MLB Roundup: Thompson belts three homers for Dodgers; Red Sox walk-off Orioles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trayce Thompson hit three house runs and develop into the primary participant to drive in eight or extra runs in a season debut for the reason that RBI turned an official statistic in 1920, serving to Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers roll to a 10-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday evening.

Thompson hit a grand slam in his first at-bat of the season because the Dodgers beat Arizona for the sixteenth time within the final 22 conferences. J.D. Martinez added his first house run in a Dodgers uniform.

In the twelfth matchup between left-handers Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner, the Los Angeles star got here out on prime with six sturdy innings. The earlier 11 matchups got here when Bumgarner was a member of the San Francisco Giants. Each pitchers’ staff has gained six instances within the conferences.

Kershaw (1-0) gave up one run on 4 hits with no walks and 9 strikeouts in an environment friendly 76 pitches over his first begin of 2023. Bumgarner (0-1) gave up 5 runs on 4 hits with 4 walks and two strikeouts in 4 innings (85 pitches).

Thompson’s grand slam got here in a five-run first inning for the Dodgers earlier than he added a three-run shot within the fifth inning.

RED SOX 9, ORIOLES 8

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BOSTON (AP) — Adam Duvall ended the sport along with his second two-run homer after left fielder Ryan McKenna dropped a two-out fly within the ninth inning, giving Boston a win over Baltimore.

Duvall had 4 hits and 5 RBIs. He was a single shy of the cycle.

Baltimore stole 5 bases and have become the primary staff to steal 10 in its first two video games since a minimum of 1901. Jorge Mateo swiped two.

Cedric Mullins hit a three-run homer, Ryan Mountcastle had a two-run shot and the Orioles tagged Chris Sale for seven runs over three innings in his first Fenway Park begin since 2021.

Baltimore led 8-7 when McKenna dropped Masataka Yoshida’s routine fly. Duvall lined a shot simply over the Green Monster in opposition to Felix Bautista (0-1).

Austin Hays went 5 for five with a solo shot for the Orioles, who gained Thursday’s opener 10-9 after opening a six-run lead.

Rafael Devers had three hits and Alex Verdugo launched a two-homer homer for the Red Sox. Kenley Jansen (1-0) received the win.

RANGERS 16, PHILLIES 3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien led off with a homer, Mitch Garver hit two and Texas powered previous Philadelphia to develop into the seventh staff since 1900 to begin a season by scoring 10 or extra runs in consecutive video games.

Garver ripped a three-run shot off Phillies reliever Yunior Marte to increase the result in 7-3 within the fifth inning. Garver then sparked a six-run seventh with one other three-run shot, this day without work Seranthony Dominguez.

The Rangers adopted their 11-7 victory within the season opener by tying three different groups with 27 runs in two video games, second-most since 1900. The 1951 White Sox scored 30.

Nathan Eovaldi (1-0) gained his Texas debut, beating Zack Wheeler (0-1).

BREWERS 3, CUBS 1

CHICAGO (AP) — William Contreras hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in Milwaukee’s three-run eighth inning, and the Brewers beat Chicago for his or her first win of the season.

Brandon Woodruff pitched six sharp innings for Milwaukee, and Devin Williams labored a rocky ninth for the save. Peter Strzelecki (1-0) threw a hitless inning.

Dansby Swanson had three extra hits for the Cubs, and Ian Happ homered. Justin Steele struck out eight over six innings in chilly, windy circumstances at Wrigley Field. Javier Assad (0-1) took the loss.

RAYS 12, TIGERS 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Zach Eflin received off to a pleasant begin after signing the biggest free-agent contract in Tampa Bay historical past, pitching 5 sturdy innings in a 12-2 rout of Detroit.

Yandy Diaz and Wander Franco every had three hits and three RBIs for the Rays, who scored seven instances within the third to wreck Spencer Turnbull’s first outing for the Tigers since June 4, 2021.

Jose Siri and Josh Lowe every contributed a two-run double within the third off Turnbull (0-1), who allowed seven runs and eight hits over 2 1/3 innings in his return from Tommy John surgical procedure.

Eflin (1-0) allowed one run and three hits after leaving NL champion Philadelphia for a $40 million, three-year cope with the Rays. He yielded an RBI single to Miguel Cabrera, who moved forward of Ichiro Suzuki for sole possession of twenty third place on the profession hits record with 3,090.

BRAVES 7, NATIONALS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Olson hit two of Atlanta’s 4 homers, and Spencer Strider struck out 9 in six scoreless innings in opposition to Washington.

Ronald Acuna Jr. and Olson started the sport with back-to-back house runs, and Marcell Ozuna related later off Josiah Gray (0-1), who allowed probably the most homers within the majors final season.

The Nationals managed simply three hits off Strider (1-0), runner-up for NL Rookie of the Year final season.

TWINS 2, ROYALS 0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sonny Gray and 4 relievers mixed on a four-hitter, and Minnesota blanked Kansas City to open with consecutive shutouts for the primary time in franchise historical past.

Jose Miranda had an RBI single, and pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer added a sacrifice fly. Byron Buxton scored twice.

Gray (1-0) allowed three hits earlier than Jorge Alcala, Griffin Jax, Caleb Thielbar and Jorge Lopez additionally held the Royals scoreless. Lopez received his first save of the yr.

Kansas City is 0 for 14 with runners in scoring place throughout its first two video games.

In his Royals debut, Jordan Lyles (0-1) threw 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs — one earned.

ANGELS 13, ATHLETICS 1

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Ward homered and drove in 4 runs, and Los Angeles scored 11 instances within the third inning in opposition to Oakland to spoil Shintaro Fujinami’s main league debut.

Shohei Ohtani had two hits and two RBIs. Gio Urshela, Jake Lamb and rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe drove in two runs apiece to assist the Angels keep away from an 0-2 begin for the second consecutive season.

Los Angeles starter Patrick Sandoval (1-0) gave up a house run to Ramon Laureano, however that was it. Tucker Davidson pitched 4 scoreless innings for his first massive league save.

Fujinami (0-1) breezed by way of the primary two innings, then fell aside. He gave up eight earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.

ASTROS 6, WHITE SOX 4

HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a pair of run-scoring singles and Yordan Alvarez had three hits to steer Houston over Chicago.

Seby Zavala launched a two-run homer for the White Sox.

With the rating 3-all within the seventh, Alvarez and Jose Abreu hit consecutive two-out singles off Joe Kelly (0-1) earlier than Tucker greeted Jose Ruiz with a go-ahead single.

Ryne Stanek (1-0) labored 1 2/3 innings and Hector Neris received 4 outs for his first save.

Alvarez and Abreu hit consecutive RBI singles for a 6-3 lead within the eighth.

METS 6, MARLINS 2

MIAMI (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead double, Tylor Megill struck out seven over 5 innings and New York beat Miami.

Megill (1-0) began instead of Justin Verlander, who went on the injured record with a strained higher again muscle hours earlier than New York’s win on opening day.

Mark Canha had three hits and two RBIs for the Mets, together with a house run. He additionally scored thrice.

Andrew Nardi (0-1) took the loss.

REDS 6, PIRATES 2

CINCINNATI (AP) — Jake Fraley got here off the bench to hit a three-run homer, Kevin Newman had a two-run shot in opposition to his former staff and Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh.

Jonathan India added a solo homer and Nick Lodolo overcame a difficult first inning because the Reds snapped an eight-losing streak to the Pirates that dated to final season, when each groups misplaced 100 video games.

Fraley’s second profession pinch-hit homer got here within the sixth off Chase De Jong.

Lodolo (1-0) wanted 109 pitches to navigate 5 innings. He permitted two runs and completed with 9 strikeouts.

Rich Hill (0-1), who turned 43 in March, started his nineteenth season along with his twelfth main league staff. He allowed three runs and three hits with seven strikeouts in 5 innings. 

GIANTS 7, YANKEES 5

NEW YORK (AP) — Camilo Doval retired Giancarlo Stanton on a game-ending double play with the bases loaded, and San Francisco held on in opposition to New York.

Doval gave up Aaron Judge’s RBI single within the ninth inning, the slugger’s third hit, however earned his first save when Stanton hit a grounder to shortstop Brandon Crawford, who began a double play that withstood a video evaluate.

There have been 4 pitch clock violations, probably the most of any recreation within the first three days of the brand new rule. Two have been by Doval within the ninth inning.

Anthony Volpe received his first two massive league hits and have become the primary Yankees participant to steal a base in every of his first two video games since Fritz Maisel in 1913.

But the 21-year-old shortstop additionally had Thairo Estrada’s RBI single carom off his glove because the Giants scored twice within the sixth for a 5-3 lead.

Joc Pederson homered for the Giants, and Crawford hit a two-run drive. Jakub Junis (1-0) gained in aid of Alex Cobb. 

Stanton homered for the Yankees, and reliever Michael King (0-1) misplaced in his return from a damaged elbow final July 22.

CARDINALS 4, BLUE JAYS 1

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty overcame a career-high seven walks and successful batter in throwing 5 no-hit innings, and St. Louis scored three unearned runs within the third on the way in which to beating Toronto for its first win this season.

Flaherty (1-0), bothered by shoulder points that sidelined him most of final yr, had just one clear inning however it was his closing one. Ryan Helsley received 5 outs for his first save.

The Blue Jays completed with three hits after getting 16 singles amongst 19 hits, an opening-day membership document, on Thursday.

A two-out throwing error by third baseman Matt Chapman led to the three unearned Cardinals runs within the third. Nolan Gorman had a two-run single.

Kevin Gausman (0-1) went six innings with out permitting an earned run.

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