MLB roundup: Cardinals win on walk-off bloop hit; Yankees off to 5-1 start
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Masyn Winn delivered a walk-off bloop RBI single in the 11th inning Wednesday afternoon for the St. Louis Cardinals, who edged the New York Mets, 2-1, in the rubber game of a three-game series.
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The Cardinals will begin a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers on Friday at Comerica Park.
The Mets frittered away a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the top of the inning before Tobias Myers (0-1) opened the bottom half by intentionally walking Ivan Herrera. Myers then got Alec Burleson to hit into a double play before Winn's fly ball landed just beyond diving right fielder Carson Benge as automatic runner JJ Wetherholt scored.
Gordon Graceffo (1-0) earned the win by getting the final two outs of the 11th. Graceffo, who relieved Chris Roycroft, got Brett Baty to hit into a grounder that forced Jared Young at home before he retired Marcus Semien on a fly to right.
Nolan Gorman had an RBI single in the sixth for the Cardinals, who have won their first two series.
Juan Soto homered in the top of the sixth for the Mets, who were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position as they fell to 1-2 this year in extra innings. New York has scored just 12 runs in five games since an 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Opening Day.
Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore allowed one run on three hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings. Mets starter Freddy Peralta allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings.
Liberatore retired the first 14 batters he faced before Mark Vientos doubled while Peralta allowed just two hits and allowed only one runner to get into scoring position before both teams broke through in the sixth.
Cardinals rotation vs. Tigers
▶ Friday: Michael McGreevy (0-0) vs. Framber Valdez (0-0, 1.50 ERA)
▶ Saturday: Dustin May (0-1, 13.50 ERA) vs. Jack Flaherty (0-1, 4.15 ERA)
▶ Sunday: Kyle Leahy (0-1, 7.20 ERA) vs. Justin Verlander (0-1, 12.27 ERA)
Yankees off to 5-1 start
Cam Schlittler pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings as the New York Yankees defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday afternoon.
The Yankees won five of six games on their season-opening trip to San Francisco and Seattle, outscoring their opponents 24-6.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and Ben Rice added a solo shot for the Yankees, who won the final two games of the series after dropping the opener 2-1 on a walk-off hit by Cal Raleigh in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Schlittler (2-0), a right-hander, allowed just two hits, didn't walk a batter and struck out seven. David Bednar pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for his third save of the season.
Schlittler gave up a leadoff double to Brendan Donovan in the first inning and a one-out single to Luke Raley in the second before retiring the final 16 batters he faced.
Yamamoto to make historic start
The Los Angeles Dodgers are poised to make baseball history when they host the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday to finish their first homestand of the season.
When right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes the mound, the Dodgers will become the first major league team to start a Japanese-born pitcher in three consecutive games.
Roki Sasaki started Monday's series opener won by the Guardians 4-2, while Shohei Ohtani started Tuesday's game, which the Dodgers won 4-1.
Ohtani set a high standard for Yamamoto to follow, allowing one hit over six scoreless innings, with six strikeouts.
Yamamoto (1-0, 3.00 ERA) gave up two runs on five hits over six innings in an 8-2 Opening Day victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. His lone career start against Cleveland came last season, when he gave up two runs over six innings to earn the win.
Yamamoto became the first Los Angeles pitcher to start consecutive Opening Day games since Clayton Kershaw opened eight consecutive seasons from 2011-2018.
In between his World Series heroics – when he won Games 6 and 7 – and his turn on Opening Day, Yamamoto pitched for Team Japan this spring in the World Baseball Classic. Could a Cy Young Award be in store after his World Series MVP Award from last season?
"There's high competition; there are a lot of great pitchers out there," Yamamoto said through an interpreter. "But I hope that I get there."
At the plate, Ohtani had a single Tuesday but is just 3-for-15 with no extra- base hits. Ohtani and Freddie Freeman both are hitting .200, while Mookie Betts is batting just .158. The Dodgers are 12th in MLB in both slugging percentage (.395) and OPS (.713).
"I feel like if you're looking at our at-bats, we're swinging at the right pitches," the Dodgers' Will Smith said. "We're hitting the ball hard. … We're not going to go out there and score 10 runs every night. We're going to have to find ways to win, and that's what we've done so far."
Dodgers acquire LHP Eder
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired left-hander Jake Eder in a trade with the Washington Nationals on Wednesday for cash considerations.
Eder, 27, was designated for assignment by the Nationals on March 28 after he had a 2.70 ERA in three appearances (two starts) at spring training.
Eder has nine career major league relief appearances, including eight with the Los Angeles Angels last season when he had a 4.91 ERA. He made his major league debut with the Chicago White Sox in September of 2024.
To make room on the Dodgers' 40-man roster, right-hander Jake Cousins was transferred to the 60-day injured list. Cousins, 31, was signed to a major league deal on March 24 but is out until at least the middle of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in June.
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