After several days suspended for the positive of 18 players to COVID-19, the Miami Marlins received the go-ahead to play again and returned with a 4 × 0 victory in the Major Leagues, with the shutout of Venezuelan Pablo López.
As of late Tuesday afternoon, the Marlins were still awaiting the result of other COVID-19 tests, a process that halted their arrival at Camden Yards and delayed the start of the game 41 minutes.
Lopez (1-0) walked five solid blank innings, spawning just two of the Orioles’ three hits and hitting seven fans.
The Venezuelan defeated in the pitcher’s duel also starter John Means (0-1).
For the Miami team, the Venezuelan Jesús Aguilar and Francisco Cervelli stood out on the offensive, both with hits from four corners.
Aguilar’s homerun, his third of the shortened 60-game campaign due to the coronavirus, was in the eighth inning, while Cervelli’s was in the fifth inning.
The three hits of the orioles were two of Autin Hays and one -double- of Venezuelan Anthony Santander.
– Berríos tide with their pitches –
In Minneapolis, with excellent pitching by Puerto Rican right-hander José Berríos and three productive indisputants, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates with a score of 7 × 3.
For the Twins it was their fifth straight win to improve to 9-2, the second improvement mark in a season start in the team’s 60-year history.
For their part, the Buccaneers conceded their fifth straight setback and have a 2-9 record, the worst in the Big Top.
The Puerto Rican (1-1), who was a bit out of control at first, then controlled himself and allowed only four hits, although he hit six.
In the first inning, Miguel Sanó also hit a double and Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario hit an RBI single, all against Joe Musgrove (0-3), ultimately defeating him.
In Cincinnati, the Red hosts squandered Cuban Nick Castellanos’ hot bat – with a sixth homer – and lost to the Cleveland Indians 4 × 2.
The Indians took advantage of a homerun by the Dominican Franmil Reyes to retaliate for the setback suffered the day before.
Starter Shane Bieber (3-0) beat the homers of Castellanos and another of Venezuelan Eugenio Suárez, who last year dispatched 49 homers.
The setback went to Nate Jones (0-1) and the rescue for closer Brad Hand (3).
In other results, Tampa Bay Rays to Boston Red Sox 5 × 1, Atlanta Braves to Toronto Blue Jays 10 × 1, Chicago Cubs to Kansas City Royals 5 × 4 and Colorado Rockies to San Francisco Giants 5 × two. AFP