MINNEAPOLIS — Ehire Adrianza homered, and Jake Odorizzi pitched seven shutout innings to outduel Justin Verlander as the Minnesota Twins edged the Houston Astros 1-0 on Monday night in Minneapolis.

It was the third consecutive win for Odorizzi (3-2), including two in a row over the Astros. He allowed four singles and a walk while striking out seven.

Taylor Rogers pitched a scoreless eighth, and Blake Parker erased a leadoff single to Carlos Correa to start the ninth by inducing Yuli Gurriel to hit into a double play. Parker then got Josh Reddick to ground out to end the game for his sixth save.

Verlander (4-1), who lost for just the third time in his past 21 starts (14-3) against Minnesota, gave up two hits, two walks and a run over six innings before departing after throwing 100 pitches, 66 of which were strikes. He struck out seven.

Giants 3, Dodgers 2

Evan Longoria cleared the bases with a seventh-inning double, rallying San Francisco to a victory over visiting Los Angeles on a record-breaking night for Cody Bellinger.

Reds 5, Mets 4

Jesse Winker’s homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning lifted visiting Cincinnati past New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series.

Cardinals 6, Nationals 3

Marcell Ozuna had two hits, including a key two-run single in a six-run, fifth-inning rally, and St. Louis won at Washington.

Red Sox 9, Athletics 4

Rookie Michael Chavis drove in a career-high three runs as host Boston overcame an early four-run deficit to beat Oakland.

Rays 8, Royals 5

Yandy Diaz had a pair of RBI singles as Tampa Bay defeated host Kansas City for its 11th victory in the past 12 matchups against the Royals.

Brewers 5, Rockies 1

Jesus Aguilar hit his first two home runs of the season and Zach Davies (3-0) was effective into the sixth inning as Milwaukee defeated visiting Colorado in the opener of a four-game series.

White Sox 5, Orioles 3

Yonder Alonso and Tim Anderson both smacked two-run home runs, and Manny Banuelos pitched 5 2/3 strong innings to lead host Chicago past Baltimore.

Braves 3, Padres 1

Ozzie Albies hit his sixth home run, and rookie Mike Soroka posted another strong outing to lead Atlanta over visiting San Diego. — Reuters