MLB Roundup: Rays win modern record 14th straight at home to start season

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Taj Bradley received his third consecutive begin to start his large league profession and the Tampa Bay Rays set a contemporary period MLB report with their 14th consecutive house win to start a season, beating the Houston Astros 8-3 on Monday evening.

The Rays are 20-3 general. Only the 1911 Detroit Tigers and 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers had higher begins at 21-2 since 1901.

The 22-year-old Bradley (3-0) allowed three runs and 4 hits with six strikeouts and no walks in 5 innings.

Alex Bregman and Jeremy Pena homered for the Astros, who had a four-game successful streak halted. Mauricio Dubon prolonged his hitting streak to 18 video games.

After Pena had a solo shot within the third, the Rays chased Houston starter Jose Urquidy (1-2) with a four-run outburst within the backside half to go forward 6-3.

BRAVES 11, MARLINS 0

ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Strider took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and struck out 13 because the Atlanta Braves snapped a four-game skid Monday evening, hitting 5 house runs in an 11-0 victory over the Miami Marlins.

Fans booed when Jean Segura singled to finish Strider’s no-hit bid with one out within the eighth, and Jon Berti adopted with a single. But the right-hander fanned the following two batters to complete his dominant outing with a flourish.

Strider had an ideal sport going till Gold Glove first baseman Matt Olson made a fielding error on a leadoff grounder by Jazz Chisholm Jr. within the seventh.

Sam Hilliard homered twice, and Sean Murphy, Eddie Rosario and Austin Riley additionally linked because the Braves averted their first five-game dropping streak since September 2017, after they ended the season with six straight defeats.

Strider (3-0) threw 81 of his 101 pitches for strikes and lowered his ERA to 1.80.

Edward Cabrera (1-2) allowed 4 runs in 4 1/3 innings.

TIGERS 4, BREWERS 2

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nick Maton had a three-run homer and Matthew Boyd pitched successfully for 5 innings to steer Detroit Tigers over Milwaukee.

Boyd (1-1) allowed two runs on 5 hits in 5 innings, placing out eight and strolling one because the Brewers misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time this season.

Jose Cisnero, Tyler Holton and Jason Foley every tossed a scoreless inning and Alex Lange completed with an ideal ninth for his second save in three possibilities.

Colin Rae (0-1), making his third begin since being referred to as up after Brandon Woodruff went on the injured checklist, allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings, strolling 4 with one strikeout.

REDS 7, RANGERS 6

CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl drove within the game-winning run with a ninth-inning single and the Cincinnati Reds snapped a six-game dropping streak.

Jose Leclerc (0-1) walked Jonathan India to steer off the ninth. India went to second on a handed ball and scored on Friedl’s single to proper.

The Reds got here again from a 5-1 third-inning deficit and tied the sport within the eighth on back-to-back bases-loaded walks to Henry Ramos and Nick Senzel by Leclerc.

Alexis Diaz (1-1), Cincinnati’s fourth aid pitcher, pitched an ideal ninth for the win.

Josh Jung hit house runs in consecutive innings and drove in three runs for the AL West-leading Rangers.

ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 4

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ramon Urias hit a two-run double within the fourth inning, and Baltimore rallied from a four-run deficit for its seventh straight victory.

Chris Sale (1-2) allowed 9 hits — one by every member of the Baltimore batting order — in 5 innings, failing to carry onto a 4-0 lead after Triston Casas and Rafael Devers homered for Boston. Dean Kremer (2-0) wasn’t nice both for the Orioles, however he made it into the sixth inning after some early struggles and gave his group an opportunity to return again.

After Kremer exited, the Baltimore bullpen pitched 3 1/3 hitless innings. After Danny Coulombe allowed a leadoff stroll within the ninth, Yennier Cano got here on and balked the runner to second. Kike Hernandez struck out wanting, Casas went down swinging and Jarren Duran lined out for Cano’s first profession save.

BLUE JAYS 5, WHITE SOX 2

TORONTO (AP) — Chris Bassitt pitched 6 1/3 innings earlier than leaving due to a sore decrease again, Cavan Biggio hit a three-run house run and Toronto Blue beat Chicago.

Bassitt (3-2) referred to as supervisor John Schneider and the coach to the mound within the seventh after bouncing his first pitch to Luis Robert Jr. Zach Pop got here on and completed the inning. Jordan Romano completed for his eighth save in 9 possibilities.

Chicago’s Andrew Vaughn opened the scoring with a two-run double off Bassitt within the third, however the Blue Jays answered with a four-run fourth off White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn (0-3), who allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings.

Robert soared over the low wall in deep heart to disclaim Matt Chapman for the second out of the inning, however the subsequent 5 Blue Jays batters reached safely. Whit Merrifield hit an RBI double earlier than Biggio adopted along with his second house run.

TWINS 6, YANKEES 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven scoreless innings and Joey Gallo homered as the 2 former Yankees helped Minnesota beat New York.

Jorge Polanco added two hits and three RBIs for the Twins, who’ve received three of the primary 5 conferences with their longtime nemesis this 12 months. The Yankees are 100-41 in opposition to Minnesota within the common season since 2002, the perfect report for any group versus one opponent throughout that span.

New York can be 16-2 in opposition to the Twins within the postseason throughout that stretch.

Gray (3-0) gave up three hits and struck out eight, dropping his ERA to an enormous league-best 0.62. The veteran right-hander went 15-16 with a 4.51 ERA in elements of two seasons for New York.

Rookie right-hander Jhony Brito (2-2) had one other powerful outing in opposition to the Twins, permitting three runs on three hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings.

ROCKIES 6, GUARDIANS 0

CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Gomber bounced again from a hideous begin to get his first win, Jurickson Profar drove in three runs and Colorado received for simply the second time in 13 video games.

Gomber (1-4) held the Guardians to a few singles _ all by Steven Kwan _ in 5 scoreless innings. The left-hander was pounded for 9 runs and 9 hits in simply two innings in a loss to Pittsburgh on April 19.

Profar homered within the first off Cal Quantrill (1-2), who misplaced for less than the second time in 36 profession begins at Progressive Field. Quantrill has misplaced each begins at house in 2023 after going 14-0 over his first 44 appearances in Cleveland.

The Rockies stopped a three-game dropping skid to enhance to 7-17.