BOSTON (AP) — Bryan Woo scattered three hits over six innings, and the Seattle Mariners tagged Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet for four runs in the first two innings on Thursday to beat Boston 4-3 and win the three-game series.
Leo Rivas and J.P. Crawford each had a pair of hits for the Mariners, who have won 10 of their last 13 games. Woo (3-1) struck out eight while allowing two runs and one walk. Randy Arozarena had three walks.
Mitch Garver drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning double off the center-field edge of the Green Monster. Seattle loaded the bases with nobody out in the second on two singles and a walk, then scored a pair on a sacrifice fly by Dylan Moore and a groundout by Julio Rodriguez.
Crochet (2-2) allowed four runs on five hits, five walks and a balk, striking out nine in five innings. Alex Bregman had two hits, including a solo homer, for Boston. Carlos Narváez hit a solo shot off the Pesky Pole in the eighth to cut Seattle’s lead to 4-3.
Andrés Muñoz pitched the ninth for his ninth save, finishing on a strikeout that sent Kristian Campbell’s bat spinning toward shortstop.
WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 0, 7 INNINGS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lenyn Sosa and Michael Vargas homered Thursday as Chicago beat Minnesota in a game that was shortened to seven innings because of rain.
The win salvaged the finale of the three-game series for Chicago and snapped a 14-game losing streak at Target Field, the longest road losing streak against any opponent in team history.
Shane Smith (1-1) allowed one walk and four hits while striking out seven over five innings to pick up his first major league victory.
Jordan Leasure and Brandon Eisert each pitched a scoreless inning in relief, with Eisert picking up his first career save.
ROYALS 7, ROCKIES 4, 1ST GAME
ROYALS 6, ROCKIES 2, 2ND GAME
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. extended his hitting streak to a career-best 16 games with an RBI single in the fifth inning, and Kansas City went on to beat Colorado to cap off a doubleheader and series sweep.
Salvador Perez had three hits and a pair of RBIs, and Vinnie Pasquantino, Michael Massey and Drew Waters also drove in runs, helping the Royals win their fourth consecutive game on the heels of a six-game losing streak.
Michael Lorenzen (2-3) allowed one run on five hits and three walks over six innings for Kansas City, striking out seven.
Chase Dollander, the ninth overall pick in the 2023 draft, continued to go through rookie growing pains for Colorado. Dollander (1-3) allowed five runs on seven hits and two walks before leaving with two out in the fifth inning.
Jordan Beck homered twice for Colorado in Game 2 of the doubleheader. He also went deep in Game 1.
Kansas City rallied for a 7-4 victory in the opener, caused by a rainout Wednesday night, and the sweep left the Rockies at 4-20 — the worst start in club history. They also matched a franchise record with their 13th consecutive road loss. Their lone win away from Coors Field came in Tampa Bay on March 29, in their first series of the season.
Colorado has lost 11 consecutive series since taking two games from Arizona last September.
GIANTS 6, BREWERS 5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski and Matt Chapman homered as San Francisco rallied to beat Milwaukee to take three of four games in the series.
Yastrzemski hit a solo homer, finished with two RBIs and scored twice. Chapman hit his fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot, in the fifth inning.
San Francisco trailed 5-4 when Tyler Fitzgerald opened the eighth by drawing a walk from Tyler Alexander (1-2). Fitzgerald moved to third on a single by pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores and a groundout moved pinch-runner Christian Koss to second.
Yastrzemski hit a grounder to second baseman Brice Turang, who was playing in. Turang’s throw to the plate was high and Fitzgerald slid safely to tie the game at 5, with Koss moving to third.
Trevor Megill replaced Alexander and Willy Adames, a former Milwaukee shortstop, pulled hit a liner to left that was misplayed by Christian Yelich and Koss scored on the error.
Reliever Tyler Rogers (2-0) struck out three in the eighth inning. Camilo Doval worked the ninth and earned his fifth save.
ORIOLES 2, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cade Povich limited Washington to a run in 6 2/3 innings, Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins had RBI singles in the fifth and Baltimore beat the Nationals to end a three-game losing streak.
Povich (1-2) allowed four hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked one.
Mullins has hit safely in six straight games and has seven hits in that span. O’Hearn ended an 0-for-8 skid.
After Nasim Nunez reached third base in the ninth for the Nationals, Felix Bautista got Amed Rosario to ground out to shortstop Gunnar Henderson for his third save. The Orioles are 1-12 this season when scoring three or fewer runs.
Washington shortstop CJ Abrams went 0 for 4 in his return from a strained right hip flexor. He made a spectacular catch on a line drive to rob Jorge Mateo of a base hit in the fifth.
Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore (2-3) allowed two runs on four hits over six innings. He struck out eight and walked one.
ANGELS 4, PIRATES 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Zach Neto hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the eighth inning and Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game series sweep.
Neto, who missed the first three weeks of the season recovering from right-shoulder surgery, lined an 81 mph sweeper from Pirates reliever Chase Shugart (1-1) over the wall in left to snap a 3-all tie and finished with three hits.
Angels closer Kenley Jansen, with a runner taking off from first base, retired Pittsburgh slugger Oneil Cruz on a 119.6-mph line drive to right fielder Mike Trout to end the game. Jansen earned his sixth save of the season and the 453rd of his career.
Cruz homered for the second straight game, leading off Thursday with a shot to right. Andrew McCutchen doubled, took third on Joey Bart’s single and scored on Ke’Bryan Hayes’ fielder’s-choice grounder to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
Pittsburgh first baseman Matt Gorski, recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day, led off the second by hitting a 434-foot homer off Angels left Tyler Anderson to left-center for a 3-0 lead.
RAYS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4, 10 INNINGS
PHOENIX (AP) — Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and Tampa Bay rallied to beat Arizona.
Arizona led 4-3 before Yandy Diaz hit a tying run-scoring single off Ryne Nelson in the ninth.
Edwin Uceta (2-1) induced an inning-ending double play in the bottom half and Junior Caminero put the Rays ahead with a run-scoring double off J.P. Feyereisen (0-1) in the 10th. Morel made it 7-4 with his third homer and Pete Fairbanks worked around a walk for his fourth save.
Tim Tawa hit a solo homer for Arizona.
AHLETICS 4, RANGERS 3
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Luis Urias scored on Jacob Wilson’s two-out single in the ninth inning as the Athletics rallied to beat Texas.
Trailing 3-2 heading into ninth, the A’s got going when Max Schuemann drew a one-out walk. Urias followed with a single into the gap in right-center that bounced off the glove of Rangers center fielder Leody Tavares for an error, allowing Schuemann to score the tying run.
After Lawrence Butler flew out, Wilson lined a 3-1 pitch off Rangers closer Luke Jackson (0-2) to drive in Urias for the game-winner. It was Jackson’s first blown save in eight chances this season.
The rally enabled the A’s to win their first series at their temporary home at Sutter Health Park.
Tyler Soderstrom had two hits and two RBIs for the Athletics, and Gio Urshela had three singles.
Rookie reliever Grant Holman (1-0) recorded six outs for the win.
The Associated Press
