The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11-0 on Easter Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., for their ninth straight win to open the season.
The Rays' matched the 2003 Kansas City Royals for the hottest streak to start a season in baseball's wild-card era. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and Drew Rasmussen and two relievers combined on a one-hitter. Ramon Laureano doubled with two outs in the second for the lone Oakland hit.
Padres starter Seth Lugo gave up one run on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts over six innings to earn the win. The Padres were leading 8-0 when the Braves scored in the fifth. Orlando Arcia and Sam Hilliard singled to lead off the inning, with Arcia scoring on Ronald Acuna Jr.'s grounder to the right side.
In the bottom of the 10th, Los Angeles loaded the bases with two outs for Mike Trout, who walked to drive in a run. Blue Jays manager John Schneider then brought in lefty Tim Mayza, who induced Shohei Ohtani to ground out.Pavin Smith knocked in three runs and Arizona roughed up rookie pitcher Michael Grove to complete a series win over Los Angeles in Phoenix.
Chicago starter Michael Kopech gave up one run and two hits in six innings, with three walks and five strikeouts.Jake Fraley delivered a go-ahead three-run double in the ninth inning, lifting visiting Cincinnati to a win over Philadelphia. Baltimore's Adley Rutschman went 4-for-4 with a solo home run. He had the team's first three hits through 5 1/3 innings. Ryan Mountcastle and Anthony Santander followed with doubles, the latter knocking in two runs.Triston Casas homered and drove in two runs as visiting Boston completed a three-game series sweep of Detroit.
Francisco Alvarez and Pete Alonso each had an RBI single for the Mets, who outscored the Marlins 31-13 in the first six games between the National League East rivals.Rookie Hunter Brown allowed two hits and one unearned run over seven innings and Chas McCormick homered and drove in four runs to lead Houston to a victory over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
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