NEW YORK — Cleveland right-hander Trevor Bauer worked six no-hit innings before departing with an elevated pitch count as the Indians beat the Houston Astros 5-1 Thursday. Astros shortstop Jed Lowrie spoiled the Indians' no-hit bid with a one-out solo home run in the ninth inning off left-hander Nick Hagadone. Bauer, left-hander Kyle Crockett and righty Scott Atchison held the Astros hitless through eight innings. Bauer (1-0) posted a career-high 11 strikeouts but also walked five batters, a factor in the 111 pitches he threw by the close of the sixth. Blue Jays 6, Yankees 3 Toronto left-hander Daniel Norris allowed Alex Rodriguez's first home run in nearly 19 months but did enough for his first career victory as the Blue Jays beat the Yankees 6-3. Norris (1-0) allowed three runs and six hits in 5-2/3 innings. He took a 5-1 lead into the sixth but allowed Rodriguez's first home run since Sept. 22, 2013. It was A-Rod's 655th career homer and leaves him five shy of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, who is fourth on the all-time list. Tigers 7, Twins 1 Tigers right-hander Shane Greene pitched six shutout innings before Minnesota scored their first run of the season and J.D. Martinez drove in three runs to lead Detroit to a 7-1 win and a three-game sweep. Detroit blanked Minnesota in the first two games of the series to set a club record for shutouts at the start of a season. The 1963 St. Louis Cardinals remain the only team to have held their first three opponents without a run. Royals 4, White Sox 1 Kansas City's Lorenzo Cain made two breathtaking catches in center, drove in a run, doubled and scored a run as the Royals beat the White Sox 4-1. Right-hander Edinson Volquez pitched a gem in his debut for Kansas City, who won the first three games of the season for the first time since 2008. Rangers 10, A's 1 Choo Shin-soo, Mitch Moreland, Adrian Beltre and Rougned Odor homered as Texas hammered Oakland 10-1 to split their four-game series. Rangers right-hander Nick Martinez threw seven shutout innings, allowing four hits — all singles — and striking out five with two walks. National League Mets 6, Nationals 3 Mets starter Matt Harvey pitched six shutout innings in his return to the majors, and David Wright and Travis d'Arnaud each drove in two runs, as New York beat Washington 6-3. The Mets took two of three games in the season-opening series and allowed just six runs and 17 hits by the defending National League East champions. Giants 1, Padres 0 (12 innings) San Francisco outfielder Justin Maxwell's two-out, pinch-hit single in the 12th inning drove in shortstop Brandon Crawford to give the Giants a 1-0 win over San Diego. Crawford reached on shortstop Clint Barmes' error when he dropped a pop fly while backpedalling into left field. Reds 3, Pirates 2 Cincinnati's Todd Frazier doubled leading off the bottom of the ninth inning and scored on right fielder Gregory Polanco's error as the Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Pirates with a 3-2 victory. Inter-League Red Sox 6, Phillies 2 Boston's Justin Masterson pitched six strong innings and shortstop Xander Bogaerts keyed a six-run third inning with a three-run triple as the Red Sox beat Philadelphia 6-2. Masterson, making his first start of the season after posting a career-worst 5.88 ERA with Cleveland and St. Louis in 2014, allowed two runs and three hits. He struck out seven and walked one. — Reuters
