YU Darvish held Atlanta to a solo homer by Marcell Ozuna over 6 2/3 innings Sunday night (Monday in Manila) and San Diego took advantage of some early wildness by rookie Braves right-hander Bryce Elder to give the Padres a 2-1 victory over visiting Atlanta and a split of their four-game series.
Both Padres runs came in the second. Infielders Ha-Seong Kim and C.J. Abrams, the Padres’ No. 8 and 9 hitters, started the rally with back-to-back singles with one out. Elder then walked Trent Grisham on four pitches to load the bases and hit Austin Nola with a pitch to force home the Padres’ first run. Abrams scored on an infield grounder.
Coming off one of the worst performances of his career, when he gave up nine runs on eight hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings, Darvish (1-1) held the Braves to one run on four hits and no walks with eight strikeouts.
Elder (1-1), who survived a bases-loaded threat unscathed in the first inning, gave up the two runs on three hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
In other games, it was the Orioles 5, Yankees 0; Red Sox 8, Twins 1; Mariners 7, Astros 2; Dodgers 9, Reds 1; Pirates 5, Nationals 3; Blue Jays 4, Athletics 3; Giants 8, Guardians 1; Marlins 11, Phillies 3; Rays 9, White Sox 3; Mets 5, Diamondbacks 0; Brewers 6, Cardinals 5; Angels 8, Rangers 3; and Cubs 6, Rockies 4.
Orioles 5, Yankees 0
Rougned Odor and Kelvin Gutierrez each drove in two runs during a five-run eighth inning and Baltimore beat visiting New York.
The Orioles loaded the bases with two outs against Jonathan Loaisiga (0-1) before Odor entered as a pinch-hitter and broke a scoreless tie with a single to center field. Lucas Luetge replaced Loaisiga to face Gutierrez, who delivered a two-run double to left field.
Jorge Mateo capped the rally with an RBI single.
Jorge Lopez (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory. Baltimore’s late-inning charge spoiled a stellar outing by Yankees starter Nestor Cortes, who struck out a career-high 12 batters over five-plus scoreless innings.
Red Sox 8, Twins 1
Xander Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with the RBI single that started the scoring in a sixth-run eighth inning on the way to a Boston victory over visiting Minnesota.
Rafael Devers extended his hitting streak to all nine games this season on a 2-for-4 day with two runs scored for the Red Sox, who have won four of their last five games. Bogaerts also scored two runs while J.D. Martinez and Trevor Story both drove in two.
Boston starter Michael Wacha was strong despite not factoring into the decision, striking out five while allowing no runs, one hit and two walks in five innings.
