New York: Carlos Beltran went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and made his first-ever appearance at first base, and right-handed pitcher Ivan Nova tossed 7 1/3 solid innings as the depleted New York Yankees edged the Boston Red Sox in the Major League Baseball match yesterday. Beltran singled in the first, homered in the third and doubled in the seventh.
New York is without shortstop Derek Jeter due to a tight right quad, and injured first baseman Mark Teixeira.
Right-hander Tyson Ross held Detroit to one run on six hits over seven innings and drove in the first run of his career as the San Diego Padres defeated the Tigers.
Will Venable delivered San Diego’s key hit, a two-run double in the fourth inning, against the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, right-hander Max Scherzer.
Scherzer struck out 10 but fell to 0-1 on the season.
Los Angeles first baseman Adrian Gonzalez homered for the fourth straight game and center fielder Matt Kemp and third baseman Juan Uribe added solo shots as the Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete a three-game sweep.
The National League West division-leading Dodgers improved to 9-4. Shortstop Brandon Crawford blasted left-hander Rex Brothers’ second pitch into the San Francisco Bay for a walk-off home run in the 10th inning, giving the San Francisco Giants victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Reliever Sergio Romo (1-0), who pitched a scoreless top of the 10th, got the win for the Giants (8-5).
Yoenis Cespedes broke a scoreless tie with a two-run home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland A’s continued their road success with a win over the Seattle Mariners. The A’s (8-4) improved their road record to 5-1.
The Mariners (6-5) saw scoreless streak reach 17 innings. Seattle managed just three hits, all of them singles, two by second baseman Robinson Cano.
Reuters
