Chris Bassitt pitched his second career shutout as the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the visiting Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
George Springer delivered the tiebreaking single in the fifth inning, and Daulton Varsho homered in the eighth for Toronto, which improved to 10-3 at home. The complete-game shutout was the first for Toronto since Mark Buehrle blanked the Washington Nationals on June 3, 2015.
Rizzo's go-ahead homer occurred after Michael King allowed Josh Lowe's three-run homer, which turned a 4-2 deficit into a 5-4 lead for the Rays in the top of the eighth. Randy Arozarena and Jose Siri homered off Gerrit Cole in the opening two innings. Rizzo homered in the first and Anthony Volpe went deep in the fifth to knot it 2-2.
James Paxton struck out nine and gave up two runs in five innings during his Red Sox debut. It was his first major league game since April 6, 2021, as he missed more than two years due to Tommy John surgery and a hamstring injury.Jake Fraley homered twice -- including a go-ahead, three-run shot in the ninth inning -- to lead visiting Cincinnati to a win over Miami.
Bryan Baker pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts for the win. Starter Kyle Bradish went six innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits. Pittsburgh starter Johan Oviedo allowed one run on four hits over five innings. He walked five and fanned three.Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly to cap a two-run, ninth-inning rally that lifted visiting Los Angeles over Cleveland in the opener of a three-game series.
Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore went four shutout innings, throwing 96 pitches. Andres Machado was charged with two runs and Carl Edwards Jr. was tagged with the Mets' third run.Christopher Morel clubbed a long two-run homer in the ninth inning and Drew Smyly threw six strong innings as visiting Chicago beat Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Ryan McMahon, Jurickson Profar and Kris Bryant had two hits each for Colorado, which had won eight of its previous 10 games. Rockies starter Austin Gomber retired the first 14 batters he faced and threw just 56 pitches through six innings. Phillies starter Taijuan Walker was nearly as sharp before Colorado got to him in the sixth inning.
Arizona closer Miguel Castro entered with one out in the ninth and his team leading 7-5. He struck out Thairo Estrada, but J.D. Davis followed with a double. Castro earned his second save when Joey Bart popped out to second base. Joc Pederson and Michael Conforto hit homers for the Giants.Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to lead Los Angeles past visiting San Diego.
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