Dodgers take down Cubs 4-1
CHICAGO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched out of two early jams in five scoreless innings for his first career major league victory, Max Muncy hit a two-run single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs.
Shohei Ohtani had two hits and reached base three times to help the Dodgers improve to 8-3 with their fifth victory in six games.
There was a standing-room-only crowd to see the Cubs play Ohtani and the Dodgers on a cool, sunny, late afternoon game.
Cody Bellinger had two of Chicago’s seven hits against his former team as the Cubs had their five-game winning streak snapped.
CARDINALS 3, MARLINS 1
ST. LOUIS — The winless Miami Marlins, who are off to the worst start in the 33-year history of the franchise, dropped their ninth consecutive game on Saturday, losing 3-1 to Steve Matz and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Iván Herrera and Brendan Donovan each had two hits for St. Louis. Jordan Walker contributed an RBI double.
Matz (2-0) surrendered four hits in five scoreless innings. Ryan Helsley pitched the ninth for his third save.
Miami’s Trevor Rogers (0-1) was charged with three runs, two earned, and five hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked three.
The 0-9 Marlins are the only winless team in baseball. The New York Mets, who dropped their first seven games, beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Thursday for their first win.
ATHLETICS 4, TIGERS 0
DETROIT — Brent Rooker homered, Paul Blackburn pitched six sparkling innings and Oakland earned their second win of the season, beating Detroit. Zack Gelof walked and scored three times as Oakland ended a fourgame losing streak.
Detroit only got two runners to second base in the first seven innings. The Tigers are off to a 6-2 start, but their lineup has been shaky so far.
GUARDIANS 3, TWINS 1
MINNEAPOLIS — David Fry hit a
three-run homer and seven Cleveland pitchers combined on a two-hitter, helping them beat Minnesota.
On a day when they lost ace Shane Bieber to season-ending elbow surgery, the Guardians showcased their pitching depth while improving to 7-2 this season.
Carlos Carrasco worked three innings of one-run ball. The 37-year-old righthander struck out six and walked three before he was pulled after 78 pitches.
PHILLIES 5, NATIONALS 2
WASHINGTON — J.T. Realmuto followed an intentional walk to Bryce Harper by driving a hanging curveball over the wall for a three-run homer, helping Philadelphia beat Washington.
Phillies starter Ranger Suárez (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in six innings. José Alvarado, Philadelphia’s fourth pitcher, threw the ninth for his second save in two chances this season.
Realmuto, who singled and scored on Alec Bohm’s triple in the first, took advantage of a poor 0-2 pitch by Jake Irvin (0-1) to give the Phillies a 4-0 lead in the third inning. Trea Turner got things going with a twoout double, before two-time NL MVP Harper was put aboard.
REDS 9, METS 6
CINCINNATI — Spencer Steer hit a three-run homer during Cincinnati’s five-run eighth inning, helping them knock off the New York Mets.
Cincinnati trailed 5-4 before Elly De La Cruz singled home pinch-runner Bubba Thompson. Steer followed with a drive to left-center against Yohan Ramírez (0-1) for his third homer of the season.
PIRATES 5, ORIOLES 4, 11 INNINGS
PITTSBURGH — Oneil Cruz singled home the winning run in the 11th inning to give Pittsburgh a victory over Baltimore.
Cruz drove in automatic runner Henry Davis from second base. Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins temporarily kept the game tied when he made a diving catch of Ke’Bryan Hayes’ line drive, but Cruz followed with a single to right off Jonathan Heasley (0-1).
ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Michael Wacha threw seven innings of two-hit ball and MJ Melendez launched a two-run homer as Kansas City Royals beat the slumping Chicago White Sox.
Wacha (1-0) struck out eight, walked one and allowed just one runner past first base. Royals pitchers have eight quality starts, most in the majors. Melendez drove Chris Flexen’s first-pitch fastball to straightaway center field to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh. Maikel Garcia knocked in another run with an infield single as Kansas City batted around in the inning.
MARINERS 5, BREWERS 3
MILWAUKEE — Jorge Polanco and Luis Urias homered, helping Bryce Miller and Seattle beat Milwaukee.
Miller (1-1) struck out seven in seven shutout innings. The right-hander allowed three hits and walked one, bouncing back nicely after he struggled in his first start of the season against the Red Sox.
Milwaukee scored three runs in the eighth on Jackson Chourio’s two-run homer and a pinch-hit sacrifice fly by Rhys Hoskins. But Trent Thornton escaped the jam when pinch-hitter Joey Ortiz bounced into a fielder’s choice.
BRAVES 9, DIAMONDBACKS 8
ATLANTA — Austin Riley had three hits, the last an eighth-inning single that drove in the go-ahead run, and Atlanta overcame a sixrun, first-inning deficit to beat Arizona.
The Diamondbacks failed to hold a 6-0 lead after they blew a 5-2 advantage in Atlanta’s 6-5 win in 10 innings Friday night.
RANGERS 7, ASTROS 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking single, six Texas relievers limited Houston to three hits over 5 1/3 innings, and the Rangers overcame Corey Seager’s two-run error to beat the Astros.
Seager was one of five consecutive Rangers with hits off Houston closer Ryan Pressly as the World Series champs broke open a close game with a four-run eighth. The Rangers beat the Astros at home for a second night in a row after losing all three games at Globe Life Field while still winning last year’s seven-game AL Championship Series between the Texas rivals.
YANKEES 9, BLUE JAYS 8
NEW YORK — Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo homered, and the New York Yankees chased Kevin Gausman in the second inning of a victory over Toronto.
Judge and Stanton went deep in a three-run first against Gausman (0-1), and Rizzo added his first of the season in the fifth against Mitch White. Juan Soto had a pair of RBI singles as the Yankees opened a 9-2 lead by the sixth inning and Stanton had three hits after starting the season 3 for 24.
Luke Weaver (3-0) allowed three runs over two innings and became the major leagues’ first three-game winner despite totaling only 5 2/3 innings over three outings.