Cards brawl with Mets in victory
Vaughn homers as White Sox stop slide
ST. LOUIS, April 28, (AP): The New York Mets’ hit-by-pitch frustrations boiled over Wednesday when reliever Yoan López threw a pitch near Nolan Arenado’s head, sparking a benches-clearing brawl that led to Arenado’s ejection in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 10-5 victory.
Mets hitter J.D. Davis left in the top of the eighth inning after being hit in the left foot by a pitch from Génesis Cabrera, the major leagueleading 19th hit-by-pitch for the Mets this season - including three Tuesday night against St. Louis.
New York appeared to retaliate a half-inning later against Arenado, who reached four times and drove in three runs. López zipped a 94 mph fastball near his head, and Arenado began yelling for López to “do it again.” The benches and bullpens cleared, and the teams pushed and shoved near home plate.
Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 1
In Toronto, Xander Bogaerts had four hits and the Red Sox celebrated the return of manager Alex Cora by snapping a four-game losing streak.
Cora rejoined the Red Sox after missing the past six games because of COVID-19. Boston went 1-5 under bench coach Will Venable while Cora was away.
White Sox 7, Royals 3
In Chicago, Andrew Vaughn hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning, and the White Sox stopped an eight-game slide.
The winning rally for the White Sox started when Danny Mendick and Tim Anderson hit consecutive two-out singles off Collin Snider (2-1). Scott Barlow then came in, and Vaughn drove his first pitch into the home bullpen in left.
Cubs 6, Braves 3, 10 Innings
In Atlanta, Willson Contreras hit a run-scoring double in the 10th inning, Patrick Wisdom followed with a tworun homer, and Chicago beat Atlanta.
Contreras lined his double to the left field wall off Tyler Matzek (0-1) to drive in automatic runner Ian Happ. After Frank Schwindel struck out, Wisdom launched a drive into the leftcenter seats for his third homer of the season.
Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 1
In Phoenix, Zac Gallen pitched six scoreless innings, and the Diamondbacks scored two runs after Max Muncy’s throwing error in the eighth inning.
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Gallen allowed two hits and left with a 1-0 lead, but Ian Kennedy (21) gave up Trea Turner’s run-scoring single in the eighth inning.
Yankees 5, Orioles 2
In New York, Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit his 350th career homer and lifted a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Joey Gallo also homered for New York for the second straight night, his third straight game with an RBI after going his first 14 games without one.
Stanton is the seventh fastest player to 350 homers, getting there in 1,341 games.
Phillies 7, Rockies 3
In Philadelphia, Bryce Harper had three hits and Odubel Herrera homered, leading the Phillies to their third straight win over the Rockies.
Herrera and Didi Gregorius each drove in two runs for Philadelphia, which has outscored Colorado 25-8 in the series. Ranger Suárez (2-0) pitched six innings of three-run ball for the win.
Marlins 2, Nationals 1
In Washington, Miami’s Pablo López lowered his majors-best ERA to 0.39 by throwing six shutout innings.
Jesús Aguilar homered for the Marlins, who moved above .500 for the
first time in 2022.
Mixing a four-seam fastball, cutter and changeup before an announced crowd of 13,356, López (3-0) baffled an already-in-trouble Nationals offense, which has managed to score a grand total of 14 runs during a losing streak that grew to seven games.
Rays 3, Mariners 2
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Drew Rasmussen struck out nine in six shutout innings, and Tampa Bay stopped Seattle’s four-game winning streak.
Kevin Kiermaier hit a two-run homer for the Rays. Rasmussen (1-1) permitted two hits and walked one, and Andrew Kittredge got four outs for his third save in three tries.
Brewers 3, Pirates 1
In Pittsburgh, Tyrone Taylor hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh, leading the Brewers to the victory.
Milwaukee’s Aaron Ashby combined with four relievers on a onehitter. Ashby pitched 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball. Trevor Gott (1-0) earned the win, and Josh Hader worked the ninth for his 10th save.
Padres 8, Reds 5
In Cincinnati, Jurickson Profar hit a three-run homer for San Diego, and MacKenzie Gore struck out 10 over five innings.
Gore (2-0) allowed a run and five hits as the Padres won for the seventh time in nine games. Eric Hosmer drove in two runs, including a leadoff homer in the eighth. Taylor Rogers got one out for his sixth save.
San Diego will go for its second sweep of the season Thursday of the hard-luck Reds, who have lost 12 of 13 amid a rash of injuries and slumps.
Twins 5, Tigers 0
In Minneapolis, Joe Ryan threw seven innings of one-hit ball and Max Kepler stayed hot with a pair of home runs as the Twins won their sixth game in a row.
Ryan Jeffers homered, doubled and drove in three runs for Minnesota.
Astros 4, Rangers 3
In Arlington, Texas, Kyle Tucker hit a three-run double in the fifth inning and Cristian Javier won his first start of the season as Houston beat Texas.
Javier (1-0) allowed two runs in five innings. He was promoted to the role of sixth starter thanks to 8 1/3 shutout innings in three relief appearances.
Tucker scorched an 82 mph curve ball to the gap in left-center off reliever Brett Martin (0-2). The ball rolled all the way to the wall to clear the bases.
Ryne Stanek earned his first save since last August. He allowed a run in the ninth but left the potential tying run at third base.