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Tyrone Taylor hit a grand slam and Jeff McNeil drove in three runs as the New York Mets clobbered the host Atlanta Braves 16-4 on Thursday. Taylor’s pinch-hit slam in the ninth inning capped the highest-scoring effort of the young season for the Mets, who took two of three games in the series. McNeil went 2-for-3 with two runs and two walks. Five other players added two hits apiece for New York. Mets starter Jose

Jordan Hicks worked six strong innings, Nick Ahmed collected three hits, including two with runners in scoring position, and the host San Francisco Giants salvaged one win in their three-game series against the Washington Nationals with a 7-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Catcher Tyler Fitzgerald also had three hits while Michael Conforto and Matt Chapman contributed two apiece to a 12-hit attack, helping the Giants score more than four runs for the first time since

Eugenio Suarez hit a tie-breaking, two-out double in the top of the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 in Denver on Wednesday. Blaze Alexander homered among his two hits, Ketel Marte and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also had two hits, Joe Mantiply (1-0) got one out for the win and Kevin Ginkel picked up his second save. Justin Lawrence (0-1) walked Marte leading off the ninth, got the next two batters

Jose Caballero led the Tampa Bay offense with three hits and the bullpen had an unusually effective performance in the Rays’ 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif. Caballero had two singles, a double, two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base, but it was the performance of the Rays’ relievers that was notable, considering Tampa Bay entered the game with the worst bullpen ERA (7.36) in the majors. Phil

Randal Grichuk and Corbin Carroll hit their first home runs of the season, Gabriel Moreno had four hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in Denver on Tuesday night. Christian Walker had two hits and Merrill Kelly pitched six strong innings to help Arizona end a five-game skid and give manager Torey Lovullo his 500th career win. Kevin Ginkel pitched the ninth to earn his first save. Ezequiel Tovar, Brenton Doyle and

Corbin Burnes allowed two hits in seven innings as the Baltimore Orioles spoiled the Boston Red Sox’s home opener by earning a 7-1 victory Tuesday. Burnes (2-0) struck out six, walked two and lowered his ERA to 1.93. He did not give up a hit after the first inning. Colton Cowser hit two doubles and drove in four runs. The loss ended Baltimore’s two-game losing streak. Tyler O’Neill hit a solo home run for Boston.

Kerry Carpenter delivered the go-ahead, pinch-hit single in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers scored four runs in the frame to rally for a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday afternoon. The Detroit uprising came against Pirates closer David Bednar (1-1), who gave up four runs, three hits, two hit batters and a walk while recording just one out. Pittsburgh led by two before Bednar walked Riley Greene and hit Spencer Torkelson

Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott drove in 10th-inning runs as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 Monday. Phillies starter Spencer Turnbull allowed two hits in six shutout innings while walking one and striking out six. Jeff Hoffman (1-0) blew his save opportunity by allowing two runs in the bottom of the ninth, but he earned the victory. Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless 10th for his first save. Brandon Marsh (2-for-4, homer,

DJ Stewart snapped a season-long hitless streak by delivering a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning Monday night for the visiting New York Mets, who overcame an early four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7. The Mets have won three of four games to begin their first road trip of the season. The Braves had their three-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a four-game series. Ozzie Albies (two-run double) and Marcell