ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays extended Major League Baseball’s best start in 20 years behind Jeffrey Springs’ seven innings of three-hit ball and Randy Arozarena’s four RBIs, routing the Oakland Athletics 11-0 Saturday for an 8-0 record.
Tampa Bay is the first big league team to open 8-0 since the 2003 Kansas City Royals won their first nine games. The Rays have outscored opponents 64-18 and are the first team to win its first eight games by four or more runs since the 1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association did it in their first 13.
No team had won eight straight games by that margin at any point in a season since the 1939 Yankees did it 10 times in a row.
Springs (2-0) struck out seven. Shintaro Fujinami (0-2) allowed five runs, three hits, four walks and hit a batter over 4 1/3 innings in his second major league start.
METS 5, MARLINS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Kodai Senga (2-0) won his Citi Field debut, pitching six innings of one-run, three-hit ball and wearing a Mets blue-and-orange glove with an image of a ghost and a pitchfork. He struck out six and walked three, allowing his only run on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s leadoff homer in the sixth.
Pete Alonso chased Trevor Rogers (0-2) in the fifth with a two-run homer, his fourth homer in the past three games and fifth this season. Eduardo Escobar also homered, and David Robertson pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.
RED SOX 14, TIGERS 5
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DETROIT (AP) — Rafael Devers homered twice, including his fifth career grand slam, and drove in five runs.
Devers’ grand slam capped a six-run, second inning. Adam Duvall hit a two-run homer, doubled twice and scored three runs for Boston, which has scored nine or more runs in half its eight games. Raimel Tapia had a pinch two-run homer. Connor Wong and Rob Refsnyder also drove in two runs each.
Tanner Houck (2-0) gave up two runs and three hits in five innings. Joey Wentz (0-2) walked four in the second inning, including Connor Wong and Rob Refsnyder with the bases loaded.
PHILLIES 3, REDS 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryon Stott capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with a winning single as the Phillies won despite striking out 17 times.
Nick Lodolo struck out a career-high 12 and tossed three-hit ball over seven shutout innings, leaving with a lead provided by Spencer Steer’s first-inning homer against Bailey Falter. Jake Fraley built a 2-0 margin with a sacrifice fly in the ninth off Andrew Vasquez (1-0).
Brandon Marsh’s RBI single off Alexis Diaz (0-1) and Edmundo Sosa’s sacrifice fly against Ian Giabut tied the score.
CUBS 10, RANGERS 3
CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Steele (1-0) allowed one run and four hits in six innings as Chicago won its third straight.
Patrick Wisdom homered and Trey Mancini had three of Chicago’s 14 hits. Dansby Swanson had two hits and is batting .429 (12 for 28) in his first seven games with the Cubs after signing a $177 million, seven-year contract.
Texas committed five errors in its fourth loss in five games, and a balk by Martin Perez (1-1) set up Chicago’s first run. Perez (1-1) gave up three runs, two earned, and five hits in five innings.
ROYALS 6, GIANTS 5
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a tying, three-run homer in the eighth inning and pinch-runner Nate Eaton scored on a wild pitch in the ninth by Camilo Doval (0-1) after Vinnie Pasquantino doubled and advanced on Hunter Dozier’s groundout.
Taylor Clarke (1-0) struck out the side in the eighth and Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save with the Royals.
Kansas City is 2-2 under bench coach Paul Hoover, the interim manager, while Matt Quatraro has been away with COVID-19.
TWINS 9, ASTROS 6
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton and Kyle Farmer hit three-run homers, and Christian Vazquez had two RBI singles, one a tiebreaking hit off Seth Martinez (1-1) in the sixth.
Joe Ryan (2-0) recovered from Yordan Alvarez’s grand slam to win his second straight start, giving up four runs and three hits in six innings with 10 strikeouts. Jhoan Duran struck out Yainer Diaz with two on for his second save.
