Orioles top Yanks, celebrate
Phillies fans joyous after Harper’s homer
NEW YORK — Brandon Hyde stood outside the Baltimore Orioles clubhouse, his uniform and jacket reeking of Budweiser, syrup and a few other liquids. He had wondered what it would feel like to win his first game as a major league manager but had never given much thought to the scent.
“I don’t know what this smell is, but whatever it is, I’ll take it,” he said with a grin as drips fell.
Slow-footed catcher Jesus Sucre was aggressive on the bases to score the go-ahead run in a tworun sixth inning, then added three late RBIs Saturday.
A day of milestones culminated in a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees.
Nate Karns started in his first appearance since May 2017, Jimmy Yacabonis won for the first time since September 2017 and Mike Wright struck out Miguel Andujar with two on for his first save in nine professional seasons. After losing 115 games last year, the Orioles at 1-1 reached .500 for the first time since the second game of last season.
Hyde had managed a big-league game just once previously, as Florida Marlins bench coach filling in during a 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay in June 2011 after Edwin Rodriguez quit. A Chicago Cubs coach for the past five seasons, the 45-year-old was hired in December and started with a 7-2 defeat to the Yankees in Thursday’s opener.
Chris Davis was the ringleader as players picked up Hyde and dumped him into a laundry basket.
“I got pushed in a cart and ended in the bathroom and then got showered with who knows what?” Hyde said. “I enjoyed every second of it.”
PHILLIES 8, BRAVES 6: In Philadelphia, Bryce Harper homered deep into the second deck in rightcenter field for his first hit with Philadelphia and celebrated with an curtain call, highlighting the Phillies’ win over Atlanta.
Hitless over five at-bats this season after signing a $330 million, 13-year deal, Harper crushed
Jesse Biddle’s fastball 465 feet with two outs in the seventh. Fans gave Harper a standing ovation and chanted “MVP! MVP!”
Maikel Franco and J.T. Realmuto also went deep for Philadelphia. Dansby Swanson and Charlie Culberson homered for the Braves.
INDIANS 2, TWINS 1: In Minneapolis, Greg Allen hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth inning, then Cleveland reliever Brad Hand escaped a bases-loaded jam. It was 34 degrees for the start at Target Field.
Hand retired C.J. Cron on a flyball to end it for a save, completing a combined two-hitter. BLUE JAYS 3, TIGERS 0: In Toronto, Aaron Sanchez and four relievers combined to pitch Toronto’s second straight shutout.
Sanchez (1-0) allowed three singles, struck out six and walked three. Albuquerque’s Ken Giles got his first save.
METS 11, NATIONALS 8: In Washington, J.D. Davis delivered a tie-breaking two-run single in the eighth inning and rookie Pete Alonso contributed three hits and two RBIs for the Mets.
Jeff McNeil had four hits for the visitors. Justin Wilson (1-0) threw a perfect seventh for the win.
ROYALS 8, WHITE SOX 6: In Kansas City, Mo., Jorge Soler had three hits and three RBIs, Alex Gordon scored three runs despite not getting a hit and Kansas City used its speed to win.
Billy Hamilton got three hits and scored twice for the speedy Royals, off to a 2-0 start for the first time since their World Series-winning season in 2015. RANGERS 8, CUBS 6: In Arlington, Texas, Joey Gallo hit a threerun homer in the eighth inning and the Rangers rallied to beat Chicago, long after Yu Darvish flopped.
Gallo’s homer to center field came off reliever Carl Edwards Jr. (0-1), who didn’t retire any of the four batters he faced in the first win for new Rangers manager Chris Woodward. Darvish walked seven of the first 13 batters in his first outing against his former team, failing to make it out of the third inning. GIANTS 3, PADRES 2: In San Diego, Reyes Moronta struck out five in two innings of lights-out relief work, including Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr., and San Francisco beat the Padres.
MARLINS 7, ROCKIES 3: In Miami, Miguel Rojas and Martin Prado each had three hits and the Marlins won for the first time this season.
Limited to a total of six hits in two losses to Colorado this week, the Marlins had 16 against starter Tyler Anderson and four relievers.
RAYS 3, ASTROS 1: In St. Petersburg, Fla., Tyler Glasnow and four relievers shut down Houston after Alex Bregman’s first-inning homer, and Tampa Bay won.
Albuquerque’s Bregman went deep on his 25th birthday, but Glasnow (1-0) was otherwise excellent. Jose Alvarado pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 2:
In Milwaukee, Christian Yelich became the first MVP to homer in the first three games of the following season, Josh Hader closed things out with an immaculate inning and Milwaukee beat St. Louis.
Travis Shaw and Mike Moustakas also homered off Cardinals starter Dakota Hudson. MARINERS 6, RED SOX 5: In Seattle, Jay Bruce hit his first home run for Seattle and the heavyhitting Mariners continued to dominate Boston’s starting pitching.
The Mariners have hit a home run in every game this season. Red Sox starters Chris Sale, Nathan Eovaldi and Eduardo Rodriguez have given up 20 hits and 18 earned runs in the series. ATHLETICS 4, ANGELS 2: In Oakland, Calif., Mark Canha hit a two-run homer in the fourth that held up for Brett Anderson, and Oakland beat Los Angeles.
Stephen Piscotty added a tworun single in the third. DODGERS 18, DIAMONDBACKS 5: In Los Angeles, Cody Bellinger hit two homers and drove in a career high-tying six runs, Justin Turner added five RBIs and Los Angeles rebounded from a 13-inning loss.
Bellinger had four hits for Los Angeles, which pounded out 19 hits to shake off its 5-4 loss early Saturday morning in the longestregular season game in Dodger Stadium history.