BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran lined one ball off Kenta Maeda’s ankle to knock Minnesota’s starter from the game and in the next inning sent another ball off the Green Monster to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 11-5 victory over Minnesota on Thursday.

Maeda (0-3) allowed a home run to Alex Verdugo to lead off the bottom of the first and left trailing 1-0 after taking Duran’s 111 mph line drive off his ankle in the second inning. The Twins right-hander made the play to get the out at first and end the frame.

Emilio Pagan relieved Maeda and gave up five straight hits, including Duran’s double, as Boston opened a 7-0 lead.

Tanner Houck (3-0) scattered four hits over his first six innings but gave up Willi Castro’s two-run homer in the seventh. He also took Jose Miranda’s line drive off his left foot in he seventh but remained in the game. Houck allowed three runs on six hits and a walk, striking out seven in seven innings — the longest start of his career.

YANKEES 9, ANGELS 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Nestor Cortes kept Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout off the bases, Jose Trevino hit a three-run double in a five-run first inning and New York beat Los Angeles.

Ohtani and Trout each went 0 for 3 against Cortes, a fellow All-Star.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa made a pair of diving catches in center and hit a two-run single in a three-run seventh, and Anthony Rizzo went 3 for 3 with a pair of walks, raising his average to .344. New York (12-7) took two of three and has won five of its first six series.

Cortes (3-0) gave up three runs and four hits in six innings.

Patrick Sandoval (1-1) allowed five runs and four hits, tying his career high with six walks, in four innings.

PADRES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5

PHOENIX (AP) — Trent Grisham had two doubles and four RBIs, Xander Bogaerts added a two-run homer and San Diego beat Arizona in Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s return from an 80-game suspension.

Tatis was 0 for 5 with two strikeouts in his first regular-season game since 2021, batting leadoff and playing right field. He missed all of last season, first because of a broken left wrist and then because he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

Brent Honeywell (2-0) tossed two scoreless innings of relief. Josh Hader worked the ninth for his sixth save in as many chances. Arizona’s Kyle Nelson (3-1) gave up two unearned runs in relief.

METS 9, GIANTS 4

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his major league-leading ninth homer and drove in four runs as New York beat San Francisco.

Eduardo Escobar and Jeff McNeil also homered for the Mets, who are 6-1 on their 10-game trip.

Rookie Kodai Senga allowed four runs and five hits, struck out four and walked four in five innings to become the second pitcher in franchise history to begin his career 3-0.

Alonso opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Sean Manaea (0-1).

DODGERS 6, CUBS 2

CHICAGO (AP) — James Outman hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the ninth inning for his second homer of the game, and Los Angeles beat Chicago.

Max Muncy also homered for the banged-up Dodgers, who had dropped three of four.

Chicago had won a season-high four straight. Cody Bellinger homered against his former team for the second time this season, but Michael Fulmer (0-2) struggled with his location in the ninth.

Caleb Ferguson (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning.

PIRATES 4, REDS 3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Joe and Jack Suwinski hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Roansy Contreras took a shutout into the seventh and Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati.

Joe hit a three-run blast to center off Luke Weaver (0-1). Suwinski followed with a shot into the right-field stands to put the Pirates ahead 4-0. Pittsburgh didn’t get a hit after the second inning but hung on to win for the 12th time in 17 games since losing two of three at Cincinnati to open the season.

Contreras (2-1) gave up one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings with eight strikeouts and two walks.

ROCKIES 5, PHILLIES 0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Feltner tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, C.J. Cron homered and Colorado beat Philadelphia to snap an eight-game skid.

Feltner (1-2) allowed just three hits. Justin Lawrence struck out four in 2 1/3 relief innings and Pierce Johnson worked a scoreless ninth to complete the shutout.

Cron gave Feltner a cushion with a two-run shot to left in the first off Matt Strahm (1-2), who fanned a career-high 11 batters in 5 1/3 innings.

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