Pirates pitch pair of shutouts
PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh bullpen finished off a pair of seven-inning shutouts, and the Pirates blanked the Colorado Rockies 4-0 to sweep a doubleheader Saturday.
After JT Brubaker excelled to win the opener 7-0 and end Pittsburgh’s six-game losing streak, Keller was equally impressive.
The Pirates shut out a team in both games of a doubleheader for the first time since Oct. 3, 1976, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh pitchers combined to hold Colorado to just six total hits.
RAYS 5, PHILLIES 3: Austin Meadows drove in his third run on a tiebreaking RBI infield single during a two-run eighth inning and host Tampa Bay Rays won for the 14th time in 15 games.
ANGELS 4, ATHLETICS 0: Shohei Ohtani hit a tworun single, Alex Cobb struck out eight over seven scoreless innings and Los Angeles won at Oakland.
RED SOX 3, MARLINS 1: Playing their first game in a rejuvenated Fenway Park since the state dropped limits on crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, Alvin native Nathan Eovaldi went 5 1⁄3 scoreless innings as Boston beat Miami. Eovaldi (6-2) allowed four hits, striking out seven with one walk.
GIANTS 11, DODGERS 6: Donovan Solano and Evan Longoria homered, Logan Webb pitched five sharp innings and San Francisco at Los Angeles.
TIGERS 6, YANKEES 1: Jonathan Schoop homered and Spencer Turnbull pitched well into the sixth inning as Detroit won at home. Turnbull (4-2) allowed one run on three hits and three walks in 5 2⁄3 innings. He struck out six and is 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA in his past four starts.
CUBS 10, REDS 2: Joc Pederson, Ian Happ and Eric Sogard each drove in two runs, and host Chicago beat Cincinnati for its season-high sixth straight victory.
BREWERS SWEEP NATIONALS: Luis Urias went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including the tie-breaking double in a four-run sixth inning, and Milwaukee won 6-2 at Washingtonto sweep a split doubleheader. Freddy Peralta pitched his first complete game in the majors, going all seven innings as the Brewers took the first game of a doubleheader.
METS 13, BRAVES 2: Francisco Lindor, James
McCann and Jonathan Villar hit three of the Mets’ season-high five homers, Taijuan Walker pitched five scoreless innings in his return from the injured list and host New York routed Atlanta.
WHITE SOX SWEEP ORIOLES: Billy Hamilton hit a solo home run, Jose Abreu hit a two-run homer, and Lance Lynn pitched five scoreless innings as host Chicago completed a doubleheader sweep of Baltimore with a 3-1 victory. In the opener, Jake Lamb and Yoan Moncada homered, with Abreu driving in three runs in a 7-4 win.
TWINS 6, ROYALS 5: Rookie Trevor Larnach homered and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs as Minnesota won at home.