DeGrom gets 1st win in 2 years as Rangers best A’s

The Rangers’ Wyatt Langford (36) slides into home base during the sixth inning of Tuesday’s game against the A’s in Arlington, Texas. JESSICA TOBIAS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Yankees’ Oswaldo Cabrera (95) beats Orioles first baseman Emmanuel Rivera (26) to first base for a single during the first inning of Tuesday’s game in Baltimore. STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ARLINGTON, Texas >> Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom struck out seven over six scoreless innings for his first win in more than two years and the Texas Rangers had their best offensive game this season to beat the Athletics 15-2 on Tuesday night.

The 36-year-old deGrom (1-1) had gone 737 days since also beating the A’s on April 23, 2023, then made only more start in his debut season with the Rangers before Tommy John surgery.

After the full squad was required to be on the field for batting practice before the game, the Rangers set season highs for runs and hits with 18. They entered last in the majors with 91 runs, and had scored only 12 total the previous six games.

Texas failed to score in the first after Jacob Lopez (0-1) walked the bases loaded, but got runs in each of the next three innings. Jake Burger and Leody Taveras had back-to-back RBI singles with two outs in the third to make it 3-0 and chase the A’s starter.

Adolis García and Wyatt Langford both had bases-clearing doubles in an eight-run sixth to make it 12-0, and deGrom didn’t return after 65 pitches (47 strikes).

The right-hander, who gave up only four singles without a walk, had gotten only nine runs of support his first five starts this season. He made three shortened starts in his return from surgery at the end of last season.

Dane Dunning was credited with a three-inning save, though he gave up a two-run homer to Shea Langeliers in the seventh.

Braves 8, Rockies 2 >> Matt Olson had a season-high three hits, Michael Harris II drove in three runs and Atlanta rolled past Colorado.

Austin Riley and Nick Allen had two RBIs apiece while Eli White had a pair of extra-base hits — a triple and a double — for the Braves, who have won nine of their past 11 games after a 5-13 start.

The loss was the Rockies’ eighth in a row and their 16th in their past 17 games. It’s the first time in franchise history that Colorado has gone 1-16 over a 17-game stretch.

Astros 6, Tigers 4 >> Yainer Diaz run-scoring singles in consecutive innings, rookie Ryan Gusto matched a season high with six strikeouts and Houston beat Detroit.

The Astros scored three runs in the sixth and seventh innings — all with two outs — for a 6-2 lead.

Diaz hit a two-run single that bounced just in front of center fielder Riley Greene, giving Houston its first lead at 3-2 in the sixth. He singled in Isaac Paredes in the seventh.

Yordan Alvarez had an RBI single on a bouncer up the middle in the seventh for a 4-2 lead. Alvarez scored from first when Isaac Paredes hit a shot off the base of the wall in left for his third career triple.

Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer in the ninth to get Detroit within two runs. He was 3 for 5 with three RBIs.

Yankees 15, Orioles 3 >> Trent Grisham, Aaron Judge and Ben Rice led off the game with consecutive home runs, and New York battered Baltimore’s beleaguered pitching staff in a victory.

Carlos Rodón (4-3) retired the first 15 Orioles he faced and eventually yielded two runs and two hits in six-plus innings.

Kyle Gibson (0-1) allowed five home runs in the first two innings in his first big league start of the season. He was finally pulled with two outs in the fourth after allowing nine runs and 11 hits.

CUBS 9, PIRATES 0 >> Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run homer and fell a single short of the cycle as Chicago went deep four times in a win over Pittsburgh.

Shota Imanaga (3-1) gave up six hits with three strikeouts in five scoreless innings before leaving with leg cramps after a leadoff double from Andrew McCutchen in the sixth.

ROYALS 3, RAYS 1 >> Freddy Fermin had three hits and an RBI, Kyle Isbel and Salvador Perez each drove in a run and Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings for his 50th career win as Kansas City beat Tampa Bay.

Perez’s two-out double drove in Jonathan India in the first. One inning later, Fermin poked a single to right that allowed Drew Walters to advance from first to third, setting up Isbel’s sacrifice fly.

RED SOX 10, BLUE JAYS 2 >> Wilyer Abreu hit a three-run homer, one of five longballs for Boston in a win over struggling Toronto.

Alex Bregman, Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and Kristian Campbell all had solo homers as the Red Sox won their third straight. Boston homered three times in Sunday’s 13-3 win at Cleveland.

METS 8, DIAMONDBACKS 3 >> Francisco Lindor and Starling Marte each hit an early two-run homer, and New York put on a dazzling display of sparkling defense in their victory over Arizona.

Pete Alonso also went deep off an ineffective Eduardo Rodriguez (1-3) as the Mets improved to 21-9, the top record in the majors. They are 13-1 at Citi Field, the best home start in franchise history.

PHILLIES 7, NATIONALS 6 >> Bryson Stott scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the ninth to cap a zany final inning, and Philadelphia beat Washington.

Johan Rojas made up for a defensive miscue in the top of the ninth with a sacrifice fly off Kyle Finnegan (0-1) that tied the game at 6-all. Rojas homered in the third, and Kyle Schwarber also went deep for the Phillies, who have won three straight. Trea Turner contributed four hits.

BREWERS 7, WHITE SOX 2 >> Caleb Durbin hit a two-run single in Milwaukee’s four-run sixth inning, helping the Brewers beat Chicago.

Isaac Collins hit his first career homer for Milwaukee, and Freddy Peralta pitched six innings of two-run ball. The Brewers improved to 3-5 on a season-long 10-game road trip.