Ehire Adrianza homered, and Jake Odorizzi pitched seven shutout innings to outduel Justin Verlander as the Minnesota Twins edged the Houston Astros 1-0 on Monday night in Minneapolis. It was the third consecutive win for Odorizzi (3-2), including two in a row over the Astros. He allowed four singles and a walk while striking out seven. Taylor Rogers pitched a scoreless eighth, and Blake Parker erased a leadoff single to Carlos Correa to start the ninth by inducing Yuli Gurriel to hit into a double play. Parker then got Josh Reddick to ground out to end the game for his sixth save. Verlander (4-1), who lost for just the third time in his past 21 starts (14-3) against Minnesota, gave up two hits, two walks and a run over six innings before departing after throwing 100 pitches, 66 of which were strikes. He struck out seven. Giants 3, Dodgers 2 Evan Longoria cleared the bases with a seventh-inning double, rallying San Francisco to a victory over visiting Los Angeles on a record-breaking night for Cody Bellinger. Reds 5, Mets 4 Jesse Winker's homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning lifted visiting Cincinnati past New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series. Cardinals 6, Nationals 3 Marcell Ozuna had two hits, including a key two-run single in a six-run, fifth-inning rally, and St. Louis won at Washington. Red Sox 9, Athletics 4 Rookie Michael Chavis drove in a career-high three runs as host Boston overcame an early four-run deficit to beat Oakland. Rays 8, Royals 5 Yandy Diaz had a pair of RBI singles as Tampa Bay defeated host Kansas City for its 11th victory in the past 12 matchups against the Royals. Brewers 5, Rockies 1 Jesus Aguilar hit his first two home runs of the season and Zach Davies (3-0) was effective into the sixth inning as Milwaukee defeated visiting Colorado in the opener of a four-game series. White Sox 5, Orioles 3 Yonder Alonso and Tim Anderson both smacked two-run home runs, and Manny Banuelos pitched 5 2/3 strong innings to lead host Chicago past Baltimore. Braves 3, Padres 1 Ozzie Albies hit his sixth home run, and rookie Mike Soroka posted another strong outing to lead Atlanta over visiting San Diego. — Reuters
