Rays rally to take down Cole, Yankees
Gerrit Cole failed to hold a six-run lead, allowing his first two home runs of the season, and the Rays beat the Yankees, 8-7, Sunday on Isaac Paredes’s 10th-inning single in St. Petersburg, Fla., to take two of three from New York.
Paredes broke a 7-7 tie with a one-out hit to right off Albert Abreu (1-1) that scored automatic runner Brandon Lowe.
Anthony Rizzo and Harrison Bader homered for the Yankees, who led, 6-0, before Tampa Bay scored twice in the fifth and five times in the sixth to take a 7-6 lead.
Jose Siri and Christian Bethancourt homered for the major league-best Rays (28-7), who improved to 19-3 at home. Last-place New York has lost 10 of its last 16 and, at 18-17, trails the Rays by 10 games.
The announced crowd of 32,142 was the largest at Tropicana Field since 2016.
Braves nip Orioles in 12th
Michael Harris II couldn’t wait to get into the batter’s box after the Orioles chose to intentionally walk Marcell Ozuna and pitch to him. Harris hit a game-ending double off Cionel
Pérez (1-1) in the 12th inning, and the Braves beat Baltimore, 3-2, to stop the Orioles’ streak of seven consecutive winning series. They hadn’t lost consecutive games since April 8-9.
Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. brought a roar from the sellout crowd at Atlanta’s Truist Park in the 11th when he caught Adam Frazier’s 322-foot flyout and made a one-hop throw to third baseman Austin Riley, who tagged Austin Hays for a double play.
No-hit bid broken up in seventh
Cal Quantrill had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh and combined on a one-hitter, leading the Guardians over the Twins, 2-0, in Cleveland.
Alex Kirilloff got the lone hit with a two-out single in the seventh. Kirilloff hit a 1-0 changeup over second baseman Andrés Giménez, who attempted to make a leaping catch. Quantrill (2-2) received a standing ovation after the hit.
Marlins snap slide in 14th
Garrett Hampson scored on Adbert Alzolay’s balk in the 14th inning, and the Marlins stopped a five-game slide by outlasting the Cubs for a wild 5-4 victory in Chicago.
Hampson opened the inning on second as the automatic runner. He advanced on Luis Arraez’s groundout and trotted home when Alzolay (1-2) was called for a balk with a 2-2 count on Jesús Sánchez. Steven Okert (1-0) got three outs for the win, and Andrew Nardi recorded his first career save.
White Sox put up 11 in second
Hanser Alberto had four hits and a careerhigh four RBIs, and the White Sox scored 11 runs in the second inning to rout the Reds, 17-4, in Cincinnati.
The 11 runs are the most for the team in one inning in 16 years and third-most ever for the franchise. The White Sox had 11 runs in the fifth at Kansas City on Sept. 17, 2007.
The offensive outburst could be a big boost for the White Sox, who will be without designated hitter Eloy Jiménez for up to six weeks following his appendectomy.
Goldschmidt hits three homers
Paul Goldschmidt homered three times, Brendan Donovan hit a three-run drive, and the Cardinals stopped an eight-game losing streak, their longest in 16 years, with a 12-6 win over the Tigers in St. Louis. Goldschmidt had four hits and four RBIs in his third three-homer game, the first since March 29, 2019, against Milwaukee. He had solo homers in the first and third innings and a two-run drive in the eighth.
2024 opener in South Korea
The 2024 season will open with the Dodgers and Padres playing a pair of games in South Korea, according to ESPN. The first MLB games in South Korea will be the eighth opener played outside the United States and Canada. Previous openers were played in Tokyo, Sydney, and Monterrey, Mexico . . . Royals lefthander Ryan Yarbrough was removed from a 5-1 win over the Athletics in the sixth inning after getting hit in the face by a liner that left Ryan Noda’s bat at 106.2 miles per hour. Yarbrough walked off the field in Kansas City with the assistance of trainers and was taken to a hospital . . . The Marlins reinstated infielder Joey Wendle (strained right intercostal muscle) from the 10-day injured list and optioned infielder Xavier Edwards to Triple A . . . The Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. missed a second straight game, a 10-1 win at Pittsburgh, because of left wrist discomfort.