MIAMI — Travis d’Arnaud led off the 16th inning with a home run, giving him a career-high four hits, as the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 9-8 Thursday night for their fifth straight win.
The game was the longest in the five-year history of Marlins Park. It took more than 5 1/2 hours and ended well past midnight.
D’Arnaud also had a bases-loaded triple in the second and teammate Yoenis Cespedes had his second multihomer game in three nights.
D’Arnaud’s homer came on the 475th pitch of the night and the first from Adam Conley (1-1). Marlins relievers retired 13 consecutive batters before the homer.
Miami’s Marcell Ozuna hit a grand slam in the first inning, increasing his RBI total to 16, the most in the majors.
Neither team had a runner in scoring position in extra innings until Miami’s 15th. Miguel Rojas led off with a single and advanced on a sacrifice but was stranded by Hansel Robles (2-0), who pitched two scoreless innings.
Yankees 3, Rays 2
Aaron Hicks homered from both sides of the plate, and his two-run shot in the seventh inning provided the victory for New York.
Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1
Kevin Gausman pitched six effective innings, Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy had fifth-inning RBIs, and Baltimore sent Toronto to its sixth straight loss.
The Blue Jays (1-8) are off to their worst start in franchise history.
White Sox 10, Indians 4
Chicago scored seven runs in the first two innings and rolled to an easy victory.
Tim Anderson and Matt Davidson homered for the White Sox, who won the last two games of the three-game series. Michael Brantley and Yan Gomes homered for the Indians. Reliever Anthony Swarzak (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the win.
Brewers 5, Reds 1
Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run, Eric Thames added a solo shot, and Jimmy Nelson allowed one run and five hits through seven innings to lead Milwaukee.
Nelson (1-0) struck out five and did not walk a batter while helping snap the Reds’ four-game winning streak. Thames went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Orlando Arcia had three hits to pace the Brewers’ offense.
Rangers 8, Angels 3
Texas starter Yu Darvish, who was winless in his first two starts of the season for the first time in his major league career, struck out 10 while shutting out Los Angeles on five hits over seven innings.
All but one Rangers hitter in the starting lineup had at least one of the club’s 11 hits. Backup catcher Robinson Chirinos had two hits, drove in three and scored twice. Carlos Gomez and Nomar Mazara each homered for Texas, which won two of three in the series.
Red Sox 4, Pirates 3
Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to tie the game, and Xander Bogaerts knocked Ramirez in with the go-ahead run as Boston beat Pittsburgh.
Ramirez scored on Bogaerts’ opposite-field single to right.
Cubs 4, Dodgers 0
Brett Anderson pitched five innings of shutout ball to help Chicago get the win.
Anthony Rizzo and Addison Russell each slugged a solo homer while Anderson scattered three hits over five innings and worked out of two jams. The Cubs took two of three from the Dodgers and claimed their third straight series triumph.
Twins 11, Tigers 5
Max Kepler and Miguel Sano blasted three-run homers to power Minnesota to its victory. Robbie Grossman added a two-run shot as the Twins salvaged the finale of a three-game series.
Royals 3, Athletics 1
Jason Vargas pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings as Kansas City snapped an eight-game losing streak against Oakland.
Rockies 3, Giants 1
Trevor Story hit his first home run of the season, and left-hander Chris Rusin rescued injured Jon Gray with 3 1/3 innings of lead-protecting relief to lead Colorado to a victory in the opener of a four-game series. — Agencies
