Brewers pummel Mets behind Turang’s first career slam
Minnesota, Tampa Bay stay undefeated
MILWAUKEE — Brice Turang kept expecting the jitters to come as he played his first major-league home game. They never arrived. Turang hit a grand slam for his first major league home run, capping a seven-run fifth inning as the new-look Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule by routing the New York Mets 10-0 on Monday.
“It’s just another game,” Turang said. “It’s baseball. Like I said, I just try to go up there, compete every pitch and win us a ballgame.”
Shut out in their first 16 innings this season, the Brewers have scored 22 runs in their last 20 innings.
GIANTS 12, WHITE SOX 3: In Chicago, David Villar hit two of San Francisco’s seven home runs and Anthony DeSclafani tossed three-hit ball over six scoreless innings as San Francisco pounded Chicago.
Joc Pederson, Michael Conforto, Thairo Estrada, Mike Yastrzemski and Bryce Johnson also went deep for San Francisco, which hit its most home runs since July 2, 2002, at Colorado.
DeSclafani picked up his first win since Oct. 1, 2021. The 32-yearold right-hander was limited to five starts last season because of a right ankle injury
REDS 7, CUBS 6: In Cincinnati, Jason Vosler, a non-roster invitee to spring training, hit a go-ahead three-run home run, his second of the season, as Cincinnati held off Chicago.
Cody Bellinger, who was 0-for11 to begin his Cubs career, launched a 3-1 pitch from Connor Overton with two runners aboard in the first to make the score 3-0.
MINNESOTA 11, MIAMI 1: In Miami, Max Kepler hit a leadoff homer, Joey Gallo added a threerun shot and Minnesota routed Miami to remain unbeaten this season.
Trevor Larnach also went deep and Tyler Mahle pitched five solid innings for the Twins, who swept their opening series in Kansas City and are 4-0 for the ninth time in franchise history. The last time was 2017.
RAYS 6, NATIONALS 2: In Washington, Luke Raley homered twice, Drew Rasmussen pitched six shutout innings and Tampa Bay defeated Washington for the first 4-0 start in team history.
Isaac Paredes had a homer and a single for the Rays, who have outscored opponents 27-5 in four games. Raley had his first big league multihomer game.
YANKEES 8, PHILLIES 1: In New York, Gleyber Torres hit his 100th career homer and reached base five times, Anthony Rizzo added a two-run shot and New York routed winless Philadelphia.
Defending NL champion Philadelphia is 0-4 for the first time since 2016. The only team to win a World Series after starting 0-4 was the 2021 Atlanta Braves.
BRAVES 8, CARDINALS 4: In St. Louis, Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a three-run homer to lead Atlanta over St. Louis.
Paul Goldschmidt, the 2022 NL MVP, hit his first home run of the season along with a single in four at-bats.
ORIOLES 2, RANGERS 0: In Arlington, Tx., Texas outfielder Josh Smith was taken to a hospital after he was hit in the face by a pitch in the third inning of a loss to Baltimore. Smith, a left-handed hitter, was struck on the right side of his face by a 1-0 slider from Danny Coulombe. Smith spun back to his left and dropped to the dirt in the batter’s box, breaking his fall with his left hand while holding his face with his right hand.
Texas’ only hit was a secondinning single by Josh Jung. It was the first loss for the Rangers in four games under new manager Bruce Bochy.
KANSAS CITY 9, BLUE JAYS 5: In Kansas City, Mo., Brady Singer pitched five effective innings, MJ Melendez hit a two-run homer and Kansas City beat Toronto for its first victory of the season.
Nicky Lopez had a two-run triple and Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a pair of RBI singles as the Royals opened a 7-0 lead in the fourth against José Berríos and gave Matt Quatraro his first win as manager.
TIGERS 7, ASTROS 6 (11 innings): In Houston, Matt Vierling made a sprawling basesloaded catch and hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the 11th inning as Detroit rebounded from a meltdown in the ninth to beat Houston.
The Tigers avoided their first 0-4 start since the 2008 season.
PIRATES 7, RED SOX 6: In Boston, Bryan Reynolds hit two solo homers, Jason Delay added another and Pittsburgh edged Boston.
On a mild evening when the teams combined for six home runs, Masataka Yoshida hit his first since joining the Red Sox from Japan. Yoshida and Triston Casas each had a two-run drive, and Rafael Devers added a solo shot.
PADRES 5. DIAMONDBACKS: 4: In San Diego, Ha-Seong Kim’s walk-off home run gave the Padres a victory over Arizona.
David Dahl and Juan Soto also homered for the Padres.
ANGELS 7, MARINERS 3: In Seattle, Shohei Ohtani hit his second home run of the season as Los Angeles beat the Mariners.
Taylor Ward also homered for the Angels.