MLB Roundup: Ramirez homers as Rays beat Pirates in matchup of top teams

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Harold Ramírez homered and drove in two runs to steer the Tampa Bay Rays over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Tuesday evening in a matchup of groups with the highest two information within the main leagues.

Ramírez drove within the recreation’s first run with an RBI single within the fourth and boosted the result in 4-1 with a solo homer within the sixth in opposition to Roansy Contreras (3-2). Contreras allowed 4 runs and 6 hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Tampa Bay left-hander Josh Fleming left within the fifth after taking Ke’Bryan Hayes’ hard-hit single off his left foot. The Rays mentioned preliminary photos didn’t present a fracture.

Colin Poche (3-0) changed Fleming within the fifth and gave up a double to Bryan Reynolds and Carlos Santana’s tying sacrifice fly. Hayes known as secure on an in depth play on the plate that stood after a video overview. Jason Adam labored the ninth for his first save this season.

BRAVES 6, MARLINS 0

MIAMI (AP) — Bryce Elder outpitched NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara by throwing seven innings of three-hit ball and Atlanta shut out Miami.

Ozzie Albies homered and doubled, whereas Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled, drove in a run and stole his NL-leading 14th base for the Braves. Elder (3-0) struck out six and induced 10 groundouts in his longest begin of the season.

Alcantara (1-3) has a 7.40 ERA and misplaced three of his 4 begins since throwing an entire recreation shutout in opposition to Minnesota on April 4.

The Braves chased Alcantara after 5 innings and 103 pitches. Alcantara gave up three runs, six hits, walked three, struck out 5 and hit two batters.

RED SOX 7, BLUE JAYS 6

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BOSTON (AP) — Connor Wong hit two homers, together with a tie-breaking solo shot within the eighth, to assist Boston rally previous Toronto.

Masataka Yoshida and Christian Arroyo additionally homered for Boston and the Red Sox tied a season-high for hits with 14, together with 4 by Wong.

Wong additionally had a double within the second that bounced slightly below the yellow line on the prime of Fenway Park’s iconic left-field wall.

Reliever Richard Bleier (1-0) received the win and Josh Winckowski picked up his first save. Erik Swanson (1-1) took the loss.

Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays within the sixth and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. completed with a pair of singles and two RBIs.

WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 2, 10 INNINGS

CHICAGO (AP) — Andrew Benintendi robbed Carlos Correa of a homer and hit a game-ending single within the tenth inning, and Chicago earned its second straight win after a 10-game dropping streak.

Hanser Alberto opened the tenth on second as the automated runner and superior on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice. Tim Anderson bounced to shortstop and Benintendi lined a clear single into left in opposition to Caleb Thielbar (0-1).

Eloy Jiménez homered and Michael Kopech pitched six efficient innings for the White Sox.

Jimmy Lambert (2-1) pitched a scoreless tenth for the win, which got here hours after the White Sox made 11 roster strikes.

Minnesota wasted one other stellar efficiency by Joe Ryan, who pitched six scoreless innings. Ryan allowed one hit, struck out seven and walked two, decreasing his ERA to 2.37.

NATIONALS 4, CUBS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Call hit a two-run double throughout a three-run seventh inning, and Washington beat Chicago.

CJ Abrams had the tiebreaking RBI single within the seventh off Keegan Thompson (1-2) as a part of a 3-for-3 evening. Victor Robles adopted with an infield hit and Call doubled to the hole in left-center to make it 4-1.

Trevor Williams, a former Cub, pitched into the sixth inning for Washington and departed with a 1-0 lead. Hunter Harvey (1-1) received the ultimate out of the seventh, then allowed two baserunners within the eighth however received out of the inning when he caught Wisdom trying with a 98 mph fastball. Kyle Finnegan completed for his sixth save.

Cubs right-hander Hayden Wesneski allowed one run on 5 hits over six innings.

YANKEES 4, GUARDIANS 2

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NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Calhoun snapped a seventh-inning tie together with his first house run for the New York Yankees, who beat Cleveland to cease a four-game slide.

Gerrit Cole settled down after a rocky begin and rookie Anthony Volpe homered within the sixth to start New York’s comeback from a two-run deficit.

Cole struck out eight in six innings and remained unbeaten in seven begins this season with a 1.35 ERA. The right-hander wanted 69 pitches to get via the primary three innings however threw solely 39 over the following three.

With one out within the seventh, Calhoun lined an 0-2 curveball from James Karinchak (0-4) to proper subject for his first main league house run since April 11 final yr with Texas.

Wandy Peralta (2-0) received two outs and Michael King labored 1 2/3 hitless innings for his second save, hanging out three.

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