ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Mike Trout had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run to back another win in Texas for Hector Santiago as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Rangers 10-2 in a series finale Wednesday.
Santiago (1-1) allowed one run and four hits over seven innings, improving to 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA in five career starts at Texas.
Los Angeles scored six runs in the second off Anthony Ranaudo (0-1), who made his Texas debut while starting in place of injured Derek Holland.
Albert Pujols had a pair of RBI singles and David Freese added a two-run single for the Angels.
TWINS 3, ROYALS 1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kansas City became the last team in the majors to lose this season, as Kyle Gibson pitched into the seventh inning and Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer for the Twins in a victory over the Royals.
The Royals (7-1) were chasing the 2003 team's 9-0 start as the best in franchise history, but Gibson (1-1) used 12 groundball outs and three strikeouts to keep the highest-scoring team in the majors quiet for a night.
Edinson Volquez (1-1) struck out seven in 7 2-3 innings, with five hits and one walk allowed.
TIGERS 1, PIRATES 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Alfredo Simon gave up two hits over eight dominant innings, and the Tigers beat the Pirates.
Rajai Davis hit a leadoff homer in the sixth against Francisco Liriano (0-1) as Detroit shut out Pittsburgh for the second straight day. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth for his fourth save while filling in for injured Joe Nathan.
Simon (2-0) struck out only two but took advantage of solid defense behind him as the Tigers handed Pittsburgh consecutive home losses for the first time since last August.
Detroit had just five hits off four Pittsburgh pitchers but received all the offense it would need when Davis hit his first home run of the season.
DODGERS 5, MARINERS 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Brett Anderson posted his first victory with the Dodgers, Scott Van Slyke hit a two-run double, and the two-time defending NL West champions completed a three-game sweep of the Mariners.
Anderson (1-0) allowed two runs - one earned - and six hits over five innings and struck out three in the annual Civil Rights Game, which included a pregame ceremony celebrating the 68th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut.
Taijuan Walker (0-1) gave up five runs, six hits and four walks in four innings.
Seattle's Nelson Cruz extended his home run streak to a career-best five straight games.
NATIONALS 10, RED SOX 5
BOSTON (AP) - Wilson Ramos hit a three-run double and Ian Desmond a solo homer during a six-run third inning, and Washington avoided a three-game sweep.
Tyler Moore had a two-run homer that backed Gio Gonzalez (1-1), who gave up five runs - four earned - and six hits in six innings. Nationals right-hander Rafael Martin pitched two scoreless innings in his major league debut, striking out his last five batters.
Boston starter Wade Miley (0-1) gave up seven runs, five hits and three walks over 2 1-3 innings in his Fenway Park debut.
Hanley Ramirez hit his fourth homer, a two-run drive.
MARLINS 6, BRAVES 2
ATLANTA (AP) - Dan Haren (1-0) gave up three hits in seven innings and Adeiny Hechavarria went 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs as Miami won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Atlanta's Eric Stults (0-1) gave up four runs and five hits in five innings.
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton batted without a protective mask on the left side of his batting helmet when facing left-handers. Stanton, who went 0 for 4, is still wearing the mask against right-handers.
CARDINALS 4, BREWERS 2
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Lance Lynn extended his April success with five solid innings and Matt Holliday had a two-run single in the first inning, lifting the Cardinals to a win over the.
Lynn (1-1) allowed one run and six hits. He pushed his April record to 13-2 since 2012, the best record in the majors over that period.
Wily Peralta (0-1) gave up four runs on 10 hits over five innings for Milwaukee.
Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez was removed from the game in the ninth inning with what manager Ron Roenicke said was strained a hamstring that requires further tests.
Yadier Molina had three hits for St. Louis, which won 12 of 19 against Brewers last season.
INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 2
CLEVELAND (AP) - Trevor Bauer (2-0) won consecutive starts for the first time in his three-plus seasons in the major leagues, helping Cleveland stop a four-game losing streak,
Making his 36th big league start, Bauer (2-0) gave up two runs, four hits and four walks in six innings with eight strikeouts. Cody Allen struck out Jose Abreu with two on and two outs in the ninth for his second save.
John Danks (0-2) gave up four runs - three earned - and six hits in 4 2-3 innings.
ORIOLES 7, YANKEES 5
BALTIMORE (AP) - Jonathan Schoop homered to spark a five-run sixth inning, Chris Davis had three RBIs and the Orioles defeated the Yankees.
Manny Machado hit his first home run of the season and Caleb Joseph went 3 for 4 with an RBI for the Orioles, who took two of three from New York.
Alex Rodriguez homered for the Yankees, his second following a yearlong drug suspension.
Yankees starter Nathan Eovaldi struck out nine over five innings and left with a 3-2 lead.
David Carpenter (0-1) gave up a leadoff homer to Schoop.
Brad Brach (1-0) pitched two innings of hitless relief for Baltimore following starter Bud Norris, who allowed three runs in five innings.
BLUE JAYS 12, RAYS 7
TORONTO (AP) - Jose Bautista and rookies Devon Travis and Dalton Pompey homered to back Mark Buehrle, Kevin Pillar made a leaping catch at the left-field wall to deny a home run and the Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay to stop the Rays' four-game winning streak.
Bautista hit a two-run homer in the first off Erasmo Ramirez (0-2), sparking the Blue Jays to what would be an 9-0 lead after four innings. Donaldson hit a two-run single in a three-run second after narrowly missing a grand slam down the left-field line.
Buehrle (2-0) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings to gain his 201st win.
ASTROS 6, ATHLETICS 1
HOUSTON (AP) - Collin McHugh struck out 11, and Jed Lowrie hit one of the Astros' three homers in a win over the Athletics.
Luis Valbuena and Evan Gattis also homered for the Astros, who matched their season high in scoring.
McHugh (2-0) allowed six hits and one run in 5 2-3 innings. McHugh is the only Astros starter to earn a win since Dallas Keuchel's opening-day victory.
Oakland starter Drew Pomeranz (1-1) followed his masterful two-hit, seven-inning performance against Seattle by allowing four runs and six hits in five innings.
PADRES 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Justin Upton homered with two outs in the eighth inning to give the Padres a victory over the Diamondbacks.
Upton, one of several star players obtained in an offseason roster revamp, hit the first pitch he saw from Randall Delgado (0-1) into the seats in left. It was his third.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his third save since joining the Padres the day before the season opener.
Joaquin Benoit (3-0) pitched the eighth for the win.
Yasmany Tomas, Arizona's heralded 24-year-old prospect, made his big league debut as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and grounded out to second to end the inning.
CUBS 5, REDS 0
CHICAGO (AP) - Travis Wood pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning and Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run of the season, leading the Cubs over the Reds.
Wood (1-1) walked two and struck out seven. It was a nice bounce-back from his first start of the season in Colorado where he yielded three runs and seven hits.
Cincinnati starter Jason Marquis (0-1) was in trouble from the outset, allowing five runs - four earned - on seven hits in four innings.
METS 6, PHILLIES 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Travis d'Arnaud homered after assuming David Wright's spot in the lineup, Lucas Duda also went deep and the Mets defeated the Phillies for a three-game sweep in their first home series this season.
Jonathon Niese pitched out of trouble for 6 1-3 innings and helped himself with a run-scoring single. Duda hit a long homer and an RBI double as the Mets won their fourth straight, a few hours after putting their captain on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring.
Duda hit the first pitch in the fifth from Jerome Williams (0-1) over the original wall in right-center at Citi Field that is 415 feet from home plate. Juan Lagares had an RBI single, and the Mets got another run on a throwing error by third baseman Cody Asche.
Niese (1-0) worked around nine hits and two walks in his second start.
ROCKIES 4, GIANTS 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The catch of his career one night, a three-run homer the next for Nolan Arenado, who put Colorado on the board in the first inning and saw it hold up as the first-place Rockies completed a sweep of the Giants.
Tyler Matzek (1-0) outpitched two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum (0-1), retiring 12 of 13 batters during one stretch. The NL West-leading Rockies extended the best road start in franchise history to 6-0 while sending the reigning World Series champions to a sixth straight defeat.
Matt Duffy hit his first career home run with a solo drive in the eighth off Boone Logan for the Giants. Angel Pagan added an RBI single in the first.
Matzek allowed five hits and one run in six innings, struck out two and walked one.
Lincecum gave up Arenado's two-out home run in the first.