Jays win Buffalo debut, defeat Marlins in 10th
In the first major league game in Buffalo since 1915, Travis Shaw hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays settled into their new nest with a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
Barred from playing in Toronto by the Canadian government over concerns about the coronavirus, the wandering Blue Jays spent nearly three weeks on the road before moving into the ballpark of their TripleA affiliate as their temporary home this year.
And in the city famed for wings and beef on weck sandwiches, Toronto made it a tasty home opener at Sahlen Field. The downtown park, a couple blocks from Lake Erie and seating nearly 17,000, was empty because of the virus outbreak.
Francisco Cervelli’s threerun homer with two outs in the Miami ninth made it 4-all. Logan Forsythe then nearly put the Marlins ahead with a long drive in the 10th that originally was ruled a two-run homer, then reversed to a foul ball on review — the replay cameras were among the upgrades made at the park to get it up to big league standards. YANKEES 9, BRAVES 6 » Aaron Judge dented an advertisement with a scorching home run as the New York Yankees beat Atlanta.
Atlanta scratched Ronald Acuña Jr. about 90 minutes before first pitch with a sore left wrist. The 2018 NL Rookie of the Year homered three times during a doubleheader Sunday against Philadelphia but was pulled early in a blowout loss Monday. It’s unclear when the injury occurred.
Judge smashed his 113.1 mph homer off a sign above the home bullpen in rightcenter field, leaving his mark on a shot leading off the fifth. He entered the day tied with San Diego’s Fernando Tatis
Jr. for the major league lead with eight home runs.
RAYS 8, RED SOX 2 » Mike Brosseau led off the game with a home run, Yandy Díaz and Hunter Renfroe each had two RBIs and Tampa Bay continued its offensive onslaught against Boston.
Brosseau, Díaz and Manuel Margot had multihit games as Tampa Bay won its fourth straight game. The Rays had a season-high 16 hits in an 8-7 win to open the four-game series Monday. CUBS 7, INDIANS 1 » Jon Lester looked comfortable on a mound where he helped make history and Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer, leading the Chicago Cubs over Cleveland.
Lester (2-0) allowed three hits in six innings as the Cubs moved to 11-3 for the first time since 2016.
Four years ago, the lefthander pitched three scoreless innings of relief in a drama-filled Game 7 of the World Series when the Cubs beat the Indians to win their first title since 1908.
REDS 6, ROYALS 5 (10) » Joey Votto doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning, and Cincinnati blew another late lead before rallying against Kansas City.
The Royals tied it 5-5 in the eighth on Ryan McBroom’s pinch-hit, two-run homer off Amir Garrett, but they couldn’t keep their fourgame winning streak going. WHITE SOX 8, TIGERS 4 » Eloy Jimenez hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and the Chicago White Sox snapped Detroit’s four-game wining streak.
Edwin Encarnacion also went deep for the White Sox, who won for only the second time in seven games. Austin Romine hit a two-run shot for Detroit.
NATIONALS 2, METS 1 » Max Scherzer showed no effects of hamstring trouble, navigating heavy traffic early for his first win this season, and Trea Turner hit a record-breaking leadoff homer to help Washington beat the New York Mets.
Howie Kendrick had three hits and Victor Robles blooped an RBI single for the Nationals, who have taken the first two in a fourgame series between NL East rivals. New York (7-11) dropped to 3-7 at home this season.
ORIOLES 10, PHILLIES 9 » Austin Hays hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the 10th inning to lift Baltimore over Philadelphia.
Bryce Harper hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth and Jean Segura gave the Phillies a 6-5 lead with a solo shot two outs later. But closer Hector Neris couldn’t hold it.