Marlins win their sixth in row
Francisco Cervelli hit a threerun homer, Humberto Mejia impressed in his abbreviated major league debut and the Miami Marlins kept up their surprising surge, beating the New York Mets 4-3 Friday night.
The Marlins won their sixth in a row and improved to 7-1 — they’re 5-0 since missing more than a week because of the team’s coronavirus outbreak.
Miami has won despite already using 43 players, including 25 pitchers, to maintain a full roster amid COVID-19 concerns.
New York has lost seven of nine.
Reds 8, at Brewers 3: Trevor Bauer turned in another stellar outing, and Matt Davidson and Nick Castellanos homered to lead Cincinnati. Bauer (2-0) gave up three hits and one run in six innings while striking out 12.
at Royals 3, Twins 2: Ryan McBroom hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and the Kansas City pitching staff held Minnesota to just a pair of solo homers. Nick Heath and Nicky Lopez also drove in runs for the Royals, who have won two straight.
at Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3: Former Dodger Alex Verdugo hit two solo homers over the Green Monster, Mitch Moreland had a tworun shot and Boston’s beleaguered staff rebounded to lift the Red Sox.
at White Sox 2, Indians 0: Dylan Cease worked his way through five shutout innings, and Chicago beat Cleveland. Cease walked the leadoff man four times and hit a batter, but wiggled out of trouble each time.
at Padres 3, Diamondbacks 2: Zach Davies retired the first 13 Arizona batters, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a leadoff homer and rookies Jake Cronenworth and Edward Olivares also went deep. Davies took a perfect game into the fifth before giving up consecutive one-out singles to Eduardo Escobar and David Peralta.
at Rays 1, Yankees 0: Pinch-hitter Michael Perez hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on his 28th birthday, six Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a two-hitter and Tampa Bay beat AL East-leading New York.
Tigers 17, at Pirates 13 (11 innings): Detroit blew a five-run lead in the eighth inning but scored four times in the 11th with the final two runs coming in on a double by Niko
Goodrum, who had five RBIs.
Orioles 11, at Nationals 0: Even Chris Davis got in on the act for the suddenly slugging Orioles, doubling his season total by collecting two of Baltimore’s 19 hits and raising his average from .087 to .143.
at Athletics 3, Astros 2 (13 innings): Marcus Semien’s RBI single with the bases loaded in the 13th sparked Oakland to its seventh straight win.
Rockies 8, at Mariners 4: Daniel Murphy had a key two-run single and later hit a two-run home run, and Garrett Hampson and Charlie Blackmon added solo shots as Colorado won for the sixth time in seven games.
Cubs at Cardinals, postponed
Braves at Phillies, postponed