Heim hits grand slam off Ohtani, Rangers beat Angels 10-5

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Jonah Heim hit a grand slam off Shohei Ohtani, Corey Seager crushed his first home run with the Rangers right after the two-way Los Angeles Angels standout was off the mound, and Texas won 10-5 on Thursday night. Ohtani (0-2) struck out five over 3 2/3 innings, but the reigning AL MVP allowed six runs on six hits and threw only 70 pitches. Heim’s first career grand slam put Texas up 4-2 in the second inning. The switch-hitting catcher, who later added an RBI single, pulled an 0-2 pitch into the right-field seats. It was the first grand slam allowed by Ohtani in his 37 big-league starts. The Angels led 2-0 before Ohtani threw his first pitch of the game. Mike Trout’s second homer of the season was a massive 472-foot solo shot to straightaway center and Brandon Marsh added an RBI single. John King (1-0) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Texas starter Dane Dunning. PADRES 12, BRAVES 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) – Joe Musgrove pitched 6 2/3 brilliant innings, Manny Machado homered and tied his career high with five hits, and San Diego routed Atlanta. The sellout crowd of 44,844 at Petco Park gave Musgrove (1-0) a standing ovation as he came out of the game with two outs in the seventh and then roared after Machado hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the inning, his first. Machado went 5 for 5, scored four runs, had two RBIs and stole two bases. Eric Hosmer had four hits while new designated hitter Luke Voit drove in three runs. Musgrove allowed four hits, struck out six and walked none. Braves starter Charlie Morton (1-1) allowed five runs and nine hits, struck out five, walked three and hit two batters. Ozzie Albies homered in the ninth for Atlanta. CUBS 5, ROCKIES 2 DENVER (AP) – Seiya Suzuki stayed hot with an RBI double in a three-run first inning, Frank Schwindel homered and drove in two, and Chicago cooled off Kris Bryant and Colorado. Suzuki extended his hitting streak to six games since joining the majors from Japan and drove in his 10th run when the Cubs collected five straight hits against Kyle Freeland (0-2). Bryant went 2 for 5 as the Rockies had their four-game winning streak snapped in the opener of Bryant’s second series against his former team. Cubs reliever Keegan Thompson (1-0) entered in the fifth and got Elias Diaz to fly to right with the bases loaded to end the inning. Mychal Givens pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. YANKEES 3, BLUE JAYS 0 NEW YORK (AP) – Michael King escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam created by Aroldis Chapman to preserve New York’s win over Toronto after Luis Severino became the first pitcher to strike out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. three times. Guerrero struck out four times in all for the first time in his career, a night after hitting three homers and going 4 for 4. Handed a 3-0 lead, Chapman threw just four of 16 pitches for strikes. He walked the bottom three batters in Toronto’s order: Cavan Biggio, Santiago Espinal and pinch-hitter Matt Chapman. King came in for the first save opportunity of his career. He struck out George Springer on three pitches before inducing a game-ending double play on a soft liner from Bo Bichette. Severino (1-0) allowed two hits in five innings, struck out six and walked two. Jose Trevino hit RBI singles in the third and fifth innings off Kevin Gausman (0-1). BREWERS 5, CARDINALS 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) – Brandon Woodruff threw five shutout innings, Omar Narváez homered and doubled, and Milwaukee opened its home schedule with a 5-1 victory over St. Louis. Woodruff struck out two and allowed three hits and a walk to bounce back from an uncharacteristically poor performance in his first start, a 9-0 loss to the Chicago Cubs.

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