DeGrom exits (sore wrist)

Rangers ace Jacob deGrom left Monday night’s start against the host Royals after four hitless innings because of a sore right wrist.

The team said deGrom was removed as a precaution. He struck out five and walked one, throwing 39 of his 58 pitches for strikes. The Rangers won, 4-0.

Beset by injuries the past two seasons with the Mets, the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner signed a $185 million, five-year contract with Texas as a free agent in December.

The righthander entered 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in three starts for the Rangers.

The last time deGrom started more than 15 games in a season was 2019 with the Mets.

Rays pounded by Reds

TJ Friedl drove in four runs, and the Reds beat the Rays, 8-1, after Cincinnati righthander Hunter Greene departed with a leg injury.

Kevin Newman homered for Cincinnati, and Nick Senzel scored two runs. The Reds won the opener of the three-game interleague series after losing, 14-3, to Philadelphia Sunday.

Tampa Bay lost for the third time in four games since its 13-0 start. Josh Lowe homered for the Rays, and Randy Arozarena and Harold Ramírez each had two hits.

Greene surrendered a leadoff double in the third before he was struck by Yandy Díaz’s comebacker. The 23year-old righthander stayed in after he was evaluated by a trainer and tossed a few warm-up pitches.

But Greene, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 amateur draft, departed after the inning. He averaged 96.8 mph for 21 fastballs, down from a season average of 99.5 m.p.h.

Greene, who started on Opening Day, was diagnosed with a right tibia contusion. X-rays were negative.

After Greene departed, Buck Farmer, Alex Young, Ian Gibaut (1-0), and Kevin Herget combined for six innings of five-hit ball. Lowe homered in the ninth against Herget for Tampa Bay's only run.

With starters Zach Eflin and Jeffrey Springs sidelined by injuries, the Rays used Jalen Beeks (0-1) as an opener. Beeks pitched three innings of one-run ball, surrendering Newman's second homer in the second.

Friedl's three-run double off Kevin Kelly made it 4-0 in the fourth, and Tyler Stephenson and Newman tacked on run-scoring singles in the seventh.

Soler powers Marlins

Jorge Soler hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in the seventh inning and the Marlins rallied to beat the Giants, 4-3, at Miami.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesus Sánchez had two hits each for the Marlins, who have won five of six.