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Rays at 9-0, best MLB start since 2003, after 11-0 rout

Sun, Apr 9, 2023
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays matched the best start to a major league season in 20 years, routing the Oakland Athletics 11-0 Sunday for a 9-0 record as Drew Rasmussen combined on a one-hitter and Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam.

Tampa Bay has outscored opponents 75-18, scoring the most runs in the big leagues and allowing the fewest. The 2003 Kansas City Royals had been the previous team to start 9-0.

Oakland has lost seven of nine.

Rasmussen (2-0) allowed his only runner on Ramon Laureano's two-out double in the second and pitched seven innings. James Kaprielian (0-1) allowed seven runs, seven hits and three walks over 4 2/3 innings.

YANKEES 5, ORIOLES 3

BALTIMORE (AP) - Aaron Judge homered twice and Nestor Cortes (2-0) allowed two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings after umpires forced him to blot out a marking on his glove.

Judge hit solo homers in the third inning off Tyler Wells (0-1) and the eighth off Logan Gillaspie for his 28th multihomer game and first this season. Judge is batting .364 and has four homers in nine games after hitting his fourth in the 17th game last year en route to an American League-record 62.

Franchy Cordero also went deep for the Yankees, who have homered in their first nine games for the fourth time. Off to a 6-3 start, New York has won its first three series for just the third time in 20 years.

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Clay Holmes got his third save.

PIRATES 1, WHITE SOX 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz fractured his left ankle in a home-plate collision with catcher Seby Zavala in the sixth inning.

Johan Oviedo (1-0) allowed five hits - all singles - and struck out five in 6 2/3 innings as Pittsburgh won for the fifth time in six games.

Canaan Smith-Njigba tripled in the second and scored on Jack Suwinski's sacrifice fly off Michael Kopech (0-2).

David Bednar worked around a two-out single by Gavin Sheets in the ninth for his fourth save.

RED SOX 4, TIGERS 1

DETROIT (AP) - Triston Casas homered and hit an RBI double as Boston finished a three-game sweep, outscoring Detroit 24-9.

Kutter Crawford (1-1) allowed one run and five hits in five innings and Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his second save. Detroit loaded the bases with one out, but Zach McKinstry flied out and Akil Baddoo struck out.

Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall, hitting .455 with four homers and 14 RBIs, left in the ninth after injuring his left wrist while diving for Spencer Torkelson's bloop single.

Matthew Boyd (0-1) yielded two runs on five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings as Detroit fell to 2-7.

REDS 6, PHILLIES 4

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jake Fraley hit a bases-clearing double in the ninth off Seranthony Dominguez (0-1) to overcome a 4-3 deficit as Cincinnat avoided a three-game sweep.

Alec Bohm hit a two-run homer for the Phillies.

Kevin Herget (1-0) tossed two innings of scoreless relief and Ian Gibaut struck out two in a perfect ninth for his first save.

ASTROS 5, TWINS 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Chas McCormick had four RBIs and Hunter Brown (1-1) allowed an unearned run and two hits in seven innings, combining on a two-hitter as Houston salvaged the series finale. The World Series champions are 4-6 after winning for just the second time in seven games.

Tyler Mahle (1-1) gave up four runs and eight hits in six innings.

RANGERS 8, CUBS 2

CHICAGO (AP) - No. 9 hitter Bubba Thompson had a triple, double and two RBIs as Texas stopped a two-game slide.

Leadoff man Marcus Semien doubled among two hits and drove in three runs as the Rangers rebounded from an error-filled 10-3 loss.

Jon Gray scattered six hits in 5 2/3 innings and Will Smith, Cole Ragans and Jose Leclerc followed with 3 1/3 scoreless, one-hit innings.

Jameson Taillon (0-2) allowed five runs, three earned, and six hits in five innings.

BREWERS 6, CARDINALS 1

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Willy Adames went 3 of 4 with a homer, double and three RBIs.

Adames hit a two-run double in the third inning and a solo shot in the fifth off Jake Woodford (0-2).

Christian Yelich also had three hits and a solo homer as the Brewers won two of three from the Cardinals in a matchup between the past two NL Central champions.

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta (2-0) struck out seven and gave up one run, four hits and three walks in six innings.

MARLINS 7, METS 2

NEW YORK (AP) - Bryan De La Cruz homered and drove in four runs, and Miami stole five bases in a win over New York and struggling starter Carlos Carrasco.

De La Cruz hit a three-run homer off Carrasco (0-2) in the first inning and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Garrett Cooper had a two-run shot for the Marlins, who avoided a three-game sweep.

Miami entered with just two stolen bases this season but went 5 for 5 against Mets rookie catcher Francisco Alvarez in his second big league start behind the plate.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two hits, two runs, two steals and an RBI before being ejected in the seventh for arguing with plate umpire Jeff Nelson.

Tanner Scott (1-1) worked 1 1/3 hitless innings in relief.

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