MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jackson Jobe pitched six shutout innings to earn his first major league win on Saturday as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0.
Spencer Torkelson homered and drove in three runs for the Tigers, who have won seven of their last eight.
Jobe (1-0), the third pick of the 2021 amateur draft and the overall No. 3 prospect per Baseball America, cruised through the Twins’ lineup after earning no-decisions in his previous two starts. The 22-year-old right-hander allowed just three baserunners — two singles and a walk — while striking out two batters.
Brenan Hanifee, Tyler Holton and John Brebbia each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Detroit.
PHILLIES 4, CARDINALS 1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nick Castellanos had a two-run double to stake Philadelphia to an early lead, and the Phillies turned five double plays in a win over St. Louis.
Cristopher Sánchez (1-0) allowed eight hits in 6 1/3 innings, but he kept inducing ground balls to get out of trouble. Sanchez struck out three and walked two.
José Alvarado worked a spotless ninth inning for his third save.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas (0-2) gave up three runs and three hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked two, with both of those runners coming around to score.
YANKEES 8, GIANTS 4
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Warren pitched five innings in rainy conditions for his first major league win, Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead RBI single in New York’s five-run fifth inning and the Yankees beat San Francisco.
Warren (1-0) allowed two runs and two hits in his eighth career start and gave the Yankees a much-needed solid outing after Marcus Stroman got two outs Friday and went on the injured list with left knee inflammation before the game.
Bellinger hit an RBI triple in the first before snapping a 2-2 tie with a single off Jordan Hicks (1-1). Paul Goldschmidt followed with an RBI ground-rule double and Anthony Volpe lifted a sacrifice fly before Jasson Domínguez had a two-run single.
Ben Rice also homered for the Yankees, who lead the AL with 26.
ORIOLES 5, BLUE JAYS 4
BALTIMORE (AP) — Heston Kjerstad and Adley Rutschman homered, the Baltimore defense pulled off five double plays, and the Orioles rallied from an early three-run deficit to beat Toronto.
Cedric Mullins gave the Orioles a 5-3 lead in the sixth with a two-run double, and Baltimore held on from there.
Anthony Santander homered for the Blue Jays in his return to Camden Yards after he spent his first eight seasons with the Orioles.
Bryan Baker (1-0) won in relief, and Félix Bautista pitched the ninth for his first save — and Baltimore’s first of the season. The Orioles’ previous five wins were by a combined 28 runs.
The Blue Jays had men on second and third in the ninth when Bo Bichette — who had three hits — struck out swinging to end it.
Santander’s third-inning drive off Baltimore starter Tomoyuki Sugano gave Toronto a 3-0 lead, and Bowden Francis (1-2) took a perfect game into the fifth for the Blue Jays. But he came unglued quickly, allowing a one-out walk to Mullins and then Kjerstad’s two-run homer that made it 3-2.
The following inning, Rutschman tied it with a two-out homer. Francis then allowed a walk and a single before Mullins put Baltimore ahead to stay.
Francis allowed five runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings.
ATHLETICS 3, METS 1
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — J.T. Ginn allowed one run in five-plus strong innings and the Athletics beat New York for their second home win since relocating to West Sacramento.
Ginn (1-0), a former Mets prospect, pitched into the sixth inning and held New York to a run. The ...
