Late heroics from McCutchen, Cabrera lift Pirates, Tigers

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Saturday.

McCutchen hit a 3-2 pitch from Jordan Hicks (0-1) over the left field wall for his third home run of the season to leadoff the 10th.

David Bednar (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth inning, and Dauri Moreta worked around a leadoff walk in the 10th to earn his first save of the season. Roansy Contreras allowed two runs on six hits in becoming the fifth straight Pirates’ starter to work into the sixth inning.

Cardinals starter Steven Matz allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings while walking five batters and striking out six.

WHITE SOX 7, ORIOLES 6, 10 INNINGS

CHICAGO (AP) — Yasmani Grandal tied the game in the 10th inning with a bloop RBI double, and Óscar Colás followed it with an RBI single to lift Chicago over Baltimore.

White Sox reliever Jimmy Lambert (1-0) picked up the win, despite allowing an unearned run in the ninth.

Baltimore scored in the top of the 10th, with Jorge Mateo leading off with a sacrifice bunt to move Terin Vavra to third and Adley Rutschmann beating out a potential double play to score Vavra.

But Grandal’s double off reliever Logan Gillaspie (0-1) started something for Chicago. Jake Burger singled, and Colás scored pinch-runner Seby Zavala with his single.

White Sox starter Michael Kopech allowed three runs on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Orioles starter Kyle Gibson allowed four runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

TIGERS 7, GIANTS 6, 11 INNINGS

DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera’s walk-off single in the 11th inning capped Detroit's rally from a five-run deficit to beat San Francisco.

Taylor Rogers (0-2) started the 11th with a wild pitch, which moved Spencer Torkelson to third. Cabrera’s bouncer up the middle was his 3,095th career hit and scored Torkelson.

Chasen Shreve (1-1) got the win, with five Detroit relievers combining to pitch seven shutout innings.

The Tigers trailed 6-1 after three innings and were still down 6-3 in the eighth, but Nick Maton singled off John Brebbia and Riley Greene walked. Javier Báez fouled off six two-strike pitches before hitting a two-run double to make it 6-5 and brought Sean Hjelle out of the Giants bullpen. Kerry Carpenter’s deep fly to right moved Baez to third, and Torkelson’s flare over the drawn-in infield tied the game.

Giants starter Anthony DeScalfani allowed three runs, two of them earned, on six hits in 6 2/3 innings.

BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 2

TORONTO (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Danny Jansen had two hits and an RBI and Toronto again beat Tampa Bay.

Alejandro Kirk reached base four times, scored once and drove in a run. Kikuchi (2-0) allowed one run and four hits, improving to 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in six career games against Tampa Bay. Closer Jordan Romano earned his league-leading sixth save in seven chances.

Taylor Walls homered for the Rays, who have connected at least once in all 15 games this season. Only Seattle (20 games in 2019) began a season with a longer streak.

In his first big league start, Rays right-hander Calvin Faucher allowed one run and two hits in 2 2/3 innings.

YANKEES 6, TWINS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Domingo Germán retired his first 16 batters and New York beat Minnesota.

Kyle Higashioka and Anthony Rizzo homered and Giancarlo Stanton had a two-run double for the Yankees, which rebounded from their first consecutive losses this season and stopped the Twins’ four-game winning streak.

Germán (1-1) didn’t allow a hit until his 66th pitch when Christian Vázquez singled up the middle on a fastball with a 2-1 count. He struck out a career-high 11, walked none and gave up one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Tyler Mahle (1-2) allowed four runs — two earned — four hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings.

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