UNDATED (AP) — Trevor Bauer gave a glimpse of why he was the most coveted free agent pitcher on the market last winter.
Bauer took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut, an 11-6 win at Colorado. Trevor Story broke up Bauer’s no-hit bid with a single before Charlie Blackmon and Ryan McMahon nicked him for two run homers. David Price eventually replaced Bauer and proceeded to give up back-to-back homers to Dom Nuñez and Sam Hilliard, suddenly turning a 10-0 rout into a 10-6 game.
It was the second time in Rockies history they have homered four times in an inning.
Seven of the Dodgers’ 16 hits went for extra bases, but they failed to homer. Justin Turner had three hits and three RBIs, while Corey Seager went 3-for-5 with three runs scored.
In Friday’s other major league games:
— The White Sox outscored the Angels, 12-8 as Yermín Mercedes got his first five major league hits and drove in four runs. Mercedes joined Washington Senators star Cecil Travis as the only players wince 1900 to collect five hits in his first career star. José Abreu hit a grand slam to help Chicago withstand home runs by Albert Pujols and Shohei Ohtani.
— Blake Snell struck out eight before being pulled after 4 2/3 scoreless innings in his Padres debut, a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks. Snell was impressive in holding the Diamondbacks to four hits and two walks. Eric Hosmer homered for the second straight game and drove in three runs.
— Evan Longoria and Buster Posey both homered for the second straight game and the Giants took advantage of the Mariners’ suspect bullpen for a 6-3 win. Posey went deep leading off the third inning and Longoria added a two-run shot off starter Yusei Kikuchi in the sixth to tie it at 3. But San Francisco didn’t go ahead for good until a three-run seventh that was highlighted by Donovan Solano’s two-out, two-run double.
— The Astros were 9-5 winners at Oakland as Jose Altuve was 3-for-3 with two walks and four runs scored. Alex Bregman hit a three-run homer for his second longball in two games. Yuli Gurriel also connected and Michael Brantley added a run-scoring double as Houston jumped out to a big lead again.
— Joey Wendle belted a three-run homer to highlight a four-run ninth that sent the Rays over the Marlins, 6-4. Wendle’s one-out shot off closer Anthony Bass landed in the upper deck in right field and erased a 4-2 deficit. Manuel Margot also homered and Austin Meadows went deep for the second consecutive game, helping Tampa Bay win its seventh straight in Miami dating to 2019.
— John Means surrendered just one hit over seven innings of the Orioles’ 3-0 shutout of the Red Sox. Means gave up a leadoff single and retired the last 18 batters he faced. The game was scoreless until Ryan Mountcastle doubled in two runs in the sixth.
