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Anthony Rizzo's walk-off single lifts Yankees past Tigers

Anthony Rizzo's walk-off single lifts Yankees past Tigers

Anthony Rizzo hit a game-ending single with nobody out in the ninth inning as the host New York Yankees rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.

On the verge of being blanked for the sixth time this season, the Yankees earned their first walk-off win of the season thanks to rallying against Detroit closer Jason Foley (2-1), who blew his first save of the season.

After Aaron Judge stopped an 0-for-14 skid with a clean single, Alex Verdugo pushed a bunt single to third and Giancarlo Stanton ripped an RBI double to the right field corner.

Two pitches later, Rizzo hit Foley's 92-mph changeup through the drawn-in infield and under the glove of second baseman Andy Ibanez to easily score Verdugo.

Dennis Santana (2-0) stranded a runner in the top half of the ninth to set up for Rizzo's game-winning hit.

Rizzo's hit helped the Yankees win on a 57-degree night when they only mustered two hits off Detroit starter Reese Olson and threatened in the seventh and eighth.

Before the Yankees rallied in their final at-bat, Marcus Stroman and Olson traded zeroes for five innings.

Stroman entered the sixth at only 64 pitches and threw first-pitch strikes to 16 of his first 20 hitters before issuing three straight walks.

After Riley Greene opened the inning with a base hit, Stroman struck out Mark Canha and walked rookie Wenceel Perez and Kerry Carpenter to load the bases. He was one strike away from getting Colt Keith but the rookie worked out a walk to cap an eight-pitch plate appearance to chase Stroman and give the Tigers the lead.

Stroman allowed one run on three hits in 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three but also issued five walks for the second straight outing.

Olson allowed two hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked two in an 88-pitch outing.

Olson allowed a leadoff single to Anthony Volpe and a two-out single to Gleyber Torres in the second. Volpe was erased when Juan Soto hit into a double play and Olson retired 12 of the final 13 hitters after Torres singled.

Rays hold off Mets' late charge

Rays hold off Mets' late charge

Harold Ramirez and Amed Rosario each went 3-for-5 for the Tampa Bay Rays, who scored five times in the third inning in a 10-8 win against the visiting New York Mets on Friday.

Shawn Armstrong (1-1) came on in relief in the fifth inning, allowing two hits and striking out two in 1 1/3 innings. Jason Adam allowed one run on two hits in the ninth for his second save of the season.

Mets starter Jose Quintana (1-3) allowed eight runs on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out two and walked one.

After scoring three to tie the score in the second inning, Tampa Bay broke out in the third.

Ramirez singled to lead off the inning, Randy Arozarena walked and Rosario singled to left field, scoring Ramirez and giving the Rays a 4-3 lead.

Jose Caballero then singled to load the bases and Alex Jackson's sacrifice fly drove in Arozarena to make it 5-3. Jonny DeLuca singled to score Rosario and Caballero, pushing the Rays' lead to 7-3.

DeLuca stole second and scored on a Yandy Diaz single, extending it to 8-3 and ending Quintana's outing.

Arozarena added to Tampa Bay's lead in the fourth with a solo shot to left-center field.

The Mets answered in the fifth. Tyrone Taylor hit a leadoff double and Tomas Nido singled with one out. After Brandon Nimmo walked to load the bases, Taylor scored on Starling Marte's sacrifice fly to make it 9-4.

Francisco Lindor doubled, driving in Nido and Nimmo to cut it to 9-6. The Rays then brought in Armstrong.

Pete Alonso hit a double to drive in Lindor, trimming New York's deficit to 9-7.

Isaac Paredes put the Rays ahead 10-7 when he scored on Rosario's single in the sixth inning.

New York took a 3-0 lead in the second. After Jeff McNeil and Taylor each singled with two outs, Brett Baty connected with a home run to right field.

Tampa Bay tied it in the bottom half. Rosario singled, Caballero doubled and DeLuca's ground-out to third brought in Rosario to cut it to 3-1.

Caballero scored on Curtis Mead's double to right field and then Diaz singled, bringing Mead home and tying it 3-3.

Baty belted his second home run of the night -- and third of the season -- in the ninth to narrow it to 10-8. Brett Baty went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs.

Nats capitalize on miscues, extend Jays' struggles

Nats capitalize on miscues, extend Jays' struggles

Pinch hitter Luis Garcia Jr. hit a three-run home run in a four-run seventh and the Washington Nationals defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 9-3 Friday night.

Beginning a five-game homestand, the Nationals overcame a 3-0 deficit to take the opener of a three-game series.

The Blue Jays, who began a five-game road trip, have lost three games in a row and eight of their last 10.

Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run, six hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in six innings.

Washington left-hander Patrick Corbin gave up three runs, six hits and two walks with three strikeouts in six innings.

Toronto scored three runs in the second.

Danny Jansen led off with a walk and moved to third on Davis Schneider's double, and both scored on Daulton Varsho's double to right. Varsho held second on a single to right by Isiah Kiner-Falefa. After Ernie Clement sacrificed the runners to second and third, George Springer hit a sacrifice fly.

Washington, which has won six of its last eight games, scored once in the third. Jacob Young led off with a double and scored on a single to right by CJ Abrams.

Jacob Barnes (2-0) replaced Corbin and pitched around an error in the seventh.

Erik Swanson (0-2) replaced Kikuchi in the seventh. He allowed a leadoff walk to Ildemar Vargas and a single to Riley Adams followed by Garcia's second homer of the season, a blast to center.

Tim Mayza replaced Swanson and gave up a single to Jesse Winker and uncorked a wild pitch. Nick Senzel hit a one-out RBI double to left.

Washington's Hunter Harvey pitched around Jansen's double in the eighth.

Genesis Cabrera walked Alex Call to lead off the bottom of the eighth. Call moved to third on a wild pitch and a sacrifice. Adams was walked intentionally and Garcia walked to load the bases. Two runs scored on second baseman Kiner-Falefa's throwing error to first in an attempt to double up the runner after he snared Winker's line drive.

Another run scored on Clement's error on a grounder to third by Abrams. Senzel and Joey Meneses hit singles to add another run.

Alec Bohm extends hitting streak, Phillies beat Giants

Alec Bohm extends hitting streak, Phillies beat Giants

Brandon Marsh drove in two runs, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a run-scoring single, and the Philadelphia Phillies opened a four-game series against the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 4-3 victory on Friday.

Trea Turner had two hits before exiting with left hamstring soreness for Philadelphia, which won its third straight and improved to a season-best 11 games over .500 at 22-11.

Aaron Nola allowed two runs and four hits over four innings before yielding to Matt Strahm (2-0), Seranthony Dominguez, Orion Kerkering and Jeff Hoffman. Jose Alvarado worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his sixth save.

San Francisco went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position and lost for the third time in its last four games. The Giants have scored a total of 19 runs over their last eight games.

The Giants took an early lead with one out in the second inning on Thairo Estrada's two-run double against Nola, who threw 46 of his 89 pitches in the second frame.

Philadelphia moved ahead with three runs in the third inning against Jordan Hicks (2-1). The rally began when leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber reached base on third baseman Matt Chapman's fielding error.

After Bohm singled in a run with one out, J.T. Realmuto walked and Marsh singled in two runs. Bohm is hitting .469 (30-for-64) during his career-high 16-game hitting streak.

Turner was injured while scoring from second base in the fourth inning. After hitting a two-out single, Turner stole second base and raced home from second on Bryce Harper's walk when the ball bounced off catcher Tom Murphy's glove to the backstop.

Hicks allowed four runs (two earned) over four innings. He walked four and struck out three.

The Giants loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh inning against Kerkering, who allowed one run on Jorge Soler's double-play grounder before getting Michael Conforto to fly out to right field.

San Francisco catcher Patrick Bailey exited the game in the second inning due to blurred vision after taking a foul tip off the mask during Bohm's first-inning at-bat.

Cal Quantrill sharp as Rox halt skid, edge Pirates

Cal Quantrill sharp as Rox halt skid, edge Pirates

Ryan McMahon homered to spark a three-run sixth inning, Cal Quantrill pitched strongly into the eighth and the visiting Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Friday night.

Colorado snapped a five-game skid and ended a string of games in which it trailed. The Rockies set a major league record by trailing at some point in each of their first 31 games but broke that with a strong performance from Quantrill (1-3).

McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar, Elias Diaz and Jacob Stallings finished with two hits each for Colorado.

Oneil Cruz homered and Jared Triolo had two hits for Pittsburgh, which has lost five in a row and eight of its last nine.

The Rockies managed just five singles against Pirates starter Martin Perez through the first five innings but broke out in the sixth.

McMahon led off the frame with his fifth home run of the season, a 445-foot shot into the Allegheny River beyond the seats in right field. Diaz followed with a double to left-center field and Elehuris Montero drove him in with a single.

Montero moved to third on a groundout and Hunter Stratton relieved Perez. Stratton battled Brendan Rodgers in a 12-pitch at-bat that ended with Rodgers singling to right to bring home Montero.

Perez (1-2) allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out four in 5 1/3 innings.

Quantrill followed his team's three-run rally with a shutdown bottom of the sixth and retired the side in order in the seventh.

He got the first two batters in the eighth before hitting Joey Bart. Jake Bird came on and walked Michael A. Taylor before striking out Andrew McCutchen to end the inning.

Quantrill gave up three hits, struck out nine and didn't walk a batter in 7 2/3 innings.

Pittsburgh nearly spoiled the outing in the ninth when Bryan Reynolds led off with a walk and Cruz matched McMahon by homering into the Allegheny off Jalen Beeks.

Beeks then struck out pinch hitter Connor Joe and Triolo to pick up his first save.

Twins place OF Byron Buxton, RHP Brock Stewart on IL

Twins place OF Byron Buxton, RHP Brock Stewart on IL

The Minnesota Twins placed two key players on the injured list Friday, sending outfielder Byron Buxton to the 10-day IL and right-handed reliever Brock Stewart to the 15-day IL.

The move for Buxton (right knee inflammation) is retroactive to Thursday.

He left Wednesday's game in Chicago and has played in 28 games this season, hitting .250 (23-for-92) with eight doubles, one triple, one home run, 11 RBIs and 12 runs.

Buxton has not played more than 92 games since 2017.

Minnesota recalled utility player Austin Martin from Triple-A St. Paul. Martin, a first-round pick (fifth overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020, has played in 22 games with the Twins this season, hitting .226 (14-for-62) with a home run and six RBIs.

Stewart (right shoulder tendinitis), whose IL stint is also retroactive to Thursday, has made 13 relief appearances for the Twins, posting a 0.68 ERA in 13 1/3 innings with six walks and 17 strikeouts.

In a corresponding move, the Twins recalled left-handed pitcher Kody Funderburk from St. Paul. Funderburk is 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in 11 games, striking out 15 in 13 1/3 innings with Minnesota.

Angels star Mike Trout (knee) undergoes surgery

Angels star Mike Trout (knee) undergoes surgery

Los Angeles Angels star center fielder Mike Trout underwent surgery Friday to repair the torn meniscus in his left knee.

Angels general manager Perry Minasian said there was no immediate timetable for Trout's return.

However, a meniscus repair typically can sideline a player from anywhere between four and eight weeks.

The Angels said Trout, 32, would remain in Anaheim for the beginning of his rehab process.

Los Angeles manager Ron Washington said everything went well in the surgical room.

"When they went in, it was exactly what we said it was and nothing else," Washington said before the team's Friday game in Cleveland. "So we're all good."

Trout led the majors with 10 homers before he was sidelined. The three-time MVP last played in a game on Monday and said he was unsure how he hurt the knee.

Trout, an 11-time All-Star was batting .220 with 14 RBIs and six steals in 29 games.

"He was in a good place, a really good place before he got hurt," Washington said. "He went through a little bit of struggle, but I would rather have it now because once he finds it, he can go for three months."

Trout has been derailed by injuries in recent seasons. A calf injury limited him to 36 games in 2021, a back injury helped hold him to 119 games in 2022 and a broken hand last season limited him to one game after July 3 and 82 contests for the season.

Trout is a career .299 hitter with 378 career home runs with 954 RBIs over 1,518 games over 14 seasons, all with the Angels after he was a first-round draft pick (25th overall) in 2009.

Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (groin) heads to 15-day IL

Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (groin) heads to 15-day IL

The Texas Rangers placed right-hander Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a right groin strain.

Fellow right-hander Yerry Rodriguez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to take the roster spot.

Eovaldi, 34, scattered two hits and struck out eight batters over 5 1/3 innings in a 6-0 win over the Washington Nationals before exiting with an ailing groin. He picked up the win to improve to 2-2 with a 2.61 ERA in seven starts this season.

A two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, Eovaldi owns an 81-75 record with a 4.06 ERA in 272 career games (253 starts). He has pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers (2011-12), Miami Marlins (2012-14), New York Yankees (2015-16), Tampa Bay Rays (2018), Boston Red Sox (2018-22) and Rangers.

Rodriguez, 26, has a 10.50 ERA without a decision in six relief appearances this season with Texas. He owns a 1-0 mark with a 5.14 ERA in five relief appearances with Round Rock in 2024.

MLB, Nike outline uniform fixes on the way

MLB, Nike outline uniform fixes on the way

Following negative feedback from players regarding uniforms, Major League Baseball announced Friday that adjustments will be made in time for the 2025 season.

Alleged issues with the new uniforms introduced before the current season include a propensity for collecting visible sweat, pants that are see-through and more prone to tearing, mismatched colors and smaller lettering on the backs of jerseys.

MLB said in a statement that next year's uniforms will bring back larger lettering and give players pant customization options.

The league said that Nike is "working on a solution" regarding some color differences between the jerseys and pants of some teams' gray road uniforms. Those will be introduced "as soon as the second half of this season," per the league.

"We will continue to work with Nike to make adjustments with the goal of delivering a uniform that looks good and helps MLB players perform at their best," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.

Nike has been the official uniform supplier of Major League Baseball since entering a 10-year, $1 billion partnership in 2019.

A memo from the MLB Players Association last Sunday, as reported by ESPN, saw the union lay the blame squarely at Nike's feet. Another company, Fanatics, handles the sewing and manufacturing while Nike is in charge of design and marketing.

Pirates activate C Yasmani Grandal from injured list

Pirates activate C Yasmani Grandal from injured list

The Pittsburgh Pirates activated catcher Yasmani Grandal from the 10-day injured list on Friday.

Grandal, 35, had been playing with Triple-A Indianapolis as he attempted to work his way back from left foot plantar fasciitis. He batted .257 with a homer and 11 RBIs in nine games with the club.

Signed to a one-year contract with Pittsburgh on Feb. 14, Grandal batted .234 with eight homers and 33 RBIs in 118 games for the Chicago White Sox in 2023.

Grandal is a career .237 hitter with 185 homers and 565 RBIs in 1,235 games with the San Diego Padres (2012-14), Los Angeles Dodgers (2015-18), Milwaukee Brewers (2019) and White Sox.

In a corresponding move, the Pirates optioned catcher Henry Davis to Indianapolis.

Davis, 24, is batting .162 with four RBIs in 23 games with the Pirates this season.

Willie Adames keys late rally as Brewers stop Cubs

Willie Adames keys late rally as Brewers stop Cubs

Willy Adames headlined a three-run rally with a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the host Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Friday afternoon in the opener of a three-game series.

The teams were caught up in a pitchers' duel until Christopher Morel clubbed a solo shot with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to put Chicago up 1-0.

Milwaukee went down quietly in the seventh, but pinch hitter Jackson Chourio then helped give the Brewers life in the eighth.

Chourio greeted reliever Adbert Alzolay with a one-out single, stole second and scored on William Contreras' base hit to knot things at 1. Contreras also ended up stealing second, allowing him to come home on Adames' grounder to center.

Jake Bauers provided some insurance with a run-scoring single to cap the rally.

Alzolay (1-4) surrendered three runs on four hits in one-third of an inning to take the loss.

Elvis Peguero (4-0) was the beneficiary of the outburst and came away with the win. Trevor Megill logged a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save of 2024.

Milwaukee's comeback spoiled a stellar outing from Cubs starter Hayden Wesneski, who lowered his ERA to 0.54 by scattering three hits across 6 1/3 scoreless innings. Wesneski walked two and matched his career high with eight strikeouts.

Brewers starter Joe Ross gave up just one run on six hits in six innings. He fanned four without issuing a walk.

Brice Turang went 2-for-4 for Milwaukee, which pushed its winning streak to three games.

Nico Hoerner, Ian Happ and Michael Busch each had two hits as Chicago's offensive struggles continued. The Cubs have averaged just 2.4 runs over their past seven games.

It didn't look like the teams were headed for a pitchers' duel, as both quickly applied pressure on the basepaths.

Milwaukee put runners on first and second in the second and fourth, but it left them stranded in both innings.

Then, in the home half of the fourth, Busch and Morel advanced to second and third, respectively, on Dansby Swanson's deep flyout to center. However, Matt Mervis struck out to end the frame.

Phillies RHP Yunior Marte (shoulder) lands on injured list

Phillies RHP Yunior Marte (shoulder) lands on injured list

The Philadelphia Phillies placed reliever Yunior Marte on the 15-day injured list Friday with shoulder inflammation.

The 29-year-old right-hander has no decisions and a 2.70 ERA through 12 appearances this season.

Marte is 2-2 with a 4.92 ERA and two saves in 91 games (no starts) for the San Francisco Giants (2022) and Phillies.

Philadelphia promoted right-hander Jose Ruiz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding transaction.

Ruiz, 29, is 0-1 with a 1.64 ERA and three saves in 10 appearances out of the IronPigs' bullpen this season.

Astros use 5-run seventh to clobber Guardians

Astros use 5-run seventh to clobber Guardians

Jon Singleton lofted a two-run homer that flipped the scoreboard in the sixth inning and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh that capped a five-run frame as the Houston Astros won the rubber match of their three-game series with the visiting Cleveland Guardians 8-2 on Thursday.

Singleton finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs. His leadoff single in the third inning resulted in the Astros' first run, and his two-out moon shot into the first row of seats in right field both spotted the Astros a 3-2 lead in the sixth and chased Guardians starter Logan Allen (3-2).

Beede loaded the bases with walks to Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker before hitting Jeremy Pena with a pitch that forced home Altuve. Yainer Diaz added an opposite-field single that plated Bregman and Tucker, delivering after falling into an 0-2 hole to Beede from the game.

Singleton greeted Guardians reliever Pedro Avila with a fly ball to center that drove in Pena.

Cleveland grabbed a 2-0 lead against Astros rookie right-hander Spencer Arrighetti in the third. Brayan Rocchio and Andres Gimenez stroked doubles and Jose Ramirez added a sacrifice fly that scored Steven Kwan, who had walked ahead of Gimenez's RBI double.

Arrighetti settled in and worked a career-high 5? innings, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with six strikeouts. Tayler Scott (1-1) struck out Estevan Florial to cap the sixth.

Allen allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts over 5? innings.

In addition to Singleton and Altuve, who finished 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored, Pena also posted a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored.

Diamondbacks trade for RHP Matt Bowman

Diamondbacks trade for RHP Matt Bowman

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired bullpen depth Thursday, trading for Minnesota Twins right-handed reliever Matt Bowman in exchange for cash considerations.

Bowman, 32, was 0-0 through 7 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and a 2.35 ERA in five games for the Twins this season.

A 13th-round pick of the New York Mets in the 2012 draft, Bowman is 7-13 with a 4.06 ERA in 191 relief appearances with the St. Louis Cardinals (2016-18), Cincinnati Reds (2019), New York Yankees (2023) and Twins.

The Diamondbacks also optioned left-hander Blake Walston to Triple-A Reno and transferred right-hander Merrill Kelly (right shoulder strain) to the 60-day injured list.

MLB roundup: Mike Yastrzemski homers as Giants beat Red Sox

MLB roundup: Mike Yastrzemski homers as Giants beat Red Sox

Mike Yastrzemski hit a solo home run and the visiting San Francisco Giants avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Thursday in the final game of a three-game set.

Yastrzemski's home run was his third of the season and came hours after he was visited in the clubhouse by his grandfather and Red Sox legend, Carl Yastrzemski. It was Mike Yastrzemski's second career home run in six games at Fenway Park after his grandfather hit 237 of his 452 home runs at Fenway.

The Giants broke a 1-1 tie by scoring twice in the seventh. Patrick Bailey singled, took third on Matt Chapman's single and scored on a single by Thairo Estrada. Nick Ahmed added a sacrifice fly that drove in Chapman to make it 3-1. Both runs were charged to Zack Kelly (0-1), while Ryan Walker (3-2) earned the win for the Giants with a scoreless sixth inning.

The victory ended Boston's four-game winning streak. The Red Sox won the first two games of the series 4-0 and 6-2.

Mets 7, Cubs 6 (11 innings)

Francisco Lindor came off the bench to spark a sixth-inning comeback with a two-run double, then delivered a game-ending two-run double in the 11th inning as New York edged Chicago to split a four-game series.

The Cubs' Nick Madrigal had a go-ahead RBI double in the top of the 11th, but Mets right fielder Starling Marte threw out Madrigal trying to score on a two-out hit by Mike Tauchman before the Mets came back against Daniel Palencia (0-1). Harrison Bader was hit by a pitch leading off the 11th inning before Lindor hit a 3-2 pitch the opposite way to the left-field corner. Automatic runner Brett Baty scored the tying run and Bader slid in with the winning run as shortstop Dansby Swanson bobbled the relay.

The Mets trailed 4-0 and were no-hit through four innings by Cubs rookie Ben Brown before starting their comeback. Christopher Morel hit a three-run homer for the Cubs.

Orioles 7, Yankees 2

Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each drove in two runs and accounted for two of Baltimore's three solo home runs as Baltimore defeated visiting New York.

Ryan McKenna also homered for the Orioles, who won three of four games in the series. Jordan Westburg ripped a two-run triple.

Baltimore right-handed starter Kyle Bradish, who suffered a sprained UCL in mid-February at the beginning of spring training, made a strong season debut with 4 2/3 innings allowing one run and striking out five.

Marlins 5, Rockies 4 (10 innings)

Jesus Sanchez's two-out single in the bottom of the 10th drove in Luis Arraez from second, and host Miami beat Colorado to sweep the three-game series.

Josh Bell homered, Arraez had two hits and Burch Smith (1-0) picked up the victory for the Marlins.

Jacob Stallings homered and singled and Brendan Rodgers also had two hits for the Rockies, who have trailed in all 31 games this season.

Rangers 6, Nationals 0

Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings to help lead Texas over Washington in Arlington, Texas.

Eovaldi (2-2) allowed just two hits and two walks and struck out eight batters. After 92 pitches, Eovaldi was removed due to an apparent lower-body injury, but he led the Rangers to their third win in its past four games.

Jonah Heim went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs and Travis Jankowski plated a pair of runs for Texas, while the Nationals managed just four hits, including doubles by Luis Garcia and CJ Abrams.

Nathan Eovaldi exits with injury, but Rangers still blank Nats

Nathan Eovaldi exits with injury, but Rangers still blank Nats

Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings to help lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.

Eovaldi (2-2) allowed just two hits and two walks and struck out eight batters. After 92 pitches, Eovaldi was removed due to an apparent lower-body injury, but he led Texas to its third win in its last four games. Jonah Heim went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs Travis Jankowski plated a pair of runs for Texas.

The Nationals managed just four hits, with Luis Garcia's double the only extra-base hit.

The Rangers got on the board first in the home half of the second. Heim laced a one-out single, followed by Josh H. Smith's walk. Washington starter Mitchell Parker then got Wyatt Langford to strike out before yielding a run-scoring double to Ezequiel Duran, giving Texas a 1-0 advantage.

The next batter was Evan Carter, who drove in Smith on a single. Marcus Semien pushed the Rangers lead to 3-0 after his RBI single -- the third consecutive Texas run-scoring hit.

Washington threatened in the top of the third, as CJ Abrams hit a two-out double followed by Nick Senzel's walk. Eovaldi escaped the inning, striking out Garcia.

Eovaldi retired the next seven Washington batters before Senzel reached on another walk in the top of the sixth. After throwing a strike to Garcia, Eovaldi left due to injury and was replaced by Jacob Latz.

Upon entering, Latz struck out Garcia and got Joey Meneses to ground out to third.

Texas' Adolis Garcia led off the bottom of the sixth with a single before Heim drew an eight-pitch walk. Parker then struck out Smith, but was pulled for Washington reliever Jacob Barnes.

Parker (2-1) allowed six hits and three runs through 5 1/3 innings. The rookie struck out five and walked a pair. Barnes got Langford to ground into a forceout and Jankowksi to line out, ending the sixth.

For the Rangers, Latz pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 frames before being replaced by David Robertson, who also threw a scoreless 1 1/3.

In the bottom of the eighth, Nathaniel Lowe walked to lead off against Washington reliever Matt Barnes. Adolis Garcia then struck out, but Lowe stole second and then scored the fourth Texas run on Heim's RBI single.

Barnes struck out Langford, but he gave up a two-run single to Jankowski, which closed the scoring.

Report: RHP Mychal Givens opts out of deal with Marlins

Report: RHP Mychal Givens opts out of deal with Marlins

Intent on pitching in a 10th major league season, veteran right-hander Mychal Givens opted out of his minor league deal with the Miami Marlins and became a free agent, MLB Trade Rumors reported Thursday.

Givens, 33, signed a minor league deal with the Marlins late in spring training and opened the season at Triple-A Jacksonville, where he had a 7.94 ERA in nine appearances.

Givens has played for the Baltimore Orioles during seven of his nine seasons. He's gone 32-24 with a 3.47 ERA over 425 appearances (one start) for five different clubs in his career.

The 2009 second-round draft pick by the Orioles was 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA in six appearances for Baltimore last season.

Yaz sir: Grandson's HR helps Giants past Red Sox

Yaz sir: Grandson's HR helps Giants past Red Sox

Mike Yastrzemski hit a solo home run and the visiting San Francisco Giants avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Thursday in the final game of a three-game set.

Yastrzemski's home run was his third of the season and came hours after he was visited in the clubhouse by his grandfather and Red Sox legend, Carl Yastrzemski.

It was Mike Yastrzemski's second career home run in six games at Fenway Park after his grandfather hit 237 of his 452 home runs at Fenway.

The Giants broke a 1-1 tie by scoring twice in the seventh. Patrick Bailey singled, took third on Matt Chapman's single and scored on a single by Thairo Estrada. Nick Ahmed added a sacrifice fly that drove in Chapman to make it 3-1. Both runs were charged to Zack Kelly (0-1).

The victory ended Boston's four-game winning streak. The Red Sox won the first two games of the series 4-0 and 6-2.

Ryan Walker (3-2) earned the win for the Giants with a scoreless sixth inning. He allowed one hit and struck out one. Camilo Doval worked the ninth to earn his sixth save.

San Francisco has not scored more than three runs in any of its last seven games. The Giants have generated 16 runs during that seven-game stretch.

Boston starting pitcher Josh Winckowksi went 4 1/3 innings and allowed a run on two hits. San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison pitched five innings, giving up a run on three hits with five walks and seven strikeouts.

Yastrzemski's home run opened the scoring in the third, but Boston tied the game in the bottom half of the inning when Rafael Devers led off the inning with a single and scored on Tyler O'Neill's double.

Zack Short, who was acquired in a trade with the New York Mets on Wednesday, made his Red Sox debut Thursday. Short started at second base and hit ninth in the batting order. He was 0 for 3 and struck out twice.

Boston will begin a three-game series at Minnesota on Friday. San Francisco will remain on the road and will open a four-game series against Philadelphia on Friday.

Francisco Lindor cures all ills as Mets top Cubs in 11

Francisco Lindor cures all ills as Mets top Cubs in 11

Francisco Lindor came off the bench to spark a sixth-inning comeback with a two-run double and then delivered a game-ending two-run single in the 11th inning for the New York Mets, who edged the Chicago Cubs 7-6 to split a four-game series.

The Cubs' Nick Madrigal had a go-ahead RBI double in the top of the 11th, but Mets right fielder Starling Marte threw out Madrigal trying to score on a two-out hit by Mike Tauchman before the Mets came back against Daniel Palencia (0-1).

The Mets' Harrison Bader was hit by a pitch leading off the 11th inning before Lindor hit a 3-2 pitch the opposite way to the left-field corner. Automatic runner Brett Baty scored the tying run and Bader slid in with the winning run as shortstop Dansby Swanson bobbled the relay.

Lindor did not start the game because of an illness.

The Mets trailed 4-0 and were no-hit through four innings by Cubs rookie Ben Brown before starting their comeback. Brandon Nimmo and Marte had RBI singles for New York in the fifth.

The Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI double in the sixth to give Chicago a 5-2 lead. Lindor, who left Wednesday's game after two innings with flu-like symptoms, laced a pinch-hit two-run double and scored the tying run on Nimmo's double two batters later.

Marte preserved the tie in the 10th, when he threw out Christopher Morel trying to score from third on Patrick Wisdom's fly out to right to cap an inning-ending double play.

Danny Young (1-0), who was making his Mets debut Thursday, allowed the unearned run in the 11th. Bader had two hits for New York.

Crow-Armstrong hit into a run-scoring groundout in the second and Christopher Morel hit a three-run homer in the fifth for the Cubs. Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch had two hits each.

Mets starter Adrian Houser gave up four runs on four hits with four walks while striking out two over five innings. Brown allowed two runs on three hits and five walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings.

Orioles get best of Yankees thanks to Kyle Bradish, solo HRs

Orioles get best of Yankees thanks to Kyle Bradish, solo HRs

Ryan Mountcastle and Jorge Mateo each drove in two runs and accounted for two of Baltimore's three solo home runs as the Orioles defeated the visiting New York Yankees 7-2 on Thursday afternoon.

Ryan McKenna also homered for the Orioles, who won three of four games in the series. Jordan Westburg ripped a two-run triple.

Right-handed starter Kyle Bradish, who suffered a sprained UCL in mid-February at the beginning of spring training, made a strong season debut.

Bradish recorded the first two outs of the fifth inning before Juan Soto's triple and Aaron Judge's walk resulted in the end of his outing. Keegan Akin (1-0), the first of four Orioles relievers, worked 1 1/3 innings and allowed one run for the victory in what turned out to be a combined six-hitter.

Yankees starter Carlos Rodon (2-2) was charged with seven runs (six earned) across four-plus innings. He allowed eight hits and struck out six without a walk.

Gleyber Torres hit a solo homer in the sixth for the Yankees, marking his first long ball of the season.

New York's Anthony Rizzo opened the scoring with a run-scoring single in the third inning.

The Orioles were shutout victims on three hits Wednesday night, but they belted three homers in a seven-batter stretch in the series finale.

Mountcastle's fifth homer of the season came with two outs in the third inning. Mateo led off the fourth with his first home run of the year. Later in the fourth, McKenna went deep for the first time this season.

Baltimore stretched the lead to 7-1 in the fifth when Mountcastle drove in Adley Rutschman, Westburg provided his big triple and Mateo knocked him in with a sacrifice fly.

The Orioles didn't produce a hit across their final three innings while facing Ron Marinaccio and Michael Tonkin.

By winning, the Orioles avoided back-to-back losses -- something that has occurred only twice this season. Baltimore went 4-3 on a seven-game homestand.

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