Albies, Bautista, Flowers hit homers as Braves outslug Cubs
Manea, Oakland topple Red Sox
CHICAGO — Ozzie Albies hit a leadoff drive for his 13th homer, Jose Bautista connected for a three-run shot and the Atlanta Braves held off the Chicago Cubs for a 6-5 victory on Monday.
Julio Teheran (4-1) pitched six innings and Tyler Flowers hit his first homer this season as NL-leading Atlanta (25-15) won for the sixth time in seven games. The surprising Braves moved 10 games over .500 for the first time since July 28, 2014.
A.J. Minter worked a shaky ninth inning for his second save in the makeup of an April 15 rainout. ATHLETICS 6, RED SOX 5: In Boston, Sean Manaea beat the Boston Red Sox again in his first outing against them since pitching a no-hitter, and Khris Davis hit one of three solo homers by Oakland.
Matt Joyce and Matt Olson also went deep for the A’s, who had lost five of six to the Astros and Yankees. Davis connected for his team-leading 12th home run for Oakland. RAYS 2, ROYALS 1: In Kansas City, Mo., Tampa Bay’s Adeiny Hechavarria danced around catcher Salvador Perez with an inventive slide at home plate to score the go-ahead run.
Hechavarria dashed home on Matt Duffy’s single to right field in the sixth inning, sidestepped Perez to the right, then dove back toward the plate. Hechavarria faked toward the dish with his right hand, then jabbed his left hand just past Perez’s outstretched glove to touch the plate.
TIGERS 6, INDIANS 3: In Detroit, Niko Goodrum homered twice and drove in five runs as injury-plagued Detroit beat Carlos Carrasco and Cleveland.
For the second straight day, the Tigers won despite fielding a patchwork lineup. Miguel Cabrera is on the disabled list, and Detroit has also been without Nicholas Castellanos and Jeimer Candelario.
MARINERS 1, TWINS 0: In Minneapolis, first baseman Logan Morrison’s throwing error in the eighth inning accounted for the game’s only run as Seattle defeated Minnesota after a long rain delay.
Dee Gordon led off the eighth with a double against reliever Trevor Hildenberger (1-1). Jean Segura laid down a sacrifice bunt and Morrison threw the ball into right field, allowing Gordon to score. ANGELS 2, ASTROS 1: In Anaheim, Calif., Andrew Heaney struck out 10 during a career-high eight innings of four-hit ball, and Los Angeles pulled virtually even with Houston atop the AL West.
Justin Upton singled home the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning for the Angels (25-16), who beat the defending World Series champions (26-17) for the third time in four meetings this season. ROCKIES 6, PADRES 4: In San Diego, former Isotope Noel Cuevas hit his first career home run and Gerardo Parra added a three-run homer to help Colorado beat San Diego. BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 2: In Phoenix, pinchhitter Tyler Saladino hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run, Orlando Arcia drove in two runs and Milwaukee beat Arizona.