Kaprielian stars again; A’s avoid sweep by Seattle
OAKLAND, Calif. — James Kaprielian pitched seven scoreless innings as the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Kaprielian (2-0), who opened the season with the Aviators, surrendered two hits and two walks, striking out four in his third career start as the A’s snapped a three-game kid.
“I didn’t pile up a bunch of strikeouts like I would hope,” said Kaprielian, whose ERA shrunk to 1.53. “Every pitcher loves those. But we just used the defense and pounded it and attacked guys, and that was the game plan.”
Matt Olson launched his 13th homer of the season, and former Aviator Seth Brown had two hits and two RBIS for Oakland. Ramon Laureano and Matt Chapman also drove in runs for the A’s.
Oakland jumped on Seattle starter Robert Dugger for two runs in the first inning, including an RBI double by Brown. Dugger (0-1) allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in 31/3 innings.
Olson’s third-inning homer made it 3-0. He drove in another run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly as the A’s pushed ahead 6-0.
■ Giants 5, Diamondbacks 4: At Phoenix, Jason Vosler followed Austin Slater’s tying two-run pinch homer with his first major league home run in the San Francisco eighth, handing Arizona its 10th straight loss.
■ Twins 3, Orioles 2: At Minneapolis, Miguel Sano hit a three-run homer in the sixth to back Michael Pineda (3-2), who allowed one run in six innings, as Baltimore lost its ninth straight.
■ Marlins 4, Phillies 2: At Miami, Jon Berti hit a go-ahead two-run single in Miami’s threerun eighth, ending his run of 62 straight plate appearances without an RBI.
■ Astros 5, Dodgers 2: At Houston, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Aledmys Diaz homered to beat Trevor Bauer (5-3) and halt
Los Angeles’ eight-game win streak.
■ Angels 9, Rangers 8: At Anaheim, Calif., Taylor Ward hit a three-run homer in the first and a two-run single in the fourth, putting Los Angeles up 9-1.
■ Cubs 4, Pirates 1: At Pittsburgh, Trevor Williams (3-2) held his ex-team to one run over six innings and singled twice in his first win since April 17.
■ Padres 2, Brewers 1: At Milwaukee, Victor Caratini singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th for San Diego in its 11th win in 12 games.
■ Cardinals 4, White Sox 0: At Chicago, Tommy Edman homered twice to back John Gant (4-3), who pitched five-plus shutout innings.
■ Rays 2, Royals 1: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Manuel Margot had a walk-off RBI single in the 10th for Tampa Bay’s third hit of the game.
■ Red Sox 9, Braves 5: At Boston, Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer in the fourth and an RBI double in Boston’s four-run sixth.
■ Tigers 1, Indians 0: At Detroit, Niko Goodrum doubled in the eighth and scored on Robbie Grossman’s sacrifice fly.
■ Nationals 3, Reds 0, susp., rain: At Washington, the game is to resume in the fourth inning Thursday. ■ Blue Jays at Yankees, ppd., rain:
The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Thursday.
■ Rockies at Mets, ppd., rain: The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Thursday.