QUINIX Sport News: Arozarena's home run and double rally Mariners past Reds 11-7 in 10 innings

CINCINNATI (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning then added a two-run double during a four-run 10th and the Seattle Mariners rallied past the Cincinnati Reds 11-7 on Thursday.

In the 10th, designated runner Dylan Moore advanced to third on a fielding error by pitcher Graham Ashcraft then scored on J.P. Crawford’s infield single to put Seattle ahead 8-7.

Jake Fraley’s grand slam off Eduard Bazardo put the Reds ahead 7-5 in the eighth. It was his second career grand slam, first since June 5, 2001, against the Los Angeles Angels while a member of the Mariners.

Austin Hays’ two-run homer off Emerson Hancock in the first put the Reds ahead 2-0. It was his second homer since coming off the injured list to make his Reds debut on Tuesday.

Luke Raley tied the score 2-2 with a two-run homer off Brady Singer in the fourth. Singer allowed four runs, two earned, in 4 1/3 innings.

PIRATES 1, NATIONALS 0

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a leadoff home run, Andrew Heaney pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Pittsburgh beat Washington.

Cruz’s homer was his fourth of the season and second in consecutive games. He hit a grand slam in Wednesday night’s 6-1 win over Washington.

Heaney (1-1) gave up all five Nationals hits, walked two and struck out four. Ryan Borucki and Dennis Santana preserved the Pirates’ first shutout of the season with Santana earning his second save.

Washington starter Trevor Williams (1-2) pitched five innings and gave up three hits and the one run. Nathaniel Lowe had two hits for the Nationals.

DIAMONDBACKS 6, MARLINS 4

MIAMI (AP) — Pavin Smith and Josh Naylor hit solo homers and Arizona beat Miami for its fifth straight win.

Smith drove in two runs as did Geraldo Perdomo. Naylor hit three of Arizona’s nine homers in the three-game sweep. The Diamondbacks stole five bases, three by Corbin Carroll.

Eduardo Rodriguez (1-2) got the win despite giving up 10 hits over 5 1/3 innings. A.J. Puk earned his fourth save with a scoreless ninth.

Edward Cabrera (0-1) started and went four innings, giving up five runs and four hits and three walks. Rob Brantly had three hits and Xavier Edwards, Kyle Stowers and Javier Sanoja two each for Florida. Edwards extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

Arizona never trailed after Carroll reached on a wild pitch to lead off the game, stole second and third then scored on Perdomo’s sacrifice fly before Pavin homered. The Diamondbacks added runs on Smith’s double in the third, RBI singles by Carroll and Perdomo in the fourth and Naylor’s homer in the fifth.

The Marlins’ runs came on Eric Wagaman’s ground-rule double in the first, Brantly’s RBI hit in the fourth, a wild pitch that scored Wagaman in the fifth and Edwards’ bases-loaded walk in the seventh.

ATHLETICS 8, WHITE SOX 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Soderstrom hit his major league-leading ninth home run, helping the Athletics to a win and a three-game sweep of struggling Chicago.

Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday and Brent Rooker also homered for the A’s, who have won four of five and improved to 9-10. Soderstrom hit a solo homer in the seventh for a 5-0 lead and is batting .315 with 18 RBIs.

Chicago dropped to a major league-worst 4-14, losing its fourth straight game and for the 12th time in 14. The White Sox lost a post-1900 record 121 games last year.

Rooker had three hits, Max Schuemann two triples and Jacob Wilson two doubles.

JP Sears (2-2) allowed three hits and Noah Murdock, T.J. McFarland and Jason Alexander finished a four-hitter, the A’s second shutout this season.

Davis Martin (1-2) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

PHILLIES 6, GIANTS 4

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out a career-high 12 over seven innings, and Philadelphia scored five runs in the first as they beat San Francisco for a four-game split.

Sánchez (2-0) allowed three runs — two earned — four hits and one walk. His previous strikeout high was 10 on three occasions.

Sánchez got 11 of his strikeouts on changeups and threw changeups on 50 of 97 pitches.

After Matt Chapman hit an RBI single in the first, the Phillies went ahead in the bottom half as their first five batters reached base on four singles and a walk. Kyle Schwarber had a two-run single, Nick Castellanos had an RBI single, Jordan Hicks (1-2) threw a run-scoring wild pitch and Alec Bohm had an RBI triple.

Hicks (1-2) gave up five runs, six hits and four walks in seven innings.

Edmundo Sosa hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth after replacing Castellanos, who left the game with left hip flexor tightness.

José Alvarado gave up a ninth-inning home run to Tyler Fitzgerald, then finished for his fourth save.

Chapman hit a two-run homer in the sixth and was 7 for 16 (.438) with four RBIs in the series after entering in an 0-for-22 slide.

ORIOLES 6, GUARDIANS 2

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the third inning and Baltimore beat Cleveland for its first series win in six tries this season.

Gunnar Henderson added his first homer of the season and Heston Kjerstad also connected off Guardians ace Tanner Bibee (1-2) as the Orioles (8-10) won consecutive games for the first time this year.

Tomoyuki Sugano (2-1) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, falling behind 2-1 when Daniel Schneeman and Austin Hedges hit consecutive homers starting the third.

Bibee gave up six runs, five hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings. His ERA rose to 5.85.

Cleveland has lost three of four following a five-game winning streak,

O’Hearn’s home run put Baltimore ahead 4-2 and Kjerstad added a two-run drive in the sixth.

METS 4, CARDINALS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Vientos hit his first homer of the season to spark a four-run second inning, and the New York Mets beat St. Louis in the opener of a four-game series.

Brett Baty and Francisco Lindor had RBI singles in the second, which ended when Tyrone Taylor scored as Lindor got caught in a rundown between first and second.

Lindor had three hits.

Griffin Canning (2-1), pitching two days after he was scratched from an outing at Minnesota because of illness, allowed one run and three hits in six innings with two walks and eight strikeouts — all over his final 16 batters. He threw 102 pitches, the most by a Mets pitcher this season and his most since a 105-pitch effort for the Los Angeles Angels last Sept. 29.

Edwin Díaz walked Nolan Arenado starting the ninth, then finished a three-hitter by retiring three straight batters for his fourth save.

Brendan Donovan of the Cardinals extended his hitting streak to a 13 games, the longest of his career and the longest active streak in the majors — with an RBI infield single in the third.

Andre Pallante (2-1) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings, inducing 13 ground-ball outs.

YANKEES 6, RAYS 3

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ben Rice had his first big league four-hit game and drove in two runs, Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer and New York rallied to beat Tampa Bay in the Yankees’ first game as a visitor at their spring training home.

Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer for the displaced Rays, who are playing this season at Steinbrenner Field because Hurricane Milton tore off the roof panels at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Oct 9.

Many fans in Tampa made it seem like the Bronx south. They chanted “Let’s go Yankees!” and cheered loudly for New York while the hometown fans in the crowd of 10,046 answered “Let’s go Rays!” at times.

Aaron Judge had an RBI single in the first on a 1-for-4 night that lowered his batting average to .400.

New York broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth when Jasson Domínguez grounded into a run-scoring forceout against Taj Bradley (2-1) and Rice followed with a two-run single off Manuel Rodríguez.

Tim Hill (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings,Ian Hamilton struck out three in 1 2/3 innings and Devin Williams finished for his fourth save.

RANGERS 5, ANGELS 3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kumar Rocker struck out a career-best eight in a career-long seven innings to earn his first MLB victory as Texas beat Los Angeles to complete a three-game series sweep.

Rocker (1-2) threw a career-high 78 pitches and allowed three runs on five hits without a walk as the Rangers extended their home winning streak to nine games. The 25-year-old right-hander was drafted third overall by Texas in 2022, a year after concerns over a physical led to him going unsigned by the New York Mets as the 10th overall pick. He made his big league debut in September and was 0-2 last season.

Leody Taveras had a two-run double and Adolis García’s solo home run was his 15th against the Angels. Corey Seager hit his 100th homer with Texas. Robert Garcia earned his first major league save.

The Angels lost their fourth straight game and scored four runs in the series. They head home having played 15 of their first 18 games on the road, matching a MLB high, most recently done by 1957 Chicago Cubs.

Jack Kochanowicz (1-2) gave up four runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings in the loss.

Bruce Bochy moved into a tie with Dusty Baker for seventh place overall with his 2,183rd managerial win.

TIGERS 6, ROYALS 1

DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene broke out of an extended slump with three hits and two RBIs to lead Detroit to a victory over Kansas City.

The Royals lost their fourth straight game and have dropped six of seven.

Greene, who had one hit and 18 strikeouts in his previous 32 at-bats entering the game, popped out to short in the first inning before RBI singles in the third and fifth innings. He added an infield single in the seventh. Greene ended a 1-for-34 slump dating April 5, and a 0-for-23 hitless streak dating to April 9.

Spencer Torkelson had two hits and drove in three runs for Detroit, which had lost three of four.

Reese Olson (2-1) worked five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with five strikeouts and earned his fourth straight win at home dating to 2024. Tommy Kahnle earned his third save.

Maikel Garcia had an RBI single in the eighth inning for the Royals. Former Tiger Michael Lorenzen (1-3) gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts. Bobby Witt Jr. had a double in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

Kansas City hitting coach Alec Zumwalt was ejected in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strikes.