Melky Cabrera capped Chicago’s four-run ninth inning with an RBI single off Cody Allen, sending the White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
Six consecutive batters reached safety before Cabrera drove a fastball into left-center for the game-ending hit. Alexei Ramirez doubled home two runs and Gordon Beckham had a tying RBI single.
David Robertson (1-0) worked a perfect ninth for his first win with the White Sox. Allen (0-2) recorded just one out in his first blown save in four chances.
Chicago had managed just four hits before the big finish.
Trevor Bauer pitched seven sparkling innings for Cleveland, who have dropped seven of nine. Ryan Raburn and Brett Hayes homered, while Michael Brantley had an RBI double.
ASTROS 7, MARINERS 5
In Seattle, Luis Valbuena hit two solo home runs, including a go-ahead eighth-inning shot, to help Houston beat Seattle.
Valbuena, who started the scoring with a blast in the first inning, opened the eighth with a homer to right on 1-1 pitch from Danny Farquhar (0-1). It was his fifth this season.
It was the first home run allowed by a Mariners reliever this season. Jed Lowrie added an RBI single in the inning.
Colby Rasmus also had his second home run on a 2-0 pitch from starter Hisashi Iwakuma in the fifth.
Tony Sipp (1-0), who worked the seventh and eighth, picked up the victory.
CUBS 5, PIRATES 2
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kris Bryant turned a tiebreaking two-run double into a homer with some heads-up baserunng, and the star rookie had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Chicago Cubs.
Bryant’s double off Arquimedes Camninero (0-1) hit off the base of the left-center field fence in the seventh inning and snapped a 1-all tie. He advanced to third base on the throw home, and raced across the plate when catcher Francisco Cervelli missed the throw for an error.
Bryant, who tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth, is 6 for 14 (0.429) with four RBIs in four games since his much-anticipated call-up from Triple-A Iowa on Friday. He was a spring training sensation, hitting nine home runs in 40 at-bats for the Cubs.
Jake Arrieta (2-1) allowed only one run and three hits in seven innings for the win, while striking out seven and walking none.
TIGERS 2, YANKEES 1
In Detroit, Michigan, J.D. Martinez and Yoenis Cespedes hit consecutive RBI singles in the seventh inning, while Joba Chamberlain got Jacoby Ellsbury to hit into a crucial double play in the eighth, helping Detroit beat New York.
C.C. Sabathia (0-3) faced the minimum number of hitters through the first six innings, but with two out and a man on second in the seventh, the Yankees intentionally walked Victor Martinez. J.D. Martinez followed with a sharp single that shortstop Didi Gregorius was unable to keep in the infield, and Cespedes’ single scored Martinez.
The Yankees had men on first and third with one out in the eighth when Chamberlain relieved Alfredo Simon (3-0). Ellsbury’s hard grounder went straight to second-baseman Ian Kinsler, and the double play ended the threat.
Joakim Soria pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
ATHLETICS 6, ANGELS 3
In Anaheim, California, Stephen Vogt hit a go-ahead three-run homer, while Marcus Semien also went deep against Matt Shoemaker as Oakland won the opener of a four-game series.
Athletics right-hander Kendall Graveman was staked to a 5-3 lead in his third major-league start, but lasted just three-plus innings. Manager Bob Melvin pulled him after he walked Erick Aybar and C.J. Cron to open the fourth and ran his pitch count up to 73.
Dan Otero (1-1) retired the next three batters and gave up just one hit over a career-high four innings. He has not allowed a run in 13 career appearances against the Angels, spanning 19-2/3 innings.
Tyler Clippard got the last three outs for his first American League save and 35th of his career.
Shoemaker (2-1) threw 68 pitches in three-plus innings, giving up five runs and seven hits.
REDS 6, BREWERS 1
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Anthony Desclafani pitched eight shutout innings, while Zach Cozart and Joey Votto homered to lead Cincinnati.
Desclafani (2-0) held Milwaukee hitless until Adam Lind’s double with two outs in the fourth. Hector Gomez’s fifth-inning single was the only other hit off Desclafani, who struck out five and ran his scoreless innings streak to 15.
Desclafani and Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta (0-2) were locked in a scoreless battle through five innings. The Reds got to Peralta in the sixth. Brayan Pena drove in the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly and Cozart followed with a three-run homer.
Votto added a two-run homer in the seventh off Peralta.
Ryan Braun homered with one out in the ninth for the Brewers.
In other games, it was:
‧ Padres 14, Rockies 3
‧ Royals 7, Twins 1
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