TRAYCE Thompson established career highs of three homers and eight RBIs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a crushing 10-1 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night (Sunday in Manila).
Thompson hit a grand slam in the first inning, a three-run shot in the fifth and a solo shot in the eighth. It was just the second multi-homer game of his career. J.D. Martinez also went deep for the first time as a member of the Dodgers.
Clayton Kershaw (1-0) gave up one run and four hits in six innings for the Dodgers. He struck out nine and walked none.
Christian Walker homered for Arizona. Walker had two of the Diamondbacks’ five hits.
Madison Bumgarner (0-1) gave up five runs and four hits in four innings. He walked four and struck out two.
In other games, it was the Red Sox 9, Orioles 8; Rangers 16, Phillies 3; Angels 13, Athletics 1; Astros 6, White Sox 4; Cardinals 4, Blue Jays 1; Brewers 3, Cubs 1; Giants 7, Yankees 5; Braves 7, Nationals 1; Twins 2, Royals 0; Reds 6, Pirates 2; Rays 12, Tigers 2; Mets 6, Marlins 2; Padres 8, Rockies 4; and Guardians 2, Mariners 0.
Red Sox 9, Orioles 8
Adam Duvall hit a two-run, walk-off home run in the ninth inning to lift Boston over Baltimore.
His two-run shot just over the top of the Green Monster was his second homer of the game and capped a 4-for-5 effort. He finished with five RBIs, three runs and was a single shy of the cycle.
Austin Hays became the second Orioles player to go 5-for-5 in as many games, matching the effort of Adley Rutschman on Opening Day. Hays hit a homer and two doubles. Ryan Mountcastle and Cedric Mullins also homered, and Felix Bautista (0-1) took the loss.
Rangers 16, Phillies 3
Mitch Garver hit a pair of three-run home runs in Texas’ rout of Philadelphia in Arlington, Texas.
Garver’s first home run extended the Texas lead to 7-3 in the fifth. His second came in the seventh and made it 10-3. Second baseman Marcus Semien also homered for the Rangers, who had 17 hits.
Nick Castellanos, Darick Hall, Bryson Stott and Trea Turner each had two hits for the Phillies. — Field Level Media
