Baseball roundup: Cubs club Braves' bullpen, win 14-10

Atlanta led 10-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning before the
bullpen unraveled. The Cubs scored a run in the sixth and two in the seventh,
then exploded for nine in the eighth inning to complete the comeback.

Baez found the gap in left-center field to clear the bases and tie the game
10-10, and Braves reliever Sam Freeman walked in two runs to give Chicago the
lead in the eighth. The Cubs scored twice more on a wild pitch and an error.
Chicago scored nine runs on just three hits in the eighth.

Albert Almora hit a solo home run and made a diving catch in the first inning
to help the Cubs get out of a jam.

Brewers 5, Mets 1

Chase Anderson became the first Milwaukee starting pitcher this season to last
into the seventh inning, allowing just two hits over 6 1/3 frames as the
Brewers beat host New York.

The win by the Brewers (8-7) snapped a nine-game winning streak by the Mets
(11-2), who are still off to the best 13-game start in franchise history.

The loss cost New York manager Mickey Callaway a chance to tie Joe Morgan
(12-1 with the 1988 Boston Red Sox) for the best 13-game start ever for a
rookie manager. Anderson (1-1) allowed one run, walked two and struck out
five. He did not allow a hit for the opening 4 2/3 innings before Amed Rosario
bounced an infield single behind second base.

Nationals 6, Rockies 2

Michael A. Taylor drove in the go-ahead run on a squeeze bunt, Moises Sierra
added a two-run double in a four-run sixth and Max Scherzer gave Washington
seven strong innings in a win over visiting Colorado.

The victory ended a three-game losing streak for Washington. The Nationals
scored three runs in the first 23 innings of the teams' four-game series --
Colorado won the first two games and three straight overall -- until the
four-run sixth.

Scherzer (3-1) gave up just one hit, striking out 11 and walking one. The
right-hander threw 103 pitches, 70 of which were strikes, in another
dominating performance. The lone hit he allowed was a two-run homer by Charlie
Blackmon in the first.

Red Sox 10, Orioles 3

Hanley Ramirez launched a two-run homer and finished with three RBIs in his
return to the lineup as host Boston spoiled Alex Cobb's debut with Baltimore.

Ramirez missed the series-opening 7-3 win with a bruised right wrist after
being hit by a pitch in Thursday's game against the New York Yankees. He
returned and hit third, going 2-for-5 with a strikeout. Boston's Andrew
Benintendi also had three RBIs.

Cobb (0-1), a Massachusetts native who spent his first six major league
seasons with Tampa Bay before signing with Baltimore, struggled mightily in a
park in which he has fared well historically. He allowed eight runs (seven
earned) on 10 hits -- including two homers -- and a walk in 3 2/3 innings.

Angels 5, Royals 3

Garrett Richards pitched five effective innings as visiting Los Angeles topped
Kansas City.

Richards (2-0) retired the first 12 batters he faced. He wound up yielding one
run on one hit and three walks while striking out five. Luis Valbuena, Justin
Upton and Mike Trout homered for the Angels.

The Angels have won seven straight while the Royals have dropped five in a
row.

Rangers 6, Astros 5 (10 innings)

Ronald Guzman reached on a 10th-inning infield single with the bases loaded,
capping Texas' rally from a five-run deficit to beat host Houston. Alex
Claudio got the last out in the bottom of the 10th, stranding a pair of
runners, for his first save.

Guzman plated Jurickson Profar with his sharp grounder off the glove of Astros
right-hander Will Harris (0-1). Trailing 5-2 entering the eighth inning, the
Rangers mounted a rally against Astros right-hander Brad Peacock, with Joey
Gallo and then Guzman slugging home runs to erase that deficit.

Gallo bashed his fifth homer off the foul pole in right field, scoring Profar.
Two batters later, Guzman golfed his first career homer just over the right
field wall.

Pirates 1, Marlins 0

Pittsburgh bunted its way post host Miami in the ninth inning. With Starling
Marte on third and Josh Bell on first, Corey Dickerson popped up a bunt that
went over the head of Miami reliever Brad Ziegler to score Marte with the
winning run. Marte had reached based with a one-out bunt earlier in the
inning.

George Kontos (1-1) earned the victory as four Pittsburgh pitchers held Miami
to six hits. Felipe Vazquez retired all three batters in the ninth to record
his fifth save in five attempts.

The second game of the series was a pitchers' duel from the start between
Pittsburgh's Jameson Taillon and Miami's Trevor Richards. Taillon hurled six
scoreless innings, giving up four hits in his third quality start of the
season. Richards kept the Pirates off the board over seven innings in his best
outing in the big leagues. He allowed just two hits, struck out two and walked
one.

Phillies 9, Rays 4

J.P. Crawford homered and drove in two runs, and Jake Arrieta earned his first
win as Philadelphia beat host Tampa Bay.

Crawford doubled in a run in a six-run second inning and hit his second homer
in three games in the fourth as the Phillies stretched their winning streak to
five games. They have won seven of eight. Odubel Herrera had three hits and
Nick Williams had two hits for Philadelphia.

Arrieta (1-0) gave up seven hits and three runs (two earned) in 6 2/3 innings
in his second start with the Phillies, whose starting pitchers have allowed
two or fewer earned runs in nine of the past 10 games.

Cardinals 6, Reds 1

Greg Garcia hit two home runs and drove in three runs, and Miles Mikolas
breezed through seven innings as visiting St. Louis beat Cincinnati.

Garcia, the only left-handed hitter in the Cardinals' starting lineup against
left-hander Brandon Finnegan, hit a solo home run to right field in the second
inning to extend the St. Louis lead to 2-0, then clubbed a two-run homer to
right with two outs in the fourth inning to make it a 4-0 game.

Mikolas (2-0) needed only 83 pitches to help send the Reds to their seventh
straight loss and 12th in their first 14 games. He gave up just four hits and
two walks while striking out four.

Padres 5, Giants 4

Hunter Renfroe's go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning gave host San
Diego a victory over San Francisco.

With San Francisco up 4-3, San Diego's Freddy Galvis led off the seventh with
a single off Giants reliever Cory Gearrin (0-1). Renfroe followed with a home
run to left.

Rookie reliever Adam Cimber (1-1) got credit for his first major league win.
Brad Hand picked up his sixth save of the season and his second in as many
nights by striking out all four Giants he faced.

Yankees-Tigers, ppd.

The scheduled game between host Detroit and New York was postponed due to
inclement weather, with the contest rescheduled to be played as part of a
split doubleheader on Sunday. The two teams will play at 1:10 p.m. ET as
planned before starting the second game at 7:10 p.m. ET.

White Sox-Twins, ppd.

Host Minnesota and Chicago didn't play for a second straight day as a result
of the snowstorm ravaging the Midwest. The makeup date will be announced at a
later time.

Blue Jays-Indians, ppd.

Toronto and host Cleveland did not play their game due to bad weather. The
game was rescheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET on May 3.

--Field Level Media