LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Angels 1-0 on Friday night in the Freeway Series opener.
Freeman sent a 3-2 pitch from former Dodger reliever Kirby Yates (0-2) over the wall in deep center and was greeted by his teammates at home plate. Fans chanted “Freddie! Freddie!”
The Dodgers were on the losing end of a walk-off homer in Arizona on Thursday night. Freeman finished with two hits and a walk Friday.
Blake Treinen (3-1) got the win in relief with a scoreless ninth.
The Dodgers outscored the Angels 31-3 in winning the teams’ first three meetings this season. Friday’s series opener at Dodger Stadium was taut, with each team notching three hits.
Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki struck out a career-high 10 over seven scoreless innings. He didn't allow a hit until the fifth when Nick Madrigal doubled with one out. The Japanese right-hander lowered his ERA to 4.03.
Angels starter Reid Detmers matched Sasaki through three hitless innings of his own before Freeman singled in the fourth. The left-hander gave up two hits over six innings, struck out six and walked two.
RANGERS 3, GUARDIANS 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager hit a go-ahead homer to end a career-worst 0-for-29 slump in his first game for Texas in more than three weeks and Kyle Higashioka also went deep as the Rangers beat Cleveland.
Seager had missed 19 games since May 13 while on the injured list because of lower back inflammation. His two-run homer in the sixth inning made it 3-2 right after a double by Wyatt Langford, who missed 39 games since April 21 because of a right forearm strain before he was also activated from the IL before the game.
Guardians rookie starter Parker Messick (6-2) retired 15 of the first 16 batters he faced, including the first 11, before Higashioka homered leading off the sixth. Messick then gave up the extra-base hits to Langford and Seager, and another hit to Josh Jung before a two-out walk ended his night.
Rangers starter Kumar Rocker struck out five while allowing two runs over five innings before Peyton Gray (2-0) worked 1 2/3 innings. Jacob Latz, their third reliever, worked two innings for his ninth save.
Travis Bazzana had his first career leadoff homer and finished with three hits for the Guardians. He was stranded at third after a leadoff triple in the fifth.
RED SOX 5, YANKEES 3
NEW YORK — Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs on Friday night to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the New York Yankees, who put Aaron Judge on the injured list with a stress fracture in his right rib.
Contreras homered for the second straight game when his two-run drive off Ryan Weathers (2-4) reached the second deck in left field and stayed inside the foul pole in the fifth. Conteras also hit an infield single on a high chopper to the third base side of the mound to snap a 1-1 tie in the third.
Andrew Monasterio homered in the fourth and Wilyer Abreu had an RBI groundout in Boston’s 10th win in its last 13 road games.
Former Yankee Sonny Gray (7-1) allowed three runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. Gray, who struggled in the Bronx in 2017 and 2018, earned his fifth straight win since returning from a hamstring injury.
Danny Coulombe stranded a runner in the seventh and Justin Slaten needed four pitches in a perfect eighth. Aroldis Chapman issued a pair of walks to pinch hitters Max Schuemann and Amed Rosario in the ninth before securing his 13th save.
The Yankees lost for the third time in four games since losing Judge to the injury. Before the game, New York said Judge would be re-evaluated in about four to six weeks.
Ben Rice and Trent Grisham homered off Gray and Spencer Jones added an RBI single. Jones was called up to replace Judge and had his first career three-hit game.
Weathers allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings. The left-hander struck out four, walked one and is winless in his last five starts.
GIANTS 18, CUBS 3
CHICAGO — Matt Chapman hit his fourth career grand slam in the fourth inning and added a three-run shot to cap San Francisco’s seven-run sixth inning in a win over slumping Chicago.
Willy Adames and Casey Schmitt each added a pair of home runs as the Giants dealt the Cubs their 19th loss in 25 games. Jonah Cox had a solo shot among three hits.
Chapman hit the Giants’ second grand slam in two days, and sixth this season — all in San Francisco’s last 18 games. He added a sacrifice fly to finish with a career-high eight RBIs.
The Giants are the sixth team in MLB history to hit six slams in 20 days or less, according to the club.
Schmitt finished with four hits, hitting his second homer of the game and team-leading 15th off Chicago catcher Carson Kelly, who pitched the ninth. The Giants finished with 19 hits to follow up on a 20-hit, 12-9 win at Milwaukee on Thursday.
Seiya Suzuki hit a solo shot for the Cubs. Kelly had two hits and an RBI.
Giants starter Robbie Ray (4-6) allowed no runs on two hits in five innings for the win, despite five walks.
The Giants scored their first eight runs on eight hits off Edward Cabrera (3-3), who lasted 3 2/3 innings in his return from a blister on his right middle finger.
TIGERS 7, MARINERS 3
DETROIT — Gleyber Torres had three hits and Detroit beat Seattle in their first meeting since the Mariners eliminated the Tigers in the AL Division Series.
Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Torkelson homered for Detroit, which is 4-0 in June after going 9-22 in May. The Tigers are averaging eight runs during the winning streak.
The Mariners have lost two in a row after an eight-game winning streak.
Framber Valdez (3-4) got the win, allowing one run on five hits and two walks in five innings. Bryan Woo (5-4) took the loss, giving up five runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Seattle took a 1-0 in the first on three singles, but Detroit came back with three runs in the third.
With one out, Torres singled and took third on Kevin McGonigle’s base hit. Dillon Dingler lifted a ball to shallow center, forcing Julio Rodriguez to play it on a hop. Torres scored, but Rodriguez threw to J.P. Crawford in time to force McGonigle at second.
That cost the Tigers a run, as Kerry Carpenter followed with a two-run homer to right.
Colt Emerson made it 3-2 with a seventh-inning homer off Drew Anderson, but a two-run double by Torres in the bottom of the inning expanded the margin to three runs.
RAYS 6, MARLINS 0
MIAMI — Drew Rasmussen allowed one hit in seven dominant innings, Junior Caminero reached base five times and Tampa Bay beat Miami.
Caminero doubled and walked twice and singled and Cedric Mullings homered for the Rays. Ryan Vilade had two hits and two RBIs while Yandy Díaz had three singles.
Rasmussen (5-2) struck out a season-high nine and retired 17 straight after allowing Javier Sanoja’s opposite-field single to right in the second. The right-hander was lifted after 87 pitches.
Two of Rasmussen’s five victories this season have been against Miami. Rasmussen completed 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball in a 6-3 win at Tampa Bay on May 17.
It was Caminero’s second game of the season in which he reached base five times. Caminero had four walks and singled in Tampa Bay’s 9-7 loss against St. Louis on opening day.
After being swept at home by Detroit in a three-game set, the Rays had 12 hits in the series opener against Miami.
BRAVES 6, PIRATES 3
ATLANTA — Mauricio Dubón homered for the third straight game and Atlanta opened another home series with a victory, beating Pittsburgh.
Dubón was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs. It is the first time in his eight-year career he has homered in three consecutive games.
Ronald Acuña Jr. was 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI and Matt Olson had two hits and a run.
Martín Pérez (4-3) went five innings and gave up three runs before giving way to the bullpen, which blanked MLB’s fourth-highest-scoring offence in the final four innings. Raisel Iglesias got his 12th save and lowered his ERA to 0.92 after pitching the ninth inning.
The Braves have won the opening game of a home series nine times in 10 tries this season.
Dubón’s two-run, 405-foot homer to left field tied it at 3 in the third inning, and his double gave the Braves a 4-3 lead in the fifth. He later scored on an RBI double by Austin Riley.
Mitch Keller (5-3) took the loss for the Pirates, giving up six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He has given up 13 runs in his last two starts.
Pittsburgh saw its 11-game homer streak end.
PHILLIES 8, WHITE SOX 6
PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Marsh hit his first homer off a left-handed starter in nearly four years, Kyle Schwarber had four singles in a game for the first time in his career, and Philadelphia defeated Chicago.
Adolis García homered for the second straight game, Alec Bohm hit a two-run double and Trea Turner had an RBI for Philadelphia, which has won four straight and eight of 10.
Marsh, leading the NL with a .332 batting average, sparked the Phillies’ five-run second inning with a two-run homer off White Sox starter Anthony Kay. It Marsh’s first home run off a lefty starter since July 16, 2022, when he went deep while with the Los Angeles Angels against the Dodgers’ Julio Urias.
Meanwhile, the slugging Schwarber, who leads the majors with 23 homers, singled in the first, second seventh and eighth innings and finished 4 for 5. He scored the go-ahead run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Edmundo Sosa, sliding under the tag at home plate. The Phillies added an insurance run in the inning when White Sox reliever — and former Phillies closer — Seranthony Dominguez tossed a wild pitch.
Jonathan Bowlan (2-0) earned the win in relief of Jesús Luzardo, who allowed five runs and six hits in six innings. Jhoan Duran pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 15th save in as many opportunities.
ORIOLES 13, BLUE JAYS 3
TORONTO — Adley Rutschman homered and had four hits and five RBIs in Baltimore's victory over Toronto.
Rutschman had a solo homer and two two-run doubles.
Coby Mayo followed Rutschman’s lead in the five-run sixth with a two-run homer off Trey Yesavage (2-3) to help Baltimore win for the fifth time in six games. The Blue Jays lost for the fifth time in six games.
Baltimore right-hander Brandon Young (4-1) won for the first time since May 6. He allowed a two-run homer from catcher Brandon Valenzuela in the fifth inning.
Young lasted 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with no walks and four strikeouts.
Rutschman, who reached base a fifth time with a walk, scored four runs.
Toronto outfielder Daulton Varsho left the game in the fourth inning with left wrist discomfort.
ASTROS 5, ATHLETICS 1
HOUSTON — Isaac Paredes homered for the third straight game, driving in four runs to propel Houston to a victory over the Athletics.
Jeremy Peña singled off Jack Perkins (2-3) to begin the first inning, extending his hitting streak to six games before Yordan Alvarez followed with a walk. Paredes homered for the ninth time for a 3-0 lead.
Alvarez, who chased down first-inning fly balls from Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz in left field in his first start out there since May 5, singled to start the third before scoring on a triple by Christian Walker. Paredes followed with a sacrifice fly for a 5-0 advantage.
Peter Lambert (5-4) was cruising until Brent Rooker hit his ninth homer in the sixth. The right-hander then walked Tyler Soderstrom in front of a double by Henry Bolte to put runners on second and third with one out. Enyel De Los Santos came in and struck out Zach Gelof before retiring Jeff McNeil on a liner to Jose Altuve at second to limit the damage.
The Athletics loaded the bases with one out in the second, but Lambert struck out McNeil and Darell Hernaiz to keep it 3-0. He allowed one run on five hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings.
De Los Santos retired all five batters he faced, Bryan King pitched a scoreless eighth, and closer Josh Hader struck out the side in his second appearance after beginning the season on the injured list.
CARDINALS 10, REDS 3
ST. LOUIS — Alec Burleson homered and scored four runs, Lars Nootbaar added two hits and an RBI in his season debut and St. Louis beat Cincinnati.
Nootbaar had surgery on both heels in October. Batting leadoff, he singled in his first at-bat. His RBI double started a six-run sixth.
After the Reds scored three runs in the first, St. Louis reeled off 10 straight runs. Eight Cardinals drove in a run.
Hunter Dobbins (1-0) pitched the final five innings in relief of starter Kyle Leahy.
Brady Singer (2-6) threw 4 1/3 innings to take the loss.
Jordan Walker, who had three hits, drove in a run with a RBI double to center off reliever Brock Burke in the fifth to make it 4-3.
