UNDATED (AP) — Shohei Ohtani couldn’t stop the Angels’ losing streak, nor could he get out of the fourth inning on Thursday.
Matt Carpenter, Gleyber Torres and Aaron Judge belted solo homers off the two-way star as the New York Yankees beat the Angels, 6-1 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. Carpenter led off the bottom of the first with a home run on Ohtani’s 11th pitch.
Angels manager Joe Maddon indicated after the game that Ohtani was tipping his pitches.
Aaron Hicks had three hits and scored twice to support Nestor Cortes, who scattered five hits while striking out seven over seven shutout innings.
The Angels’ losing streak reached eight games with a 2-1 setback in the nightcap. Jameson Taillon had a perfect game until Jared Walsh led off the eighth inning with a double and scored on Kurt Suzuki’s single.
Taillon was in danger of taking the loss until Anthony Rizzo poked a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth.
Clay Holmes worked in and out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to close out the game.
In other MLB action:
— The Blue Jays own an eight-game winning streak after Santiago Espinal delivered three hits and three RBIs in an 8-3 thumping of the White Sox. Teoscar Hernandez belted a two-run homer and Alek Manoah allowed three runs over 7 2/3 innings. Manoah is 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts.
— The Tigers pulled out a 3-2 win over the Twins on Daz Cameron’s two-run blast in the eighth inning. Detroit received four hitless innings from its bullpen as Alex Lange worked around a pair of walks in the eighth to keep the Tigers within a run. The Tigers have won seven of nine and the Twins have lost seven of 10.
— Corey Kluber allowed a run and four hits over six innings as the Rays beat the Rangers, 3-1 to gain a split of their four-game road series. The lone run off Kluber was a two-out, first-pitch home run by Marcus Semien in the sixth. Vidal Brujan hit an RBI double in the second inning and Yandy Diaz singled home a third-inning run for Tampa Bay.
— The Mets’ six-game winning streak is over after Tony Gonsolin held them to two hits in leading the Dodgers to a 2-0 victory. Gonsolin improved to 6-0, striking out five and walking one while lowering his ERA to 1.59. Mookie Betts had an RBI single in the fifth and Justin Turner added an RBI double in the sixth as the Dodgers ended a three-game skid.
— Abraham Toro hit a tiebreaking triple in the top of the 10th inning and Diego Castillo shut down the Orioles in the bottom half to lift the Mariners to a 7-6 victory. Luis Torrens hit a two-run single that gave Seattle a 6-3 lead in the sixth inning, but Baltimore rallied to tie the game on Cedric Mullins’ two-run double in the bottom half.
— Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits in the Cubs’ 7-5 decision over the Cardinals. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis first baseman Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games.
— The Brewers erupted for four runs in the bottom of the ninth to stun the Padres, 5-4. Jace Peterson tied the score in the ninth inning with a three-run triple and slumping Andrew McCutchen followed with a game-ending single. Jorge Alfaro’s two-run homer in the sixth off Brent Suter gave the Padres a 3-1 lead.
— Travis d’Arnaud drove in a career-high six runs with a pair of homers, including a grand slam that highlighted the Braves’ 13-6 assault on the Rockies. The Braves had 18 hits against the Rockies, who have allowed 39 runs over the past three games. Winning pitcher Ian Anderson allowed five runs and 10 hits with nine strikeouts over six innings.
— Sandy Alcantara allowed three hits over seven innings of the Marlins’ 3-0 shutout of the Giants. Alcantara has completed at least seven innings in his last five starts and allowed only three earned runs, dropping his ERA to 1.81. Jon Berti had two hits while Jacob Stallings, Jesús Aguilar and Miguel Rojas drove in runs for the Marlins.
— Joey Votto and Kyle Farmer hit three-run homers in the Reds’ 8-1 pounding of the Nationals. Rookie Graham Ashcraft was reached for just four hits over seven innings, blanking Washington until Josh Bell homered in the seventh. Cincinnati is 15-10 since losing 22 of its first 25 games.
