ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Luis Garcia scattered three hits over six innings and the Houston Astros ended the Tampa Bay Rays’ 14-game, season-opening home winning streak, 5-0 on Tuesday night.
Only three teams had a longer run than the Rays, who were shut out for the first time this season and fell to 20-4 overall.
Garcia (2-2) struck out seven, walked two and allowed just one runner to reach scoring position.
Tampa Bay entered outscoring its opponents 157-64. The Rays were held homerless for the second consecutive game after going deep 48 times during an MLB-record 22 straight games with at least one homer to begin a season.
Mauricio Dubón doubled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 19 games and scored to start a five-run inning off Drew Rasmussen (3-2).
REDS 7, RANGERS 6
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India hit a go-ahead, two-run single to cap a six-run eighth inning, and Cincinnati rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat Texas.
Cincinnati won by the same score on Monday night, rallying from a 5-1 deficit.
Nick Senzel had two RBI singles, one in the seventh for the Reds’ first run and another with two outs in the eighth that made it 6-3. Pinch-hitter Jake Fraley followed with a two-run double against Ian Kennedy (0-1), and India’s single off Kennedy completed the rally.
Reiver Sanmartin (1-0) worked a scoreless eighth, and Alexis Diáz pitched the ninth for his second save in two nights.
DODGERS 8, PIRATES 7
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Taylor hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning against Colin Holderman (0-1) as Los Angeles rallied from a five-run deficit to beat Pittsburgh.
The Pirates’ seven-game winning streak ended. It was their longest since an 11-game run in 2018.
Yency Almonte (2-0) struck out two in a scoreless seventh and Shelby Miller sent the side down in order in the ninth for his first save in the majors.
Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer in the fourth to put Pittsburgh ahead 7-2.
RED SOX 8, ORIOLES 6
BALTIMORE (AP) — Jarren Duran hit a grand slam in the third and Boston withstood a five-run ninth inning by Baltimore as the Orioles’ seven-game winning streak ended.
The Red Sox led 8-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth before the Orioles rallied with a leadoff homer by Gunnar Henderson and a one-out grand slam by Cedric Mullins. Kenley Jansen came on and retired the final two hitters for his sixth save.
Corey Kluber (1-4) pitched six innings and won for the first time in 10 starts, a drought that dated to last season when the two-time Cy Young winner was with Tampa Bay.
Kyle Bradish (1-1) lasted only 2 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs.
BLUE JAYS 7, WHITE SOX 0
TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos struck out a season-high nine over seven innings, Danny Jansen homered twice and Toronto extended Chicago’s losing streak to six.
Berríos (2-3) allowed four hits — all singles — and walked one in his second straight seven-inning outing. Nate Pearson and Anthony Bass finished with hitless relief as the Blue Jays won for the 14th time in 20 games.
Kevin Kiermaier hit a two-run triple, and George Springer had three hits and drove in a run for Toronto.
Mike Clevinger (2-2) allowed a season-high six runs and seven hits in five innings.
NATIONALS 5, METS 0
NEW YORK (AP) — Josiah Gray pitched six overpowering innings and batterymate Keibert Ruiz homered as Washington beat New York.
Luis García had a two-run double and Joey Meneses added a pair of RBI singles among his three hits.
Finally given some offensive support in his fifth start of the year, Gray (1-4) struck out nine and walked one. Ruiz’s solo homer to right-center off José Butto (0-1) in the second marked the first run Washington scored with Gray on the mound this season.
The Mets were blanked for the fourth time this year.
BRAVES 7, MARLINS 4
ATLANTA (AP) — Charlie Morton pitched seven strong innings, Ozzie Albies homered twice and Atlanta beat Miami.
Morton (3-2) allowed three hits and one run with two walks and nine strikeouts on a season-high 108 pitches.
Yuli Gurriel hit an inside-the-park homer in the ninth for Miami. Bryan Hoeing (0-1) gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings in his second career start.
ROCKIES 5, GUARDIANS 1
CLEVELAND (AP) — Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon hit his 40th leadoff homer and hit an RBI double off Cleveland’s Peyton Battenfield (0-2) in a three-run second that built a 4-0 lead.
Brenton Doyle had his first three major league hits and stole two bases as the Rockies clinched their first series win this season. Colorado, a National League-worst 8-17, lost 11 of 12 before winning its first two games of the three-game series by a combined 11-1.
Ryan Feltner (2-2) allowed an unearned run and five hits over six innings.
MARINERS 5, PHILLIES 3
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jarred Kelenic homered among his three hits, Teoscar Hernández also went deep and Seattle opened a nine-game trip by beating Philadelphia.
Edmundo Sosa homered for the defending NL champion Phillies, who had won three in a row.
Marco Gonzales (2-0) gave up one run on four hits in five innings. Paul Sewald gave up a run in the ninth, but recorded his seventh save.
Bailey Falter (0-4) allowed four runs, three earned, in six innings.
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