Cole and Rizzo power Yankees to ‘series sweep’ of Guardians
Buxton’s 2nd HR, 469-foot shot, lifts Twins over ChiSox 6-4
NEW YORK, April 25, (AP): Gerrit Cole bounced back from the shortest start of his career, Anthony Rizzo powered an early offensive barrage and the New York Yankees pounded the Cleveland Guardians 10-2 to complete a three-game sweep in a series marred by fan misbehavior.
Cole (1-0) struck out nine over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and Rizzo’s two-run drive in the first inning tied him for the AL lead with five homers. New York won for the fifth time in six games.
Twins 6, White Sox 4, 10 Innings
In Minneapolis, Byron Buxton hit his second homer of the game, a 469foot, three-run drive in the 10th inning, and Minnesota sent Chicago to its seventh straight loss.
Buxton’s two-run, opposite-field homer to right in the seventh against Aaron Bummer tied the score 3-3.
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After Yasmani Grandal’s RBI single in the 10th off Joe Smith (1-0), Liam Hendriks (0-2) walked José Godoy with one out in the bottom half after automatic runner Nick Gordon began the inning on second.
Reds 4, Cardinals 1
In Cincinnati, First-round draft pick Nick Lodolo got his first major league win as Cincinnati beat St. Louis to end an 11-game skid, its worst in six years.
Colin Moran drove in two runs for the Reds, who had been 0-4 at home this year and had not won anywhere since April 10. Cincinnati is a majors-worst 3-13.
Dodgers 10, Padres 2
In San Diego, Cody Bellinger homered twice and drove in four runs, leading Clayton Kershaw and Los Angeles past San Diego.
Freddie Freeman added a two-run homer as the Dodgers beat the Padres for the 11th time in 12 games.
Brewers 1, Phillies 0
In Philadelphia, Eric Lauer struck out a career-high 13 over six innings, Christian Yelich hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth and Milwaukee edged Philadelphia.
Lauer and Aaron Nola took nodecisions in a pitchers’ duel that saw the starters combine for 22 strikeouts. Nola gave up one hit and struck out nine in seven shutout innings.
The Brewers finally broke through in the ninth against Corey Knebel (01). Jace Peterson singled leading off and moved to third on Andrew McCutchen’s one-out single. Knebel, who
saved 57 games in five seasons with the Brewers, gave up Yelich’s sac fly to left field that scored Peterson.
Giants 12, Nationals 3
In Washington, Joc Pederson homered twice, doubled and drove in three runs as San Francisco completed a three-game sweep of Washington.
Wilmer Flores added three RBI singles for San Francisco, which swept a series of at least three games at Nationals Park for the first time June 6-9, 2008.
Angels 7, Orioles 6
In Anheim, Calif., Jo Adell hit a grand slam, Shohei Ohtani scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk, and Los Angeles
beat Baltimore despite blowing a six-run, first-inning lead.
Adell greeted reliever Travis Lakins Sr. with his second career slam to make it 6-0 before the Orioles recorded an out. Lakins got the next nine outs without allowing a hit.
Trey Mancini hit a three-run homer in the third inning and Austin Hays tied it with a two-run homer in the seventh off Austin Warren (2-0) as the Orioles sought their first three-game sweep of the Angels since 2010.
Rays 5, Red Sox 2
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Shane McClanahan beat Boston to become Tampa Bay’s first starting pitcher to get a win this season.
The Red Sox scored twice in the first inning against McClanahan, but pinch-hitter Ji-Man Choi had a tying, two-run double as the Rays rallied for three runs in the fifth.
McClanahan (1-1) pitched shutout ball from the second through the sixth.
Astros 8, Blue Jays 7, 10 Innings
In Houston, Rookie Jeremy Peña hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and Houston beat Toronto to avoid a sweep.
The Astros snapped a four-game skid and ended Toronto’s four-game winning streak.
Mariners 5, Royals 4, 12 Innings
In Seattle, Jesse Winker capped an 11-pitch at-bat with a broken-bat single to score Adam Frazier in the 12th inning, and Seattle completed a threegame sweep of Kansas City.
Winker had an 11-pitch at-bat in the 10th inning ending with a sacrifice fly that scored Frazier to tie the game at 4-4. Two innings later, Winker fouled off seven pitches from Kansas City’s Joel Payamps (0-1) before dumping his first hit of the game into right field.
Athletics 2, Rangers 0
In Oakland, Calif., Cole Irvin and three relievers combined on a fourhitter, Stephen Piscotty homered in his second game back from the COVID-19 injured list, and Oakland beat Texas to avoid a sweep.
Irvin (2-1) allowed one hit in five innings to win his second straight decision. Dany Jiménez worked out of a two-out, two-on jam in the ninth for his third save.
Mets 6, Diamondbacks 2
In Phoenix, Tylor Megill threw 6 2/3 impressive innings, Francisco Lindor added a pair of hits and New York took two of three from Arizona.
The Mets have won five straight series to start the season, matching a franchise record set in 2018.
Marlins 5, Braves 4
In Miami, Garrett Cooper had three hits and two RBIs, Avisaíl García hit a go-ahead double in the fifth inning and Miami took two of three from Atlanta.
Atlanta trailed 5-1 in the ninth before Matt Olson’s sacrifice fly and Austin Riley’s two-run homer off Tanner Scott. Louis Head relieved and got his first big league save, allowing Marcell Ozuna’s double and then striking out Adam Duvall and Eddie Rosario.
Jesús Luzardo (1-1) allowed one run and two hits in five innings.
Rockies 6, Tigers 2
In Detroit, Randal Grichuk had three hits, including his first home run of the season, and Colorado beat Detroit.
Charlie Blackmon had four hits, scored twice and drove in two runs for Colorado.
Chad Kuhl (2-0) allowed one run and four hits in six innings.
Pirates 4, Cubs 3
In Chicago, Dillon Peters keyed a solid performance by Pittsburgh’s bullpen and Kevin Newman had two hits against Chicago.
Peters (3-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief of JT Brubaker. The left-hander ran his season-opening scoreless streak to 10 1/3 innings over five appearances. David Bednar worked the ninth for his second save.