Arozarena gives Rays HR record, win in 10th

Randy Arozarena homered in the first inning as the Rays set a major league record by going deep in each of their first 21 games, then hit a 10th-inning single for his fourth RBI to give Tampa Bay a 4-3 win Saturday over the White Sox.

Tampa Bay is 18-3, the best start in the major leagues since the 2003 Yankees. The Rays are 12-0 at Tropicana Field, the best start at home since the 2009 Dodgers won their first 13 games.

Arozarena hit a two-run homer in the first off

Dylan Cease, and the Rays surpassed the previous mark of homers in the first 20 games by the 2019 Mariners. Arozarena’s RBI single put Tampa Bay ahead, 3-2, in the fifth, but Gavin Sheets tied it with a homer in the eighth against Jason Adam.

“Randy’s been so clutch for us all year,” Rays starter Shane McClanahan said. “It’s been fun to watch.”

With the score tied in the 10th, Jimmy Lambert (1-1) intentionally walked Wander Franco with one out and a man on second, and Arozarena lined a single for his team-high 22nd RBI.

Garrett Cleavinger (1-0) spun a perfect 10th. McClanahan, who had won his first four starts, allowed two runs, three hits, and struck out 10 in six innings as his ERA rose from 1.57 to 1.86.

Yankees get last word on walkoff

Gerrit Cole and Alek Manaoh pitched scoreless ball after a chirpy build-up, and the host Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 3-2, on pinch hitter DJ LeMahieu’s walkoff bases-loaded single in the ninth.

New York rookie Anthony Volpe hit a two-run homer in the eighth and Toronto pinch hitter

Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer in the ninth after a leadoff walk. Anthony Rizzo doubled off

Jordan Romano (2-1) leading off the bottom half.

There was intrigue before the first pitch. As Cole was about to start the game, he had to wait, crouching behind the mound as Manoah and Kirk slowly walked in from the Jays bullpen.

“Didn’t notice,” Cole said.

Cole allowed four hits in 5„ innings with four strikeouts and two walks, extending his scoreless run to 20„ innings and lowering his ERA to 0.79.

Manoah gave up two hits in seven innings with five strikeouts and one walk, dropping his ERA from 6.98 to 5.13.

Last Aug. 21, Manoah threw a pitch that went near Yankees star Aaron Judge, then hit him on the arm guard above the left elbow. Judge glanced at Manoah as Cole started yelling and a few Yankees came out of over the dugout railing. Cole was intercepted before reaching the umpires.

Tatis homers, Padres rally

Fernando Tatis Jr. connected for his first homer since 2021, Ha-Seong Kim had a crucial two run single in the sixth, and the Padres rallied for a 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix.

The Padres took the lead in the first on Tatis’s first homer since his return from an 80-game drug suspension Thursday. The 24-year-old hit an 0-and-2 fastball from Merrill Kelly to left-center.

Tatis missed all of last season. When he was about to return from a broken left wrist, he was hit with his PED suspension for a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Clostebol.

Joe Musgrove (1-0) wasn’t sharp in his first start of the year but got through five, giving up three runs on seven hits. He struck out six.

García perfectly awesome

Adolis García hit three home runs and then added two doubles, driving in eight runs as the host Rangers routed the Athletics, 18-3.

All three of García's homers were two-run shots, and his first double also scored two to give him a career high for RBIs to go with the 30-yearold Cuban slugger's first three-homer game.

García's final at-bat came against infielder

Jace Peterson in the eighth.

The line-drive double from García could have scored Travis Jankowski, but he jogged to third, preserving Ivan Rodriguez’s club record of nine RBIs in a game set in 1999.

In the seventh, García had his first of two chances to tie the big league record of four homers in a game. He lined a two-run double for the first eight-RBI game by a Ranger in 11 years.

Dodgers’ bats break out

James Outman and Max Muncy hit two homers as the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 9-4, in Chicago.

Outman was 4 for 5 with four RBIs. He has seven homers, the most by a Dodgers rookie in March and April.

Muncy’s second of the game came off Brad Boxberger in the ninth and Outman delivered his second one batter later.

Muncy’s first homer was a two-run homer off reliever Mark Leiter Jr. in the seventh.

Alcantara scratched from start

Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara was scratched from his start at Cleveland with biceps tendinitis, but is not expected to go on the injured list. The 2022 NL Cy Young winner, who has what the team called “very mild” tendinitis, will start at Atlanta Monday . . . Rays lefty Jeffrey Springs will have season-ending Tommy John surgery Monday. The 30-year-old went 2-0 with an 0.56 ERA during the Rays’ 13-0 start. He left in the fourth inning on April 13 against Boston . . . Pirates manager Derek Shelton’s contract was extended after the team’s 14-7 start, its best since 1992.