Xander Bogaerts belted a grand slam in the bottom of the 12th inning Thursday night as the San Diego Padres rallied past the visiting Colorado Rockies 7-3.<\/p>\n
Fernando Tatis Jr. started the inning with a sacrifice bunt that moved automatic runner Jake Cronenworth to third. After Valente Bellozo (0-1) intentionally walked Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado to fill the bases, Bogaerts lined a 1-0 pitch into the seats in \u200bleft for his second homer of the year.<\/p>\n
David Morgan (1-0) pitched 1 2\/3 hitless innings of relief to earn the win. Colorado got \u200cthe go-ahead run to third in the top of the 12th, but Willi Castro was cut down at the plate on Brenton Doyle\u2019s bouncer to Cronenworth at second.<\/p>\n
Each team scored a run in both the 10th and 11th innings.<\/p>\n
Twins 3, Tigers 1<\/p>\n
Brooks Lee pulled an eighth-inning, two-run single through the right side of the infield, and Minnesota held on for a win over Detroit.<\/p>\n
Josh Bell went 3-for-4 and hit a solo home run for the Twins to complete a four-game sweep over the Tigers. Garrett Acton (1-0) earned his first career win after allowing one \u200crun in \u200btwo innings of relief. He followed starter Mick Abel, who pitched six scoreless innings. Eric Orze pitched \u2060a scoreless ninth for his first save of \u2060the season.<\/p>\n
Gleyber Torres drove in the lone run for Detroit, which has dropped five straight games. Will Vest (0-2) gave up two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning.<\/p>\n
Athletics 1, Yankees 0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Springs allowed one hit in seven outstanding innings to lead the visiting Athletics past New York.<\/p>\n
Springs (2-0) took a no-hit bid into the seventh, surrendering just two walks while striking out six. Max Muncy tripled and scored off a Tyler Soderstrom single to \u200bhelp the Athletics record their first series win over the Yankees since April 2016.<\/p>\n
Ben Rice broke up Springs\u2019 no-hit bid with a single for New York\u2019s only hit of the day. Ryan Weathers (0-1) was the tough-luck loser despite surrendering just one run on seven hits in a season-high seven innings. The Yankees \u2060haven\u2019t scored since taking a two-run lead on Luis Severino in the first inning of \u2060Wednesday\u2019s 3-2 loss.<\/p>\n
White Sox 2, Royals 0<\/p>\n
Anthony Kay struck out six to match a career high over 5 2\/3 innings, \u200band Colson Montgomery roped an RBI double as Chicago snapped its 14-game road losing streak to Kansas City.<\/p>\n
Luisangel Acuna added a sacrifice fly for Chicago, which won \u200bfor just the third time in the last 25 games at Kauffman Stadium, where its previous victory came on Sept. 6, \u200c2003. Kay (1-0) was making just his ninth career start but third this season for the White Sox. He yielded three hits on a career-high 100 pitches.<\/p>\n
Kansas City\u2019s Seth Lugo (1-1) was charged with both runs while also giving up four hits and four walks over 6 1\/3 innings. Maikel Garcia and Bobby Witt Jr. each had two hits, but they struck out for the final two outs, respectively, for the Royals, who stranded 11 runners and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n
Diamondbacks \u20607, Mets 1<\/p>\n
Jorge Barrosa\u2019s RBI triple capped a four-run seventh inning for Arizona, which went on to rout host New York in the decisive game of a three-game series.<\/p>\n
The Diamondbacks are 7-3 since being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in a season-opening three-game series. Arizona pinch hitter Gabriel Moreno tied the game with \u2060a run-scoring double in the seventh before Alek Thomas \u200ccollected the go-ahead RBI on a fielder\u2019s choice. Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0) allowed one run on five hits over \u2060six innings.<\/p>\n
Luis Robert Jr. homered in the first inning for the Mets, whose consecutive losses to the Diamondbacks followed \u200ba four-game \u200cwinning streak in which they outscored the opposition 28-8. Mets starter Nolan McLean (1-1) permitted two runs on three \u200bhits over 6 1\/3 \u2060innings.<\/p>\n
Marlins 8, Reds 1<\/p>\n
Owen Caissie and Javier Sanoja combined for six hits and five RBIs to lead host Miami to a defeat of Cincinnati, earning a split of the four-game set.<\/p>\n
In a battle of former first-round picks, Miami\u2019s Max Meyer (1-0) allowed four hits, three walks and one run in five innings, striking out four.<\/p>\n
Reds starter Rhett Lowder (1-1) entered the game with the best eight-game ERA (1.30) in Reds history with a minimum of 30 innings. He had never allowed more than three runs in a game. On Thursday, he allowed eight hits and five runs (four earned) in 5 1\/3 innings. Caissie (3-for-4, three RBIs) and Sanoja (3-for-4, two RBIs) led Miami\u2019s offense. Agustin Ramirez \u200bwent 2-for-5 with two RBIs.<\/p>\n
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