CINCINNATI — Jay Bruce hit his first two home runs of the season and drove in five runs, including four in an eight-run fourth inning, as the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 10-6 victory Thursday afternoon at Great American Ball Park.
Eugenio Suarez added his first career grand slam to help the Reds give rookie starter Robert Stephenson the victory in his major league debut.
The Phillies led 2-1 after Cedric Hunter hit his first career home run in the top of the fourth, but the Reds erased that by sending 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning. Bruce hit a three-run homer to put Cincinnati in front for good. Suarez hit his second home run in as many games to push the Reds’ lead to 8-2.
Bruce added an RBI single later in the inning to provide Stephenson plenty of cushion. Ryan Howard hit his first homer of the season, a two-run shot to center in the fifth for the Phillies, but Stephenson got through five innings, allowing four runs (three earned) and six hits.
White Sox 6, A’s 1
Jose Abreu hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning and Mat Latos gave up one hit in six innings to lead Chicago over Oakland.
Latos, who walked one and struck out two, won for the first time since July 21 with Miami. He has yet to allow an earned run in 15 career innings against the A’s.
Yankees 8, Astros 5
Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally New York over Houston.
The Yankees did not lead until Teixeira drove a 1-0 fastball from Ken Giles down the left-field line.
Giants 12, Dodgers 6
San Francisco ended Los Angeles’ shutout streak and unbeaten record, scoring 12 times in its final four times up in its home opener.
The Giants put the game away with a five-run bottom of the eighth inning capped by Hunter Pence’s grand slam.
Orioles 4, Twins 2
Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Ubaldo Jimenez threw seven solid innings as Baltimore rallied for a victory over Minnesota to complete a sweep of the season-opening, three-game series.
Manny Machado and Joey Rickard each hit solo homers for the Orioles. Rickard’s home run was hit first in the major leagues and earned a curtain call from the fans.
Marlins 6, Nationals 4
Martin Prado and Adeiny Hechavarria each had two hits and drove in two runs as Miami beat Washington, spoiling the Nationals’ home opener.
Since 2013, the Marlins were 20-37 against Washington, but the visitors prevailed thanks to a balanced attack in the middle of their lineup and by collecting four run-scoring hits coming with two outs.
Cubs 14, Diamondbacks 6
Anthony Rizzo had three hits, including a homer, and tied a career high with six RBIs in the Chicago Cubs’ 14-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dexter Fowler and Addison Russell added two hits and two RBIs apiece for Chicago (3-0).
Angels 4, Rangers 3
Albert Pujols’ line drive into the left-center-field gap with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning scored the running run, lift the Los Angeles Angels to their first victory of the season, 4-3 over the Texas Rangers. — Agencies
