Jays' Guerrero Jr. has three-HR night
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shook off a bloody gash on his right ring finger to hit three home runs, including two off ace Gerrit Cole, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-4 Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
George Springer hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh, and Toronto held off the Yankees despite homers from Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres.
Guerrero homered off Cole in the first had his hand accidentally spiked on a play at first base in the second, then hammered a two-run shot in the third to put Toronto up 3-0.
He doubled off Cole in the sixth then launched a 443-foot leadoff homer against Jonathan Loaisiga in the eighth for a 5-3 lead.
It was the second three-homer game of Guerrero's career, matching a career high set last April 27 against Washington.
METS 9, PHILLIES 6 >> Max Scherzer settled in after working out of an early jam, Pete Alonso drove in five runs with a homer and two doubles and visiting New York beat Philadelphia.
Scherzer (2-0) gestured and yelled toward home plate umpire Adrian Johnson in the midst of loading the bases with three walks. He struck out the next batter, induced a groundout and allowed one run and five hits with seven strikeouts in five innings.
Brandon Nimmo hit a solo home run off Aaron Nola (1-1) in the third inning — the first Mets hit of the afternoon.
INDIANS 7, REDS 3 >> José Ramírez homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Owen Miller hit two home runs and Cleveland beat Cincinnati for its fourth straight win.
Rookie Steven Kwan went 0 for 4, but drew a bases-loaded walk in the second inning that put Cleveland ahead to stay.
Kwan, a Washington-Fremont graduate, is 10 for 19 and has reached base in 19 of 29 plate appearances since making his major league debut on opening day. The 24-year-old outfielder had seen 128 pitches this season and taken 42 swings without a miss before he couldn't check his swing on a 2-1 offering in the fourth inning from Nick Lodolo.
A day after hitting a grand slam with six RBIs, Ramírez again broke loose. Myles Straw matched a career high with four hits. NATIONALS 3, BRAVES 1 >> Josiah Gray allowed one hit in five scoreless innings, and Washington topped Max Fried and host Atlanta. Gray (1-1) struck out five and walked three. Fried (0-2) allowed three runs — two earned — and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He was struck on the right leg by Nelson Cruz's grounder in the sixth, gave up singles to his next two batters and then was replaced by Collin McHugh.
RED SOX 9, TIGERS 7 >> Jackie Bradley, Kiké Hernández and Rafael Devers hit consecutive RBI doubles in the fourth inning to chase former teammate Eduardo Rodriguez, and visiting Boston held on to defeat Detroit.
Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) gave up Jonathan Schoop's solo home run in the first inning and not much else until Akil Baddoo hit a solo homer in the fifth. Eovaldi allowed two runs, four hits and a walk over five innings. PIRATES 6, CUBS 2 >> Ben Gamel hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Ke'Bryan Hayes went 4 for 4 and host Pittsburgh beat Chicago.