Yankees’ fast start paves way to win

NEW YORK — Nestor Cortes kept Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout off the bases and Jose Trevino hit a three-run double in a five-run first inning as the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 to take two of three in the star-filled matchup.

Ohtani and Trout each went 0-for-3 against Cortes, a fellow All-Star.

Ohtani walked against Wandy Peralta with two outs in the seventh and Trout followed with an infield single that second baseman Oswald Peraza knocked down on the center field grass. Anthony Rendon, still without a home run this season, stranded the bases loaded with a flyout.

New York (12-7) has won five of its first six series along with a four-game split against Minnesota, just the third time since 1957 the Yankees didn’t lose any of their first six series and first time since 2003. The Yankees improved to 10-0 this year when facing a series loss.

Padres 7, Diamondbacks 5: Trent Grisham had two doubles and four RBIs and Xander Bogaerts added a two-run homer as visiting San Diego beat Arizona in Fernando Tatis Jr.’s return from a PED suspension.

Tatis was 0-for-5 with two strikeouts in his first regular-season game since 2021, batting leadoff and playing right field.

Dodgets 6, Cubs 2: James Outman hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the ninth inning for his second homer of the game as visiting Los Angeles cooled off Chicago.

Mets 9, Giants 4: Pete Alonso hit his major leagueleading ninth homer and drove in four runs and Eduardo Escobar added a two-run drive as visiting New York beat San Francisco.

Red Sox 11, Twins 5: Jarren Duran lined a ball off Kenta Maeda’s ankle to knock Minnesota’s starter from the game and in the next inning sent another ball off the Green Monster to lead host Boston to a win.

Rockies 4, Phillies 0: Ryan Feltner tossed 5 ⅔ scoreless innings and C.J. Cron homered as visiting Colorado snapped an eight-game losing streak with a victory over Philadelphia.

Pirates 4, Reds 3: Connor Joe and Jack Suwinski hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Roansy Contreras took a shutout into the seventh as host Pittsburgh held off Cincinnati.