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Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez combined with two relievers on a seven-hit shutout for his first win with San Diego, and the Padres ended the Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 five-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory Monday night.
\nNick Castellanos hit the first of San Diego\u2019s four RBI doubles. Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth and Ram\u00f3n Laureano each had a run-scoring double as well to help the Padres win their third straight.
\nM\u00e1rquez (1-1) pitched five innings, allowing six hits and one walk on 92 pitches. He struck out four.
\nRon Marinaccio and David Morgan each worked two innings to finish San Diego\u2019s second shutout this season.
\nManny Machado scored a run and knocked in another with a groundout. Freddy Fermin scored twice, and Xander Bogaerts had two hits and a walk.
\nPirates rookie starter Bubba Chandler (0-1) threw 83 pitches over 4 1\/3 innings. He gave up three runs, five hits and four walks.
\nPittsburgh went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and lost at home for the first time this season.
\nROYALS 4, GUARDIANS 2
\nCLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Carter Jensen and Jonathan India homered, Michael Wacha allowed one run in seven innings and Kansas City defeated Cleveland.
\nAll-Star third baseman Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez became Cleveland\u2019s franchise leader in games played with 1,620. Ram\u00edrez, who went 0 for 2 with two walks, surpassed Terry Turner\u2019s nearly 108-year-old mark.
\nSteven Kwan and Brayan Rocchio had solo shots for the Guardians, who have dropped two of three.
\nREDS 2, MARLINS 0
\nMIAMI (AP) \u2014 Elly De La Cruz doubled and singled, Tyler Stephenson homered and four Cincinnati pitchers combined for a shutout as the Reds beat Miami.
\nBrandon Williamson (1-1) scattered three hits over 6 2\/3 innings. After a difficult season debut in which he gave up six runs and six hits against Pittsburgh on March 31, the 28-yeaer-old left-hander struck out four and walked one. He kept the Marlins hitless until Otto L\u00f3pez\u2019s two-out single in the fourth.
\nThe Reds, who won their fourth straight, began Monday tied with San Francisco for fewest runs scored in the majors with 26. They scored nine runs in their three-game sweep at Texas over the weekend.
\nRAYS 6, CUBS 4
\nST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) \u2014 Cedric Mullins, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Monday in their first game at Tropicana Field in 561 days.
\nThe Rays were back in their domed stadium after playing the 2025 season across the bay in Tampa at Steinbrenner Field \u2014 the spring training home of the New York Yankees \u2014 because Hurricane Milton destroyed the Trop\u2019s roof and caused extensive damage.
\nA sellout crowd of 25,114 welcomed the Rays home.
\nShane McClanahan, making his first start at the Trop since July 22, 2023, allowed two runs and one hit in four innings. He struck out five and walked four.
\nMcClanahan returned to the mound last week for the first time after a series of injuries forced him to miss two full seasons. The lefty underwent his second Tommy John surgery in August 2023 and then missed the entire 2025 season due to an inflamed nerve in his left triceps.
\nKevin Kelly (1-1) pitched a perfect fifth to earn the win and Bryan Baker finished for his first save, yielding Matt Shaw\u2019s solo shot in the ninth.
\nNATIONALS 9, CARDINALS 6
\nWASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 James Wood, Brady House and CJ Abrams homered during a six-run eighth inning, and Washington rallied for a victory over St. Louis.
\nWood tied it with a three-run shot against Ryne Stanek, House\u2019s two-run homer off Matt Svanson (0-1) made it 8-6, and Abrams followed with a solo drive for his 500th career hit. The Nationals have scored 64 runs through their first 10 games, a franchise best and behind only the Dodgers and Brewers this season.
\nWood also took away a potential homer from Nolan Gorman with a leaping catch near the right-field corner in the fourth.
\nWashington righty Zack Littell struck out six and allowed four hits and one run in five innings. His second-inning strikeout of Nolan Gorman was the 500th of his nine-year career.
\nCionel P\u00e9rez (1-1) threw a scoreless ninth and was awarded the win after Washington relievers Ken Waldichuk and Andre Granillo combined to allow three runs in the eighth.
\nRamon Ur\u00edas homered and drove in three runs for the Cardinals. His two-run blast in the sixth put the Cardinals ahead 3-2, and Jordan Walker\u2019s solo shot in the eighth made it 4-3. Ur\u00edas also doubled in a run in the eighth.
\nBREWERS 8, RED SOX 6
\nBOSTON (AP) \u2014 Garrett Mitchell lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Milwaukee beat Boston, sending them to their eighth loss in nine games.
\nChristian Yelich had three hits and an RBI for the red-hot Brewers (8-2).
\nWillson Contreras hit a solo homer and reached base five times for the Red Sox (2-8).
\nGarrett Whitlock (0-1) walked two batters before Mitchell\u2019s go-ahead hit. Left fielder Roman Anthony threw wildly to the plate, allowing a second run to score that made it 7-5.
\nAaron Ashby (3-0) got four outs and Angel Zerpa worked the ninth for his first career save.
\nDODGERS 14, BLUE JAYS 2
\nTORONTO (AP) \u2014 Dalton Rushing hit two solo home runs for his first career multihomer game and Los Angeles went deep five times to rout Toronto in a rematch of the 2025 World Series.
\nTeoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and Freddie Freeman both hit two-run home runs and Shohei Ohtani added a solo blast.
\nAfter scoring 31 runs in a three game sweep at Washington, the Dodgers piled up 17 hits against the slumping Blue Jays. Rushing went 4 for 4 and also scored after he was hit by a pitch.
\nRushing connected on Tommy Nance\u2019s first pitch of the seventh, then went deep again off Spencer Miles in the eighth.
\nHern\u00e1ndez went 2 for 5 with a walk and drove in four while Freeman was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. Kyle Tucker had a hit, walked and scored three times, and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Andy Pages had two hits, including a two-run double.
\nBlue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman came on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order, Toronto\u2019s only 1-2-3 inning of the game.
\nORIOLES 2, WHITE SOX 1
\nCHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Spot starter Brandon Young pitched five scoreless innings, Gunnar Henderson homered and Baltimore beat Chicago to stop a three-game skid.
\nRyan Helsley worked out of a jam in the ninth for his third save. He walked the first two batters, and pinch-hitter Lenyn Sota\u2019s one-out grounder made it 2-1. After an infield single by Andrew Benintendi, Helsley struck out Edgar Quero on a 99 mph fastball to end it.
\nTyler O\u2019Neill hit a flyball that fell for an RBI single in the fourth inning when White Sox left fielder Austin Hays pulled up with a right hamstring injury, which forced him to leave the game. Henderson homered in the sixth off Erick Fedde (0-2), who worked six innings after opener Grant Taylor pitched the first.
\nChicago lost at home for the first time this season as its three-game winning streak was snapped.
\nTWINS 7, TIGERS 3
\nMINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Luke Keaschall hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and four Minnesota relievers combined for four scoreless innings as the Twins beat Detroit.
\nKeaschall\u2019s first home run of the season helped Joe Ryan earn his first win of the year. Anthony Banda, Eric Orze, Kody Funderburk and Cody Laweryson provided shutout relief for the Twins. Laweryson pitched the final 1 2\/3 innings for his first save.
\nThe temperature at first pitch was 37 degrees and continued to drop, with players wearing full sleeves and many wearing head coverings.
\nRANGERS 2, MARINERS 1
\nARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Jake Burger hit a tie-breaking RBI double over the outstretched glove of left fielder Randy Arozarena in the sixth inning, Jacob deGrom and five Texas relievers combined for a two-hitter and the Rangers beat Seattle.
\nThe Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the first time in four home games.
\nThe Mariners have lost three consecutive games and five of their last six.
\nBurger\u2019s fly to deep left scored Corey Seager, who singled and advanced to second base on a wild pitch by Logan Gilbert (0-2).
\nJalen Beeks (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning as the first Rangers reliever following deGrom. Jakob Junis earned his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
\nMariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who led the major leagues last season with 60 home runs, hit his first of the season in the first inning capping a 12-pitch at-bat during which he fouled off six pitches with two strikes. His longest drought last season was eight games.
\nROCKIES 9, ASTROS 7
\nDENVER (AP) \u2014 Troy Johnston hit a solo homer, a double and a single and Colorado rode an eight-run fifth inning to a victory over Houston.
\nEdouard Julien, TJ Rumfield, and Willi Castro also had multi-hit games as the Rockies banged out 12 hits.
\nJulien had a two-run single in the fifth inning that started the eight-run outburst. Rumfield had a two-run triple \u2014 the first triple of his career \u2014 during the scoring outburst. He has reached base safely in all but one game since making his big league debut on March 27.
\nJohnston added an insurance run with a 407-foot homer in the sixth.
\nRyan Feltner (1-0) allowed seven hits and four earned runs while striking out one in 5 1\/3 innings for the win. Juan Mejia earned his first save of the season after a hitless 1 2\/3 innings to finish the game.
\nAstros starter Cody Bolton and Ryan Weiss (0-1) combined to allow 11 hits and eight runs.
\nANGELS 6, BRAVES 2
\nANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Soriano pitched eight dominant innings and the Los Angeles got home runs from Zach Neto and Jo Adell in a victory over Atlanta.
\nNeto launched a leadoff shot on Chris Sale\u2019s first pitch, and Soriano (3-0) struck out 10 as the Angels won their third consecutive game. The right-hander allowed one run and three hits without issuing a walk, throwing 69 of his 96 pitches for strikes.
\nSoriano gave up a solo homer to Drake Baldwin and a single to Matt Olson in the first, then retired 19 straight batters before Mike Yastrzemski led off the eighth with a single.
\nMauricio Dub\u00f3n homered off Angels reliever Chase Silseth in the ninth. Atlanta put two on with two outs before Jordan Romano replaced Silseth and got Yastrzemski to fly out for his fourth save.
\nPHILLIES 6, GIANTS 4
\nSAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Alec Bohm hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning after Bryce Harper\u2019s two-run single tied it, and Philadelphia rallied past the San Francisco for a win.
\nJonathan Bowlan (1-0) pitched the sixth for the win, receiving another run of support on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Marsh in the decisive inning.
\nGiants right-hander Adrian Houser looked strong pitching into the seventh in his home debut before Justin Crawford\u2019s leadoff single got the Phillies going on the way to their fifth victory in six games. Ryan Borucki (0-1) relieved and took the loss.
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