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The Boston Red Sox pushed across the game-winning run on a double play in the 11th inning to edge the host Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Tuesday night. With Mitch Spence (0-1) on the mound and automatic runner Wilyer Abreu on second, Boston’s Reese McGuire singled to left, moving Abreu to third. Tyler O’Neill then hit a sharp grounder to Oakland third baseman J.D. Davis, who opted to turn an around-the-horn double play that scored Abreu

Zac Gallen pitched six shutout innings and Christian Walker slugged a three-run homer to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Blaze Alexander went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI, and Ketel Marte went 2-for-5 with two runs as Arizona handed New York its first loss of the season. The Yankees had won their first five games for the first time since 1992.

Shane Bieber pitched six scoreless innings as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-2 on Tuesday night. Bo Naylor hit a two-run homer for the Guardians, who evened the three-game series at one victory apiece. Bieber (2-0) hasn’t allowed a run over 12 innings this season after also going six scoreless in an 8-0 decision on Opening Day in Oakland. The right-hander gave up six hits to Seattle, didn’t walk a batter and

Willson Contreras belted a two-run homer to put the visiting St. Louis Cardinals ahead for good and Miles Mikolas tossed six solid innings in a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. San Diego starter Yu Darvish was pitching a strong game and had a 2-1 lead with two outs in the top of the sixth after slipping a called third strike past Paul Goldschmidt. But Contreras drilled a down-and-away splitter 420

Christian Yelich homered and Rhys Hoskins scored twice as Milwaukee held on for a 3-2 home-opener victory over the Minnesota Twins, giving the Brewers their first 4-0 start in six years. It’s the fourth time in franchise history that Milwaukee has opened with four consecutive wins, including the 1987 team that started 13-0. Elvis Peguero (2-0) got the win with two innings of relief. Abner Uribe pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save. Milwaukee

Teoscar Hernandez hit a three-run home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned an 8-3 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Monday in the first meeting of the season between the longtime rivals. Freddie Freeman and Will Smith each drove in two runs and left-hander James Paxton (1-0) went five scoreless innings in his Dodgers debut. Los Angeles won for the fourth time in five games after splitting a two-game series against the

Anthony Volpe went 4-for-4 with two runs and one RBI and the New York Yankees started the season 5-0 for the first time in 32 years by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Monday night at Phoenix. Volpe’s first career four-hit game accounted for half of New York’s eight hits. Gleyber Torres and Oswaldo Cabrera also had run-scoring hits to help New York achieve its best start since the 1992 squad went 6-0. Ketel Marte

Kyle Gibson pitched seven strong innings on Monday night in his Cardinals debut and Brendan Donovan came within a triple of the cycle in St. Louis’ 6-2 win over the host San Diego Padres. Gibson (1-0) gave up just four hits and two runs, walking two and fanning four in a 94-pitch effort that constituted the first quality start for a St. Louis pitcher this season. He was backed by errorless defense and a 14-hit

Tanner Houck continued Boston’s strong starting pitching, Trevor Story capped a five-run third inning with a two-run double and the visiting Red Sox scored early and often en route to a 9-0 shellacking of the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. Jarren Duran collected three hits and scored twice, Masataka Yoshida and Enmanuel Valdez score two runs apiece and Ceddanne Rafaela joined Story with two RBIs for the Red Sox, who won their second straight game.