Glasnow dominates as Rays top Rangers

Pitcher gets first win of season; Adames homers for only run

Tyler Glasnow struck out a career-high 14 in 7 2⁄3 innings and Willy Adames homered in the seventh to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the sputtering Texas Rangers 1-0 on Monday night.

Glasnow (1-0) allowed two hits and got his first win of the season after pitching well but not being involved in decisions in two previous starts. He allowed Eli White’s single up the middle off the glove of diving second baseman Brandon Lowe with one out in the fifth and Jose Trevino’s leadoff single in the eighth.

Adames homered off Taylor Hearn (0-1) with two outs in the seventh, just the third hit yielded by Texas pitchers. Rangers starter Dane Dunning limited the Rays to a pair of doubles in the first two innings before being replaced by Hearn at the start of the fifth.

Glasnow improved to 6-0 over his past 11 regular-season games, and the AL champions have gone 10-1 in the those games.

Texas was shut out for the third time in four games.

The Rays ace struck out the side in the first, third and sixth innings. The closest he came to giving up a hit before White singled was when White hit a sinking liner that center fielder Brett Phillips went to the ground to catch with two outs in the second.

Lefty Cody Reed relieved with two outs, and Diego Castillo escaped a ninth-inning jam to finish a combined three-hitter and get his third save.

Padres 6, Pirates 2: Yu Darvish allowed three hits over seven dominant innings, Wil Myers drove in five runs and San Diego extended its strong start. Darvish (1-0) struck out six, throwing 63 strikes, and walked one in a crisp performance as the Padres won their fourth straight. The four-time All-star threw 63 strikes in 95 pitches.