs, Michael Wacha allowed one run over six innings and St. Louis beat Cincinnati to spoil Bronson Arroyo’s return to the majors.
Wacha (1-0) allowed three hits with six strikeouts against just one walk in his first start of the season. The Cardinals (2-3) snapped a three-game losing streak, while the Reds, who had won three straight, fell to 3-2.
The Reds called up 40-year-old Arroyo (0-1) to make the start. Arroyo, who spent 2 ½ years out of the major leagues with elbow and shoulder troubles, allowed six earned runs on six hits over four innings, with three strikeouts and three walks.
Scott Schebler and Eugenio Suarez homered for the Reds.
TIGERS 4, RED SOX 1 >> Jordan Zimmermann pitched six solid innings, and Jose Iglesias and James McCann homered in Detroit’s victory ovr Boston.
Zimmermann (1-0) labored early but allowed only one run and four hits.
Iglesias tied it at 1 in the third with a solo shot to left. McCann’s homer in the fifth put Detroit up 2-1, and the Tigers added two more runs that inning.
Eduardo Rodriguez (0-1) allowed four runs and five hits in five innings. Justin Wilson pitched a perfect ninth for his first save of the season and second of his career.