Associated Press
NEW YORK — C.J. Wilson beat the Yankees for the first time in his career, Albert Pujols and his teammates teed off and the Los Angeles Angels romped past New York 7-1 Saturday.
Howie Kendrick, Chris Iannetta and Vernon Wells homered as the Angels ended their three-game skid and stopped New York’s winning streak at four.
Pujols got in the swing, too, after a quiet start with his new club. He singled sharply his first time up, then hit an RBI double that one-hopped the center-field wall. He later lined out twice and flied out to the fence in left.
Wilson (2-0) effectively pitched inside and worked out of frequent trouble, allowing only one run in six innings.
Phil Hughes (0-2) gave up eight hits and six runs in 3 1-3 innings.
RANGERS 6, TWINS 2
MINNEAPOLIS — Yu Darvish kept wriggling out of trouble in five-plus innings, Josh Hamilton homered among his three hits and Texas beat Minnesota.
Adrian Beltre drove in two runs and put Texas ahead with a single in the seventh that scored Brandon Snyder, who had a career-high three hits.
The Twins failed to score with the bases loaded three times, and lost for the sixth time in their first eight games.
Darvish, making his second start, was removed after loading the bases with two outs in the sixth. He allowed two runs — one earned — on nine hits, striking out four and walking four.
Robbie Ross (1-0) earned the win and Brian Duensing (0-1) was the loser.
RED SOX 13, RAYS 5
BOSTON — David Ortiz drove in five runs and hit one of Boston’s five homers as the Red Sox pounded Tampa Bay for the second straight day.
The game was tied 5-all until Mike Aviles homered off Blake Badenhop (0-1) to start a three-run seventh inning. Aviles moved into the leadoff spot in place of an injured Jacoby Ellsbury.
The Red Sox rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the first inning as Clay Buchholz (1-0) settled down after that rough start.
Ellsbury, last year’s runner-up in the AL MVP voting, went on the 15-day disabled list before the game with a partially dislocated right shoulder. He was hurt trying to break up a double play on Friday.
ORIOLES 6
BLUE JAYS 4
TORONTO — Nolan Reimold hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning and Baltimore beat the Blue Jays .
Wilson Betemit tied it with a home run in the eighth and Chris Davis also went deep for the Orioles, who won their second straight game at Rogers Centre. Coming into the series, Baltimore was 5-29 in Toronto dating to 2008.
Reimold hit a towering drive to left off Francisco Cordero (0-1), his second homer of the season and second ninth-inning shot in two days.
Luis Ayala (1-0) worked one inning for the win and Jim Johnson finished for his fourth save.
WHITE SOX 5, TIGERS 1
CHICAGO — Gavin Floyd overcame control problem to pitch six scoreless innings and Alexei Ramirez homered as the White Sox beat Detroit.
Tigers left-hander Adam Wilk, making first big league start, was hit in his pitching shoulder by teammate Prince Fielder’s foul ball while sitting in the dugout in the sixth inning.
Wilk (0-1) left with a bruised shoulder but is expected to make his next start. He allowed two runs on three hits in five innings Saturday. He struck out four and walked one.
Tyler Flowers and Paul Konerko also homered for the White Sox, who won their fourth straight game.
Floyd (1-1) pitched around three walks and three hit batters. He struck out six and allowed only three hits.
METS 5, PHILLIES 0
PHILADELPHIA — Jonathon Niese and two relievers combined on a six-hitter, David Wright homered despite a broken finger and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0.
Niese (2-0) allowed five hits and struck out five in 6 2-3 innings. Bobby Parnell got four outs and Jon Rauch pitched the ninth.
Wright was 3 for 5, including a long homer on the first pitch he saw after missing three games with a broken right pinkie. Lucas Duda also connected for the Mets, who are off to a surprising 6-2 start.
The five-time defending NL East champion Phillies are 3-5 and struggling offensively without All-Stars Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in the middle of their lineup.
Phillies starter Vance Worley (0-1) allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings.
NATIONALS 4, REDS 1
WASHINGTON — Edwin Jackson threw a two-hitter for his fifth career complete game and Adam LaRoche added to his unusually strong start with a tiebreaking two-run double, helping the Nationals win their fifth game in a row.
Other than a rocky second inning, Jackson (1-0) was as efficient and effective as can be, striking out nine. He retired 16 consecutive batters in one stretch, until walking Chris Heisey leading off the eighth.
As if all of that weren’t enough, Jackson even singled off Reds starter Homer Bailey (0-2).
Jesus Flores went 3 for 3 with an RBI while shrugging off a collision at the plate as a runner and Jayson Werth had two hits.
CARDINALS 5, CUBS 1
ST. LOUIS — Lance Lynn pitched effectively into the sixth inning and Yadier Molina had two hits and two RBIs, leading the Cardinals to a win over the Cubs.
Lynn (2-0) gave up four hits and one run in 5 1-3 innings. He struck out five, walked two and lowered his ERA to 1.50.
Jon Jay hit his second home run of the season in the seventh off Shawn Camp.
The Cardinals broke open a scoreless game with four runs in the fourth off Chris Volstad (0-1). Molina brought in Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter with a single up the middle. Daniel Descalso had an RBI triple and Tyler Greene then hit a RBI single.
BRAVES 2, BREWERS 1
ATLANTA — Mike Minor pitched two-hit ball into the eighth inning to give Atlanta’s rotation a lift and the Braves survived a ninth-inning scare to beat Shaun Marcum and Milwaukee for their fourth straight victory.
Craig Kimbrel pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, striking out pinch-hitter George Kottaras and Mat Gamel for his fourth save.
Minor (1-1) recorded 18 consecutive outs after hitting Corey Hart with a pitch to open the second inning. The left-hander did not allow an earned run in 7 1-3 innings, becoming the first Braves starter this season to get an out after the fifth. He struck out four and walked one in the longest start of his career.
The Braves have won four straight after losing their first four games. Milwaukee has lost three in a row.
Juan Francisco had a run-scoring double in a two-run second. Marcum (1-1) gave up three hits over seven innings and was hurt by Ryan Braun’s throwing error in left field.
DODGERS 6, PADRES 1
LOS ANGELES — Joe Wieland’s major league debut couldn’t have come on a much bigger stage than the pitcher’s mound at Dodger Stadium.
And since the San Diego Padres were at the home of their NL West rivals, it made the 22-year-old right-hander’s adrenaline level increase that much more. So much so that he couldn’t overcome some early jitters and was roughed up for six runs in the first two innings of a 6-1 loss Saturday night.
Four of the runs came on a pair of two-run homers by Matt Kemp and another on a homer by Andre Ethier, who have combined for eight homers and 29 RBIs in Los Angeles’ first nine games to help the Dodgers get off to a major league-best 8-1 start.
“It wasn’t actually who was in the batter’s box, because I faced a lot of good hitters in the spring. So I got over that,” Wieland said. “But the whole surroundings, the whole atmosphere, that was the reason for the jitters. It wasn’t like I was nervous. It was just excitement. But at the same time, I needed to control my emotions a little bit better.”
Wieland (0-1) eventually settled down, allowing no hits after Kemp’s second homer, and was grateful to manager Bud Black for letting him work out his difficulties.
