Yanks fans pelt Guardians with debris
NEW YORK — Yankees fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Cleveland outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres got RBI hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift New York over the Guardians 6-5 on Saturday.
Rather than a celebration, Aaron Judge and other Yankees players rushed toward the wall in right-center field, trying to calm the crowd as security personnel joined the effort.
Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase (0-2) was one strike away from preserving a 5-4 lead when Kiner-Falefa hit a 100 mph fastball for a tying double. Rookie left fielder Steven Kwan ran hard into the wall chasing the ball and was shaken up, and trainer came out to check him.
Before play resumed, Cleveland right fielder Oscar Mercado pointed at the stands and center fielder Myles Straw climbed the chain-link fence in left to confront face-to-face at least one fan, while another fan nearby made a derogatory gesture.
Torres followed by lining a single to right-center for the game-winner. As Mercado and Straw chased the ball in the gap, several fans began throwing objects at them.
Yankees players ran to the spot to quell the disturbance.
TIGERS 13, ROCKIES 0 (1ST GAME); ROCKIES 3, TIGERS 2 (2ND GAME)
In Detroit, Miguel Cabrera achieved another major milestone and the Tigers ruled the day. Austin Gomber and the Rockies won the night.
Cabrera needed only one at-bat to deliver his long-awaited 3,000th career hit, quickly reaching the mark as the Tigers routed the Rockies 13-0 in the opener of a daynight doubleheader.
Gomber tossed six scoreless innings as the Rockies spoiled the major league pitching debut of Beau Brieske with a 3-2 victory in the nightcap.
PADRES 3, DODGERS 2
In San Diego, Austin Nola hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the 10th inning for the Padres, who won to snap a 10-game losing streak to rival Los Angeles.
Nola’s sac fly scored rookie CJ Abrams, who started as the automatic runner at second base and advanced on Trent Grisham’s sacrifice bunt. Justin Bruihl (0-1) took the loss.
The Padres had been outscored 57-23 during the losing streak to the Dodgers, which dated to Aug. 24. Losing three straight series to Los Angeles late last season helped contribute to the Padres’ stunning collapse, which left them with a losing record for the 10th time in as many full seasons since 2011.
GIANTS 5, NATIONALS 2
In Washington, Alex Wood pitched five effective innings and San Francisco’s bullpen closed it out, leading the Giants to a victory over the Nationals.
Wilmer Flores and Joc Pederson each had two hits for San Francisco, which won for the third time in four games. It beat Washington 7-1 in the series opener Friday night.
Wood (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked one.
TWINS 9, WHITE SOX 2
In Minneapolis, Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had four hits, helping Dylan Bundy and the Twins beat banged-up Chicago.
Buxton hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and scored three times. Arraez drove in three runs, and Ryan Jeffers hit his first home run of the season for Minnesota, which has won three in a row.
BREWERS 5, PHILLIES 3
In Philadelphia, Willy Adames stole home, Hunter Renfroe homered and Adrian Houser tossed six solid innings to lead Milwaukee to a win over the Phillies.
The Brewers bullpen kept the game in check for Houser — Trevor Gott struck out two in a scoreless seventh, Devin Williams got Bryce Harper to hit into an inning-ending double play in the eighth, and Josh Hader earned his seventh save.
RANGERS 2, ATHLETICS 0
In Oakland, Calif., Brad Miller hit a key single in the eighth inning that drove in two runs after a replay review initiated by the umpires, and Texas beat the Athletics.
The winning rally started when Adolis Garcia and Willie Calhoun chased Frankie Montas (2-2) with consecutive one-out singles. After Domingo Acevedo retired pinch-hitter Jonah Heim on a groundout, Miller lined a 1-1 pitch to left.
CUBS 21, PIRATES 0
In Chicago, Alfonso Rivas had three hits and five RBIs, and the Cubs stopped a four-game slide by pounding Pittsburgh.
Rivas, who was recalled Friday from Triple-A Iowa, capped Chicago’s eight-run second with a threerun homer. He tacked on RBI singles in the fourth and fifth.
CARDINALS 5, REDS 0
In Cincinnati, Dakota Hudson pitched 6⅔ innings of one-hit ball, Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs with a sixth-inning double, and St. Louis beat the Reds, the 11th straight loss for injury-plagued Cincinnati.
Hudson (1-1) entered the game with a 7.71 ERA, but had little trouble with Cincinnati’s hitters, limiting them to two hits while striking out four and walking four. He left with two outs in the seventh after walking Kyle Farmer with his 92nd pitch. St. Louis relievers Andre Pallante and Kodi Whitley finished the shutout.
BLUE JAYS 3, ASTROS 2
In Houston, George Springer hit a leadoff homer in the first game against his former team, and Santiago Espinal homered for the second straight game to lift Toronto to a win over the Astros.
The Astros lost their fourth in a row.
RAYS 3, RED SOX 2
In St. Petersburg, Fla., Kevin Kiermaier capped Tampa Bay’s threerun 10th inning with a game-ending homer, and the Rays beat Boston after losing their bid for a combined no-hitter in the top half of the final frame.
Matt Wisler (1-0) surrendered Boston’s first hit when Bobby Dalbec opened the 10th with a triple, driving in automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. for a 1-0 lead. Christian Vázquez followed with a sacrifice fly to left.
MARLINS 9, BRAVES 7
In Atlanta, pinch-hitter Garrett Cooper’s bases-loaded, go-ahead single in the seventh drove in two runs and Miami beat the Braves.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, METS 2
In Phoenix, the Diamondbacks’ offense had a season-high 11 hits, Humberto Castellanos pitched five solid innings and Arizona cooled off New York.