MLB roundup: Giants earn comeback win over Brewers

The Giants continued their surprisingly hot start to the season, as pinch runner Christian Koss scored from third base when left fielder Christian Yelich dropped Willy Adames’ flyball to cap a two-run, eighth-inning rally that lifted San Francisco to a 6-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.

Trailing 5-4 entering the bottom of the eighth, Tyler Fitzgerald scored the game-tying run from third on a Mike Yastrzemski fielder’s-choice grounder to third base. Koss advanced to third base on the play and scored the go-ahead run when Yelich dropped Willy Adames’ routine liner to left field.

The Giants got home runs from Yastrzemski and Matt Chapman as they took three of four in the series.

San Francisco’s Tyler Rogers (2-0) pitched a scoreless top of the eighth. Tyler Alexander (1-2), who allowed the first two men to reach in the eighth, took the loss.

Mariners 4, Red Sox 3

Seattle scored twice in each of the first two innings and held on to beat host Boston for its second consecutive win.

Mitch Garver socked a two-run double while Leo Rivas and J.P. Crawford had two hits apiece for the Mariners, which supported a six-inning effort from starter Bryan Woo (3-1). The right-hander struck out eight while allowing just two runs, three hits and one walk.

Boston ace Garrett Crochet (2-2) struck out nine over five innings, but issued a career-high five walks and was charged with four runs on five hits. Alex Bregman went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs for Boston, which managed just one hit off four Seattle relievers. That hit was Carlos Narvaez’s eighth-inning homer that cut Seattle’s lead to 4-3.

White Sox 3, Twins 0 (7 innings)

Rookie Shane Smith earned his first career win and Lenyn Sosa and Miguel Vargas homered as Chicago shut out Minnesota in a game shortened to seven innings by rain.

Smith (1-1) allowed four hits and one walk over five shutout innings while striking out a career-high seven. Brandon Eisert pitched the seventh for his first career save as the White Sox snapped their 14-game losing streak at Target Field — the franchise record at an opponent’s park.

Twins starter Chris Paddack (0-3) allowed two runs on five hits, walking four and striking out five in five innings. Christian Vazquez and Brooks Lee posted two hits apiece.

Royals 7, Rockies 4 (Game 1)

Kyle Isbel had three RBIs and Salvador Perez drove in a pair of runs, lifting host Kansas City over Colorado to open a doubleheader.

Royals starter Cole Ragans allowed four runs over just three innings before leaving with groin tightness. Angel Zerpa (1-0), Steven Cruz, Lucas Erceg and Carlos Estevez combined for six scoreless innings of relief.

Hunter Goodman had a home run and three RBIs for the Rockies. Jordan Beck also went deep among his two hits. German Marquez (0-4) surrendered six runs on eight hits over four innings.

Royals 6, Rockies 2 (Game 2)

Michael Lorenzen threw six quality innings and Salvador Perez tallied three hits and a pair of RBIs as Kansas City swept the doubleheader over visiting Colorado.

Lorenzen (2-3) allowed just one run on five hits and struck out seven as the Royals won their fourth game in a row and swept the three-game series with Colorado.

Colorado rookie Chase Dollander (1-3) allowed five runs on seven hits across 4 2/3 innings. Jordan Beck, who slugged his first home run of the season in Game 1, launched two more solo homers in Game 2.

Orioles 2, Nationals 1

Cade Povich and three relievers combined on a five-hitter and Baltimore beat host Washington to salvage the finale of the three-game series.

Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins provided RBI singles for Baltimore, which had lost three straight. The Orioles got a second straight solid start and made it pay off. Povich (1-2) allowed a run on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one.

Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (2-3) gave up two runs on four hits over six innings. He struck out eight and walked one. Josh Bell had an RBI single for the Nationals, who had won four of five and open a four-game series against the Eastern Division-leading New York Mets on Friday in Washington.

Angels 4, Pirates 3

Zach Neto’s home run leading off the eighth inning snapped a tie and lifted Los Angeles to a victory over Pittsburgh in Anaheim, Calif.

Neto was a triple shy of the cycle, hitting a double in the first inning and a single in the fifth. The Angels also got a game-tying two-run homer from Logan O’Hoppe.

Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to get the win over Pittsburgh’s Chase Shugart (1-1). Kenley Jansen handled the ninth for his sixth save. Cruz and Matt Gorski (in his first major league at-bat) homered for the Pirates.

A’s 4, Rangers 3

Jacob Wilson singled home Luis Urias with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Athletics a walk-off victory over Texas in the rubber match of a three-game series in West Sacramento, Calif.

The A’s trailed the Rangers 3-2 entering the ninth against closer Luke Jackson (0-2), and they tied the game on an error by center fielder Leody Taveras. Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-4 with a two-run double, and Grant Holman (1-0) threw two innings of hitless relief.

Josh Jung, Jonah Heim and Taveras each hit solo home runs, and Wyatt Langford had three hits for the Rangers.

Rays 7, Diamondbacks 4 (10 innings)

Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer to cap Tampa Bay’s three-run 10th inning and the Rays beat Arizona in Phoenix, their second straight extra-inning victory.

Morel’s long ball followed a run-scoring double by Junior Caminero off J.P. Feyereisen (0-1). The Rays tied it with three singles in the ninth, Yandy Diaz’s one-out hit being the run-scoring blow. Morel had two hits and three RBIs and Diaz collected three hits for the Rays, who won the rubber match of the three-game series.

Tim Tawa homered and Corbin Carroll, Josh Naylor and Alek Thomas each had a hit and an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have lost four of six.

–Field Level Media