ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit a two-run homer off former Texas closer Kirby Yates in the ninth inning, lifting the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.
The fourth home run of the season from García kept Japanese rookie Roki Sasaki from getting his first major league victory. The 23-year-old right-hander pitched six solid innings in the longest of his five big league outings.
Josh Smith almost tied it against Yates (1-1) leading off the Texas ninth, missing a homer by a couple of feet foul down the line in right field. Smith slapped a double the other way before García’s 394-foot drive into the seats in left.
The Dodgers were without two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who announced the birth of his first child — a girl — during the game, as did manager Dave Roberts during an in-game interview on national television.
The defending champions were well on their way to a 2-0 start in the three-game series matching the past two World Series winners before García’s blast.
Sasaki surrendered a two-run homer to Kyle Higashioka in the third but allowed just two hits. The right-hander walked three and struck out four.
Freddie Freeman hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth, and Max Muncy put the Dodgers ahead with a two-out, ground rule double later in the inning.
Jacob Webb (2-0) pitched two scoreless inning for Texas.
TIGERS 3, ROYALS 1
DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fifth inning off Seth Lugo, and Detroit extended the Kansas City's losing streak to six with a win.
Detroit won the first three games of the four-game series and is 8-1 at Comerica Park, its best home start since nine straight wins to begin 1993.
Casey Mize (3-1) gave up one run and four hits in seven innings. He has allowed one run or none in three of four starts. Will Vest pitched the ninth for his first save this season, finishing a six-hitter.
Torkelson hit his seventh home run this season, giving him 21 RBIs, driving a 1-2 splitter into the Tigers bullpen in left-center.
Lugo (1-3) gave up five hits in 6 2/3 innings. He had tied his career high by allowing four homers in his previous start, at Yankee Stadium.
Kansas City is 1-8 on a 10-game trip that started in Cleveland and New York. The Royals are 8-14 and have gone 15 straight games without scoring more than four runs. They are 4 for 32 with runners in scoring position in the series.
PHILLIES 11, MARLINS 10
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had four hits, Bryson Stott and Johan Rojas each had three and Philadelphia survived Miami’s six-run ninth inning to win.
Philadelphia scored seven runs over the third and fourth inning to seemingly blow open the game and went on to outhit the Marlins 18-15 win for the fourth time in five games.
Dane Myers hit a three-run homer and Liam Hicks added a two-run shot, both off Jordan Romano as part of a six-run ninth for the Marlins. Romano, in the midst of a rough first season in Philly, was heavily booed as he trudged off the mound.
José Alvarado got the final out in the ninth for his fifth save.
The NL East champion Phillies pounded a Marlins staff sapped of real depth this early in the season. Cal Quantrill (1-2) gave up seven runs in 3 1/3 innings and Patrick Monteverde, in his big-league debut, allowed four runs over 3 2/3 innings.
The Phillies have gone 11 straight series at home without losing a series. The Phillies can complete a three-game sweep on Sunday.
CUBS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch hit consecutive home runs in a four-run second-inning, and Chicago beat Arizona.
A day after a wild 13-11 win, Kyle Tucker tripled and drove in two runs along with Suzuki and Busch, Dansby Swanson added two hits for the NL Central leader, including a double.
Corbin Carroll had three hits, including his seventh homer, and has reached base in 27 straight games dating to Sept. 23. Tim Tawa added a solo drive as Arizona lost its second straight following a five-game winning streak.
Carroll homered in the first but Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the bottom half and added four runs in the second as Suzuki and Busch both homered on fastballs from Zac Gallen (1-3). Suzuki’s two-run drive put the Cubs ahead 5-1.
Caleb Thielbar (1-0), the first of three Cubs relievers, threw two perfect innings. Chicago’s bullpen retired 14 straight hitters before Tawa connected and Carroll drew a walk off Daniel Palencia with two outs in the ninth. Arizona had just four hits.
Chicago starter Ben Brown allowed one run, three his and four walks in four innings.
Gallen allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings, retiring 12 of his final 13 hitters. His ERA rose to 5.60.
GUARDIANS 3, PIRATES 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cleveland’s Kyle Manzardo spoiled Paul Skenes’ bobblehead day, taking the young Pittsburgh ace deep in the Guardians’ victory.
Manzardo led off the seventh by taking the first pitch he saw from Skenes (2-2) and sending it over the right-field stands. The fifth home run of the season by Cleveland’s designated hitter landed 411 feet from home plate before bouncing into the Allegheny River.
Steven Kwan had two hits for the Guardians, including a run-scoring single off Skenes in the third. Nolan Jones also had two hits for Cleveland.
Ben Lively (1-2) and four relievers combined to hold the Pirates to six hits. Emmanuel Clase worked the ninth for his fourth save.
Skenes, starting on four days’ rest for the first time this season, worked seven solid innings. The 22-year-old reigning National League Rookie of the Year gave up two runs on six hits with a walk and four strikeouts.
METS 3, CARDINALS 0
NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga extended his scoreless streak to 19 innings, Pete Alonso homered and New York beat St. Louis for the third straight day.
Alonso drove in two runs and Juan Soto had an RBI single for the Mets, who have won the first three games of the four-game series.
Senga (3-1) gave up three hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings with four strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 0.79.
Reed Garrett, A.J. Minter and Edwin Díaz followed with hitless relief. Díaz pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to remain perfect in five save chances, finishing the Mets fourth shutout.
St. Louis dropped to 1-8 on the road.
Matthew Liberatore (1-2) gave up two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. His 100 pitche were the most by a Cardinals starter this season.
Soto had two hits, raising his average to .240. He had an RBI single in the third and scored on Alonso’s double. Alonso hit his sixth home run this season in the eighth off John King.
Brett Baty threw out Thomas Saggese trying to score on Yohel Pozo’s one-out grounder to third in the fifth.
MARINERS 8, BLUE JAYS 4, 12 INNINGS
TORONTO (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a tiebreaking single in the 12th inning, Rowdy Tellez added his fifth career grand slam and Seattle beat Toronto, stopping its three-game winning streak.
Ben Williamson had two hits, including his first big league home run, and scored twice for Seattle.
Andrés Muñoz (1-0) stranded the potential winning run at third base in the 11th when Anthony Santander grounded out.
Seattle loaded the bases with one out in the 10th but Yariel Rodríguez got Tellez to ground into a double play.
After Arozarena’s ground ball single off Jacob Barnes (0-1) put Seattle ahead, Tellez hit a 430-foot drive off the facing of the right field second deck.
Seattle’s Logan Gilbert allowed two runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings with nine strikeouts.
José Berríos gave up three runs, four hits and a season-high four walks, exiting after Williamson’s tying homer starting the seventh.
RED SOX 4, WHITE SOX 3, 10 INNINGS
BOSTON (AP) — Triston Casas hit a bases-loaded single off the Green Monster to drive in the winning run with one out in the 10th inning, lifting Boston to a victory over Chicago.
Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer for Boston, which won its fourth straight.
Luis Robert Jr. hit a two-run shot for the White Sox, who lost their sixth in a row and fell to 4-16 and 0-8 on the road, the worst road start in team history.
The Red Sox nearly wasted a scoreless outing by Garrett Crochet, who took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of a victory against the White Sox in his previous start. He gave up four singles while striking out seven over six innings on Saturday.
Boston took a 3-0 lead when Devers hit a fastball from Shane Smith that left Fenway Park over the Monster in the fifth.
Chicago tied it with a three-run seventh. Chase Meidroth had an RBI single before Robert hit a hanging sweeper.
ORIOLES 9, REDS 5
BALTIMORE (AP) — Ramón Laureano came off the bench and hit two home runs, and Baltimore went deep five times in its victory over Cincinnati.
Cedric Mullins and Gunnar Henderson led off the first with back-to-back home runs off Hunter Greene (2-2), who lasted only three innings and allowed five runs. Jordan Westburg also homered for Baltimore, snapping an 0-for-30 draught with a solo shot in the seventh.
Orioles starter Brandon Young yielded three runs in four-plus innings in his big league debut, and Seranthony Domínguez (2-0) got the win in relief. Félix Bautista came on with two on and got the final three outs for his second save — with Laureano making a leaping catch in left field to end it.
Young allowed seven hits and a walk among his first 10 batters, but a pair of Cincinnati outs on the bases helped him avoid excessive damage. Gavin Lux put the Reds up 1-0 with an RBI single in the first, and after the homers by Mullins and Henderson, Jake Fraley went deep to lead off the second, tying the game at 2.
TJ Friedl had four hits and a walk, including an RBI double in the second that put the Reds up 3-2. Young did not allow a hit after that.
Greene permitted six hits and two walks and also hit two batters.
NATIONALS 12, ROCKIES 11
DENVER (AP) — Jordan Beck took a called third strike from Kyle Finnegan to end the game with a runner on third, and Washington held on to beat Colorado after nearly wasting a 10-run lead.
Dylan Crews homered twice, had three hits and four runs; James Wood had four RBIs, three hits and a home run; and Josh Bell homered as Washington built a 12-2 seventh-inning lead. All four home runs were off Chase Dollander.
Colorado has lost seven straight, dropping to a big league-worst 3-16. The Rockies closed with an eight-run seventh capped by Beck’s three-run triple off Jose A. Ferrer.
Finnegan walked Hunter Goodman starting the ninth and gave up a two-out RBI triple to Mickey Moniak, who had four RBIs. Beck took a 1-2 fastball on the low, outside corner, giving Finnegan his seventh save in seven chances.
Washington’s MacKenzie Gore (2-2) tied his career high with 13 strikeouts, allowing two runs and four hits in six innings.
Dollander (1-2) allowed nine runs — six earned— and nine hits in four innings.
RAYS 10, YANKEES 8, 10 INNINGS
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Lowe tied the score with a two-run single in a four-run ninth inning off Devin Williams, Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run homer in the 10th and Tampa Bay beat New York to stop its five-game winning streak.
Williams, an All-Star closer acquired from Milwaukee during the offseason, has a 9.00 ERA and has allowed runs in four of nine appearances. He has walked seven in eight innings.
Given an 8-4 lead, Williams allowed José Caballero’s one-out single on a chopper as third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera made a high throw, then walked No 9 batter Ben Rortvedt. Chandler Simpson hit an RBI double to left for his first big league hit, Yandy Díaz hit a run-scoring infield single and Lowe singled to left.
After New York wasted runners at the corners with no outs in the 10th against Edwin Uceta (1-1), Arenda led off the bottom half against Yoendrys Gómez with his fourth homer, stopping the Rays’ four-game losing streak.
New York went 6 for 15 with runners in scoring position.
On a foul popup that ended the Yankees’ fifth, Aranda collided with catcher Ben Rortvedt and was on the grass with training staff before walking off on his own power.
Aaron Judge had three hits and three RBIs, and Trent Grisham homered for the Yankees.
ATHLETICS 3, BREWERS 1
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Luis Severino allowed three hits and one run over eight innings for his first win with the Athletics since signing a $67 million, three-year contract with the team, while Brent Rooker and Shea Langeliers homered in a victory over Milwaukee.
Severino (1-3) struck out one and did not issue a walk in a 92-pitch outing.
Mason Miller finished with a perfect ninth for his sixth save in six opportunities. He topped 100 mph with all eight of his fastballs during a 17-pitch effort.
Rooker opened the sixth inning against Chad Patrick (1-1) with his sixth homer, sending a 3-2 pitch 398 feet to left-center to put the A’s up 2-1.
Patrick allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking none.
Langeliers opened the ninth with a 423-foot shot off Joel Payamps to make it 3-1.
BRAVES 4, TWINS 3
ATLANTA (AP) — Alex Verdugo, making his second start as Atlanta’s left fielder and leadoff hitter, had four hits that included a go-ahead single in the sixth inning, and the Braves beat Minnesota for their first back-to-back wins of the season.
Verdugo was recalled on Thursday to help boost a slumping offense after signing a $1.5 million, one-year contract on March 20. He had two doubles and scored two runs.
The Braves (7-13) have won the first two games of the series against Minnesota (7-14) as they try to recover from an 0-7 start. Atlanta has won 10 consecutive games against the Twins dating to 2019.
Twins right-hander Justin Topa, making his first big league start following 102 relief appearances, allowed one run in one inning.
Minnesota rookie Luke Keaschall, who had two hits in his major league debut on Friday night, delivered a run-scoring double off Chris Sale in the first. Sale allowed two runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Carlos Correa’s leadoff homer off Sale in the fourth was his first of the season.
ASTROS 3, PADRES 2
HOUSTON (AP) — Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning after Christian Walker’s two-run homer in the sixth tied it up, leading Houston to a win over San Diego.
Paredes hit a bloop single to short center field with two outs off San Diego’s Jeremiah Estrada (0-1), who had allowed two hits in 10 1/3 innings before Saturday.
Walker, who was moved out of the cleanup spot for the first time after batting .159 through the first 19 games, homered on a 1-0 sweeper from Michael King with two outs, his second of the season.
Bryan Abreu worked a scoreless eighth inning and Josh Hader, on his bobblehead giveaway night, pitched a scoreless ninth and got former Padres teammate Yuli Gurriel to fly out to end the game. Tayler Scott (1-1) worked two innings of relief and earned the win.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his seventh homer of the season in the third inning. Manny Machado helped add to an early lead when he followed a Tatis single and stolen base with an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Padres, who lost back-to-back games for the second time this season.
GIANTS 3, ANGELS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Landen Roupp struck out a career-high nine over seven innings, Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run, and San Francisco held on for a victory over Los Angeles.
Roupp gave up two runs and five hits and walked one in his 96-pitch effort. Tyler Rogers retired the side in order in the eighth, and Ryan Walker got Nolan Schanuel to fly out to left field with a runner on second in the ninth for his fifth save.
Roupp (2-1) relied heavily on a 77-mph curveball to induce 12 of his 18 swinging strikes, giving him a major league-high 42 swinging strikes with his breaking ball this season.
The right-hander made only two mistakes, which Mike Trout turned into a pair of home runs.
Trout’s franchise-record 28th multihomer game gave him eight homers this season, tied for second in baseball behind the Athletics’ Tyler Soderstrom with nine.
Angels starter Kyle Hendricks (0-2) gave up three runs and four hits in five innings, striking out one and walking two.
Chapman drove a changeup 384 feet over the left-field wall in the first inning for his fourth homer of the season and a 2-0 Giants lead. Mike Yastrzemski doubled to right-center with one out in the third and scored on Willy Adames’ RBI single to make it 3-0.
The Associated Press
