NEW YORK (AP) — Jung Hoo Lee hit a three-run homer, LaMonte Wade Jr. added a two-run double in a five-run first inning that chased Marcus Stroman and the San Francisco Giants rolled to a rain-shortened 9-1 rout of the New York Yankees on Friday night for their ninth win in 11 games.
San Francisco’s first six batters reached on a night of steady rain, giving a 5-0 cushion to Robbie Ray (3-0) before he threw a pitch. The game started with a 44-degree ( 7 Celsius) temperature after 26-minute delay and the Giants scored five runs before their first plate appearance resulting in an out for the first time since May 11, 2006, according to Major League Baseball.
With maybe 5,000 fans left in Yankee Stadium and field conditions deteriorating, umpires stopped the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the sixth as Yoendrys Gómez had troubling gripping the ball. The umps called the game 30 minutes later.
Stroman (0-1) lasted nine batters, throwing 46 pitches and getting two outs. His ERA rose to 11.57 as he allowed four hits and three walks.
San Francisco (10-3) is off to its best start since 2003. The Giants were less than a mile from where they played across the Harlem River at the Polo Grounds from 1889 to 1957 before moving to San Francisco.
New York has lost four of five following a 6-2 start.
GUARDIANS 7, ROYALS 0
CLEVELAND (AP) — Gabriel Arias had three hits — including a three-run homer — Angel Martínez had his second career three-hit game and Cleveland extended its winning streak to four, beating Kansas City.
Five Cleveland pitchers combined for the second shutout of the homestand. Tim Herrin (2-0) got the win after starter Tanner Bibee went 4 1/3 innings.
Arias snapped an 0 for 15 skid with a base hit in the second inning. He then connected on a first-pitch fastball from Royals’ starter Kris Bubic (0-1) in the fourth inning and put it into the stands in right-center for his second homer of the season.
The three runs were the first earned runs Bubic had allowed in 26 2/3 innings dating to last season.
Martínez, called up from Triple A Columbus on Wednesday, also had a sacrifice fly in a four-run eighth inning to drive in Nolan Jones. Steven Kwan and Carlos Santana added RBI singles and Brayan Rocchio scored from second base after Royals’ second baseman Jonathan India had a fly ball by José Ramírez pop out of his glove. It was India’s second error of the game.
REDS 5, PIRATES 3
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer to help Brady Singer and Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh.
Singer (3-0) pitched five innings of three-run ball in his third straight win. The right-hander allowed two hits, struck out three and walked three.
Singer is in his first season with Cincinnati after he was acquired in a November trade with Kansas City.
Taylor Rogers, Graham Ashcraft and Emilio Pagán followed Singer with four innings of two-hit ball. Pagán handled the ninth for his third save.
Adam Frazier hit a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, and Tommy Pham had an RBI double. Bailey Falter (0-2) was charged with five runs — three earned — and three hits in five innings.
Candelario’s first homer made it 3-0 in the first. A two-run throwing error by catcher Endy Rodríguez extended the lead to 5-0 in the third.
Rodríguez entered the game after Joey Bart departed because of lower-back discomfort.
Both teams managed only four hits and combined for 10 walks.
RAYS 6, BRAVES 3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Danny Jansen hit his first home run of the season and drove in four runs, Christopher Morel also homered and Tampa Bay beat Atlanta.
Jansen, who had one hit in his first 27 at-bats through the Rays’ first 12 games, hit a two-run homer on a first-pitch sinker from Bryce Elder in the fourth inning, scoring Kameron Misner. In his next at-bat in the sixth, the 29-year-old catcher hit an RBI single to center and added a ground-rule double in the eighth that scored another run.
Morel hit a solo shot in the sixth and finished with three hits.
Rays starter Taj Bradley (2-0) struggled to get through the first, needing 32 pitches to get through the inning and allowing one run. Atlanta’s Matt Olson drove in Austin Riley with a single to give the Braves a 1-0 lead before Bradley struck out Bryan De La Cruz and Jarred Kelenic with the bases loaded to end the threat.
Bradley worked six innings and limited Atlanta to one run on five hits, with two walks and seven strikeouts.
NATIONALS 7, MARLINS 4
MIAMI (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit a bases-clearing, go-ahead double in the eighth inning, James Wood added a 400-foot homer in the ninth and Washington scored seven unanswered runs in a victory over Miami.
The Nationals trailed for the first five innings before scoring seven straight, including three in the eighth and two in the ninth.
Lowe’s hit down the left-field line — that was barely fair — came on the 10th pitch he saw from Anthony Bender, giving the Nationals their first lead at 5-4.
Wood’s homer was his fifth of the season, with 11 RBIs.
The Nationals’ second run in the ninth came when Alex Call hit a shot into the gap that Griffin Conine couldn’t reach on a diving attempt and Josh Bell scored from first.
Kyle Finnegan earned his fifth save.
CARDINALS 2, PHILLIES 0
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andre Pallante pitched seven shutout innings and rookie catcher Yohel Pozo came off the bench to drive in a run, lifting St. Louis to a victory over Philadelphia.
Pallante (2-0) gave up just two singles, struck out four and walked two.
Phil Maton retired the side in the eighth and Ryan Helsey got three outs after giving up a leadoff single in the ninth for his second save of the season, preserving St. Louis’ first shutout.
Aaron Nola (0-3) allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings and struck out seven. Nola had been 4-0 in five previous starts against St. Louis since Game 2 of the NL wild-card playoffs in 2022.
Pozo, who made his Cardinals debut Monday night in Pittsburgh, entered the game to catch in the second inning after shortstop Masyn Winn left with lower back spasms. Pedro Pagés moved from catcher to second base and second baseman Thomas Saggese, who had two hits, went to shortstop.
Pozo finished 3 for 4 with a run scored, matching his career high for hits previously done with Texas in 2021.
WHITE SOX 11, RED SOX 1
CHICAGO (AP) — Michael A. Taylor had three hits and scored three times, and Chicago stopped an eight-game slide by routing sloppy Boston.
Omar Narváez had three RBIs in Chicago’s highest scoring game of the season. Miguel Vargas, Lenyn Sosa and Jacob Amaya each drove in two runs.
The White Sox finished with 12 hits. They totaled 16 runs and 49 hits during their losing streak.
Boston had five errors, leading to six unearned runs for Chicago. The Red Sox have committed a major league-high 19 errors in 15 games.
Boston left-hander Sean Newcomb (0-2) was charged with six runs — two earned — in four innings. The Red Sox scored their only run on Blake Sabol’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
ASTROS 14, ANGELS 3
HOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Díaz hit his first career grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and Houston had a season-high scoring total in a rout of Los Angeles.
Díaz, who entered the game with just one RBI this year, had three hits and drove in a career-high five runs in the victory.
The Astros trailed by 1 with two outs and two on in the fifth when they tied it on an RBI single by Yordan Alvarez that rolled just out of reach of a diving Tim Anderson.
Christian Walker followed with an RBI single to put the Astros up 3-2. Jack Kochanowicz (1-1) walked Jeremy Peña to load the bases and was lifted for Garrett McDaniels.
Díaz sent his third pitch into the concourse in left center field for his first homer this season to make it 7-2. It was Houston’s first grand slam since Jose Abreu’s in a 12-3 win over Texas on Sept. 6, 2023.
Díaz added an RBI double as the Astros tacked on four more runs in the sixth inning.
Rookie Cam Smith doubled in the sixth and his first career home run made it 13-3 in the eighth.
PADRES 8, ROCKIES 0
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Gavin Sheets homered, Nick Pivetta struck out 10 and combined with two relievers on a three-hitter and San Diego beat Colorado for their fourth win in five games.
Jose Iglesias hit two RBI singles in the Padres’ six-run fifth inning and Elías Díaz added a two-run single against his former team.
Pivetta (2-1) allowed three hits in seven innings and walked one. He came in 0-4 with a 16.20 ERA in four previous starts against the Rockies. Relievers Yuki Matsui and Alek Jakob each threw a perfect inning.
Tatis returned to the lineup after leaving Tuesday night night’s game against the Athletics after aggravating a shoulder injury. He hit a 411-foot homer into the Padres’ bullpen beyond the center field fence off Angel Chivilli as fog rolled into Petco Park in the sixth inning. It was his third.
Tatis singled, stole second base and scored on Manny Machado’s ground-rule double in the fifth. The Padres sent 12 to the plate and scored six runs on six hits, two walks, an error, a catcher’s interference and a stolen base.
TIGERS 7, TWINS 6
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dillon Dingler had three hits, an RBI and scored a run as Detroit beat Minnesota.
The Tigers’ 5-6-7 hitters — Colt Keith, Zach McKinstry and Dingler — combined for six hits, four RBIs and three runs scored. Detroit also took advantage of two errors to win for the sixth time in seven games.
Will Vest (1-0) got the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Tommy Kahnle picked up his second save despite giving up three hits and a run in the ninth. Mickey Gasper’s check-swing grounder to first ended the game with the tying run on third.
A four-run sixth gave the Tigers a 5-4 lead. Two walks and an infield hit loaded the bases off reliever Jorge Alcala (0-2) before McKinstry hit a two-run single, Dingler drove in a run and another scored on a fielder’s choice.
Minnesota’s Byron Buxton, who hit a solo homer in the eighth, scored three runs and had two RBIs. Edouard Julien and Ty France each had three hits.
Minnesota starter David Festa went 4 2/3 innings, giving up three hits and an unearned run. Festa made his season debut after replacing pitcher Pablo López, who was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with a strained right hamstring.
BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 0
PHOENIX (AP) — José Quintana threw seven scoreless innings in his Brewers debut, leading Milwaukee to a win over Arizona.
The veteran left-hander gave up just four hits and faced the minimum through the first six innings, coaxing double-play grounders in the first two innings and picking off Jake McCarthy at first in the third.
Quintana (1-0) signed with Milwaukee in early March, putting him behind schedule in spring training. The 36-year-old started the season in the minors to continue his preparation and looked sharp in his first big league outing of the year.
He struck out two, walked none and threw just 80 pitches. Miluwakee has won four of its past five.
DODGERS 3, CUBS 0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto scattered two hits over six innings, Tommy Edman snapped a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the sixth and Los Angeles beat Chicago.
The World Series champions improved to 7-0 at home and have beaten the NL Central-leading Cubs for the third time, having swept the teams’ season-opening series in Tokyo.
Yamamoto and Matthew Boyd dueled through five scoreless innings. Yamamoto retired 16 of his first 18 batters — eight on strikeouts.
The Dodgers’ only hits off Boyd through five were a pair of singles by Miguel Rojas and Michael Conforto.
Teoscar Hernández singled with one out in the sixth. Boyd then hit Freddie Freeman before Edman, last year’s NL Championship Series MVP, sent a pitch halfway up the left-field pavilion for a 3-0 lead. It was the first homer given up by Boyd in three starts.
Edman’s sixth homer ties him for the major-league lead with Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber and Mike Trout, among others.
Yamamoto (2-1) struck out nine and walked one. Tanner Scott pitched the ninth for his fourth save.
MARINERS 5, RANGERS 3
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and Seattle beat Texas.
It was Raleigh’s third home run of the season and snapped a 1-for-16 cold spell at the plate. He hit a cutter from Texas’ Chris Martin 399 feet with an exit velocity of 109.7 miles per hour.
The Mariners (6-8) have now won back-to-back games. Andres Munoz pitched the ninth for his fifth save of the season.
It was tied at 3 after Rangers third baseman Josh Jung hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to right field on the first pitch he saw from Seattle right-hander Trent Thornton.
Seattle went up 2-0 early on solo homers from Jorge Polanco, his third of the season as part of a three-hit day, and Rowdy Tellez.
Starter Bryce Miller hit 100 pitches for just the third time in his career, giving u one hit and striking out five in five innings.
METS 7, ATHLETICS 6
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pete Alonso homered and drove in three runs, Brandon Nimmo also hit a home run and Griffin Canning was solid into the sixth inning as New York held off the Athletics.
Alonso, who went 3 for 3, hit an RBI double off JP Sears (1-2) in the fifth inning and had a sacrifice fly in the sixth before taking Jose Leclerc deep for a solo shot with two outs in the eighth. It was Alonso’s fourth homer of the season.
Canning (1-1) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, with his outing ending after Miguel Andujar’s two-run homer in the sixth. Canning signed with the Mets as a free agent in December after spending his first five big league seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.
The Athletics scored twice off Edwin Diaz in the ninth before the Mets closer got Jacob Wilson to ground out to second for the final out and his third save. Diaz, who’s off to a shaky start with a 7.94 ERA, allowed two runs, one hit and walked two.
Sears gave up three runs and six hits in four innings.
The Associated Press
