Sports Writing, Apr 6 (EFE).- The Venezuelan Orlando Arcia and the Dominicans Rafael Devers and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had key performances for the success of their teams this Thursday in Major League Baseball.
BRAVOS 7-6 PARENTS
Orlando Arcia homered and hit the go-ahead RBI hit in the ninth inning as the Atlanta Braves left the San Diego Padres on the field.
Arcia hit a solo homer in the third inning of the game against left-hander Blake Snell and in the ninth, after two outs, he hit the ball to center field to bring Eddie Rosario to the buzzer with the winning run, facing Colombian reliever Nabil Crismatt (0-1).
Along with Arcia, who scored two runs in the game, his compatriot Ronald Acuña Jr. came to the register once and Matt Olson drove in two runs.
Matt Carpenter hit a three-run homer, Jake Cronenworth added a solo shot, while Xander Bogaerts scored twice and José Azocar drove in a run.
TIGERS 3-6 RED SOX
Adam Duvall and Rafael Devers each homered and drove in five runs Thursday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Devers scored and drove in two runs and Duvall produced three runs, while Puerto Rican Kike Hernández drove in a lap and Christian Arroyo touched the plate once.
Lefty Chris Sale (1-0), who got off to a shaky start, allowed three runs in five innings and struck out seven batters for his first win of the season.
Kenley Jansen (1) from Curaçao pitched the ninth without incident and was credited with the save by the Red Sox.
Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera drove in a run for the Tigers.
ROYALS 3-6 BLUE
The Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took the ball out of the game for the second day in a row and scored two runs to help the Toronto Blue Jays win against the Kansas City Royals.
Cavan Biggio also knocked the ball out of the park for the Blue Jays, who got two RBIs from Matt Chapman.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (1-1) pitched six shutout innings and struck out seven batters to earn the win.
Bobby Witt Jr. homered, Salvador Perez scored a run and Edward Olivares drove in a run for the Royals.
WHITE SOCKS 6-16 GIANTS
JD Davis hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to lead a 20-hit, five-homer attack by the San Francisco Giants against the Chicago White Sox.
Michael Conforto, a three-run homer, Blake Sabol, homers and two runs scored, Venezuela’s Wilmer Flores, a home run, two runs and two RBIs, and Mike Yastrzemski, a home run, were the other four players who sent the ball out of the park. for the Giants.
Venezuelan Elvis Andrus drove in two runs and scored a run and Dominican Hanser Alberto came to the register once.
ROCKIES 1-0 NATIONALS
Left-hander Kyle Freeland (2-0) came out big in their pitching duel and Kris Bryant drove in the only run of the game as the Colorado Rockies shutout the Washington Nationals.
Freeland (2-0) engaged in a pitching duel with right-hander Josiah Gray (0-1), pitching 6.2 scoreless innings and striking out five batters to earn the win.
For his part, Gray (0-1) went through six innings of eight strikeouts and his only failure occurred in the fifth inning, when he allowed a hit by Bryant, who drove in the Venezuelan Ezequiel Tovar with the only round of the game, charging with this way with defeat.
DIAMONDBACKS 2-5 DODGERS
Freddie Freeman sent the ball beyond the limits of the field and scored twice to command the victory of the Los Angeles Dodgers in their visit to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Max Muncy scored twice and JD Martinez drove in a run for the Dodgers.
Dustin May pitched six one-run innings and struck out five to earn the win.
Josh Rojas drove in Geraldo Perdomo for one of the Diamondbacks’ scores in the game.
