Red Sox's Story breaks through
Trevor Story had three homers, four hits and seven RBIs to help the Boston Red Sox rally from a fourrun deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners
12-6 Thursday night at Fenway Park.
Story slugged a pair of tworun homers and a three-run shot in the eighth, and he also singled in the go-ahead run in the sixth. In the first season of a $140, six-year contract, Story had just two homers in 32 games entering Thursday.
Jackie Bradley Jr. added an RBI double off the Green Monster as Boston scored nine straight runs and won for the fifth time in seven games.
The Red Sox got four scoreless innings of relief from Tanner Houck (3-3) after Seattle roughed up starter Rich Hill over the first two innings for a 4-0 lead.
Dylan Moore hit a three-run homer in the second for Seattle.
METS 7, CARDINALS 6, 10 INNINGS >> Pete Alonso kept New York rolling with a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th for a win over St. Louis.
Paul Goldschmidt tied the score 5-all with two outs in the ninth off Mets closer Edwin Díaz with his fourth RBI of the game. Albert Pujols hit a run-scoring double play grounder in the 10th of the Cardinals’ first-extra inning game this year.
With the automatic runner on second, Alonso drove the second pitch from Giovanny Gallegos (0-2) into the left field second deck for his third career game-ending homer.
Goldschmidt hit a tying home run in the third, a go-ahead double in the fifth and a sacrifice fly in the seventh. He tied it with an infield hit off the foot of third baseman Eduardo Escobar with two outs in the ninth as Díaz (2-0) blew a save for the second time in 11 chances.
ORIOLES 9, YANKEES 6 >> Anthony Santander lined a three-run homer in the ninth off Lucas Luetge and host Baltimore avoided a four-game sweep by beating New York.
The Yankees lost for just the second time in 11 games and fell to 18-1 when scoring five runs or more this season.
New York was down to its last out in the ninth when DJ LeMahieu hit an RBI single off closer Jorge Lopez that tied it at 6.
The Orioles answered when Austin Hays reached on a throwing error by third baseman Josh Donaldson. One out later, Trey Mancini singled and Santander followed with a drive to left field for his seventh homer of the season.
PADRES 2, PHILLIES 0 >> Yu Darvish pitched seven solid innings to lead San Diego at Philadelphia.
Darvish (4-1) struck out five, walked none, allowed six hits and continued a run of solid starts. It was the righthander’s work in the sixth that helped the Padres win the series.
He allowed one-out singles to Rhys Hoskins and Alec Bohm that put runners on the corners with the Padres ahead 2-0. Kyle Schwarber, who entered batting .189, struck out swinging. Nick Castellanos, the cleanup hitter, grounded into an inning-ending forceout.
Robinson Cano lined an RBI single to right off Kyle Gibson (32) and Ha-Seong Kim added a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead in the fourth.
ASTROS 5, RANGERS 1 >> Martín Maldonado hit a three-run double and Jose Altuve added four hits to back a strong start by Framber Valdez as Houston continued its home dominance of Texas.
The victory extended Houston’s winning streak at home against the Rangers to 11. Texas went 0-9 at Minute Maid Park last season and hasn’t won in Houston since Sept. 16, 2020.
The Astros won their ninth straight overall at home.
Valdez (3-2) allowed six hits and a run with seven strikeouts in seven innings.
WHITE SOX 7, ROYALS 4 >> Luis Robert homered and drove in four runs as Chicago rallied at Kansas City to win the five-game series.
Robert delivered a pair of RBI singles before hitting a two-run homer in the eighth.
DIAMONDBACKS 3, CUBS 1 >> Zac Gallen pitched five effective innings, Daulton Varsho homered and Arizona beat Chicago at Wrigley Field, stopping a six-game slide.
Gallen (3-0) allowed one run and two hits, continuing his strong start to the season.