Carlos Santana, right, broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with his first home run with the Pirates on Wednesday in Boston.
Steven Senne | AP photo
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BOSTON — Mitch Keller struck out seven, Carlos Santana homered and Bryan Reynolds knocked in his seventh run of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 4-1 win Wednesday.
Ke’Bryan Hayes drove in a run with a perfectly-placed bunt in the sixth and Santana added an RBI double during a two-run seventh that put the Pirates up 4-0.
Pittsburgh improved to 4-2 on a cold, gray and blustery afternoon at Fenway Park, where the game-time temperature was 41 degrees. The Red Sox fell to 2-4.
Keller braved short sleeves despite the conditions and held Boston to one run on four hits, striking out seven and walking two. He carried a shutout into the seventh, when Triston Casas doubled with two out and scored on a single by Christian Arroyo.
BREWERS 7, METS 6
MILWAUKEE — Garrett Mitchell hit a tiebreaking homer off Adam Ottavino in the ninth inning and Milwaukee defeated New York for a fifth straight victory.
Mitchell sent a 3-2 cutter from Ottavino over the right-field wall for his third homer in his past two games. The rookie outfielder went deep twice Tuesday in a 9-0 triumph.
RAYS 7, NATIONALS 2
WASHINGTON — Wander Franco and Harold Ramirez each had two hits including a home run, and Tampa Bay defeated Washington.
The Rays improved to 6-0 and extended the best start in franchise history. They are off to the best start of any team since Baltimore opened 7-0 in 2016.
RANGERS 5, ORIOLES 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Jung hit a tiebreaking two-run homer soon after Jacob deGrom threw his final pitch of the game, giving the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner his first victory in the American League as Texas beat Baltimore.
DeGrom retired the first 12 batters he faced and finished with 11 strikeouts, but the game was tied 2-2 after he ended the sixth with back-to-back Ks.
The right-hander, who in free agency signed a $185 million, five-year contract after his first nine big league seasons with the New York Mets, got a no-decision in the season opener.
BRAVES 5, CARDINALS 2
ST. LOUIS — Matt Olson homered and drove in three, and Atlanta completed a three-game sweep of St. Louis.
Bryce Elder, who was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, pitched six strong innings, giving up two hits, striking out six and walking three. Jesse Chavez retired the only batter he faced to earn his first save of the season.
MARLINS 5, TWINS 2
MIAMI — Bryan De La Cruz hit a go-ahead single in the eighth, Jorge Soler homered twice and Jesús Luzardo fanned 10 to lift Miami over Minnesota.
Jean Segura and Jon Berti hit back-to-back one-out singles against reliever Griffin Jax in the eighth before De La Cruz’s RBI single against Caleb Thielbar scored Segura and broke a 1-1 tie.
ASTROS 8, TIGERS 2
HOUSTON — Chas McCormick, Kyle Tucker and Jeremy Peña all homered and combined for six RBIs to help Houston snap a three-game skid with a win over Detroit.
McCormick hit a two-run home run in the second off Eduardo Rodriguez and doubled in the fourth.
WHITE SOX 7, GIANTS 3
CHICAGO — Dylan Cease went five innings in his first win, Tim Anderson got ejected and Chicago beat San Francisco.
Luis Robert Jr. had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run. Gavin Sheets added three RBIs.
Anderson got tossed after thinking he was quick-pitched by Logan Webb.
With a 1-2 count in the third, Anderson was in the batter’s box but not settled into his stance when Webb began his delivery with 11 seconds left on the pitch clock.
Anderson stepped out and was already walking toward the home dugout when Webb threw strike three down the middle. Plate umpire D.J. Reyburn called Anderson out on strikes, and Anderson then turned back toward Reyburn to argue.
GUARDIANS 6, ATHLETICS 4
OAKLAND, Calif. — Andrés Giménez scored on pinch-hitter Will Brennan’s groundout for the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, Stevan Kwan followed with an RBI single and Cleveland held off Oakland.
One inning after the A’s scored four runs in the eighth to tie it on Jesús Aguilar two-out, three-run homer, the Guardians recovered to win in extra innings.
ANGELS 4, MARINERS 3
SEATTLE — Shohei Ohtani held Seattle to one run in six innings and drove in a run at the plate, leading Los Angeles to a victory.
Ohtani kept the Mariners scoreless after allowing a run in a bumpy first inning, finishing his day having allowed three hits and four walks while striking out eight.