Padres rally, dodge sweep against rival
Eric Hosmer delivered the tying and go-ahead RBIS in the seventh and eighth innings, helping the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 Sunday to avoid a sweep in the year’s first series between the National League West rivals.
Starter Trevor Bauer handed a 2-1 lead to Los Angeles’ bullpen after six innings in tight duel with another Cy Young Award winner, Blake Snell.
Hosmer doubled in the tying run in the seventh off Brusdar Graterol and then delivered the decisive blow in the eighth. San Diego scored three unearned runs in the inning stemming from shortstop Corey Seager’s throwing error. Hosmer’s sharp single made it 3-2, and Durango product Tommy Pham followed with a two-run double into the left-field corner.
San Diego had lost seven straight in the rivalry, including a three-game sweep in last year’s division series. The Padres and Dodgers will meet 16 more times this season.
■ Braves 13, Cubs 4: At Chicago, Guillermo Heredia hit one of Atlanta’s four first-inning homers and belted a grand slam in the sixth. Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. (abdominal strain) exited in the fourth.
■ Indians 6, Reds 3: At Cincinnati, Shane Bieber (2-1) fanned 13 Cincinnati batters in eight innings, becoming the first major league pitcher to begin a season with four straight 10-strikeout starts.
■ Athletics 3, Tigers 2:
At Oakland, Calif., Matt Olson scored from second on third baseman Jeimer Candelario’s two-out error in the ninth to give Oakland its eighth straight win.
■ White Sox 3-5, Red Sox 2-1: At Boston, Yermin Mercedes opened Chicago’s three-run fourth with a 431-foot home run as the White Sox capped a doubleheader sweep.
■ Diamondbacks 5,
Nationals 2: At Washington, Madison Bumgarner (1-2) held Washington to one run on two hits in five innings, dropping his ERA from 11.20 to 8.68.
■ Rays 4, Yankees 2: At
New York, Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking RBI double off Gerrit Cole (2-1) in the seventh as Tampa Bay capped a three-game sweep.
■ Royals 2, Blue Jays 0:
At Kansas City, Mo., Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the seventh, and four Kansas City pitchers combined on a twohitter.
■ Giants 1, Marlins 0: At Miami, Alex Wood (1-0) pitched five shutout innings in his season debut, and San Francisco scored an unearned run in the third.
■ Phillies 2, Cardinals 0:
At Philadelphia, Aaron Nola
(1-1) struck out 10 in a two-hit shutout, and Bryce Harper had a home run among his three hits.
■ Mariners 7, Astros 2: At Seattle, six Seattle pitchers combined on a one-hitter, and Ty France hit a two-run homer and an RBI double.
■ Pirates 6, Brewers 5: At Milwaukee, Colin Moran hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the third and a decisive RBI double in the 10th.
■ Rangers 1, Orioles 0: At Arlington, Texas, Nate Lowe hit a two-out walk-off RBI single with the bases loaded in the 10th.
■ Mets 2, Rockies 1: At Denver, Marcus Stroman (3-0) held New York to one run on three hits over eight innings.